By Keith
and Heather Nicol
You can always count on Sovereign Lake
Nordic Centre to be open early and they did so again this year on November 13. We
love coming to Sovereign Lake to get in our first cross country ski outings of
the season and this year is was no different.
It has been a warm and relatively dry November along the coast in BC and
this has meant virtually no snow at Mount Washington which is our regular ski
spot on Vancouver Island. We arrived
around 11:00 am on Tuesday, November 19 with some friends from Vernon and
Kamloops and had a fabulous day in the sunshine skiing a variety of trails.
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| We had a great day skiing with friends |
We like to take it easy on our first day
and we liked the fact that on this day Sovereign had a nicely groomed stadium
area with over a dozen lanes of set tracks. So we spent the first 30-45 minutes
skiing without poles to get our balance back and the flat lanes in the stadium
were perfect for this. Plus the stadium
sits in the sun so that is a real bonus.
There is some snow in the forecast and that will help open more trails.
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| The new groomer will be able to keep trails in good shape this winter |
Sovereign has a big winter coming up culminating
in the Canadian Championships from March 24 to April 2. They also have a new groomer
(a Piston Bully 400) which should be great for that event and to keep the
trails in good shape all season long. As
well the office manager , Jennifer told us that they currently have over 1600
members and new for this year are special discounts for members including
lessons, food and various merchandise.
She also said they done improvements to the biathalon range and plan to
hold more events there this year. Sovereign Lake Nordic is a full service xc
ski area and is well worth checking out this season. For more information see: https://www.sovereignlake.com/
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| The tracks in the stadium were perfect for a first day on snow |
