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Thank You! and RENTAL RETURN

Thank You to All the Bay Nordic Kids!

The snow cooperated in Februray and March making this a great season. Once again, we had a great year with the kids. Be sure to check out all the 2013 photos at http://shoffmanphoto.smugmug.com/CrossCountrySkiing-2012/Bay-Nordic-2013. Saturday's final event should be posted soon.

Rental Return

For those renting skis, rental return has been scheduled for Thursday, April 4th (5:30pm to 7:30 pm) and Saturday, April 6th (9:30 am to Noon) at InCompetition Sport in Green Bay (www.incompetiion.com). We will be on hand to help with the return and deposits. With a couple of weeks of skiing left and spring break, these dates were the best times to schedule. The UWGB ski team will be available to help with ski return and prepping the skis for summer storage.

Once again, thank you for a great year!

Kids Race & Potluck Saturday Mar. 2nd

This Saturday, March 2^nd, is our final event of the year.  The weather forecast looks great and the camp has a lot of snow!  As we did last year we will be having our kids “race/tour” and potluck.  Our Bay Nordic Kids race is our own small version of the Barnebirkie.  The kids are encouraged to go at their own pace, whether high speed or at a leisurely pace.  Whatever they choose, we want parents at the start/finish are and along the course with their cowbells, whistles, horns, etc.!  Let’s make this a great event for the kids.

The potluck will include burgers & hot dogs on the grill along with all the side dishes brought by the parents.  The anticipated schedule is as follow:

10:00am – Kids in their groups for a warm-up.

10:20am – Coaches will start gathering kids at the start line.
10:30am – Start of the race/tour. 

                3-4 yr olds:  1/2 to 1 KM (dependent on Coach Sue)

                5-6 yr olds: 2 KM (1 lap)
                7-12 yr olds: 4 KM (2 laps, we will have a cutoff time for the 2^nd lap to make sure we don’t have any kids out too long)
                Skaters (Polar Bears) – 4KM one loop

Following completion all kids will receive their participation medal.  We will not be getting back into groups, the potluck will be ready!

Looking forward to Saturday!

Saturday Feb 16th 10-Noon

Crazy weather again this weekend but hopefully the County will get the trails back to great conditions by Saturday!  We will be watching the trail conditions and communicating with the County. We do fully expect to have Bay Nordic this Saturday as schedule. 

The original schedule was to have the kids “race” this weekend in concurrence with the adult Stump Farm race; however, due to the challenges this winter for snow & planning involved, the Stump Farm adult race will not happen.  The good news is we plan to make this a regular “group instruction” session then do our kids “race” during our last event on March 2^nd.  We did this last year and it worked well with the kids getting play time after and the potluck.

See you Saturday

 

Jan 19th Bay Nordic Cancelled - Trails Closed

Sorry to say that Brown County has not opened the ski trails and the County has asked us not to hold our group session this weekend, thus, we are CANCELLING BAY NORDIC for SATURDAY, Jan 19th. We had hoped for more snow today and an "ok" from the County however were not successful. The trails do have coverage and a portion has been tilled. County policy is preventing opening up the trails for groups when the entire system is skiable. Various sections of ice and debris remain. We are extremely disappointed in the circumstances. Hopefully you find some skiing for the weekend and we get some snow soon!

Enjoy the Weekend

Bay Nordic

 

Snow Condition Update for Jan. 19th

Hard to believe we are concerned again about snow conditions after great skiing a couple of weeks ago. The warm weather last week did major damage to ski trails throughout the midwest. Most trail systems were either wiped out or left with a hard ice sheet. The good news for the Reforestation Camp is coverage remained throughout the warmup, the bad news is we were left with the hard ice sheet.

Jen spoke to the County today and they are working with the grooming equipment to try and prep the trail to skiable conditions. If they are able to achieve some success and we get a little bit of snow on Wednesday or Friday we should be set to have a good day with the kids. If on Friday evening the trails are still ice covered and unsafe we will need to cancel the session but, as of now, we are staying optimistic we will be able to go.

Think Snow!

Jan 5th Session

I know it's late...but just a quick reminder. Bay Nordic is scheduled for Saturday, Jan 5th from 10am to Noon. Please arrive between 9:30 to 9:50am to register and pickup the new hats! Group warm-up starts at 10am sharp and all kids should be ready to go.

Trails are in great condition and the weather looks promising. See you tommorrow!