Five years after its first para Nordic skiing competition, the Caledonia Nordic Ski Club of Prince George hosts the return of the event during a welcome cold-snap.
The 2024 Para Biathalon World Championships and Para Nordic World Cup includes both cross-country skiing and biathlon for athletes of all ages, from all over the world, who have physical impairments.
The facility itself is ready to go following the organization’s first successful para Nordic event in 2019, but in the words of Chair of the Local Organizing Committee Kevin Pettersen, “it’s been kind of a roller coaster winter.”
Fortunately, temperatures dropped favourably, and snow making commenced in a short window just weeks ahead of the event, when it would normally have occurred months in advance. The starter pistol fires March 5-17. - Ian Gregg, Due North