BKL

NENSA is excited to launch a new series highlighting our fantastic BKL clubs – and their favorite games. We will be highlighting clubs and including any instructions and materials required to try them out yourself – have fun out there, and please see below for the survey link to submit your own game!

Materials: Nuts (Maine West likes hershey’s kisses), Squirrels (the kids), and nests (hoola hoop, rope, cones, buckets, etc)

Skill: No-pole skating (or skiing!)

How to Play: This relay works best with 3-4 kids on a relay team. It can be done classic or skate (no poles in either case) but is a great skate activity. Each team has a ‘nest’. The coach scatter the ‘nuts’ (hershey’s kisses) along a rough line in the snow about 30-50 meters from the ‘nests’. The first skiers in each relay team start together and race to the ‘nuts’, each skier picks up ONE ‘nut’, and brings it back to their ‘nest’ (put it in the hoolahoop, the bucket, inside the nest marked with rope, etc) and tag the next skier on their team who then skis as fast as they can to the ‘nuts’, picks up ONE, and brings it back to put in the nest. Continue until all the ‘nuts’ have been gathered. Each team counts their ‘nuts’ and eats them. Depending on the number of skiers and the number of ‘nuts’, you may want to save some ‘nuts’ in case a team doesn’t have enough for each skier to enjoy one after the game.

Does your club have a unique or all-time favorite game you return to year after year? We want to hear about it!

Please share one game from your club, along with the age group it works best for (or if it works for all ages). If you have a picture or short video, we would love to include that as well. Help us highlight your club and its favorite game in our winter programming!

CLUB GAMES SURVEY

The Bill Koch Youth Ski League Festival is the marquee event of the Bill Koch Youth Ski League. This fun annual Festival features races as well as a wide variety of exciting adventure activities for skiers of all skill and ability levels from kindergarten up to 8th grade!

Nestled in the heart of the White Mountains, JacksonXC is a true winter wonderland, perfect for celebrating the BKL Festival. From beautifully groomed trails winding through snowy forests and open meadows to exciting backcountry adventure just beyond the tracks, JacksonXC offers something for every young skier. It’s a place to explore, play, and fall in love with skiing, whether you’re cruising with friends or heading out on a mini adventure. We can’t wait to bring the BKL community together on these magical trails!

Event Registration Options

Nordic Adventure Entry (non-timed events): Includes the parade, mini-marathon, bump jump, laser biathlon with US Biathletes, Backcountry ski course, radar run, an autograph session with Bill Koch, and more. For Grades K-8.

**Nordic Adventure events are included with race entry (details below)**

Lollipop Race Entry: Includes the mass start untimed lollipop race and the Nordic Adventure activities. For Grades K-2.

**Children Grade 2 and younger can sign up as Lollipop participants or if they are in 1st or 2nd grade and wish to participate in the 1k pair start race and relay race, they can sign up for the Grades 1&2 Race Category (details below).**

Race Entry Grades 1-8: Includes the Saturday Classic relay race (which is a paired team race), the Sunday pair/individual start freestyle race (finish order posted and awards for all grades, times only included for Grades 5-8, pair start for Grades 1-6, individual start for Grades 7&8), and all Nordic Adventure activities.

Registration HERE

** Please note there is a $10 price increase for all race categories on February 23rd **

All registration categories include an event t-shirt and you can pick your size during checkout. Participants who register on or before January 15th are guaranteed a festival t-shirt. 

Stay tuned to our website HERE for updates and full event details.