Great End to the Ski Season - Spring Skiing is Excellent

If your community is considering cross country skiing as an activity, please browse through the blog to find out more about the support Cross Country Yukon can offer you.

Plan to sign up next September!  Go to the affiliation page and see what you have to do to register for next season.


CCY Community Coordinator is available to help you!  Get in touch if you are trying to start a program or club.  Ask about the services that we offer to Yukon communities!

Coaching courses will be offered in October and November 2018.  For information click here:
COACHING COURSES

Please contact our community programmer at ccycommunityprogrammer@gmail.com

Highlights of the Year

We have 5 strong affiliates this year.  Cross country skiing is doing very well in Marsh Lake, Mt Lorne, Haines Junction and Dawson City.  In addition we have the Kwanlin Koyotes which offers it's After School Program to the Kwanlin Dun First Nation, but is open to any skiers in Whitehorse who would like to take part.

Community visits and updates:

Old Crow skiers hosted another successful 'Father Mouchet' Loppet.  The loppet honours the man who started a cross country skiing tradition in Old Crow in the 1960's.  Twenty-five skiers took part in the event that was spearheaded by Olympian, Knute Johnsgaard and former TEST skiers, Pavlina Sudrich. Congratulations to the volunteers and skiers who took part!

Dawson City on Dec 9/10 when we had mild temperatures and great snow!  There was a good turnout of coaches, Jackrabbit leaders and interested skiers.  We had fun skiing on the dike and the Moose Mountain trails.  Thanks to all those who participated.

Haines Junction on February 14.  We had 'love-ly' conditions in the school yard and on the Forestry trail system, thanks to the local volunteers and good snow base.  Grades 1 to 5 played on skis in the school field during the day and the After School ski club skied for an hour on the trails.

Marsh Lake on February 4.  It was a mild day on Bob Lake and we had a fun session with the Jackrabbit leaders and then joined in with the Marsh Lake Jackrabbits for their lesson.  The next weekend was a cold one and unfortunately, the annual Loppet was cancelled.

Kwanlin Koyotes on Wednesdays December to March - 25 skiers registered and most of them were regular skiers.  About 10 Koyotes attended nearly every session.  Congratulations to those keen skiers! The group explored the Koyotes trails and WCCSC trails over the last two months.

The Kwanlin Koyotes had a Spring Break program.  Three extra sessions were attended by 6 skiers. The Koyotes season officially ended with a visit by Olympian, Emily Nishikawa on April 4.   Emily skied with 9 Koyotes and 6 coaches on a beautiful, Superblue day.

Thanks to Lotteries Yukon for providing prizes and gifts for the Kwanlin Koyotes, and for their ongoing support of cross country programs and events in the Yukon.

There are active ski groups in Pelly Crossing and Golden Horn but no updates about their programs at this point.

Questions?  Email ccycommunityprogrammer@gmail.com