Future Ski Racers Take Over the Slopes of Sun Peaks
Future Ski Racers Take Over the Slopes of Sun Peaks
Rio Tinto Alcan Nancy Greene Husky Snow Star Festival: March 25-26
Sun Peaks, BC (March 17, 2010) – Over 40 years ago, the Nancy Greene Ski League was formed after the 1968 Olympic Champion Nancy Greene inspired hundreds of young people to want to try ski racing.
That passion for ski racing will be front and centre next weekend as over 400 children gather at Sun Peaks Resort for the 9th Annual Rio Tinto Alcan Nancy Greene Husky Snow Star Festival.
The largest festival of its kind in Canada, kids between the ages of 5 and 11 years old will participate in a variety of skills events. “The festival brings together a whole bunch of kids with a common love of skiing to explore the mountain and improve their skiing skills,” says Johnny Crichton, Program Director with the Sun Peaks Alpine Club. “From bumps, to speed, jumps and powder...there’s a great collection of skills sections set up for the kids.”
Off the slopes, the festival children can grab a photo and autograph with Olympian Nancy Greene, and participate in a kids carnival with face painting, games, clowns and slideshows!
For more information on the event, visit www.sunpeaksresort.com.
Useful Links:
Sun Peaks Resort official website
Sun Peaks Media Library
About Sun Peaks
Sun Peaks Resort is a four season destination resort located in the interior of British Columbia near Kamloops. Recently declared the 2nd Best Ski Resort in Canada and 10th Best in North America by Condé Nast Traveller Magazine readers, Sun Peaks has three mountains which surround an intimate ski-in, ski-out village. In other seasons, Sun Peaks offers a diverse range of leisure activities including 18 holes of golf as well as numerous events and festivals. Sun Peaks Resort was the first ski resort in North America and is the only resort in Canada to receive the ISO 14001 designation recognizing the resorts environmental policies and practices. Sun Peaks can be accessed by two airport gateways - Kamloops (45 minutes) and Kelowna (2 1/2 hours) and by car, only a 4 ¼ hour drive separates Sun Peaks and Vancouver, B.C.
*Communication from Tourism Sun Peaks