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Get ready for a fun-filled, energetic outdoor winter experience at the annual Valemount Winter Festival! Whatever your winter snowmobile pleasure, you will find it here. A snowmobile poker run in the lower elevations: Ride for a cause! Bring your family and friends and experience the thrill of riding in the beautiful mountain trails of the Lower Westridge area, while raising funds for the BC Lions Society for Children with Disabilities. Complete the day by enjoying hotdogs and beverages by the bonfire, while you share stories of your snowmobiling adventures.
New this year a Snowmobile Drag Race: Saskatchewan Snowmobile Racing Association, Tourism Valemount and VARDA present the first Snowmobile Drag Races in Valemount, BC (this is an ISR Sanctioned Event). Come out and try your luck at the different classes: Stock, Improved, Mountain, Pro, Amateur and there is even a class for Local Racers. After the races kick back and relax and join us at the Awards Ceremony.
*For race day event information email marketing@visitvalemount.ca or call 250.566.9905 for more information.
Snowmobile Drag Races
Saturday, February 25, 2012-NEW DATE! Come out and try your luck at the different classes: Stock, Improved, Mountain, Pro, Amateur and there is even a class for Local Racers.Come out and try your luck at the different classes: Stock, Improved, Mountain, Pro, Amateur and there is even a class for Local Racers.
Registration: 8:00 am–10:00 am Location: Valemount Visitor/InterpretiveCentre
*There is no preregistration for this event ($30 per class or $ 10 per amateur class).
*For Technical Racing Information contact Dale 306.236.3187 or Brad at 306.220.3051 or go to www.racessra.com
Race Start Time:11:00 am Location: Canoe River Campground
Concession on-site 10:00 am–4:00 pm.
Tickets are $10 per person (12 and under free) or $20 per family (immediate family) (available at the gate).
Awards Ceremony
Time: 5:30 pm–8:00 pm Location: TBA
After the races kick back and relax and join us at the Awards Ceremony. Cash bar and appetizers.
Snowmobile Poker Run
Sunday, February 26, 2012 New Date!
Time: 9:00 am – approx. 1:00 am Location: Westridge Parking Lot
Ride for a cause! Bring your family and friends to experience the thrill of riding in the beautiful mountain trails of the Lower Westridge area, while raising funds for BC Lions Society for Children with Disabilities. Tourism Valemount, in cooperation with the Timberline Snowgoers Club and VARDA will be hosting the annual Winterfest Poker Run. The trail is a low-elevation, clearly marked 30-km-loop where you will experience beautiful views of the valley and village below. Take a break and fight off winter chills with a complimentary hot chocolate and a treat at the warming hut, at approximately the 20 km mark of the trail. This trail is also an excellent place for new riders to improve their snowmobiling skills before heading into more serious territory. The Poker Run will start and finish at the Westridge parking llot, where you will pick up your cards and hope for the best hand! Prizes will be given for best hands, pledges, rider categories and ghost riders.
This ride is by donation and all proceeds go to charity. There are also great prizes awarded to the best hands as well as the most pledges collected. To request a pledge form, please email a request to the VARDA office and I will be sure to get one out to you.
Complete your adventure with hotdogs and beverages by the bonfire at the Westridge parking lot, while you mingle and share stories about all your snowy adventures. The rest of the day is yours to go out and discover new activities or blaze the trails of yesterday.
Please contact the Tourism Valemount or VARDA office for more information on this fun filled weekend !
New this year a Snowmobile Drag Race: Saskatchewan Snowmobile Racing Association, Tourism Valemount and VARDA present the first Snowmobile Drag Races in Valemount, BC (this is an ISR Sanctioned Event). Come out and try your luck at the different classes: Stock, Improved, Mountain, Pro, Amateur and there is even a class for Local Racers. After the races kick back and relax and join us at the Awards Ceremony.
*For race day event information email marketing@visitvalemount.ca or call 250.566.9905 for more information.
Snowmobile Drag Races
Saturday, February 25, 2012-NEW DATE! Come out and try your luck at the different classes: Stock, Improved, Mountain, Pro, Amateur and there is even a class for Local Racers.Come out and try your luck at the different classes: Stock, Improved, Mountain, Pro, Amateur and there is even a class for Local Racers.
Registration: 8:00 am–10:00 am Location: Valemount Visitor/InterpretiveCentre
*There is no preregistration for this event ($30 per class or $ 10 per amateur class).
*For Technical Racing Information contact Dale 306.236.3187 or Brad at 306.220.3051 or go to www.racessra.com
Race Start Time:11:00 am Location: Canoe River Campground
Concession on-site 10:00 am–4:00 pm.
Tickets are $10 per person (12 and under free) or $20 per family (immediate family) (available at the gate).
Awards Ceremony
Time: 5:30 pm–8:00 pm Location: TBA
After the races kick back and relax and join us at the Awards Ceremony. Cash bar and appetizers.
Snowmobile Poker Run
Sunday, February 26, 2012 New Date!
Time: 9:00 am – approx. 1:00 am Location: Westridge Parking Lot
Ride for a cause! Bring your family and friends to experience the thrill of riding in the beautiful mountain trails of the Lower Westridge area, while raising funds for BC Lions Society for Children with Disabilities. Tourism Valemount, in cooperation with the Timberline Snowgoers Club and VARDA will be hosting the annual Winterfest Poker Run. The trail is a low-elevation, clearly marked 30-km-loop where you will experience beautiful views of the valley and village below. Take a break and fight off winter chills with a complimentary hot chocolate and a treat at the warming hut, at approximately the 20 km mark of the trail. This trail is also an excellent place for new riders to improve their snowmobiling skills before heading into more serious territory. The Poker Run will start and finish at the Westridge parking llot, where you will pick up your cards and hope for the best hand! Prizes will be given for best hands, pledges, rider categories and ghost riders.
This ride is by donation and all proceeds go to charity. There are also great prizes awarded to the best hands as well as the most pledges collected. To request a pledge form, please email a request to the VARDA office and I will be sure to get one out to you.
Complete your adventure with hotdogs and beverages by the bonfire at the Westridge parking lot, while you mingle and share stories about all your snowy adventures. The rest of the day is yours to go out and discover new activities or blaze the trails of yesterday.
Please contact the Tourism Valemount or VARDA office for more information on this fun filled weekend !
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