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Club Membership
The Fernie Nordic Society and its volunteers aim to promote crosscountry skiing as a healthy winter activity for all ages. You will support our network of groomed cross country ski trails in Fernie by purchasing a membership for 2024-2025 or a day pass. You can also make a donation. Your membership makes it possible for us to professionally groom and track set the trails all winter season long as well as to provide porta-potties at our trailheads.
Our 2024-2025 membership drive is now open.
Click here to obtain yours at Zone4.ca
Get your membership quickly online:
• Purchase your membership now.
• The cost of kids lessons and gear rentals is unchanged from previous season.
• Senior membership for those 65+ passionate skiers. Low cost fee for 80+
• Corporate memberships may be obtained online
• Enrollment into the Race Team is also done online
The membership options for the 2024-2025 season are as follows
$255 Family (2 adults + 2 children age to 18) and $21 per additional child
$120 Adult Individual 26-64
$75 Young Adult 18-25
$55 Youth 2-17
$85 Senior 65-79
$20 Senior 80+
$650 Corporate (up to 6 members)
$15 Day Pass (or $25 Family)
Club Memberships are obtained online:
Registration and payment at Zone4.ca website – Click here to join now
At this time Race Team registrations and Corporate Membership applications are also done through the same link.
Get your membership online and register
in the Race Team at the same time
For those who prefer to use the traditional paper form and cheque for payment, download the form – Right-Click HERE then Save and send it to us by mail.
For more info, click here to contact us through this website and our volunteers will be in touch.
Day Passes
Day Passes are required to use the trails of the Elk Valley Nordic Centre and Fernie Golf Course only. Fees for the Day Passes may be left in the locked box at the kiosks at the trail heads, or next to the clubhouse at the Golf Course. Day passes may also be purchased from a volunteer at the warming hut or online by credit card or by etransfer to info@fernienordic.com
Corporate Membership
This type of membership is also available for $650 (up to 6 participants). Register online here. Contact Us for details.
Kids Lessons or Skill Development Program (Jackrabbit, Bunnyrabbit, TrackAttack)
Our program has been running since 2007 with great popularity. It is aimed at improving the skills of young skiers aged 3 to 16, all within a fun environment. All coaches are volunteers and trained to CrosscountryBC standards. The enrollment into the program is limited by the number of coaches, so enroll early and/or consider becoming a coach. See the Kids Lessons page on this site for more details.
Ski Gear Rental
The club has several sets of skis/boots/poles available for skiers enrolled in the Skill Development Program. If required, a set of ski gear may be rented for the duration of the ski season at a very affordable cost. Any skier in the Bunnyrabbit, Jackrabbit and TrackAttack groups may get one classic set for $50 to take home for the season. In addition, the TrackAttack skiers have the possibility of learning the skate ski technique; for these skiers, one set of skate skis and poles may be rented for $25.
Racing Team
If a young skier is interested in joining our new racing team Fernie Nordic Racers, see more details on our Race Team page. The racing team fee is in addition to the membership fee.
Any questions? Get in touch with a volunteer.Meeting Minutes – August 19, 2024
Skill Development Program
The ski lessons of the SDP program are going ahead for the 2024 – 2025 season. Lessons are expected to start in early January.
The Skill Development Program offered to our young skiers by the Fernie Nordic Society was actually developed by the nation-wide organization Nordiq Canada. The program is standardized across the country. All our volunteer coaches are trained according to the established structure to provide a consistent level of training to our skiers.
The levels in the program are aimed at the various age groups:
- Bunnyrabbit Program for children 5 years and younger
- Jackrabbit Program for children from 6 to 9 years old
- Track Attack Program for children 10 years and older
The Fernie Nordic Society provides training at these levels at our weekly Saturday morning and Tuesday or Thrursday after school sessions. Lessons run from January to March all at the Elk Valley Nordic Centre. Events may combine the efforts of other clubs nearby. This is a great opportunity for young skiers to improve their skills in a fun atmosphere and to challenge themselves.
Saturday Lessons
10:30 – 11:30 am
Tuesday After School
Lessons
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Thursday After School
Lessons
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Cost of lessons
Bunnyrabbit $60 for either the Saturday, Tuesday or Thursday sessions
Jackrabbit $70 for either the Saturday, Tuesday or Thursday sessions
TrackAttack $80 for either the Saturday or Tuesday sessions
Please note that enrollment into the program is done ONLINE for the 2024-2025 season. Please visit the online Zone4.ca page to register your child. Classic ski rentals for the season are available for youngsters enrolled in our program at a very low cost. Be sure to select this option during the online registration.
For more information about our program, or to register your child, you may also use our Contact Us page.
Important Documents
The documents attached below are our basic guidelines for running a fair training program for our young skiers. They are aimed at our parents and our volunteer coaches. We ask all parents and coaches of the 2024-2025 season to read them, to sign the relevant release forms and return to the coaches at the first ski lesson.
Documents (click to open and/or save):
Coaching Code of Conduct
Parents Responsibilities
Parents Fair Play & Photo Release
KAL TIRE is sponsoring the province-wide
SDP program again this year
August 2024 Newsletter
Race Team
The Fernie Nordic Racers is our own ski racing team. Aged from 9 and up, the team members follow a regular training before and during the ski season. They aim to improve their skills in a fun way.
The main goal of the Fernie Nordic Racers program is to establish a healthy, nurturing competitive environment. We feel that competition provides one of the best opportunities for children to be exposed to rules and social values as well as defining the need to get along well with others and be accepted as part of a team. The team will put a strong emphasis on promoting values such as tolerance, fairness and responsibility.
Improving skills while having fun!
One of our key initiatives is to have fun while learning to ski fast on nordic skis. We believe nordic skiing is a lifelong sport that promotes a well-rounded physical fitness base. Team members establish friendships with kids of different ages, from different schools and from various communities. These friendships play a positive role in their social development and add to the primary focus of having fun while skiing. Skiers learn both skate and classic nordic ski techniques. Positive attitude and sportsmanship are stressed.
Individual goals
Some team members seek high-level competition while others take a recreational approach to the sport and may not compete in races. Regardless of their level of competition, kids will have a lot of fun and develop healthy, life-long skiing skills and an appreciation of the beautiful mountain outdoors. Team members are encouraged to learn to be responsible for themselves in term of keeping track of all their gear, having appropriate clothing, water and snacks, and learning to maintain their own skis.
Any questions? Get in touch with a volunteer.Join our team!
The 2024-2025 season of the Fernie Nordic Society will be the 11th year of the Fernie Nordic Racers. Our race team is for skiers 9 years or older who have been previously enrolled in nordic ski lessons for at least one season. If your child is interested in joining the team, please contact the Coach Johnny before September 30, 2024 through the Contact Us page on this site.
Visit this page at Zone4.ca to join the team!
For a more detailed explanation on this program, please follow this link to the excellent site of Nordiq Canada.
