Nakkertok’s own, Katherine Stewart-Jones is off to represent Canada at the cross-country ski events at next month’s Beijing Olympics. Over the last couple of years Katherine has established herself as the top Canadian women’s distance skier and won both distance races at the recent Olympic Trials in Canmore, Alberta. Olympic Trials win, Nathanial [...]
Welcome to the new ski season. At the time of writing this we’ve had two full weeks of Nakkertrak operations. Based on the weather forecast we may once again have the only decent skiing in the region for the bulk of December. We are getting ready to host the National Capital’s first XC Ski race [...]
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Candy Cane Cup ( Eastern Canada Cup #1 NORAM) Dec 11 and 12, 2021 Organized by ENGNE, hosted by Nakkertok Boxing Day Burn Off- Dec 26th, 2021 - pull those costumes out of storage! Hosted by ENERG Weber Loppet - Jan 23 2022- North to South Ski Hosted by the Adventure Program Eastern Canadian Championships [...]
Nakkertok’s early season artificial snow loop continues to be an important asset for our membership, our racing program athletes and the large Ottawa-Gatineau cross country ski community. Last fall, the Nakkertrak provided much needed respite from COVID and resulted in over 5000 individual visits! This year, the Nakkertrak will host the Candy Cane Cup on [...]
Nakkertok has enacted a ban on the use of fluorinated ski waxes at our facilities. As of November 8th, 2021, this ban will apply to all glide waxes, with a limited exemption for specific race categories at the Candy Cane Cup and Eastern Canadian Ski Championships being held at Nakkertok this season. Commencing with the [...]
We have tried to come up with many different scenarios on how to make the in-person sale possible. Unfortunately, due to changing restrictions and the safety of our members, we have decided to hold the Nakkertok Ski Swap virtually for the months of October and November 2021. This is how. Step 1 - Request to [...]
We are pleased to announce that Katherine Denis has joined our fulltime coaching staff and will be coaching our ENRG program, (U23) athletes. Originally from Timiskaming, Katherine has raced with the Nakkertok program for 6 years, competing at the NorAm level and representing Canada at the 2019 Winter World University Games in Krasnoyark, Russia as [...]
We are looking for enthusiastic, skilled cross-country skiers ideally with racing and coaching experience to join the coaching team at Nakkertok in a development role. In this position, you would assist a coach lead working with U12, U14 or U16 racers at 1 to 3 sessions per week (1.5 to 7 hours per week) developing [...]
Nakkertok is pleased to announce the receipt of a $15,000 “Hall Mark of Excellence Award” to help us hire an additional paid coach for our Race Program this season. The Award is one of several financial contributions made by Marty and Kathy Hall in the last few years, to further the development of skiing in [...]
