Opportunities From: Sovereign Lake Nordic Club

Lead groups of skiers to preview the course starting from SLNC

Pre ski the course with participants and answer questions

Helping our athletes get ready to ski!

Answer last minute questions and assist in the start area

Feed Station A is located at the junction of the SLNC Stadium area and Maid of Vernon.

Volunteers will be required to assist in the setup of tables, preparation of the energy replacement products (mixing of sports drink, slicing of bananas or energy bars, etc.), handing up energy replacement products to skiers passing by the station (likely using trays), tear down and storage of Station’s materials at the end of the shift.

Note that at the end of the shift you may be asked to help out at Feedstation B as it peaks at about 11:00 to 12:00 which is after when we see the surge at Feedstation A.

Feed Station B is located between the SNLC Biathlon Building and the Biathlon Range.

Volunteers will be required to assist in the setup of tables, preparation of the energy replacement products (mixing of sports drink, slicing of bananas or energy bars, etc.), handing up energy replacement products to skiers passing by the station (likely using trays), tear down and storage of Station’s materials at the end of the shift.

Note that at the beginning of the shift you may be asked to help out at Feedstation A as it peaks at about 9:30 to 10:15 which is before when we see the surge at Feedstation B.

This feed station is located at the Black Prince Cabin and is for the 21Km skiers.

Once the last skier is through the station can be dismantled. You will be preparing food for the skiers (mixing warm electrolyte drink), water, bananas, cookies, gels and will be handing out to the skiers as they go through.

You will be required to ski to the cabin in order to get to your volunteer spot.

Feed Station C is located at the bottom of the Moose Alley hill

Volunteers will be required to assist in the setup of tables, preparation of the energy replacement products (mixing of sports drink, slicing of bananas or energy bars, etc.), handing up energy replacement products to skiers passing by the station (likely using trays), tear down and storage of Station’s materials at the end of the shift.

To get to your station your options are to take the Snow Cat up at 6:30, ski to your spot or if you plan to get to the feed station later you can take up the Gondola provided you have a pass and ski down to Moose Alley.   We will need at least 3 people early at the feed station to set it up.  At the end you can take the snow cat or ski down to the village.

The purpose of this is to do all the organizing, cleaning, returning of equipment at the end of the event and to get ready for the next year.  Meet at SilverStar by the first aid building.

Want to meet some real life Olympians?  The signup to help to give our awards twice a day.

Approx. at 12:30pm & 3pm

This includes sorting of medals, prep of area, working with the Olympians and tracking of award winners.

To removal and store all Zone 4 chips from athletes after they receive their medal and before they go onto the celebration.

To remove  fabric (reusable) bibs from approximately 50 athletes as they cross the finish line

Timely removal and safe storage to ensure the expensive chips are not lost.

Goal is 100% retrieval of the chips from participating athletes.

Early set up for the Finish Zone including erecting scaffolding, hanging banners and signs.

To provide all athletes with an easy to use ski & pole “valet” service to enable them to participate in the festival without having to worry about carrying their equipment with them.

Assist getting Athletes loaded into shuttle buses heading to the S2S start area

Bag Drop Off

Sovereign Lake and assist in unloading bags at Chilcoot Center

Athletes will have Drop Bags delivered to SilverStar. Bags will need to be sorted and organized and then handed it out to the athletes as they come in to collect them.

Helping get participants and other volunteers from SilverStar to Lot E via a special S2S Shuttle.

To help direct drop off of athletes from cars and shuttle buses

Parking attendants to help with loading athlete on shuttle buses to the start area.

Help in Directing Traffic on SilverStar Road to allow buses to exit from lot

The job as Course Marshals is one of course security.  Some Marshals will also be asked to help marshal skiers before the start of the event.

Marshals will be assigned positions at various points on the race course where there is the possibility of non-racing people getting in the way of the racers.  An example would be at places where non-racers will be crossing the course to get to non-race trails.  This is important to protect both the athletes and the folks just out to enjoy our beautiful trails.

Since Marshals will be on course, you will be there to cheer on and encourage the athletes as they ski by, be the eyes and ears for the medical team and may assist course set crews.

The marshals will have hi-vis vests so that people will know that they have some level of authority and not just some person giving grief to others using the trails.

Marshals for the SilverStar alpine crossings

Greet athletes and participants, check them in and hand out packets and bibs.

Various locations:

Thursday at Stussi's parking lot - outside, so dress warm

Friday at NATC at SilverStar - inside 

Saturday Morning at SLNC Race Office - inside 

Sunday Morning at SLNC Race Office - inside

To stuff the envelopes with the various things for the event

General Set up of start area

Once done setup on Sat/Sun assist at Feed Station A and maybe B.

Volunteers will be responsible for recording, on paper, each participant as they finish.

Volunteers will assist with directing participants to correct wave corrals. Volunteers will work in teams of two to bring participants to the start line. We encourage volunteers to stay and cheer participants through the stadium area or move to a close aid station to support participants on the finish is winning goal

Be at in the morning and help get everyone off to a great start!

Start Marshals help direct athletes into the correct starting lanes and position placement.

Help direct the VIP parking pass holders