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Welcome to the RA Ski & Outdoor Club website - "More Than Just a Ski Club"

RA Ski is a non-profit ski club, run by volunteers and operating since 1967.   RA Ski organizes a variety of cross-country, downhill ski and snowshoe outings, as well as social and other events throughout the entire year, including hiking, biking, theatre, and golfing.  The ski club is one of many activities associated with Ottawa's RA Centre.  For more information about the RA Ski Club, please visit the FAQ page.

Visit us on Facebook and get our members' ski reports, news and comments.

Get on our Ski-Mail e-mail list.


UPCOMING EVENTS

For our full winter schedule, click on our downhill program or our cross-country program.

THURS. MAR. 28 - HIKE, OTTAWA SOUTH
Join the group for a spring urban hike . Meet at Brantwood park (end of Clegg St, off Main) at 10:30 for a walk along the Rideau River and into Ottawa South. We will make a stop for lunch along the way. Let us know that you are coming by emailing hikes-2020{@}raski.ca.

FRI. MAR. 29 - DH FORTUNE FRIDAY
MEET: 10 a.m. at the Skyline Lodge. Look for skiers with pink ribbons on their helmets. No trip leader.

WED. MAY 1 - RA SKI CLUB ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
7 p.m. in RA Courtside A room. hear reports from our executive, elections of the executive for next year.
PLUS a special speaker: Canadian ccross-country ski Hall of Famer Dave Dyer, "What it Takes to Host a Cross-Country Ski World Cup Race."


RA SKI ANNUAL POT-LUCK DINNER

When: Saturday April 13
Save the date! Gathering time 5:30, eat at 6:15.


JOIN THE FUN WITH THE RA SKI CLUB! New price: $54 + tax. You no longer have to join the RA as well.

What do we do besides downhill and cross-country ski?
- Hiking: Gatineau Park and the NCC Greenbelt.
- Cycling: Local bike paths around Ottawa and Gatineau, plus remote starts. We're leisurely cyclists and take time to smell the flowers.
- Golf
- Theatre-in-the-park
- Baseball games
- Museums
- Pub outings on a sunny patio.

To join, contact the RA Centre at 613-733-5100.


RA SKI PHOTOS

All our photos are here.   To see the photo larger, double-click on it, click on the down arrow on the lower-right, then click on "View all sizes."

Photos from our weeklong trips:
2024 Banff                        | 2022 Fernie BC                     | 2020: St. Moritz              | 2019: Andorra                 |  2018: Panorama BC      
2017: Solden Austria        | 2016: Trois Vallees, France   | 2015: Morzine, France   |  2014: St Anton, Austria 
Aug. 2013: Portillo, Chile  | 2013: Grindelwald, Switz.     | 2012: Winter Park, Colo 2008: Aug. 2008: Chile. 


RA SKI PHOTOS OF THE WEEK

Mar. 2024 Fortune Friday Liftie at Camp Fortune Mar. 2024 Lauriault trail_5   
      Mar. 15 - Fortune Friday                 Mar. 15 - St Pats liftie at Fortune                         Mar. 21 - Lauriault trail


TRIP LEADER'S SIGN-IN SHEET
For the sign-in sheet, click here.


JANUARY 2024 NEWSLETTER


Click on Jan. 2024 Newsletter.



2023-2024 WINTER PROGRAM GUIDE - NOV. 2023 NEWSLETTER

This is the "WINTER PROGRAM GUIDE" edition, covering all our activities from the 2023-2024 ski season.


Click on Nov. 2023 Newsletter.


RA SKI CLUB SLIDE SHOW OF EVENTS 2022-2023

Click here. This is a big file as we had a lot of events, so it will take a few minutes to download.


Upcoming Events

List of events for the next month. Click on the event for more info. Events marked updated have been changed in the past 7 days.

Calendar out of order. Go to our Facebook page or subscribe to Ski-Mail e-mail.

   Snowphone: No longer exists.  |    Registration (613) 733-5100   |  RA Centre: www.racentre.com