Soo Finnish Nordic Ski Club | The Soo Finnish Nordic Ski Club promotes cross country skiing in the city of Sault Ste. Marie by operating and maintaining a 50 km ski trail system within the city limits. It also provides opportunities for all members of the community to learn to ski, and to continue to enjoy skiing as a life-long activity through its many programs; both competitive and recreational.

Club Time Trial – Choose Your Own Ski Adventure – February 28

On Saturday, February 28th following the Racing Rocks! event, SFNSC will be hosting the “Choose Your Own Ski Adventure” time trial. This will be a mass start format and participants will start from the ball field by the KinCenter at 12:25 pm. This time trial is open to all ages and [read more...]

Racing Rocks! Cross Country Tournament – Saturday, February 28, 2015

Soo Finnish Nordic Ski Club, sponsored by Cross Country Canada, is hosting Racing Rocks – a ski tournament for children aged 4 to 14 at Hiawatha Highlands, in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. The event encourages children, with a wide range of skill levels and ski experience, to participate in the [read more...]

Beware of Owl on Mockingbird Extension

On Tuesday, February 10, there were 2 separate incidents involving skiers being attacked by an owl. The owl attacked the skiers with their talons and both people went to Emergency at the Hospital for assessment. One of the skiers was wearing a headlamp and a hat and was attacked within the first [read more...]

Bon Soo Lantern Ski – February 14

The Bon Soo Lantern Ski is Saturday February 14th, from 6-10pm on the Pinder trail. There will be goodies and beverages available. Admission is a Bon Soo Button. Buttons will be sold at the trail head or in the KinCentre [read more...]

Mabel Lake Ski Tour – February 22, 2015 – Registration Deadline Extended

Registration for the Mabel Lake Ski Tour has been extended! We will accept registrations until our chili, provided by Café Natüra, is sold out. There are two ways to sign up: in person at Hiawatha Highlands or on Zone4. SFNSC Pricing: Adults $12, Seniors/Students $8, Kids $6. The tour on [read more...]

2015 Maple Syrup Stampede – Results

The 17th annual Maple Syrup Stampede took place on Saturday, February 7 on the cross country ski trails in Jocelyn Township on St. Joseph Island. Fresh overnight snowfall and temperatures in the minus 10 range were experienced by classic and skate skiers. As usual, a great pasta lunch was enjoyed [read more...]

Ontario Special Olympics Winter Games

North Bay hosted the Ontario Special Olympics Winter Games on the weekend of January 30/31. It was a frigid few days of skiing hosted by North Bay Nordic. Local skiers competed in the events and had good results. Rachelle Barbeau :1st 7.5k, 5k. 2nd 2.5k Rob Lewis 1st 10 k, 7.5k, 5k Jared [read more...]

Shaw Cable coverage of Ski Day at Crimson Ridge

Jackrabbit Program activities took place at Crimson Ridge on Saturday, January 17. Shaw Cable provided some coverage of the Crimson Ridge ski day. [read more...]

Maple Syrup Stampede

The Maple Syrup Stampede will take place on the cross country ski trails adjacent to the Jocelyn Township Office on St. Joseph Island on February 7, 2015. Three events will be hosted, a 2 km classic race, a 7 km classic race and a 14 km skating race. The 2 km classic race will start at 10:30 [read more...]

Cross Country Ski Technique

Skiing with good technique can help make a day on the trails more enjoyable. XCZone has produced some excellent training materials. Videos demonstrating classic and skate skiing technique are available from their website and on the xczone YouTube channel. Instructional Videos from xczone [read more...]

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