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ROAM Randonnee Rally: Nelson's rando skimo race on Feb 25, 2012

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ROAM Randonnee Rally ski mountaineering race (6th annual) is only one of many events and festivities taking place during the annual Kootenay Coldsmoke Powder Fest.
The festival starts on Friday, Feb 24 and goes on until Sunday, Feb 26. It is a great mix of clinics, demos, comps, fun and parting on the slopes of Nelson’s, BC Whitewater ski resort.

Randonnee Rally quick facts

Schedule:

  • Race Meeting: Friday, February 24 – 5:00 PM – ROAM Shop – 639 Baker Street Nelson, BC.
  • Race Sign-on: Saturday, February 25 – 8:00 am Whitewater Ski Resort
  • Race Start Time: Saturday, February 25 – 9:00 am by the bag piper at Whitewater Ski Resort

Two race courses: Open course (about 4500 ft of climbing) and Rec course (about 2000 ft of climbing)
Categories: Men, Women, Vet 50+ can choose to race as Race, Recreational and Splitboard Rec
Entry fee: $35
» More info and registration: online or on site
» First timers might want to check out this article: 6 tips to get you ready for your first skimo race
See why you should check out Whitewater:

First skimo racing clinic took place in Nelson on Feb 4-5, 2012

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Last weekend saw a go at the first ski mountaineering racing clinic organized in Nelson by skimo enthusiast Scott Jeffery. All involved had great time and learnt something new. (I was supposed to be part of it as well – as an instructor – but a nasty virus put in me in bed for couple of days just as I wanted to leave for Nelson.)

The skimo clinic

The skimo clinic took place on two days, Saturday night and Sunday afternoon.
There were 9 people at the discussion on Saturday night where Scott presented on the history of skimo and gave a background into the North American recreational racing scene. There was also Cam Shute, binding engineer for G3, to present on Tech bindings and equipment, as well as Rob Stojanowski, ROAM shop owner, talked about the latest offerings from Dynafit.
“Sunday afternoon skills session saw 4 skiers join me in perfect bluebird conditions for group laps of a 500 vertical foot, 1.5 km loop in the Upper Powder Keg area of Whitewater,” reported Scott and continued:”The skiing on the Northeast aspect was deep and perfect!”
The clinic saw attend a 14 year old Owen Thurston who had a great time and didn’t even hesitated to climb up 50 degree boot pack. This is truly great to see that Nelson, and Canada, have such skimo enthusiastic youth.
Here are couple of great photos from the training session snapped by Scott Jeffery:
ski mountaineering racing clinic in Nelson
skimo racing clinic in Nelson
ski mountaineering racing clinic in Nelson