Several times each season, Mt. Shasta Nordic Center hosts the athletes from Ashland High School Nordic Ski Team. We think it’s extremely important to encourage our young community members to get out and enjoy both Classic and Skate skiing on our trails.
Thank you to the Ashland High School Nordic Ski Team for joining us!
Thank you to PSIA and our amazing instructor Glenn Jobe for such a wonderful weekend of skate & classic clinics at the Nordic Center! Our staff learned new teaching techniques on Friday, and on Saturday, many community members joined the fun to learn skills techniques from Glenn (and his helpful assistant Paj Kane!).
Thank you to everyone who helped pull this exciting community event off! Special shoutout to Loge Mt. Shasta for sponsoring the event.
We’re so excited to welcome back the professional instruction from PSIA (Professional Ski Instructors of America) at the Nordic Center this season!
Join us on Saturday, February 12th for a day of classic and skate skills clinics. Classic Skills will be from 10:00am-12:00pm and Skate Skills will be from 1:30pm-3:30pm.
Pricing will be $40 each or $70 for both sessions. For non-passholders, your day ticket is included in this rate. Rentals are not included. If you need rentals, please arrive 30 minutes before your session so our staff can get you situated in plenty of time!
Learn more about PSIA here.
A special thank you to LOGE Mt. Shasta for helping us pull off this event.
Our community & hard-working staff are the BEST! For the first time in Mt. Shasta Nordic Center history, we opened with ALL trails groomed and ready to ski.
Opening day 2021 was a blast.
Come join the fun! We’re open from 9:00am-4:00pm daily through January 2nd, 2022.
The Mt. Shasta Nordic Center is hiring a Nordic Center Attendant for the 2021/2022 season!
Click below to view the job description.
Think you’d be a good fit? Please submit your resume via email to Mandy Burkholder at director@mtshastanordic.org
Thank you for supporting the Siskiyou Outdoor Recreation Alliance and the Mt. Shasta Nordic Center. With your help, we raised $5,212 to benefit our programs!
Your donation will help us continue to operate the Mt. Shasta Nordic Center, host the Mt. Shasta Fourth of July Walk/Run and build the Siskiyou Stewardship Fund and Equipment Lending Library for years to come.
Our Participating Programs and Prizes:
Siskiyou Stewardship Corps: Grinduro Swag Bag
Mountain Runners: 2022 Fourth of July walk/Run Entry and 2021 T-shirt
Equipment Lending Library: Grinduro Swag Bag
Mt. Shasta Nordic Center: 2021/2022 Season Pass
North State Giving Tuesday is an online networking and giving event that provides nonprofit organizations the opportunity to gain exposure and start relationships with new donors, and for the people in Shasta, Siskiyou, and Tehama counties to come together to raise as much money as possible for participating organizations. The effort is organized and implemented by the Community Foundation of the North State with presenting sponsorship provided by Merchants Bank of Commerce. You can begin donating today, with the donation window closing at 8:00pm PST on Tuesday, November 30th. Proceeds will help defray the expense of rebuilding our snow cat engine. Learn more about Giving Tuesday here.
Stay tuned for more Giving Tuesday announcements!
There is snow on the mountain again and we are getting ready for an awesome 2021/2022 ski season!
Mt. Shasta Nordic Center season passes are now on sale. Click below to purchase your 2021/2022 season pass today. In a move we should have made a long time ago, all trail passes for everyone under 18 years old are now FREE! Kids Season Passes are still listed & the process needs to be completed so we can hook them up with their pass, but there's no charge. Let’s get as many youngsters on the snow as we can this winter!
Preparation for the ski season is well underway. Our trail crew has been manicuring the trail system—mowing brush, removing rocks & stumps, and clearing hazard trees—to ensure the best winter trail conditions possible regardless of snow depth. Our mechanical team has serviced the snowmobile, grooming sled, and other Nordic Center equipment, and—most excitingly—is finishing up the rebuild project on the Nordic snow cat. Ms. Kitty has received a fully remanufactured motor and a whole lot of care as we’ve invested $25,000 and hundreds of hours from our volunteer mechanic crew.
There’s one big reason Mt. Shasta has the only groomed XC ski trail system between Tahoe & Bend; it is because volunteer time & energy has made everything above possible and is essential to getting the Nordic Center up & running for the season, just as it has been every year. The simple fact is that Nordic skiing in Mt. Shasta is a lot of work, and we barely cover costs most years. We’ve always worked hard to keep our trails accessible by maintaining low fees, but depend on additional donations to make ends meet. If you’re able, please consider an additional donation to help us make things even better. You can donate when purchasing your pass for the season or at any time on our website. If you’d like to help specifically with the costs of repairing the snow cat, there’s an opportunity to do so here.
Beginning with the 2021-22 winter, Mt. Shasta Nordic is offering our Season Pass Skier Satisfaction Pledge to season pass holders. We strive to consistently offer a quality skiing experience and the Pledge is our marker of how seriously we take this promise. If nature provides but we fail to deliver, we'll provide whatever refund of pass fees you feel appropriate. There is only the slightest fine print: weather & snowfall are variables outside our control. We promise to do our best with what nature provides, but our satisfaction pledge can't cover lack of snow. We're all in this together, striving to make quality Nordic skiing happen in Mt. Shasta.
Our precipitation year is off to a wet start, and here’s to hoping that’s the theme of the season!
See you on the snow!
Community members gathered at Loge in Mount Shasta last night October 19th for the Mt. Shasta Nordic Center Public Input Meeting. The group discussed the Regional Park Program grant application from California Parks and Recreation that Siskiyou Outdoor Recreation Alliance (SORA) is submitting to fund a new Mt. Shasta Nordic Center guest services lodge and 4.8 miles of unfunded sections of the Gateway Phase Two Trail System. Community members were invited to give their feedback and input on the plans as well as share their “Big Idea” for future dreams and visions for the Nordic Center. The public input gathered will be included in the proposal that will be submitted in November of this year.
Thank you to all who joined us for this event! To learn more about the Mt. Shasta Nordic Center Facilities Upgrade & Connected Community Trail Project and to take the survey CLICK HERE.
Give the gift of skiing…
Gift Certificates for Mt. Shasta Nordic Center available here
