RESULTS: Canmore Nordic Centre: Ski-Orienteering Forest Event

Organizers: Mark Gibbard (Event Director), Anita Brattland (Organizer)

Map: Canmore Nordic Centre (ISOM)

Thanks to everyone who joined us at the Canmore Nordic Center today for a fantastic warm, sunny day of Ski-Orienteering.

Thanks also to the volunteers: Organizers (Mark G & Anita B), Miles T (check-in & newcomer assistance) and Trevor K (mega-control pick-up!)

We are also very appreciative of the support we got from Canmore Nordic Centre, including the grooming staff who overnight managed to groom all the trails that we used today, making our event more fun and much safer!

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Come and enjoy Ski-Orienteering at the Canmore Nordic Center (CNC). You may have skied these trails recreationally, but navigating them with an orienteering map can be an fun new experience!

CNC does not permit walking or snowshoeing on its trails, so participants in this ski-orienteering event must be on Nordic skis (using classic or skate technique).

Please remember that CNC will be busy with recreational skiers who will be skiing on the same trails we are using for this event. You are responsible to ski in control, with care, and give way to all recreational skiers. Let's keep everybody safe!

Please Read all Event Details Below:

• Please register for the event before February 5th at 23:59 (please use green "Registration" button on this page; you will be redirected to 2MEV.com to register)
Family registration issues have been resolved! Please register your family / team today.
• Parking will be at the Canmore Nordic Center; please make sure you have a valid Kananaskis Pass for your vehicle (day pass or annual pass).
• Before checking-in at our desk, you should purchase a ski Trail Pass from the CNC Day Lodge and ensure that your Trail Pass is visible while skiing. For CNC Season Trail Pass holders, remember to bring your Season Pass and make sure it is visible while skiing.
• Check-in at our table inside the Nordic Center Day Lodge from 10 am until 11:30 am.
• The Start is located just outside from the check-in table; start any time between 10:15 am and 12:00 pm.
• It is mandatory to carry a whistle.
• Maximum time on course: 2 hours (after 2 hours, please return to the Finish and check-in with the finish crew, even if you have not completed your course).
• Course closing: 2pm (for safety reasons, everyone must be back at the finish area and check-in with the finish crew by 2pm. Controls will start being removed at 2pm).
• SI electronic timing: will be used for all courses. SI finger-sticks will be available to borrow at check-in.
• Put a map bag on a lanyard you can hang around your neck (so your hands are free). NB There are other methods of carrying the map.

Registration Categories & Pricing: You must be a current (2026) member of FWOC or another Canadian orienteering Club or sign up as a Non-Member.

There are two price points: one for members (of Foothills Orienteering Club or another Canadian orienteering clubs, all members welcome) and one for non-members.

There are three event pricing categories: individual, family of 2 and family of 3 or more. Remember to choose the correct category at the outset to get the family discount.

Foothills Orienteering Club or another Orienteering Club Member Event Fee:

• Individual = $15
• Family of 2 (same household) = $25
• Family of three or more = $35

Non-Member Event Fee:

• Individual = $20
• Family of 2 (same household) = $35
• Family of three or more = $45

A Foothills Orienteering Club membership can be purchased here. Or your local club membership (ie. EOOC, KOC, Sage, for example) prior to registering for this event.

The Non-Member Event Fee is also intended for newcomers to the sport OR international orienteers and allows us to ensure you have signed the waiver (which is crucial for our insurance). You must register online.

Course Details:

For this ski-orienteering event, participants will be mostly navigating along groomed ski trails and the controls are all located next to groomed trails. The CNC has a very dense network of ski trails, and the navigation challenge is to decide which trails to take and to make quick route decisions as you ski past many trail junctions. There are three courses being offered:

1. Novice Course: 2.7 km, 9 controls with 40m of climb on undulating wide ski trails. Map Scale is 1:5000
2. Intermediate Course: 5.8 km, 12 controls with approx 200m of climb. Map Scale is 1:12500. A longer course with more climb and some steeper ski trails.
3. Advanced Course: 8 km, 15 controls, approx 260m of climb. Map Scale is 1:12500. A long course with quite a bit of climb and descent on steeper trails. More controls located in areas of dense trail complexity to make navigation challenging.

Note that the course distances listed above are based on the the straight-line distances between all controls; you will typically need to ski a few more km than shown above to visit all the controls along the winding ski trails.

Map & Course Notes:

• Courses and courses lengths may need minor adjustments closer to the event date, depending on snow conditions.
• The biathlon shooting ski lane is marked as Out-Of-Bounds. You can ski past the new Biathlon building, but do not ski where biathletes are using firearms.
• Note that active logging is continuing at CNC through winter for the new eastern fireguard. The affected area is shown as permanent out-of-bounds on the map.
• The map is based on our foot-orienteering map of CNC (ISOM) that has been partially converted to the ski-orienteering map standard (ISSkiOM 2019). Trails that are usually groomed for skiing are shown as green solid lines. Summer trails (that may be covered in snow) are also shown on map with black dashed lines, but these are not recommended for ski travel due to the very thin, variable snow depth.

CNC Ski-O Map Snippet:

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