Month-long challenge to focus on ski club history
The Air North Challenge has returned to the Whitehorse Cross Country Ski Club.
The Air North Challenge has returned to the Whitehorse Cross Country Ski Club.
The event sponsored by the Yukon鈥檚 airline challenges skiers to explore the club鈥檚 trails in February.
One lucky skier will win the grand prize of two tickets to one of Air North鈥檚 destinations while various draw prizes will also be awarded March 1.
With the majority of skiers using the popular Dog and Copper Trail and Selwyn鈥檚 Loop, the thought is they are missing out on some great skiing on Lower Valley, Powerline, Raven and the rest of the 85 kilometres of groomed trail and 20 km of single track.
This year鈥檚 challenge theme is 鈥淲hitehorse Ski Club History.鈥�
The challenge will be to find all the history questions along the trails and punch the control card along the way.
There are categories for skiers young and old, novice to expert. The control points are marked with the familiar orange and white orienteering controls. A unique punch and question will identify each control point.
The 鈥淗istory 101鈥� category is for skiers who do not want to venture far and would like to stay on the easier trails. They will have to find five controls and answer the questions associated with each on green trails between the chalet and Crossroads Junction.
The 鈥淗istory Minor鈥� category is for intermediate skiers. 聽They will need to find 10 controls and correctly answer the questions on all green and blue trails as far as Best Chance.
The 鈥淗istory Major鈥� category is for experienced skiers who want to ski all the trails. They will have to find 20 controls located throughout the trail system and identify the airport codes.
A special category for snowshoers, 鈥淧rehistoric History,鈥� will include the single-track trails. Snowshoers will have to find five controls and correctly answer the questions.
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