Trails Planning & Club President - Terry Davis
Welcome to another year of great gliding in North Fork. 2012 brings with it a new Polaris Ranger pulling a new 108" ginzu. This completes a stable quiver of grooming machines to keep the track in good shape. Thanks again to our steady volunteer grooming crew and to Dave for keeping it all together.
2012 also brings Kristina Owen to our group as the juniors coach. What great fortune we have! Kristina and fiance moved to Ogden compliments of Salomon. Kristina will bring certain promise to the juniors program. Be sure to google for her bio.
We would like to thank Salomon for this years sponsorship of our Nordic Center Greeters. You will be quick to note their sharp attire!
We have been lucky enough to add two new board members this year. Mitch Jenkins has joined the board as our treasurer. Mitch brings welcome relief to Julie Zeigler who is turning her attentions toward Directing the Juniors programs and working with Kristina.
We also added Scott Blank to the board. Scott is a welcome addition to the board and has served Ogden Nordic as a groomer and part time mechanic for the past 4 seasons. Scott and his wife Tracey manage the nearby Camp UTABA. The grooming endeavor has caused Scott and Tracey to start cross country skiing again after many years off. You can picture their smiles.
Lastly, please look for our new maps and brochures that Alan Wheelwright and Kristen Healy have been working on this past fall. Very nice.
Clare and I continue to raise the family and hope they catch the itch like I have. Stop in and say hello. The coffee is always on and the fridge is full.
It is a pleasure to work with the dedicated, up-beat, and optimistic people in Ogden Nordic! I want to thank all of our volunteers who spend the time to groom, coach, and organize things. Our Venue has come a long way due to all of the volunteer help. We can feel the mometum building. Our main goal has been to create a "Notable" Nordic Venue for our valley and the Ogden Area. I hope you can appreciate what the club has been able to achieve in terms of winter and summer trails.
Please come up and enjoy the grooming, the gliding, and the scenery!. And then, let us know how you feel about it.
Sincerely,
Terry Davis
Director of Grooming & Club VP - Dave Jenkins
Dave grew up on skis in the Central Wasatch Mtns. A true water sports fan he rides the water all year on lakes, rivers and ski trails. Sharing his passions is a way of life he pursued as a ski instructor, hang gliding instructor, river guide in Cataract Canyon, secondary science teacher and currently as the teacher/facilitator of the Swanson's North Fork Environmental Learning Center located in Liberty, Utah. Daily he is on the trails sharing nature with kids from Weber County. When the snow flies students put on skis and snowshoes and travel over the snow on their discoveries of animal tracks and winter wonder.
His love for winter and sliding on the snow is only surpassed by his interest in his 3 children and lovely wife. They all live in Eden and enjoy the local offerings of wonderful people and beautiful surroundings. Dave's father in law was a dairy farmer and Dave considers himself a snow farmer, taking what nature provides and cultivating product useful to all who will partake.
Enjoy the trails and come back often.
Director Of Masters: Jim White
Jim hails from Michigan Technological University in the winter wonderland of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
Jim first learned to ski in college and started to compete while living in Wisconsin in 1998. Jim has completed the American Birkebiner, Noquenamon, 24 Hours of Telmark, and Australia’s Kangaroo Hoppet. Jim now competes regularly in Wasatch Citizen Series races and a number of other events including the Boulder Mountain Tour and the West Yellowstone Rendezvous where Jim finished 3rd in his age group in 2008.
Lisa’s roots can be found in Golden Valley, Minnesota, where she learned to ski at the age of 15 and enjoyed many days skiing as captain of her high school Nordic ski team. She developed great skills and qualified for the 1993 Midwest Central Junior Olympic Team and placed 7th in the 10km skate race.
In 2001, Lisa turned her attention to longer distances with great success. In the Noquemenon 53km Ski Marathon, she finished in 3rd place for her age category and 22nd place overall. She finished the 51km American Birkebeiner Ski Marathon in the top 100, and was 7th overall in the Wisconsin Badger State Games 43km marathon and 1st in her age category. Since moving to Utah in 2001 Lisa has continued to compete. She placed 3rd overall in the 2008 Yellowstone Rendezvous 25km Skate (1st place women 30-34), 47th overall in the 2008 Boulder Mountain Tour (4th place women 30-34), and 5th overall in the 2007 Yellowstone Rendezvous 25km skate (2nd place women 30-34).Lisa and Jim have always helped other skiers and frequently give back to the sport through clinics and coaching. In the 1998-99’ season Lisa was the Assistant Cross-Country Ski Coach for Robbinsdale Armstrong High School in Plymouth, MN. During the 2002-03’ ski season she help coach the Ogden Nordic Juniors team. From 2003 to 2005, she was the Director of Ogden Nordic Master Ski program, while Jim served as the club secretary. Jim and Lisa have always helped to organize and provide coaching at O’Nordic clinics.
In the summer, Jim and Lisa hammering single track throughout Utah racing for Kuhl Mountain Bike Team. During the day, Lisa is busy working in Weber County as a Pediatric Physical Therapist and Jim is an engineering manager.
Snow Shoe Trails / Signage & Club Secretary - Alan Wheelwright
Alan is a current Board Member for Weber Pathways and brings with him a wealth of expereience, knowelege, and energy for our venue and trails in general. He is impetus behind the progress we have make creating and linking various scenic snow shoe trails. Alan is also the perosn behind our trail maps and signage. ....what a great amount of progress!
During the summer season, Alan is leader and champion for completing the trail around Pinview, called the Pinview Loop Pathway or "PLP". He has been instumental in aligning the route and gaining approval, and funding, for this important project.
You will not find a more positive person,....always full of suggestions, ideas, and energy.
Youth Programs Coordinator & Club Treasurer - Julie Zeigler
Julie is a Chemical Engineer from the University of Notre Dame and a mother of three. She has been cross-country skiing for the past thirteen years and has competed twice in The American Birrkebeiner and twice in The Noquemenon Ski Marathon where she took an age-group second place. Julie and her family moved here from Green Bay, WI in early 2009 and she was very excited to have such a remarkable ski venue nearby. She was glad for the opportunity to join the Ogden Nordic leadership group and have a chance to contribute to this organization. This year Julie will serve as the Youth Programs Coordinator where she will organize and manage the youth education and coaching programs for Ogden Nordic. Julie also serves as the Treasurer for Ogden Nordic.
Nordic Center / Volunteer Coordinator- Jim Halay
Jim has alpine skied for 50 years until trying Nordic skiing two years ago. He hasn’t looked back and is currently learning how to skate ski. He is also an avid long-distance cyclist during the summer months.
A resident of the Ogden Valley for 10 years, Jim currently owns and operates Alpine Pizza in Eden and is a past chair of the Ogden Business Association.
Jim will be responsible for maintaining and stocking the Nordic Center and coordinating the volunteer staffing. The Ogden Nordic Center is open four days a week from Thursday through Sunday as well as holidays and will provide a warm place for quiet conversations, changing clothes, relaxing, or just have a complementary après ski hot chocolate.
The Ogden Nordic Center has a complete compliment of Classic and Skate rental skis and boots for adults and children alike. Come up to North Fork Park and visit us, Nordic skiing is a wonderful, healthy, and affordable way to enjoy the out of doors in the winter with family and friends.
Webmaster - Mick McLennan
Web guy that enjoys all forms of recreation...specially if it involves climbing for more vertical. Has been able to cobble together a goat of mtn bike with extra wide rear tire, and very low gear ratio...requiring some extra machining on the small ring. An aussie ey mate.
