Cross Country Skiing in the Crowsnest Pass

Crowsnest Pass Cross Country Association

February, 2006 Newsletter

Potential Threat From Logging in the Allison Creek Recreation Area

Although our ski venue is a Provincial Recreation Area, it is located within the C5 Forest Management Unit and lacks any formal status to protect it from logging activity.   Alberta Sustainable Resource Development (ASRD) has produced a Draft Harvest Sequence for the C5 that shows extensive logging within the trail system.  We have responded by writing a letter to ASRD asking that the Recreation Area and a proposed expansion area be removed from the harvest plan, and offering to work with them to protect our venue and to manage it for its recreation values.

Annual General Meeting News Highlights

 Ø      The membership voted to join Cross Country Alberta (a division of Cross Country Canada) in order to obtain their excellent Sports Liability Insurance package, including Officers and Directors insurance.  Other benefits of membership include being a member of Canada’s cross country ski community, raising our profile and the potential to attract new members, and providing support for Canada’s National Ski Team. The cost of insurance will be recovered from members as part of the annual membership renewal process.