[This is a message from the Foothills Nordic Ski Club - if you want to see XC skiing facilities expanded in Calgary, please read on and do your part!]

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Hello Calgary Cross-country Skiers,

Hopefully, by now you’ve heard about the plan to expand the cross-country ski facilities at Canada Olympic Park (COP). If not, check out Foothills Nordic Ski Club's website. The COP Nordic Park menu includes information about the vision for a new Nordic Park, the steps the cross-country ski community will have to work through to realize the vision, facts about cross-country skiing in Calgary and some photos from COP.

What do you get when you combine kids, mountain biking, beautiful weather, great trails and a BBQ?  You get the 2010 Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day held on October 2^nd.  Attended by upwards of 50 adults and kids and sponsored by several local bike shops, it was an ideal day to enjoy what Fish Creek Park had to offer.  Many CMBA members were in attendance along with new friends and a few riders who stopped in to see what was happening including a scout group of 10 that happen to be out riding for the day.

To clarify which trails in Bowmont Park are open, please have a look at the “Bowmont Park Brochure” on the City of Calgary website (below) for Bowmont Park.  The brochure is also available on this website.  The City of Calgary website also has more details and maps under the links: "Bowmont Improvement Project" and "Bowmont Management Plan".

http://www.calgary.ca/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_2_763541_0_0_18/Bowmont+Park.htm

The City of Calgary Parks is working with Calgarians to re-design Southland Park to meet the needs of current and future users. Projects planned include riverbank stabilization, pathway development, natural environments restoration as well as communication with users on park development options for the Class C sections of the park.

Displays will be set up to inform visitors about the work being done in Southland Park:

• Natural Areas/Bank Stabilization/Regional Pathway
• Adopt-a-park volunteer programs in Natural Areas
• Class C options for Southland Park

Date: November 22, 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Location: South Fish Creek Recreation Association, #100 333 Shawville Blvd SE, West Commons. The South Fish Creek Complex is situated in the Shawnessy Towne Centre which is south of 162nd Ave S and west of Macleod Trail.