cross country skiing

Black Jack skier Adam Heale topped the podium in the 7.5-km race at the 2023 Nordiq Canada Ski Nationals. Photo: Dave Wood

Black Jack skiers excel on national stages

Drolet wins first US national title for Harvard; Heale, Locke impress at Canadian nationals

 

Black Jack skier Remi Drolet will compete at the Nordic U23 World championships in Whistler this week. Photo: Facebook

Black Jack skier to compete at U23 World Championship

Remi Drolet will lead the charge at the Nordic World Junior and U23 championship in Whistler

 

Plans for a new day lodge will compliment the current warming building at the Black Jack Cross Country Ski Club near Rossland. Photo: Jim Bailey

Black Jack rallies Rossland council support for REDIP grant

The cross-country ski club near Rossland has big plans for a day lodge in the near future

 

Nelson Nordic skier Cale Francis competed in the Teck Kootenay Cup at the Black Jack Ski Club in Rossland over the weekend. The race saw about 150 skiers, ages U8 to Masters, from across the Kootenays race in the two-day event. Photos: Jim Bailey

Black Jack hosts Teck Kootenay Cup

Cross country skiers hit the track at Black Jack on the weekend for inaugural race

Nelson Nordic skier Cale Francis competed in the Teck Kootenay Cup at the Black Jack Ski Club in Rossland over the weekend. The race saw about 150 skiers, ages U8 to Masters, from across the Kootenays race in the two-day event. Photos: Jim Bailey
Black Jack skier and Rossland native Remi Drolet will compete for Canada in the World Cup Period 2 Tour de Ski in Europe. (Doug Stephen photo)

Black Jack skier selected to compete at World Cup events

Rossland’s Remi Drolet will join Team Canada for the World Cup Tour de Ski races in Europe

Black Jack skier and Rossland native Remi Drolet will compete for Canada in the World Cup Period 2 Tour de Ski in Europe. (Doug Stephen photo)
Emily Olineck races for the finish line at last years Kootenay Cup at the Black Jack Ski Club. Black Jack will host the Teck Kootenay Cup again Jan. 14-15, 2023. (Jim Bailey photo)

Rossland’s Black Jack Ski Club set to host Kootenay Cup

The Teck Kootenay Cup will hit the Black Jack cross country ski track on Jan. 14-15

Emily Olineck races for the finish line at last years Kootenay Cup at the Black Jack Ski Club. Black Jack will host the Teck Kootenay Cup again Jan. 14-15, 2023. (Jim Bailey photo)
Black Jack skier Remi Drolet raced to second place in the 45-kilometre mass start race on Sunday, March 27. (Doug Stephen photo)

Black Jack skiers excel at Nationals

Black Jack skiers raced to top results at the Canadian cross-country ski championship in Whistler

Black Jack skier Remi Drolet raced to second place in the 45-kilometre mass start race on Sunday, March 27. (Doug Stephen photo)
Black Jack skiers Julien Locke and Colin Ferrie just released the Nordic Pulse Newsletter to keep users up to date on the website’s progress and platforms. (Contributed)

Explosive growth for Black Jack skiers’ Nordic Pulse website

Nordic Pulse offers x-country skiers and clubs cutting edge technology with user friendly website

Black Jack skiers Julien Locke and Colin Ferrie just released the Nordic Pulse Newsletter to keep users up to date on the website’s progress and platforms. (Contributed)
Columbia Basin supports can help up-and-coming Black Jack skiers aspire to follow the path of Olympic and Jr. World Championship nordic skiers Remi and Jasmine Drolet. Photo: Jim Bailey

Columbia Basin brimming with sport success

With help of Basin support, Kootenay athletes make jump to world stage

Columbia Basin supports can help up-and-coming Black Jack skiers aspire to follow the path of Olympic and Jr. World Championship nordic skiers Remi and Jasmine Drolet. Photo: Jim Bailey
Black Jack skier Jasmine Drolet skied to an eighth place finish at the World Jr./U23 Nordic Championships on Friday, Feb. 25 in Lygna, Norway. Photo: Nordic Canada

Black Jack skier cracks top-10 at World Jr. Championships

Rossland’s Jasmine Drolet skis to eighth place finish in the 5-km classic in Lygna, Norway

Black Jack skier Jasmine Drolet skied to an eighth place finish at the World Jr./U23 Nordic Championships on Friday, Feb. 25 in Lygna, Norway. Photo: Nordic Canada
Go Remi Go!! shouted the young skiers in the Bunnies and Jackrabbit programs at Black Jack Ski club in Rossland wishing Remi Drolet, their Black Jack clubmate good luck at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijiing. (Vallhala Images photo)

Go Rémi Go!

In support of local Olympian Rémi Drolet, young Black Jack skiers dressed in red and white on Sunday

  • Feb 10, 2022
Go Remi Go!! shouted the young skiers in the Bunnies and Jackrabbit programs at Black Jack Ski club in Rossland wishing Remi Drolet, their Black Jack clubmate good luck at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijiing. (Vallhala Images photo)
Brett Renaud alongside his dog Molly at the Revelstoke Golf Club. (Contributed by Brett Renaud)

VIDEO: B.C. man turns snowy golf course into cross country ski track

Brett Renaud lives steps away from the golf course, and spends some of his free time grooming tracks

Brett Renaud alongside his dog Molly at the Revelstoke Golf Club. (Contributed by Brett Renaud)
Rossland siblings Remi and Jasmine Drolet were named to the national ski team program.

Rossland siblings named to National Ski Team program

Remi and Jasmine Drolet were named to Canada’s senior and junior cross-country ski programs

Rossland siblings Remi and Jasmine Drolet were named to the national ski team program.