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• Basic Beginner XC Ski Clinic

  • When
    7 Jan 2025
  •  
    9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    The Grove, 921 NW Mt Washington Dr, Bend
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  Basic Beginner XC Ski Clinic

  New to cross-country skiing? Never skied before?  Or XC skied years ago or only a couple times in recent years? Never took a ski lesson or one a long time ago?  Still puzzled about moving effortless on XC skis on snow?

  CONC is offering Basic Beginner Cross Country ski lessons for its members on groomed XC ski trails.  The primary goal is to get the novice or beginner skier comfortable XC skis and learn how to use them to glide over the snow.  By clinic’s conclusion the beginner skier will accomplish:

  • putting on and taking off skis and poles
  • developed a sense of basic balance, weight transfer and movement on XC skis
  •  introduced to diagonal striding and double poling
  • ski on flat to gentle terrain on groomed trails and tracks

  By lesson’s end, you will have learned basic skills and gained confidence to ski trails using a basic diagonal stride in ease and comfort, adapting newly found knowledge to navigating easy up and downhills

  Oh, did we mention.  Everyone falls down onto snow at some point—its a sure way of stopping.  We’ll show you how to get back up on your skis with minimal frustration.

  Equipment required: Clinics will be offered on groomed XC trails with set tracks.  The set tracks can accommodate a ski up to 70 mm in width.  Recommended skis are double-cambered classic no-wax skis. Skis, boots and poles are available for rent at local ski shops.  Please ascertain that your skis, boots, and poles are properly sized for your weight and height.  Skis should be waxed prior to the clinic.  We recommend applying MaxiGlide, available at local ski shops.

  Prerequisites:  None -- this is your gateway to XC skiing.
  

  Meeting place: The Grove (921 Mt Washington Dr., Bend).  We meet inside the food hall at the south end near Thump Coffee.  Here, we sign waivers, meet everyone, and arrange carpools before heading to the sno-park, allowing for two hours of on-snow instruction.

  Note: the ending time does not include travel back from the sno-park.
  

  Questions to Charlie Cornish

  Interested in other clinics?  Here is the plan for the 2024-2025 season.

  If you are interested and the clinic is already full, please join the waitlist so we can gauge the interest for adding additional sessions.

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• Advanced Beginner XC Ski Clinic

  • When
    7 Jan 2025
  •  
    9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    The Grove, 921 NW Mt Washington Dr, Bend
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  Advanced Beginner XC Ski Clinic

  Graduate of CONC’s basic beginner XC ski clinic?  Or been skiing for a while but never or not recently taken a XC ski lesson?  Or just need to refresher lesson on the basics?  Then signup for CONC’s Advanced Beginner XC Ski Clinic to be held on groomed XC ski trails.  The goals of the Advanced Beginner clinic are:

  • brief review of the basics and underlying skills covered in Basic Beginner clinic
  • refinement of diagonal striding and double poling techniques
  • introduce more skills and techniques for going uphill and downhill
  • achieve confidence to ski gentle to moderate terrain

  By lesson’s end, you will be moving along the trails with ease eager to apply your technique to groomed trail skiing.

  Equipment required: Clinics will be offered on groomed XC trails with set tracks.  The set tracks can accommodate a ski up to 70 mm in width.  Recommended skis are double-cambered classic no-wax skis. Skis, boots and poles are available for rent at local ski shops.  Please ascertain that your skis, boots, and poles are properly sized for your weight and height.  Skis should be waxed prior to the clinic.  We recommend applying MaxiGlide, available at local ski shops.

  Prerequisites:  Basic Beginner XC skiing or equivalent

  Meeting place: The Grove (921 Mt Washington Dr., Bend).  We meet inside the food hall at the south end near Thump Coffee.  Here, we sign waivers, meet everyone, and arrange carpools before heading to the sno-park, allowing for two hours of on-snow instruction.

  Note: the ending time does not include travel back from the sno-park.
  

  Questions to Charlie Cornish

  Interested in other clinics?  Here is the plan for the 2024-2025 season.

  If you are interested and the clinic is already full, please join the waitlist so we can gauge the interest for adding additional sessions.

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• Introduction to Backcountry Skiing Lecture

  • When
    7 Jan 2025
  •  
    5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Location
    Brooks Room, Downtown Bend Library, 601 NW Wall St
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    23

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  Intro to Backcountry Skiing Lecture 

  Are you interested in progressing from groomed Nordic trails into backcountry skiing? Or are you an experienced backcountry skier already? This class will offer tips and perspectives to expand your horizons. 

  Instructors Mark Waters and Woody Keen, with a combined century of experience skiing the back of beyond, will cover topics to help you make the transition. Our instructors will be covering the following areas and more:
  

  • terrain and snow conditions encountered in the backcountry,
  • recommended ski gear for various levels of conditions and terrain differences,
  • techniques for most efficient application to touring and turning,
  • navigation and
  • safety.

  Mark was a professional Nordic and alpine instructor and guide who has taught in Vermont, Colorado and Oregon. In addition he worked for many years in the ski industry in sales and design of backcountry ski gear.

  Woody had a ski touring school on the east coast for many years and is an avid and accomplished telemark skier and instructor.

  This workshop will give an informational overview as to what you can expect when moving from the controlled environment of a groomed ski area to the backcountry. Our instructors will focus on ways to make your touring safer and more efficient, including tips for assessing increasing risk levels.

  If you are considering taking the Beginner Nordic Tour Clinic or Intermediate Nordic Tour Clinic , this is a prerequisite for those outings. This keeps us from standing around in the cold talking about this stuff, and we can go out and practice skills instead.  We plan on recording this presentation, but we strongly recommend attending in person.
  

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• WebSkis after hours shop visit

  • When
    8 Jan 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

  After hours shop visit at WebSkis.

  Details to be determined.

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• Intermediate Nordic Tour Clinic

  • When
    9 Jan 2025
  •  
    9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    The Grove, 921 NW Mt Washington Dr, Bend
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  Intermediate Nordic Tour Clinic

  This cross-country ski clinic will focus on techniques and tips to build confidence while traveling off the beaten path. Required proficiency level is advanced beginner to intermediate. The clinic will provide a moveable feast of instruction for uphill and downhill, as well as guidance in efficient techniques for dealing with variable snow conditions. Advanced beginners will gain tips and techniques for skiing green or blue backcountry Nordic trails. Intermediate Nordic skiers will build on skills to more efficiently negotiate ungroomed trail conditions (advanced skiers are also invited to attend to review and refresh their already existing skill set). The group will stop at locations along the tour to receive instruction, practice, and then receive feedback before moving on to the next site for subsequent drills.

  The gear required for this trip is as follows:

  • Full metal edged skis at least 65mm wide at the tip.
  •  three pin, Xplore or NNN BC bindings
  • a stiffer soled backcountry touring boot
  •  adjustable or full length poles with a powder basket
  • day pack with the 10 essentials 
  • glide wax of some kind
  • lunch 
  • spare gloves and hat

  Prerequisites: Introduction to Backcountry Skiing Lecture

  Contact:  Mark Waters
  

  If you are interested and the clinic is full, please join the waitlist so we can gauge interest and perhaps add additional sessions.

  
  

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• Basic Beginner XC Ski Clinic

  • When
    12 Jan 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    The Grove, 921 NW Mt Washington Dr, Bend
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  Basic Beginner XC Ski Clinic

  New to cross-country skiing? Never skied before?  Or XC skied years ago or only a couple times in recent years? Never took a ski lesson or one a long time ago?  Still puzzled about moving effortless on XC skis on snow?

  CONC is offering Basic Beginner Cross Country ski lessons for its members on groomed XC ski trails.  The primary goal is to get the novice or beginner skier comfortable XC skis and learn how to use them to glide over the snow.  By clinic’s conclusion the beginner skier will accomplish:

  • putting on and taking off skis and poles
  • developed a sense of basic balance, weight transfer and movement on XC skis
  •  introduced to diagonal striding and double poling
  • ski on flat to gentle terrain on groomed trails and tracks

  By lesson’s end, you will have learned basic skills and gained confidence to ski trails using a basic diagonal stride in ease and comfort, adapting newly found knowledge to navigating easy up and downhills

  Oh, did we mention.  Everyone falls down onto snow at some point—its a sure way of stopping.  We’ll show you how to get back up on your skis with minimal frustration.

  Equipment required: Clinics will be offered on groomed XC trails with set tracks.  The set tracks can accommodate a ski up to 70 mm in width.  Recommended skis are double-cambered classic no-wax skis. Skis, boots and poles are available for rent at local ski shops.  Please ascertain that your skis, boots, and poles are properly sized for your weight and height.  Skis should be waxed prior to the clinic.  We recommend applying MaxiGlide, available at local ski shops.

  Prerequisites:  None -- thisis your gateway to XC skiing.
  

  Meeting place: The Grove (921 Mt Washington Dr., Bend).  We meet inside the food hall at the south end near Thump Coffee.  Here, we sign waivers, meet everyone, and arrange carpools before heading to the sno-park, allowing for two hours of on-snow instruction.

  Note: the ending time does not include travel back from the sno-park.
  

  Questions to Charlie Cornish

  Interested in other clinics?  Here is the plan for the 2024-2025 season.

  If you are interested and the clinic is already full, please join the waitlist so we can gauge the interest for adding additional sessions.

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• Advanced Beginner XC Ski Clinic

  • When
    12 Jan 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    The Grove, 921 NW Mt Washington Dr, Bend
  • Spaces left
    5

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  Advanced Beginner XC Ski Clinic

  Graduate of CONC’s basic beginner XC ski clinic?  Or been skiing for a while but never or not recently taken a XC ski lesson?  Or just need to refresher lesson on the basics?  Then signup for CONC’s Advanced Beginner XC Ski Clinic to be held on groomed XC ski trails.  The goals of the Advanced Beginner clinic are:

  • brief review of the basics and underlying skills covered in Basic Beginner clinic
  • refinement of diagonal striding and double poling techniques
  • introduce more skills and techniques for going uphill and downhill
  • achieve confidence to ski gentle to moderate terrain

  By lesson’s end, you will be moving along the trails with ease eager to apply your technique to groomed trail skiing.

  Equipment required: Clinics will be offered on groomed XC trails with set tracks.  The set tracks can accommodate a ski up to 70 mm in width.  Recommended skis are double-cambered classic no-wax skis. Skis, boots and poles are available for rent at local ski shops.  Please ascertain that your skis, boots, and poles are properly sized for your weight and height.  Skis should be waxed prior to the clinic.  We recommend applying MaxiGlide, available at local ski shops.

  Prerequisites:  Basic Beginner XC skiing or equivalent

  Meeting place: The Grove (921 Mt Washington Dr., Bend).  We meet inside the food hall at the south end near Thump Coffee.  Here, we sign waivers, meet everyone, and arrange carpools before heading to the sno-park, allowing for two hours of on-snow instruction.

  Note: the ending time does not include travel back from the sno-park.
  

  Questions to Charlie Cornish

  Interested in other clinics?  Here is the plan for the 2024-2025 season.

  If you are interested and the clinic is already full, please join the waitlist so we can gauge the interest for adding additional sessions.

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• Beginner Nordic Tour Clinic

  • When
    16 Jan 2025
  •  
    9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    The Grove, 921 NW Mt Washington Dr, Bend
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    5

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  Beginner Nordic Tour Clinic
  

  So, you’ve been working on your diagonal stride technique on groomed terrain, but how do you make the transition to the miles and miles of ungroomed trails?  This clinic will introduce the skills and techniques needed for exploring ungroomed trails, including skiing on the flat, easy uphill, moderate downhill, stopping, getting back up, a discussion on gear, and dealing with variable snow conditions.

  The clinic will be divided into small groups, with each group skiing with a coach.  The skiing terrain will be beginner friendly, ungroomed terrain, such as the Beginner Loop at the Swampy Sno-Park.  Each group will stop along the tour to receive instruction and practice skills before moving on to another site for subsequent instruction.
  

  Prerequisite:  Introduction to Backcountry Skiing Lecture
  

  The gear required for this trip is as follows:

  • Full metal edged skis at least 60mm wide at the tip.
  •  Three pin, Xplore or NNN BC bindings
  • a stiffer soled backcountry touring boot
  •  adjustable or full length poles with a powder basket
  • day pack with the 10 essentials 
  • glide wax of some kind
  • lunch 
  • spare gloves and hat

  Contact: Laura Seaver

  If you are interested and the clinic is full, please join the waitlist so we can gauge interest and perhaps add additional sessions.
  

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• Hills: Advanced Beginner XC Ski Clinic

  • When
    21 Jan 2025
  •  
    9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    The Grove, 921 NW Mt Washington Dr, Bend
  • Spaces left
    9

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  Hills: Advanced Beginner XC Ski Clinic

  Are you an accomplished XC skier at the Advanced Beginner level but find hills on groomed XC ski trails to be a challenge.  The Hills:  Advanced Beginner XC Up/Downhill Technique Ski Clinic will help you become a confident hill skier by building a solid foundation of skills.  The goals of the Hills clinic are:

  • adapting diagonal striding for uphills
  • learn and practice other uphill techniques (herringbone, side-step, etc)
  • control speed and stop using variations of the wedge (aka snowplow)
  • make basic turns in a wedge

  By lesson’s end, you’ll be moving with ease up hills of varying degree of steepness and descending in style using a combination of straight run, wedge and wedge turn on groomed trails.

  Equipment required: Clinics will be offered on groomed XC trails with set tracks.  The set tracks can accommodate a ski up to 70 mm in width.  Recommended skis are double-cambered classic no-wax skis. Skis, boots and poles are available for rent at local ski shops.  Please ascertain that your skis, boots, and poles are properly sized for your weight and height.  Skis should be waxed prior to the clinic.  We recommend applying MaxiGlide, available at local ski shops.

  Prerequisites:  Advanced Beginner XC skiing or equivalent

  Meeting place: The Grove (921 Mt Washington Dr., Bend).  We meet inside the food hall at the south end near Thump Coffee.  Here, we sign waivers, meet everyone, and arrange carpools before heading to the sno-park, allowing for two hours of on-snow instruction.

  Note: the ending time does not include travel back from the sno-park.
  

  Questions to Charlie Cornish

  Interested in other clinics?  Here is the plan for the 2024-2025 season.

  If you are interested and the clinic is already full, please join the waitlist so we can gauge the interest for adding additional sessions.

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• Advanced Beginner XC Ski Clinic

  • When
    21 Jan 2025
  •  
    9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    The Grove, 921 NW Mt Washington Dr, Bend
  • Spaces left
    10

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  Advanced Beginner XC Ski Clinic

  Graduate of CONC’s basic beginner XC ski clinic?  Or been skiing for a while but never or not recently taken a XC ski lesson?  Or just need to refresher lesson on the basics?  Then signup for CONC’s Advanced Beginner XC Ski Clinic to be held on groomed XC ski trails.  The goals of the Advanced Beginner clinic are:

  • brief review of the basics and underlying skills covered in Basic Beginner clinic
  • refinement of diagonal striding and double poling techniques
  • introduce more skills and techniques for going uphill and downhill
  • achieve confidence to ski gentle to moderate terrain

  By lesson’s end, you will be moving along the trails with ease eager to apply your technique to groomed trail skiing.

  Equipment required: Clinics will be offered on groomed XC trails with set tracks.  The set tracks can accommodate a ski up to 70 mm in width.  Recommended skis are double-cambered classic no-wax skis. Skis, boots and poles are available for rent at local ski shops.  Please ascertain that your skis, boots, and poles are properly sized for your weight and height.  Skis should be waxed prior to the clinic.  We recommend applying MaxiGlide, available at local ski shops.

  Prerequisites:  Basic Beginner XC skiing or equivalent

  Meeting place: The Grove (921 Mt Washington Dr., Bend).  We meet inside the food hall at the south end near Thump Coffee.  Here, we sign waivers, meet everyone, and arrange carpools before heading to the sno-park, allowing for two hours of on-snow instruction.

  Note: the ending time does not include travel back from the sno-park.
  

  Questions to Charlie Cornish

  Interested in other clinics?  Here is the plan for the 2024-2025 season.

  If you are interested and the clinic is already full, please join the waitlist so we can gauge the interest for adding additional sessions.

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• Inn at Mazama, Methow Valley, 2025

  • Start
    26 Jan 2025
  • End
    31 Jan 2025
  • Location
    Inn at Mazama, Methow Valley, Washington

  
  

  INN AT MAZAMA, Mazama, Washington

  Sunday, January 26 to Friday, January 31, 2025 (Five Nights)

  Registration Opens:  September 29, 2024

  Registration Closes:  October 28, 2024

   
  

  CONC has been going to the quaint Inn at Mazama for many years.  It is conveniently located right on the Methow Valley ski trails, and just a few yards from the Mazama Store.  This puts us at the western edge of the Methow Valley trails, about 20 miles NW of Winthrop, WA on Highway 20.

  The Inn and the Methow Valley are a perfect setting for a CONC excursion.  The Inn is a combination of a lodge and two adjacent clusters of guest rooms.  Besides the 10 guest rooms, the lodge consists of a large dining room adjacent to a huge, Russian fireplace and warming room where we gather to socialize and drink warm beverages in the mornings and a glass of wine or beer in the evenings before sitting down for a group meal.  Some of the rooms are located within the lodge while others are accessed by a covered boardwalk in two clusters just beyond the hot tub.

  The town of Mazama is very small, consisting of the amazing Mazama Store, a clothing store, a ski school, and a few other lodging venues.  It has everything we need to enjoy over 200 km of groomed XC ski trails!

  The trails are arranged in roughly five groups:  Sun Mountain, Rendezvous, Winthrop, Big Valley and Mazama & Upper Valley trails. We typically ski out the door of the Inn for Upper Valley trails and those around Mazama.  Often, we will drive down towards Sun Mountain or Rendezvous for a day.  Some people like to ski the 19 miles from Mazama to Winthrop!  A pass is required to ski the Methow Valley trails at $30 per day with a discount for a multi-day purchase. Find all the trails maps at methowtrails.org.
  

  The plan is for our group to arrive on Sunday afternoon, January 26^th.  Ski activities will commence on Monday the 27^th.  The last group ski activities will be on Thursday, January 30^th but you can ski on Friday the 31^st as well before heading home if you like.  As per normal CONC custom, we will facilitate car-pooling.

   

  ROOM RATES for this year are listed below:

  Room Type	# of Rooms Held	Beds	Rate per Night (Sundays – Thursdays)
  Aspen	2	1 queen	$170
  Birch (lofts)	2	1 queen in loft; 1 single fold out	$180
  Cedar Plus	1	1 queen; 1 single bed	$210
  Cedar	1	1 queen	$190
  Fir	1	1 king	$220
  Pine	1	1 king; 1 sofa w/fold out (#16 is ADA)	$210
  Pine Plus	1	1 king; 1 sofa w/pull out	$225
  NOTES:  Rates DO NOT include meals and DO NOT include 10.4% taxes
  Aspen, Birch and Fir are in the main lodge.  Cedar and Pine are connected to the lodge by covered walkways

   

  MEALS:

  5 dinners (Sunday-Thursday), and 5 breakfasts (Monday-Friday), are provided at the Inn. The meal plan cost is $487.80 per person and includes tax and gratuities.  Local caterer, Kathy, along with Inn manager, Andy, will be preparing delicious breakfasts and dinners. Lunch will be on your own. You can either bring lunch items, or the Mazama Store makes sandwiches as well.

  REGISTRATION:

  Registration for this CONC trip is done by contacting the Inn at Mazama directly. You can email or call the front desk to make reservations:frontdesk@innmazama.com or 509.996.2681. The Inn at Mazama will send you an invoice, which you will pay directly to the Inn by credit card. The registration begins with receipt of this email and will close October 28. (90 Days Advance Registration and 12 CONC Skier minimum requested by the Inn at Mazama for our 2025 group stay.) If you have questions please contact Derek Matthews.
  

  
  

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• Advanced Beginner XC Ski Clinic

  • When
    26 Jan 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    The Grove, 921 NW Mt Washington Dr, Bend
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  Advanced Beginner XC Ski Clinic

  Graduate of CONC’s basic beginner XC ski clinic?  Or been skiing for a while but never or not recently taken a XC ski lesson?  Or just need to refresher lesson on the basics?  Then signup for CONC’s Advanced Beginner XC Ski Clinic to be held on groomed XC ski trails.  The goals of the Advanced Beginner clinic are:

  • brief review of the basics and underlying skills covered in Basic Beginner clinic
  • refinement of diagonal striding and double poling techniques
  • introduce more skills and techniques for going uphill and downhill
  • achieve confidence to ski gentle to moderate terrain

  By lesson’s end, you will be moving along the trails with ease eager to apply your technique to groomed trail skiing.

  Equipment required: Clinics will be offered on groomed XC trails with set tracks.  The set tracks can accommodate a ski up to 70 mm in width.  Recommended skis are double-cambered classic no-wax skis. Skis, boots and poles are available for rent at local ski shops.  Please ascertain that your skis, boots, and poles are properly sized for your weight and height.  Skis should be waxed prior to the clinic.  We recommend applying MaxiGlide, available at local ski shops.

  Prerequisites:  Basic Beginner XC skiing or equivalent

  Meeting place: The Grove (921 Mt Washington Dr., Bend).  We meet inside the food hall at the south end near Thump Coffee.  Here, we sign waivers, meet everyone, and arrange carpools before heading to the sno-park, allowing for two hours of on-snow instruction.

  Note: the ending time does not include travel back from the sno-park.
  

  Questions to Charlie Cornish

  Interested in other clinics?  Here is the plan for the 2024-2025 season.

  If you are interested and the clinic is already full, please join the waitlist so we can gauge the interest for adding additional sessions.

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• Hills: Advanced Beginner XC Ski Clinic

  • When
    26 Jan 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    The Grove, 921 NW Mt Washington Dr, Bend
  • Spaces left
    11

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  Hills: Advanced Beginner XC Ski Clinic

  Are you an accomplished XC skier at the Advanced Beginner level but find hills on groomed XC ski trails to be a challenge.  The Hills:  Advanced Beginner XC Up/Downhill Technique Ski Clinic will help you become a confident hill skier by building a solid foundation of skills.  The goals of the Hills clinic are:

  • adapting diagonal striding for uphills
  • learn and practice other uphill techniques (herringbone, side-step, etc)
  • control speed and stop using variations of the wedge (aka snowplow)
  • make basic turns in a wedge

  By lesson’s end, you’ll be moving with ease up hills of varying degree of steepness and descending in style using a combination of straight run, wedge and wedge turn on groomed trails.

  Equipment required: Clinics will be offered on groomed XC trails with set tracks.  The set tracks can accommodate a ski up to 70 mm in width.  Recommended skis are double-cambered classic no-wax skis. Skis, boots and poles are available for rent at local ski shops.  Please ascertain that your skis, boots, and poles are properly sized for your weight and height.  Skis should be waxed prior to the clinic.  We recommend applying MaxiGlide, available at local ski shops.

  Prerequisites:  Advanced Beginner XC skiing or equivalent

  Meeting place: The Grove (921 Mt Washington Dr., Bend).  We meet inside the food hall at the south end near Thump Coffee.  Here, we sign waivers, meet everyone, and arrange carpools before heading to the sno-park, allowing for two hours of on-snow instruction.

  Note: the ending time does not include travel back from the sno-park.
  

  Questions to Charlie Cornish

  Interested in other clinics?  Here is the plan for the 2024-2025 season.

  If you are interested and the clinic is already full, please join the waitlist so we can gauge the interest for adding additional sessions.

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• X-C Downhill Ski Clinic

  • When
    6 Feb 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM
  • Location
    Hoodoo Ski Area
  • Spaces left
    15

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  X-C Downhill at Hoodoo
  

  This clinic is for anyone wanting to continue to progress your skills, especially working on better ski control in the downhill mode.  Coaches will work on a progression to include: Basic Body Positioning, Step Turns, Snow Plow Wedge, Wedge Turns, Kick Turns, Edge Control, Proper Hand Position, Pole Use, and much more.  This is not a telemark clinic. CONC is offering a telemark clinic later in the season.

  This clinic will be at Hoodoo, and you will have to purchase a discounted lift ticket ($33) to participate.

  Prerequisites for this clinic are strict.  Novice to intermediate skiers with some downhill experiences are invited.  However, if you have lesser skills, the clinic will get frustrating for you and slow others down.  The following equipment is required: skis of 88-90 or wider mm in width, three pin or cable bindings and appropriate beefy boots to match, wider skis in the 100 or more-shovel range are even better. REQUIRED:  LEGITIMATE RUNAWAY STRAPS, SKI HELMET, ADJUSTABLE BACKCOUNTRY OR ALPINE POLES AND APPROPRIATE DRESS (ALPINE SKIING AND RIDING THE LIFT IS MUCH COLDER THAN A NORDIC TOUR). NNN-BC boots and bindings are not allowed unless you modify to allow for use of a ski leash (not easy to do). Pine Mountain Sports rents nice beefy backcountry skis with the new Rottefella Explore binding system and it is easy to add a leash to that.
  

   This clinic is limited to the first 16 members who register.  After that we will develop a waiting list and will try and find more coaches to accommodate interest.  When you register, please list the skis, bindings and boots you plan to use.

  Number of students: 16
  

  Meeting time/place: Hoodoo Ski Area Lodge by Harold the Hodag, 10 am.  Please have your lift ticket already purchased and be ready to ski at 10.
  

  Questions to  Woody Keen, trailwisdom@gmail.com

  
  

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• McCall, Idaho 2025

  • Start
    10 Feb 2025
  • End
    14 Feb 2025
  • Location
    McCall, Idaho

  McCall, Idaho, 2025

  Monday, February 10 to Friday, February 14 (Four Nights)

  142 Brookdale Drive

   

  
  

  Building on the success of last year’s trip, we are heading to McCall again in 2025!  McCall is a small town situated at 5,000 feet elevation with a long history of both Nordic and Alpine skiing.  Join up to 14 Central Oregon Nordic skiers at a luxurious private cabin with ample space for large groups. Ski opportunities abound, with Bear Basin, Ponderosa State Park, Tamarack Resort, and Jug Mountain Ranch all within a 30 minute drive from the cabin.  The drive time from Bend to Brookdale Cabin is about 6 Hours and 30 Minutes.

  The trip cost is $300-$350 per person for a shared bunk room and $450 per person/double occupancy for one of three private rooms.  Included in this price are three delicious dinners prepared at the cabin and one evening dining out in McCall.  Trip participants will be responsible for their own breakfasts and lunches. There is a large refrigerator in the kitchen and another just steps away in the garage.

  Brookdale Cabin (Lodge) is about a 20-minute drive from McCall. On the main level is a fully appointed kitchen and a large main level living room with a cozy pellet stove. The cabin has 5 bedrooms, 3 baths, a hot tub, upstairs living room and large loft area with a pool table and foosball.  There is ample parking on the paved circular driveway and other designated areas around the cabin.

   

  Brookdale Cabin Bedroom Layouts:

  Bedroom 1- Private King with full bath on Main Floor (Sleeps 2-$450 per person/double occupancy)

  Bedroom 2 – Private Queen with shared bath on Main Floor (Sleeps 2 -$450 per person/double occupancy)

  Bedroom 3- Private Queen with shared bath on Main Floor (Sleeps 2 -$450 per person/double occupancy)

  Bunkroom 4 –One (1) Queen and One (1) Twin over Twin Bunk (Sleeps 3-4 - $350 per person for Queen and twin lower bunk, $300 for twin upper bunk)

  Bunkroom 5- Three (3) Twin over Full Bunks (Sleeps up to 5- $350 per person for full lower bunk, $300 for twin upper bunk)

  We will do our best to place you in your requested bedroom, but please be prepared to consider alternate sleeping arrangements. Additional spaces can be carved out throughout the cabin to accommodate your inflatable mattress if needed. 

  
  

  How do I sign up?

  Reservations will be taken beginning October 12 at precisely 8 am (no earlier!) by emailing your request as follows: 

  •  Private Bedroom (Double Occupancy) 1, 2, or 3
  •  Bunkrooms 4 and 5, state the bed size you prefer and if a bunk, upper or lower

  Send an email to Jane Dunham directly. You must be a CONC member to participate in the trip. Be sure to include your roommate’s name if you want to sign up for 2 people.  If you have a group that wants to stay in Bunkrooms 4 or 5, include all their names and bed preferences.  Once your spot is confirmed, you will be invoiced for a non-refundable $100 deposit per person through the CONC website, due no later than 10/19.  You will be required to complete the required CONC Overnight Trip Waiver at that time.  The final payment will be due on 12/16/2024.

  Other Misc:

  Dinner including a vegetarian option will be prepared each evening with helping hands from the group. The dinner menus will include Salmon and Wild Rice, Taco Tuesday, and Pasta Night.  Salad and dessert are included. Coffee, tea and afternoon appetizers will also be provided.  Everyone is responsible for their own beverages, breakfasts and lunches.

  Any questions, please contact Jane Dunham.

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• Telemark Ski Clinic

  • When
    13 Feb 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Hoodoo Ski Area
  • Spaces left
    15

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  Telemark Clinic at Hoodoo
  

  Learn the oldest and most graceful turn in skiing. Join us at Hoodoo ski resort for an introduction to telemark skiing. We will focus on a progression of skills and drills that will guide you on your way to learning to telemark.

  Skills covered: proper weight distribution, the telemark stance, lead changes, proper hand placement and pole use, wedge to tele turns, telemark to stop turn, step tele, and linking turns together.

  We will start by using the very beginner lift at Hoodoo, and the Thrifty Thursday lift pass is $33 for all day. Please buy your lift ticket before the meeting time so as to be ready to meet and greet and then hit the slopes. The slope on this lift is super mellow, great for teaching and learning without being intimidated. If folks are progressing and comfortable, we can move on to other lifts and slopes. We will clinic for 2.5-3hours and break for lunch. You can bring lunch or grab something from the café in the lodge.I plan to free ski after lunch and folks are welcome to join me practicing and learning the mountain. Will stay on greens and easy blues after lunch.

  Prerequisites: CONC’s XCD clinic or solid downhill ski control including snowplow wedge and wedge turns, P turns, Step turns and generally comfortable on skis on downhill landscapes.

  Equipment requirements: Wide and beefy backcountry set ups with fish scales is OK, skis need to be 110mmwide at shovel (front) and 90mm wide under foot (or wider) with 75mm and 3 pin bindings or cable bindings. All skis must have retention devices or ski brakes. Even better for the clinic would be a true telemark setup: 75mm bindings (cable) or NTN, and tele specific skis with no scales.   Between Evergreens has a small fleet of NTN gear for rent--talk to Sam.  I have a few pair of loaner 75mm skis if you have 75mm boots for backcountry and want to try a true telemark ski instead. Please contact Woody for this (trailwisdom@gmail.com) as we would need to adjust bindings the week prior to the clinic. REQUIRED:  LEGITIMATE RUNAWAY STRAPS, SKI HELMET, ADJUSTABLE BACKCOUNTRY OR ALPINE POLES AND APPROPRIATE DRESS (ALPINE SKIING AND RIDING THE LIFT IS MUCH COLDER THAN A NORDIC TOUR).

  Buy your lift ticket before meeting the group. We will meet inside the lodge at the doors exiting the slopes and by Harold the Hodag (can’t miss him).  This clinic is limited to the first 16 members who register. After that we will develop a waiting list and will try and find more coaches to accommodate interest.  When you register, please list the skis, bindings and boots you plan to use.

  Number of students: 16
  

  Meeting time/place: By Harold the Hodag in the Hoodoo lodge, ready to ski at 10 am
  

  Questions to  Woody Keen, trailwisdom@gmail.com

  
  

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• Crater Lake 2025

  • Start
    28 Feb 2025
  • End
    2 Mar 2025
  • Location
    Prospect Historic Hotel, Prospect, OR

  SAVE THE DATES

  Overnight Excursions

  We’ll be back in 2025 with CONC’s favorite destinations!

  February 28-March 2, 2025

  Crater Lake

  Prospect Historic Hotel

  Two Nights (Friday and Saturday)

  Ski and snowshoe the splendor of the National Park in the wintertime!

  Plenty of Rooms for a Large Group from CONC!

  
  

  Look for announcements with pricing late in December. 

  Trip registration will begin in January.

  
  

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• Practice Event

  • When
    1 Apr 2025
  • Spaces left
    43

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  Practice Event

  You can use this event to practice registering for and cancelling from an event.  I highly recommend you use the app "Wild Apricot for members", available for both Android and iOS.

  Try it! 
  

  Event Managers can practice with this event, too.  For that, use the app "Wild Apricot for admins".

  
  

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