Competition Cycle: Winter
Season: January – February
Description: Special Olympics Snowshoeing offers athletes an excellent cardiovascular workout and allows participation for athletes of every ability level. Individual events offered in snowshoeing range from the 100 metre to the 1500 metre races. As in all Special Olympics sports, athletes are grouped in competition divisions according to ability level, age and gender.
Coach’s Comments: We join up with all the lower mainland athletes on Cypress Mountain. We do a warm up, run a few races then head out on the trails for a wonderful hike. Bus transportation is arranged up to the mountain.
Number of competitors: 8
Number of competitions per season: 1
SNOWSHOEING EVENTS
100 Metre
200 Metre
400 Metre
800 Metre
1500 Metre
4 x 100M Relay
Season: Winter 8 weeks
North Shore Contact:
Kelly Klein LocalCoordinator@sobcnorthshore.ca