Register for the season!  Sign up by 11/19 for your choice of t-shirt, headwear or buff!
Bring snack to practice - the club buys the supplies, and you mix the drinks the morning of and bring it all to practice.  Please help out for a weekend, or a few in a row!
Order by November 30 for a (slight) discount on Bristol nordic season passes.  Buy online with the group login (BILLKOCH,  password: BIL500, directions).  ​
​Go Green and Black!  Order RXCSF team wear (jackets, race suits, extra accessories) from Mt. Borah - order by 11/19 to get stuff in time for winter.

Upcoming

• Dryland Practice - Hash Run Saturday November 24, 10:30-12:00, meet at the Mendon Ponds Rugby Fields.  Our version of a Hash Run:  an at-your-own pace run/hike; our live hares get a head start and mark a route through the woods, while everyone else tracks them and tries to catch up.  Parents please plan to accompany youger kids whom you don't trust to not get lost...

Ongoing

​Equipment  Now is the time to try on your old gear, and figure out what you need - see our Equipment page for advice about what to get, and links to online stores.
• Used gear - find it at the Ski Swap,  or check our club Facebook site for deals on hand-me-downs within the club.
• New gear - before or after the Ski Swap, visit Park Ave Bikes (3400 Monroe Ave) and ask about RXCSF team prices - probably the best deals on new gear that we can get (and you can't beat in-person fitting).  Links to online ski stores who may have sales or team pricing (ask) are here.
• Club loaner gear - we have an assortment of equipment that you may borrow, if we've got your size.  If you've joined the club, couldn't find what you needed at the Ski Swap, and are looking to borrow for a practice or for the season, please fill out the online form to let us know what you need.  If you're a new skier who wants to try skiing out before deciding whether to join, email us(including shoe size, height, weight and age/experience level) and we'll see what we can do.
​ • Share the equipment, share the love.  We want help make it easier for more kids to try out skiing and fall in love with it, and are looking to expand the club's fleet of loaner equipment.   If you have used gear that you're looking to pass on, let us know!

• Support your local ski organizations.  Our parent organization Rochester XC Ski Foundation (RXCSF) provides grooming, trail maintenance and insurance to support our program and Rochester area skiing in general - check the main RXCSF site for updates on conditions as new snow falls, and join for a tax-deductible donation to further the cause.  NYSSRA organizes festivals, racing on a state-wide level and provides insurance for our club events - all BKL kids should join (free for the first year, $15 after that or $45 for the whole family - membership or $5 one-day licenses are required for all NYSSRA-sanctioned races).

Lend Us Your Skills

​We're an all-volunteer club, and the more who get involved the more fun we all have!  Help out as an assistant coach (a great way to learn to ski better yourself), or bring snacks, take and share photographs, help organize the ski festival - there are many ways to help. If you've got a skill you'd like to share, let us know!
Snack Volunteers - ​After-ski snacks are one of the most important parts of practice!  The club buys the supplies but we need volunteers to get it to practice each week - our snack coordinators get you the stuff, you mix the hot chocolate and Gatorade the morning of, and bring it all to practice. Sign up for a week - or better yet, several in a row.

​2019 BKL Festivals

RXCSF Youth Ski Festival January 12-13 at Bristol Mountain Nordic Center.  Low-key fun and games, racing, Tour de Ski, family relays, snow dancing, and more.  The weekend that gets many kids hooked on skinny skiing, don't miss it!

New England Bill Koch League Festival March 2-3 at  Rikert Touring Center, Ripton VT.   (details TBD). The ultimate in Northeastern youth ski festivals.

Mid-Atlantic Bill Koch League Festival  March 8-9 at Brookhaven Trails, Porter Corners, NY.  Fun, low-key season finale festival.

2018 Highlights