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Overlander Ski Club Kamloops, BC Fast Fun & Family Friendly Our home is on the Stake Lake Trails Just 25Km south of Kamloops Pardon us, were a bit exhausted it was a very busy season! 122 days open (one day

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Overlander Ski Club

 Kamloops, BC

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Fast … Fun … & Family Friendly

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Our home is on the Stake Lake Trails

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Just 25Km south of Kamloops

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Pardon us, we’re a bit exhausted… it was a very busy season!

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Our season by the numbers 122 days open

(one day short of a record)

18,803 skier visits

(new record by 30%)

1,784 snowshoer visits

(double our old record)

567 club members Over 600 Six-day passes sold

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Club History

incorporated in 1983 Bruce Tucker was the first President of the

  • riginal Board of

Directors Bruce is still on the Board today

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We are known for….

Our friendly skiers Our skills and experience as event hosts Our exceptional volunteers Our popular and priceless staff

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We are also known for

  • ur highly paid

SpokesCreatures

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“The famous Stake Lake moose”

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“The famous Stake Lake moose”

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“The famous Stake Lake moose”

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“The famous Stake Lake moose”

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“The famous Stake Lake moose”

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“The famous Stake Lake moose”

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“The famous Stake Lake moose”

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OSCar and OSCette – our Mascots

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Overlander Insider News Bulletin: “Lynx on Hoss”

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Overlander Insider News Bulletin: “Lynx on Hoss”

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Overlander Insider News Bulletin: “Lynx on Hoss”

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Overlander Insider News Bulletin: “Lynx on Hoss”

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Overlander Insider News Bulletin: “Lynx on Hoss”

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Overlander Insider News Bulletin: “Lynx on Hoss”

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Overlander Insider News Bulletin: “Lynx on Hoss”

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Overlander Insider News Bulletin: “Lynx on Hoss”

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Overlander Insider News Bulletin: “Lynx on Hoss”

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Trails

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Our trails our legendary The Stake Lake Ski Trails are operated

  • n crown land by the Overlander Ski

Club under a long-term agreement with the Provincial Government though Recreation Sites and Trails

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Ski Trails – over 60 Km of trails

  • ver varied

terrain

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10 Km 0f Snowshoe Trails

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5 Km of Dog Friendly Ski Trails

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Facilities

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Our warm day lodge features a heated gathering area up top and an area for ski / snowshoe rentals below.

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Heated washrooms thanks to a grant from the Kamloops Blazers “We are flush with excitement”

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Former president, Alan Vyse, and OSCar welcome visitors to washroom grand opening

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Timing Booth at the stadium

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Shelters on many of the trails – a perfect place to enjoy the view

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Shelters to take a break

  • n the trails
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Let there be (more) light

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Night skiing is extremely popular at the Stake Lake trails.

In 2015 we added approximately 800m of LED lighting to our existing lit track area. We now have roughly 5.5km of lit ski trails. We are planning on adding more and converting our original fluorescent lights to LED.

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Of course, all great construction projects start like this…

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if you go out in the woods at night you might not need a headlamp…

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… and you’re going to run in to A LOT of skiers and snowshoers

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Equipment

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The Cat “Happy trails… to us!”

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Ginsus

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Extraordinary Staff

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Staff: We hear their praises every

  • day. They are

easily one of

  • ur greatest

assets.

“I have been going to Stake Lake even before the Coquihalla. Since Matt & Lee have posted their reviews

  • f the snow conditions I have gone more
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decision to go or not to go. I very much appreciate their accuracy. Give them a raise. Thank them publicly. Bring them back again and again.”

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Staffing

We have employed at least two people to collect fees at the trails since 1991 when OSC took over the operation of Stake Lake. We pay well above minimum wage and have had great success in retaining staff.  Matt has been with us for 8 years. Colin Saville was with us for 15.

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Staffing

Last year we had 4 people on staff from mid November to mid March, and all worked full time in January and February. We also use our long time paid staff during the off season for building maintenance and program administrative activities.

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Payroll

Our payroll was approx. $46,000 this year and our total budget was over $200,000.

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Contractors Our instructor is on contract. She works full-time during the S’kool Ski program and teaches our lessons as well. We also employ a bookkeeper who works with the Treasurer.

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Tracksetters

 We do not employ tracksetters although our paid staff do some tracksetting when they start their day, or at the beginning of the season.  We have a dedicated band of volunteer tracksetters (about 15 and not all men) who work on a schedule which is managed by the paid staff.  The system works about 98 % of the time and has improved steadily over the years. The tracksetter group also looks after machine maintenance and all but the most difficult repairs.

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A rare photograph of the elusive Ticket Booth Operator (Ticketus

  • perandii) in their

natural winter habitat

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The Overlander Insider

 Staff generated initiative  Started as a blog on the trail conditions page of our website  Evolved to a facebook page that now has over 500 followers  Each day they post the time, air / snow temp, amount

  • f new snow and detailed info about the conditions

 First skier reports  Where the groomers are  Wildlife sightings  Events

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The morning moose report

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“charging moose on Sidewinder”

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Programs

Programs

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Junior Development

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Girls go Nordic

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Building a life- long love of Nordic skiing

 This program is ideal for those girls not interested in pursuing nordic ski racing either instead of or after the Track Attack Program.  focuses on continued skill development with

  • pportunities for volunteering as a nordic ski

host and helping with other events at the Stake Lake Trails (races, scouting groups, family day events etc)  One of the key components is providing / allowing for a more social atmosphere for the girls.

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The program is aimed at pre- teen and teen girls with the ultimate goal of keeping them involved in nordic skiing for life.

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courtesy of a grant from VIA SPORT

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Programs

Youth Lessons Junior Development Adult / private lessons New – partnership with the city for snowshoeing and skiing

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Wednesday women

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Wednesday women

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Wednesday women

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S'Kool Ski

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This year we welcomed nearly 1,500 school children to our program

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Students spent half of their day learning to ski and half learning to snowshoe

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Events

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Teck BC Cup #2

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2015 Canadian Masters Despite challenging conditions we pulled it off

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Coming soon…

BC Championships Feb 17 – 19, 2017 BC Winter Games, 2018

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Stake Lake is stop #1 (out of 4) in the Dirty Feet Snowshoe Race series 86 Snowshoers hit the trails

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Polarthon

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Family Day free day and foodbank drive

  • 400 skiers
  • 33 snowshoers
  • 432 lbs of food
  • $832 cash donations
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Fun… ski clubs can be fun… disco balls not required!

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Stuffie Trail

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Marking the trails can also be fun

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Doesn’t every ski trail have Mistletoe?

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On the horizon

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Partnership with the KBRA

 The Kamloops Bike Riders Association has partnered with the Overlander Ski Club. They will be making some of our current snowshoe trails into single track mountain biking trails.  This means wider trails and some reinforcement on steep sections.  If the partnership goes well they could be creating more trails that we would use for snowshoeing in the winter.

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Tourism partnerships

Hotels Tour operators

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Climate change We are in the process of creating and acting on a plan for low snow conditions:

Snow fences Better use of the snow we have Moving our parking staging area for quicker access to higher trails.

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More snowshoe trails This year we will be adding approximately 5Km of dog-friendly snowshoe trails in the same area as

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Fat bikes

While we haven’t yet received a formal proposal from the local fat biking community, they have approached us in theory and we are waiting to hear from them. It’s not a matter of if we have fat bike- friendly trails, but when.

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Return of the Loppet

There are plans afoot to resurrect our loppet, possibly in tandem with the BC Championships…. Stay tuned! This would include the possibility of a recreational event that won’t have an emphasis on timing to attract the rest of

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We want to create more opportunities for both competitive and recreational skiers to participate in events.

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Succession planning… a very touchy subject

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Branding

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Our branding process Rethinking: Look Feel Language Who are we talking to? What are we trying to tell them?

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#SkiStake #ShoeStake