December 11-13, 2026 PureXC will offer a 3 day masters cross country ski camp
Early Season Training and Nutrition
Friday–Sunday, December 11–13, 2026.
Technical focus:
Body position and timing for one skate, offset, double pole and diagonal stride. Cornering and agility work. Extensive focus on individualized video feedback.
Nutrition:
Nutrition hot topics for the masters endurance athletes by Kelly Drager
Strength:
In-season strength routine and ski-specific core strength workout.
Saturday team dinner (Iron Goat) with guest speaker (TBD) | Menu | Directions
So, are these camps for me?
Any adult cross-country skiers (age 30+) with at least one full season of cross-country skiing experience who want to develop their ski technique, enhance fitness and delve deeper into how to better train for cross-country skiing should sign up for our Masters Ski Camps! Read on for information on the venue, the coaches and a breakdown of all of the camps we offer.
The Venue: Trail Sports, Canmore Nordic Centre
PureXC masters ski camps run in partnership with Trail Sports at the Canmore Nordic Centre, a world-class ski venue five minutes from downtown Canmore, 20 minutes from Banff and one hour from Calgary. Situated at 1300 metres, the CNC (site of the 1988 Calgary Olympics) offers exceptional daily trail grooming and track setting for classic and skate skiing, and touts a trail system of 60-plus kilometres of varied terrain. Trail Sports offers a 10% discount to camp participants who are ski club members (Join a club!). Ski service is available for training glide wax and/or kick wax application. Please inquire at Trail Sports.
Meet the Coaches
Roddy Ward
Roddy Ward is PureXC. Roddy has coached high-performance, development and masters athletes for 20-plus years. He has more than a decade of experience as a national team coach and as the director of high performance and athlete development with Biathlon Canada. Roddy has a master’s degree in coaching from the University of Victoria and has guided athletes to win medals at the World Cup and World Championships. Roddy’s goal with PureXC is to provide masters athletes an exceptional experience focused on the improvement of all aspects of athletic development in the sport of skiing.
Kelly Drager
Meet Kelly, Lead Performance Dietitian and an expert in the field of nutrition for high-level athletes. Kelly holds a Masters of Science in exercise physiology and biochemistry. Read Kelly's impressive bio here.
Trail Sports Assistant Coaches
CANSI Level 3 and 4 instructors who are lifelong skiers with years of experience in ski racing and as ski instructors and coaches.
Skiing to our next technique spot
Little diagonal stride
Canmore Nordic Centre stadium is a great spot for technique drills
Enjoying the Canmore Nordic Centre trails.
Strength training with Coach Chelsea.
Nutrition for the masters cross country skier with Kelly Drager
Happy skiers at our December 2024 camp