Hey Snowshoers! Year 5 of the Yeti Snowshoe Series is almost underway and there's not a better place to launch the series than at the mountain that has gotten over 10 feet of snow in the last 2 weeks, Mt. Washington. Dave Howells (Team Yeti) and I have scouted out an awesome course that you definitely don't want to miss. Grab the family and make a weekend of it, snowshoe on Saturday and then take in some skiing or snowboarding on Sunday. Pre-registration ends Wednesday night at midnight so sign up now! Mt. Washington Course Map now available online. Click here to download (PDF - 390 KB). Here are some reasons you don't want to miss the first Yeti race of the season! Mt. Washington has received over 10 feet of snow in the last couple weeks! Awesome new course! Great workout! Bring your kids to run with the Yeti on our kid's fun course. (Free for kids under 10 with paid adult entry) Sign them up on race day. Post race snacks and Kicking Horse coffee Fantastic draw prizes! Free bottle of Sleeman beer at the post race awards! Great food at the Raven Lodge! HALF PRICE LIFT TICKETS FOR MT. WASHINGTON to anyone that takes part in the Yeti, volunteers included! REGULAR PRICE - $51 and the YETI PRICE - $25.50, What an awesome deal!!! What more could you ask for? Still looking to save some money on taking part in the Yeti? Sign up as a group! Get 5 people together and registration is $25/person. You must sign up all at once. Click here to register as a group. Demo Day at Mt. Washington Thanks to everyone that came out to the Demo Day, it was huge success! We had 130 people on snowshoes running around some of the great trails that Mt. Washington has to offer. I want to thank all the people that came out from our Community Partner stores Extreme Runners, Shore Runners and Frontrunners. Pictures will be added to the website shortly. Thursday Night Drop In is back on at Mount Seymour! Not sure if you will like running on the snow, come on up to Mount Seymour on Thursday nights and give it a try for $5 if you have your own snowshoes and $10 if you don't. We guarantee that you will love it in the first five minutes. NEW! Train-N-Tuesdays Drop In at Mount Seymour (TNT) COMING SOON! The Yeti is going to be starting up a Tuesday Night Training session that will prepare you for upcoming Yeti races, 2 hours in length. Please send us your questions and feedback to info@theyeti.ca if you are interested. Stay tuned for more info. NEW! Nordic Walking The Yeti is supporting the Nordic Walking movement and in doing so we are going to be loaning out Exel Nordic Walking poles for people to try out. They will be on a first come first-serve basis on race day. We only have 15 pair so get there early to sign up for a pair. Race Day registration opens at 8am. For more info on Nordic Walking, click here. Volunteers Needed! If you would like to volunteer we could still use some great people to help out. click here to find out more info and to sign up for some fun with a great group of people! Thanks everyone and we look forward to seeing you at Mt. Washington! Marc Campbell Race Director The Yeti Snowshoe Series Presenting Sponsors: Gold Sponsors: Silver Sponsors: *************************************************************** To subscribe OR unsubscribe from the Yeti newsletter, please visit the Yeti website at the following link: http://www.theyeti.ca/newsgroup.asp ***************************************************************