2005-2006 Mountain Region Year End Report Posted on Nov 28th, 2006
2005 – 06 was a brilliant year…. if you are a jogger. Every time we heard another meteorologist talk about the brilliant weather that Albertans were experiencing, an agonized cry went up from skiers across the province. A brief respite from the snow drought occurred in March, when a season’s worth of snow fell in one weekend, and paralyzed much of the province. Cars, busses and pedestrians were sidelined, but groomers, skiers and cross country addicts quickly headed to the trails to put a season’s worth of skiing in to two weeks.
But despite the drought, courses ran throughout the mountain region, thanks to the snow making talents of Snow Valley Ski area in Edmonton, and the Nordic Center in Canmore. And if you were willing to travel, good natural snow could still be found at Lake Louise, Morraine Lakes, Fort McMurray, and of course, the North West Territories.
Courses run in Canmore, Edmonton, Fort McMurray, Yellowknife and Fort Smith resulted in almost 50 new level 1 instructors, 12 new level 2 instructors and 2 new level three instructors. Of special note to our Alberta cross country contingent was the CANSI Mountain Fiesta in Canmore. This event occurred on January 7th for track skiing and on January 8th for telemark skiers.
The Mountain AGM followed the Saturday on snow sessions. Cansi Mountain members honed their skills, shared teaching and technique ideas, learned about the most recent developments within CANSI, and received a CD copy of the manual. This was provided free to all members. We are planning another mountain fiesta for this year. See the web site and X-citation for emerging information.
Henry Madsen
CANSI Mountain
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