Capstone Caper Loppet, wear your best costume!
Open to all ages and ski levels; everyone is welcome! Join us for this family-friendly fun event, enjoy the great outdoors & be entered into an exciting prize draw!
Entry by donation, to our NNSC Nordiq Canada Annual Club Fundraising campaign – Donate Here: NNSC”Smooth Grooves Track and Trails”
Choose your distance or do all the loops!
- 1 km Storyboard – scavenger hunt loop
- 3 km Camp Busk loop
- 6 km Euphrates loop
Loppet Check in: 9:45 am – Loppet Start: 10:15 am
Join Nelson Nordic’s Track Attack and Junior Racers at our popular annual Pumpkin Hunt to raise funds for our youth programs and ski team!
DOWNLOAD Pumpkin Hunt Poster here!
We will hide 150 pumpkins in our Enchanted Forest. Children 12 years and under are invited to hunt for a pumpkin, with our ski team athletes to guide them into the forest. FUN for the whole family!
Rubber Boots are recommended:)
Admission of $20 includes one pumpkin, 1 hot chocolates and 1 hotdog.
In order to spread out participants and make it a fun and safe event, we will have three sessions, one beginning at 10:00 am, second at 10:30 am, and third at 11:00 am. All tickets must be purchased online in advance at nelsonnordicski.square.site
**Please remember to bring your own mug for hot chocolate and your own drinking water. Also parking is limited please carpool if you can. Overflow parking is available at the Busk parking area.
Special thanks to our generous local sponsors; Save-On-Foods, Safeway, Kootenay Coop, Oso Negro, Kootenay Bakery and Pink Dog Design!
We look forward to seeing you out at the Nelson Nordic Apex trailhead on Saturday, October 25. Rain or shine!
Approx. 10 mins S. of Nelson on Hwy 6, across from Whitewater Rd.
POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER!
SKI FOR FREE IF YOU HAPPEN TO SHOW UP ON SITE TODAY:
The Moonlit ski has been postposed due to inclement weather. See you on January 31, 2026 Instead!
Join us for a beautiful ski by moonlight (and Tiki torches!) to the Euphrates Cabin. We’ll have an outdoor bonfire, hot apple cider and plenty of good vibes! The cabin will be open.
Please be sure to bring your own mug for cider, as well as a headlamp. The route will be partially illuminated with Tiki torches back from the cabin along the Rail Trail.
(apple cider is available while supplies last).
A fundraiser for our Nelson Nordic youth programs and Ski Team!
You are cordially invited to our fabulous and popular Tour de Soup!
On Saturday, January 24th, 2026 from noon to 2 p.m., come join us for a gourmet ski experience!
Visit any of our warming cabins at Apex, Euphrates (Busk) and Clearwater and sample a delicious cup of soup at each. Soup is offered BY DONATION, with proceeds going to Kidsport and to support our youth programs and Ski Team.
Please bring your own cup or mug for soup! (Suggested min. donation: $5 per cup.)
Non-members must pay trail user fees, as usual.
POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER!
SKI FOR FREE IF YOU HAPPEN TO SHOW UP ON SITE TODAY:
The Moonlit ski has been postposed due to inclement weather. See you on January 31, 2026 Instead!
Join us for a beautiful ski by moonlight (and Tiki torches!) to the Euphrates Cabin. We’ll have an outdoor bonfire, hot apple cider and plenty of good vibes! The cabin will be open.
Please be sure to bring your own mug for cider, as well as a headlamp. The route will be partially illuminated with Tiki torches back from the cabin along the Rail Trail.
(apple cider is available while supplies last).
A fundraiser for our Nelson Nordic youth programs and Ski Team!
You are cordially invited to our fabulous and popular Tour de Soup!
On Saturday, January 24th, 2026 from noon to 2 p.m., come join us for a gourmet ski experience!
Visit any of our warming cabins at Apex, Euphrates (Busk) and Clearwater and sample a delicious cup of soup at each. Soup is offered BY DONATION, with proceeds going to Kidsport and to support our youth programs and Ski Team.
Please bring your own cup or mug for soup! (Suggested min. donation: $5 per cup.)
Non-members must pay trail user fees, as usual.
POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER!
SKI FOR FREE IF YOU HAPPEN TO SHOW UP ON SITE TODAY:
The Moonlit ski has been postposed due to inclement weather. See you on January 31, 2026 Instead!
Join us for a beautiful ski by moonlight (and Tiki torches!) to the Euphrates Cabin. We’ll have an outdoor bonfire, hot apple cider and plenty of good vibes! The cabin will be open.
Please be sure to bring your own mug for cider, as well as a headlamp. The route will be partially illuminated with Tiki torches back from the cabin along the Rail Trail.
(apple cider is available while supplies last).
A fundraiser for our Nelson Nordic youth programs and Ski Team!
You are cordially invited to our fabulous and popular Tour de Soup!
On Saturday, January 24th, 2026 from noon to 2 p.m., come join us for a gourmet ski experience!
Visit any of our warming cabins at Apex, Euphrates (Busk) and Clearwater and sample a delicious cup of soup at each. Soup is offered BY DONATION, with proceeds going to Kidsport and to support our youth programs and Ski Team.
Please bring your own cup or mug for soup! (Suggested min. donation: $5 per cup.)
Non-members must pay trail user fees, as usual.
POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER!
SKI FOR FREE IF YOU HAPPEN TO SHOW UP ON SITE TODAY:
The Moonlit ski has been postposed due to inclement weather. See you on January 31, 2026 Instead!
Join us for a beautiful ski by moonlight (and Tiki torches!) to the Euphrates Cabin. We’ll have an outdoor bonfire, hot apple cider and plenty of good vibes! The cabin will be open.
Please be sure to bring your own mug for cider, as well as a headlamp. The route will be partially illuminated with Tiki torches back from the cabin along the Rail Trail.
(apple cider is available while supplies last).
A fundraiser for our Nelson Nordic youth programs and Ski Team!