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Murray Ridge Nordic Ski Club
Murray Ridge Nordic Ski Club
Cross Country Skiing at Murray Ridge. The Club offers 20 km of groomed and track set cross country trails. A 3.7 km lighted loop and a warm up building are located at the club’s facility off Chalet Drive just prior to the Murray Ridge Ski Hill daylodge and parking lot.
The trails are maintained weekly by a group of volunteers:
- 7.5 km of trails (Beaver and Lynx Trails) groomed every Tues and Friday Nights for skate and classic skiing (Piston Bully Groomer)
- An additional 8 km of trail maintained on a weekend basis using a snowmobile and track setter.
- 3.7 km of lighted trails – no specific night skiing night as all members can turn the lights on whenever they want – thus contact a member
Annual Event – Winter Wellness Triathlon
The Winter Wellness Triathlon is held in January of each year.
Previous years have seen between 60 and 100 people participating in the event. The event combines classic cross country skiing, running, and then skating to make up the triathlon. The skiing is held on the Murray Ridge Nordic Ski Trails and then the run goes from close to the Whiskey Jack Restaurant on the North Road to Fort St. James Secondary School where the skating takes place. We are fortunate to have the Long Track Speed Skating oval maintained by the speed skating club.
The event has both a long and short course. The long is composed of a 13 km ski, 9 km run, and 5 km skate and the short course is a 7 km ski, 4.5 km run, 4.5 km run (9 km run split in half) and then a 3 km skate. People can complete either the long or short course solo or in teams of up to 4 people.
If you are interested in participating in this event contact Shaun Hales @ 250-996-6888.
