by Keven Dubinsky | Jun 16, 2022 | Member News
This article contains two different registration deadlines:
Activation of athletes requiring FIS List #1 is June 24th.
CWSAA All Area Pass Requests: August 10th.
Please email kevend@bcalpine.com if you require any assistance with the process.
FIS Registration
If your club would like to have any FIS racers active in time for FIS List #1, the deadline to have them registered with us is June 24th. FIS registrations after this date will not change in price but they will be published on the next available list per the FIS Points List Deadlines for the 2023 season found here: https://assets.fis-ski.com/image/upload/fis-prod/assets/document-library/deadlines/2023/Deadlines-AL.pdf Please remember that racers must be on a published list at least a week before the start date of their first race.
Online registration by the club to BC Alpine’s registration database is all that is require to get them on the list however athlete will not be start eligible until such time that their paperwork is accepted by BC Alpine for the athlete.
Paperwork for the current season’s FIS registration can be found online at https://bcalpine.com/files/Registration_Files/FIS_Registration/.
Please remember that the Medical Evaluation requires a physical so make sure your athletes book an appointment with their medical professional to get this document completed.
All Area Pass Registration
Qualifications and guidelines for the 2023 season CWSAA All Areas Pass have been published by the Canada West Ski Areas Association on their website at https://cwsaa.org/policy/cwsaa-competitor-pass/.
Alpine and Ski Cross athletes in FIS programs born between 2002 and 2006 are on the qualification for this season, and their deadline for selection is August 11th so any athlete or FIS traveling coach wanting to qualify for an All Areas Pass must be registered with BC Alpine before that date and then the club registrar must submit those requesting passes via the “All Area Passes” registration form found in the BC Alpine Club Admin Login by August 10th.
Cost of the pass this season is $661.50 for athletes and $1323.00 for coaches.
by Keven Dubinsky | Jan 12, 2022 | Member News
With five events in the next week to start off our 2022 provincial series races (and it being nearly two years since any races have happened in the province) I thought it prudent to create a quick overview for event organizers to remind you of some of the basics and to help you through some of the changes which have occurred recently.
Event Organizer COVID Mitigation Plan:
Hot off the presses today is BC Alpine’s new COVID mitigation plan for event coordinators. This document can assist with general guidelines, best practices and ideas for hosting events during our current phase of the pandemic. https://bcalpine.com/files/Policy_Files/COVID-19/?f=Event_Organizers_COVID_Mitigation_Plan_2022.docx
Managing your event on our calendar:
Event organizers and Race Administrators can obtain access to manage the events on our calendar by contacting me and requesting access. With access to the event administration you get the ability to:
- Upload your Race Notice
- Upload any additional documents to your event
- Add live timing links
- Enable volunteer sign up
- Activate and alter race entry
- Activate and alter Participation / COVID-19 Agreement
Ordering awards:
BC Alpine has an online store for ordering awards for your event(s). Visit https://bcalpine.com/orderAwards/ well in advance and contact Anders if you have any questions about awards you should be distributing.
Race entry and draw:
With travel being more limited than usual both due to pandemic as well as road closures throughout the province, we expect to find more “cross category” race entry than usual this season with racers entering into races in their local region instead of traveling to ones further away. This may pose some interesting questions on how to enter, draw and manage your races. Please reach out to Johnny or myself if you require any assistance with who is sanctioned to start, or how to manage race files or results during these sort of situations.
If you are having FIS racers entering into a national level race, be sure to enter them with their ACA card #, not their FIS card # or they may not have the correct points in the draw and the results from your races will not be valid.
Race Kits:
All our Sporting Life NGSL and Teck Race Kits are new this season. New straps and rolling tubes are in the kits to help ROCs keep the bibs and banners in good condition and each kit is affixed with a printed QR Code that when scanned helps us track where the kit is and allows you to report any damage or missing gear so that we can easier repair or replace it.
If you have one of these kits, do us a favour and scan the QR code and let us know where it is and how it’s doing! 🙂
by Keven Dubinsky | Nov 18, 2021 | Member News
CWSAA has just been informed that RCR will be issuing a season pass again to all CWSAA Competitor Passholders for the upcoming 2021/22 season. Please notify all ski clubs and athletes / parents that have been issued 2021/22 CWSAA Competitor Pass of the direct lift to access process.
Steps:
- Athlete & Coach to fill out on-line waiver first (link is here)
- Enter waiver confirmation numbers in the box provided
- Athlete / coach will then get an email to upload a picture and their valid QR code proving they are vaccinated.
- RCR will approve their picture and QR code and email them confirmation they have been approved
- They can go to any one of Resorts of the Canadian Rockies ski resorts and pick up their season pass.
- They may go straight to lifts for the rest of the season!
Conditions of Use
- The seasons pass issued with this application is valid only for the person whose photograph appears on it. Should any other person attempt to use this pass it will be confiscated without rebate and that person will be prosecuted under the Criminal Code of Canada.
- In the event of misconduct or non-observation of the ski area safety regulations (or Skiers Responsibility Code) on the part of the pass holder, he/she will be prohibited use of the lifts as determined by the management.
- The holder of this pass assumes all risk of personal injury or loss or damage to property.
- The season pass is nontransferable.
- If lost or stolen, there is a $20 charge for a replacement pass.
- Passholders without their pass may receive a lift ticket on the first occurrence. On additional days the pass-holder will be required to purchase a replacement pass.
- This pass remains the property of Resorts of the Canadian Rockies Inc and affiliated companies and resorts.
Fraudulent Use of Pass The Season Pass / Membership is non-transferable and is not available for resale. A $500 penalty will apply in the event that the Season Pass / Membership is used by another individual or family member. This penalty will apply regardless if the Member is aware of the misuse or not.
The Member is liable for any misuse of the Season Pass / Membership when not in the possession of the Member, unless the Season Pass / Membership has already been reported as lost or stolen.
In addition to the penalty for misuse of a Season Pass / Membership, the Member will lose all lift access privileges at all Resorts of the Canadian Rockies resorts.
Members are reminded that Season Pass / Memberships are valuable, and should be kept in a safe place at all times.
Conditions of use are subject to change without notice.
by Keven Dubinsky | Nov 3, 2021 | Member News
We’re less than a month away from our first event of the 2021-22 season and your first opportunity to volunteer at a ski race!
The Panorama Canada Cup FIS race is seeking volunteers to help put on the first race of the season for BC, so why not dust off those cobwebs and get out on the mountain with us?
Volunteer online now through the event link on our calendar: https://bcalpine.com/calendar/#3997
by Keven Dubinsky | Oct 19, 2021 | Member News
This year’s Officials Update will be back in-person Oct 30 14:30-18:30 at TCC in Kamloops as well as online using Teams Webinar.
This event is available to anyone who is interested, but we have limited capacity for the in-person portion. Anyone interested, please be sure to sign up in advance.
More information and signup available on our calendar.