We tried cross country skiing as a family a couple of years ago when visiting the National Ability Center in Park City and loved it! With 65 miles of Nordic trails ranging from beginner (thank you!) to advanced, our ski vacation at Silver Star Mountain Resort was the perfect opportunity to try cross country skiing again.
Now to find a way for my special needs daughter to ski with us.
The Thule Chariot CX-1 is large enough to accommodate my special needs child, and has attachments for cross-country skiing, biking, jogging and hiking. Something we could get a lot of use from. Thule provided the Chariot CX-1 for our review (coming soon), and we picked up the ski attachment at Second Gear Sports after finding it on Craig’s List. We were ready to go!
Silver Star Mountain Resort is really beautiful, the views alone are worth the visit, and the champagne snow definitely lives up to it’s billing. While there we met some pretty special people, Steve Feedham our cross-country ski instructor was one of them. Quickly assessing our, uh, skill levels, Steve suggested that he pull V in the Thule Chariot so that we could focus on our form – or maybe just learn how to stop.
Patient and encouraging, Steve taught us all the basic techniques to ski on our own, and took us on a quick tour as the sun was beginning to set. When we were done, Steve enthusiastically announced that we had skied 1 kilometer! Wait, that’s just over half a mile… Oh well, we were focused on technique, not distance, right? With those lessons and the equipment, I hope to get our family out on Nordic trails more this season.
We fell in love with Steve from the beginning; some people just connect with kids like ours, and he had a special heart for V. He provides downhill and cross-country ski lessons (obviously with a lot of patience), and would be great with people of various abilities.
Two thumbs up from this family!
Steve Feedham, CSIA III, CSCF II
(778) 475-2662
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- Packing for a ski vacation
- Family fun besides skiing at Silver Star
- About Silver Star Mountain Resort in British Columbia
Disclaimer: My family was a guest of Silver Star Mountain Resort for purposes of this review.
