Terry Davis

My wife, Clare, and I are transplants from Bozeman, Montana.  We moved here in search for a place to ski and do some engineering....    Well I did any way, and Clare came to attend the U of U.  The climate along the Wasatch is so wonderful!  Four distinct seasons, plenty of deep snow in the winter, and lots and lots of sunshine all year long!

Skiing was a way of life growing up.  My mom and dad were / are avid skiers and brought the whole family criss-crossing Montana in the winter to hit the local races and to search out deep snow.  In the early 80's I was introduced to the tele boards by my older brothers.  So when I moved to Ogden, I found some friends that skied Franklin Peak and Cutler Ridge on a regular basis, and became familiar with the North Fork park area.  

In 1999, our family moved to Liberty.  At that time there was no Nordic Skiing effort in North Fork...but plenty of snow and great scenery!  In 2002, I contacted Dave Jenkins and offered to help him with an initial grooming effort.  We rounded up a sad, and well used, sled and drag from TUNA in SLC and began to groom.  In those days we were down due to mechancals and too much snow as much as we were up grooming.  

As you know, Dave and his crew now regularly maintain over 20 km of great trails in North Fork!  What a fantastic job !

I can say that it is a pleasure to work with such dedicated, up beat, and optimistic people as we have in Ogden Nordic!  I want to thank all of our volunteers who spend the time to groom, coach, and organize things.  Many of our volunteers don't ski very much, but enjoy the work, and cheerfully dedicate their time for the cause.  We are very thankful for their time and thoughtfulness!

One of our main goals is to create a "Notable" Nordic Venue for the folks who live and visit our valley and the Ogden Area. 

Enjoy the grooming, the gliding, and the scenery!.  And then, let us know how you feel about it. 

Sincerely,

Terry Davis    

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..

Lisa & Jim White

Jim and Lisa started skiing together in College at 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 3^rd 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 7^th 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 3^rd place for her age category and 22^nd place overall. She finished the 51km American Birkebeiner Ski Marathon in the top 100, and was 7^th overall in the Wisconsin Badger State Games 43km marathon and 1^st in her age category. Since moving to Utah in 2001 Lisa has continued to compete. She placed 3^rd overall in the 2008 Yellowstone Rendezvous 25km Skate (1^st place women 30-34), 47^th overall in the 2008 Boulder Mountain Tour (4^th place women 30-34), and 5^th 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, you can find Lisa and Jim 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.