Fundraising for Grooming Machine

The two PistenBullys used for snow grooming at Kelowna Nordic are at the end of their productive lives. Our 1999 PistenBully has had more than 13,000 hours of use. Most clubs trade in their grooming machines at 10,000 hours. Our other grooming machine is 17 years old.

We are running a campaign this year to raise $100,000 from our members and from corporate donors. We are also applying for grants from BC Tourism, BC Gaming and other government agencies.  For example there is up to $250,000 available through BC Gaming Grants. Your donation matters as government grants are partially based on the success a club has on raising funds on their own.

More details and instructions on how to donate are found here.

Kelowna Nordic is a registered charity in Canada and tax receipts will be issued.

Grooming Update Jan 30th

We are planning to groom tonight for January 31st. The groomer will start at summit and then will assess how the grooming is going to determine how much is actually groomed. Consult the Grooming report on morning of Jan 31st for the grooming repot.

Grooming update 29 - 31

The conditions at Kelowna Nordic today were actually better than forecasted in the morning. The rain stopped before the 10 am Masters lessons but the rising temperatures during today and forecasted warm weather over the next few days means that we will be suspending grooming for next few days.

The soft snow simply will not hold the weight of the groomer and any attempt at grooming will do more damage than good. We will update the grooming status on the front page banner and on the grooming report as conditions change (hopefully for the better.)