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Black Jack Cross Country Ski Club

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Located at altitude, 1,160 meters (3,800 feet) above sea level, Black Jack's 30 plus kilometres of trails provide consistent and reliable snow cover from early December through late April. The high altitude provides ideal training opportunities.

The home of Canadian national champion and world cup podium finisher George Grey, the Black Jack Ski Club has a long reputation as one of BC's premiere nordic skiing venues having played host to numerous successful international events including the Haywood NorAm in 2008 and 2009, The BC Winter games in 2006 and 1982, the Canadian Masters championships and dry land and on snow training for the Canadian Nordic and Biathlon teams.

The fully wired event venue features a 1km stadium loop area fully lit for night skiing in an open meadow with excellent visibility for spectators adjacent to the ample parking and heritage hospitality and warming cabins.

Featuring fantastic viewpoints around each bend in the trails looking up at the Monashee mountains or down onto the Columbia River valley Black Jack`s trails provide exciting loops and racing options.

Located adjacent and connected to the Hannah Creek Biathlon Range and 30km from the Castlegar Nordic Ski club’s 40 km’s of trails Black Jack is the center of a multi venue Nordic skiing destination.

Fast Facts

30+km of groomed track set and skate skiing trails
3 heritage warming cabins
Wired for timing start/finish stadium
New Piston Bully Groomer
Home of George Grey - World Cup and Canadian Nordic Champion

Facility Specs

Year completed	1982
Seating capacity	1
Parking capacity	200
Medical room	No
Warm up area	Yes
Licensed for alcohol	No
Official rooms	1
Food services	No
Dressing rooms	1

Scoreboard	Manual
Sound system	Yes
Owner	Private
Office space	No
Weight room / fitness facility	No
Equipment storage	Yes
Ticket box	Yes
Media room	No
Internet capability	High speed
Hospitality room	Yes

Sport Hosting Services

Tourism Rossland is prepared to offer promotional, operational and visitor experience support to sport event organizers in a number of ways. Listed below are just some of the services provided to sport event producers on a case by case basis:

- Bid Development
- Connections to Local Resort Partners
- Marketing and Communications support
- Site inspections / Venue selection
- Operational support and resources
- Destination collateral
- Accommodation booking support to source out suitable accommodations, rates and availability
- Tickets and packaging opportunities
- Media hosting
-Registration for larger groups