Important Changes to the 2010 Canadian Ski Marathon

Management and Board of Directors of the Canadian Ski Marathon have decided to re-route the event due to insufficient snow conditions resulting in an unsafe trail between Lachute and Gatineau.

The good news is that Fairmont Kenauk has generously offered us their 100 square mile land reserve to hold the event similar to that of the 2007 event except that the course is now much more elaborate and covers new terrain never skied before by CSM skiers. The conditions are excellent as many of these summer roads and trails have adequate snow coverage to safely hold the event. The course is outstanding and we are sure you will all enjoy yourselves during the CSM weekend.

The Skier's Guide and Trail Maps have been updated with the changes and are available to be downloaded off this site. We will be reproducing a limited number of paper trail maps but will not be re-printing the Skier's Guides.

Here are some important highlights to note:

• The new trail is 10 sections long for all skiers (158.3 km) except the Gold CDB's which is only 9 sections (152.3 km) over the two days.
• The course starts in Montebello both days and finishes at Sedbergh School both days, so there is no downhill back to the Chateau Montebello. Shuttle buses shall return you to parking and accommodations points as per the revised Skier's Guide.
• The Gold Dorm originally to be in Buckingham on Friday night has now been moved to the Louis-Joseph Papineau High School Dormitory in Papineauville.
• The Banquet on Sunday night shall also be held at the Louis-Joseph Papineau High School Dormitory in Papineauville starting at 5:00 pm.
• Additional parking is available in Papineauville and we have prepared a special map indicating the locations of these parking areas. IMPORTANT: The shuttle buses will only pick up CSM participants at the following locations: 1) at the Papineauville Dorm at 378 Papineau Street (Highway 148); and 2) the southwest corner of Route 321 and Route 148. You must walk with your equipment to one of these three locations to be able to get free shuttle bus service. Click here for the parking map.
• Parking is still available in Lachute at City Hall and in Gatineau m at the Nicolas-Gatineau High School. Please check the Skier's Guide for bus schedules to and from these parking lots.
• The start and finish times for each section remain essentially unchanged including cut-off times at the last checkpoint. Please study the trail map carefully so that you will be able to pace yourself accordingly.

Enjoy yourselves and have a safe CSM weekend.