Saturday Volunteer Update:

Hello All,
Unless you are part of the timing team or the set up crew who will be at the resort for 10am, all other volunteers need not arrive until 11:15.  There will be a break in between the qualifiers and heats to grab a bite to eat as well. Please note that we are not providing food on Saturday for volunteers other than some hot chocolate sop please plan to bring a thermos of your favorite hot drink as well as food and warm clothes.

Meet at the Resort Daylodge to meet up with your crew chiefs at either 10:00 or 11:15. Thanks. See you in the morning people.

Sunday Temps expected to hover around zero.

Temperatures rose above zero yesterday and unleashed some serious rain at the stadium area but this evening brings new snow to soften everything back up. The Sunday forecast is looking pretty warm so bring your klisters and Skigo HF Yellow kick wax!! While the forecast is saying +3 in town expect temps around zero at the Nordic Center. Waxing is available at five different outlets around the lodge so get here early for a spot.  The daylodge will be open to the public for both days during the event. Sunday, the GNSC will offer food to competitors and volunteers, offering our usual happy faces and hospitality. See you in two days!!

60 Pre-Registered Participants!!

We have had great success with entries this year with 60 pre-registered participants. There will be registration up to one hour prior the events this weekend if you missed out with online registration. See you soon people!

Care for some sushi?

Sushi Kuma will be open for Saturday with fantastic Sushi, Coffee, and treats for all the spectators and racers. The best thing is...they are located about 30 feet from the start line for the sprint races!!

Volunteer Event Schedule:

2011 Dawn Mountain Challenge

Volunteer Event Schedule:

November 25^th (Friday)        Setup Crew will layout KHMR / DM courses and establish stadium layout

                                                -Volunteers Meet at 12:30pm at KHMR Daylodge.

-Bring over V Boards, whiskers, pole, banners in toboggan, snowmobile and YTS from DM

-Radio Checks with all radios.

-Course Tuning around Start and Finish area.

-Install fencing,

-Bring a shovel, rake if you have one.

-Ensure we have enough lights, power cords, generators if need be.

November 26^th (Saturday)    Kicking Horse Mountain Resort Qualifier and Sprints

-Setup Crew/Timing crews will arrive at 10:00am to ensure course is safe

                                                -Course will be pre-skied at 12:00

                                                -Course opens for warm-ups at 12:00

                                                -Course Closes at 12:20

                                                -Racing Starts 12:30 (see race schedule for details) 

-Race finishes by 7pm

-Venue teardown from 7pm -8pm and take all race event gear to Dawn Mountain to be setup in the morning.

-Grooming will be completed in the Stadium at DM during the day on Saturday so it will be easily configured in the morning.

November 27^th (Sunday)       Dawn Mountain Nordic Center TT

-Setup Crew/Timing crews will arrive at 9:30am to ensure course is safe and ready. Stadium closed.

                                                -Course will be pre-skied at 8:45

                                                -Course opens for warm-ups at 9:00

                                                -Course Closes at 10:20

                                                -Racing Starts 10:30 (see race schedule for details) 

-Race finishes by 3pm

-Venue teardown from 3pm -4:30pm and take all race event gear to yurt or basement of the new daylodge to be inventoried and stored until the CMC.

Saturday Night Sprints Tentative Schedule Released

2011 Skate Sprints Race Overview

Kicking Horse Mountain Resort (Gondola Plaza)

Nov 27^th, 2011

Pre Ski Course:                                 Opens at 12:00 noon

Bib Pick-Up/Registration:                11:30am

Course Closed:                                  12:20pm

Sprint Qualifiers Start:                     12:30pm          (Masters-Juvenile)

12:30               Heat Qualifiers (Top 16 advance per age category)

1:30                 Atom Boy                                           100m

1:35                 Atom Girl                                            100m

AWARDS: Atoms (hand out ribbons at the line)

1:45                 PeeWee Boy                                       200m

1:55                 Pee Wee Girl                                       200m

2:10                 Midget Boy                                         400m

2:20                 Midget Girl                                          400m

AWARDS: PeeWee-Midgets at Podium adjacent yurt

QUARTER FINALS FOR 550M COURSE PARTICIPANTS

2:40                 Juvenile Boys                                      550m

3:00                 Juvenile Girls                                       550m

3:20                 Junior Boys                                         1100m

3:40                 Junior Girls                                          1100m

4:00                 Open Women                                      1100m

4:20                 Masters Women*                                1100m

4:30                 Open Men                                           1100m

4:50                 Masters Men*                                     1100m

SEMI FINALS FOR 550M COURSE PARTICIPANTS

5:00                 Juvenile Boys                                      550m

5:10                 Juvenile Girls                                      550m

5:20                 Junior Boys                                         1100m

5:30                 Junior Girls                                          1100m

5:40                 Open Women                                      1100m

5:50                 Masters Women*                                1100m

6:00                 Open Men                                           1100m

6:10                 Masters Men*                                     1100m

FINALS FOR 55OM COURSE PARTICIPANTS

6:20                 Juvenile Boys                                      550m

6:25                 Juvenile Girls                                      550m

6:30                 Junior Boys                                         1100m

6:35                 Junior Girls                                          1100m

6:40                 Open Women                                      1100m

6:45                 Masters Women*                                1100m

6:50                 Open Men                                           1100m

6:55                 Masters Men*                                     1100m

The times for the 550m course will be much shorter than this as this is scheduled for 120 people 9 (or 16 people who advance per category) in the Juvenile-Masters categories. 

AWARDS: Juvenile – Masters

Awards will be announced as soon as the medals can be produced to keep the event moving along and so no one is required to stand around for extended periods of time.

*Masters events times are calculated with a 1 sec/yr deletion for each year over age 30 to create a more challenging event for the category.

Sunday Classic TT Tentative Schedule Released

2011 Classic TT Race Overview

November 27^{th (Sunday)}, 2011

Dawn Mountain Nordic Center

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Pre Ski Course:                                 Opens at 9:00am

Bib Pick-Up/Registration:                9:00-10:00am

Course Closed:                                  10:20am

Race Start:                                         10:30am

10:30               Atom Boy                                           600m

10:35               Atom Girl                                            600m

AWARDS: Atoms (hand out ribbons at the line)

10:45               PeeWee Boy                                       1.5km

10:50               Pee wee Girl                                        1.5km

11:10               Midget Boy                                         3.75km

11:15               Midget Girl                                         3.75km

AWARDS: PeeWee-Midgets at Daylodge Podium

11:45               Juvenile Boys                                      5km

11:50               Juvenile Girls                                       5km

11:55               Junior Boys                                         10km

12:00               Junior Girls                                          10km

AWARDS: Juvenile-Juniors at Daylodge Podium

12:20               Open Women                                      10km

12:25               Masters Women*                                10km

12:30               Open Men                                           15km

12:35               Masters Men*                                     15km

AWARDS: Open – Masters*

*Masters events times are calculated with a 1 sec/yr handicap for each year over age 30 to create a more challenging event for the category.

10km of trails opening today at Dawn Mountain

With trails being rolled throughout the week they are being track set with the YTS groomer today. We expect to have 10km of trails open. Please be on the lookout for the snowmobile groomers.

20cm snowfall overnight!

We received 20cm overnight last night and are anticipating snow throughout the weekend. Things are looking great for our early season race and the courses are going to be phenomenal!!!! WooHoo. Upper Trails should be open to ski for this weekend.

Distances for DMCSF 2011 Released

With new snow coming down almost daily on the trails we should be in excellent shape for the DMC this year. The forecast looks good for the events and KHMR is starting to blow snow this week!!!

The new courses are marvelous with some exciting changes for distance races on Sunday. The new sprints course will allow spectators to view the entire course from one location and will surely impress the athletes with it's new twists and turns. 

The course distances are listed below:

Saturday Free Sprint Races:

Atoms           100m

PeeWee        200m

Midget          400m

Juvenile         550m

Junior            550m

Open            1100m

Masters        1100m   

Sunday Classic TT Races: 

Atoms           600m

PeeWee        1.5km

Midget          3.75km

Juvenile         5km

Junior            10km

Open W        10km

Masters W    10km

Open M        15km

Masters M    15km

Courses Set for the KHMR Night Sprint

The new sprint courses at KHMR are fantastic. Utilizing the new Learning Center terrain, we will be offering fun, challenging, more spectator friendly and safer courses for the juvenile to Masters categories. Included this year are Atom to Midget categories for the younger racers to test their mettle against friends. With snow in the forecast and about 10cm's on the ground we are confident this will be the best course yet. Finalization of the TT courses at Dawn Mountain are being completed this weekend. All course maps and profiles will be posted to the website this coming week. Registration is now live at www.zone4.ca