Trail Conditions

WINTER CONDITIONS, UPDATES AND TRAINING SESSONS

DAY	TIME	THEME	LEVEL	DETAILS	PLACE/WORKOUT
Monday	1830	Learn to Ski	All. Easy.	Ski lesson. This is a technical session classic or skating for all levels and abilities. Beginners and Novice Skiers are encouraged to attend this session to begin with. The complete “Learn to Nordic Ski” curriculum is published on DVD from www.xczone.tv	P6
Tuesday	1830	Intensity	Intermediate+	Skiing workouts classic or skating. This interval workout is meant for intermediate to expert skiers. You are stongly advised to show up early and warm up a bit before the Tuesday workout. Followed by Snowshoeing (optional)	trirudy twitter
Wednesday	1830	Fartlek	Novice++	Snowshoeing on a variety of trails, at different tempo and abilities.	trirudy twitter
Thursday	1830	Tempo/Tour	Intermediate	Ski tour classic or skating. This workout is meant for intermediates+. Classic is encouraged. This nite we may also plan hut to hut ski in potlucks, from time to time.	trirudy twitter
Saturday	0900	Race or TT	Advanced+	Ski race Team Training (time trial race). Followed by Snowshoeing (optional)	trirudy twitter
Sunday AM	0900	Long Distance	Intermediate+	Ski Race Team Training Endurance Training	trirudy twitter
Sunday PM	1300	Tour	Novice+	Ski easy group guided sessions. It is suitable for novice skiers and better.	trirudy twitter

The complete “Nordic Sking Technique and Training” curriculum is published on DVD from www.xczone.tv

Note:
The Ottawa weather office is at the airport is in a different city more than 50km away from the ski centre and much lower elevation. The temperature is 4 degrees colder in Chelsea and we are skiing on a mountain. Just because it is raining in Ottawa means nothing. The weather forecast for ottawa-gatineau does not apply for Chelsea or to top of the Gatineau Hills.

There will ALWAYS be practices regardless of weather! -30c snowstorms, wind, ice storms, +30 etc, solar eclipses, earthquakes, solar mass ejections, bugs, Xmas, winter solstice, thunder, lightening, sand storms, darkness, sunshine, rain, hurricanes, local tornados, or chemical biological radiological nuclear weapons of mass destruction threats of terrorism ... especially in cases of alien invasions, a zombie apocalyse, and mass extinction events.

EXTERNAL LINKS

Natural Fitness Lab workouts GPS mapped using Garmin Connect

XCOttawa posts trail conditions

A local web site on ski trails in the Gatineau Park

A local blog on ski trails in the Gatineau Park

Winter Trail Maps of the Gatineau Park

A local weather station

Great site for recent photos of the Gatineau Park