The cross country ski season has kicked off and children aged four to 14 at Black Jack Ski Club started classes on Sunday afternoon.
The bunnies (ages four to five), jackrabbits (ages six to 12) and track attack team (ages 10 to 14) were meant to start their classes at the Black Jack trailhead on Sunday, but the snow was too soft to be groomed, so they had to move to the biathlon.
Classes were then cancelled for Tuesday because falling trees made it too dangerous to use the biathlon and snow was still too soft to be groomed. With temperatures cooling over Tuesday evening, classes are expected to resume on Sunday.
The Black Jack race team had better luck in Canmore from Dec. 5 to 8, where they participated in the Haywood NorAm Opener and achieved some great results.
Saturday classic races
Open Men, 10km (76 racers):
11th: David Palmer
13th: Julien Locke and Colin Ferrie
26th: Scott Fraser
54th: Daniel Merlo (first year in this category)
Open Women, 5km (47 racers):
23rd: Chiaki Yamamoto
Junior Girls, 5km (35 racers)
14th: Michaela Mclean
18th: Sage Robine
Juvenile Girls, 5km (45 racers):
23rd: Sophie Edney
Juvenile Boys, 5km (44 racers):
First: Rémi Drolet
Midget Girls, 2.5km (52 racers):
Sixth: Jasmine Drolet
Bantam Girls, 2km (29 racers):
Second: Abbey McLean
Sunday skate races
Open Men, 16.5km (83 racers):
Fifth: Colin Ferrie:
14th: David Palmer
25th: Julien Locke
40th: Scott Fraser
74th: Daniel Merlo (first year in this category)
Junior Girls, 6km (32 racers):
Eighth: Sage Robine
10th: Michaela Mclean
Juvenile Girls, 6km (45 racers):
19th: Sophie Edney
Juvenile Boys, 6km (44 racers):
First: Rémi Drolet
Midget Girls, 4km (48 racers):
Fifth: Jasmine Drolet
Bantam Girls (2.5km) (28 racers):
Fifth: Abbey McLean