Cross Country Ski Clubs in the UK (geographical order from Southern England)
Established in 2006 as the 'Rollerski Club' to offer regular training to skiers who have completed rollerski.co.uk courses. Affiliated to Snowsport England since October 2008 as the 'London Hyde Park Cross-Country Ski Club', they provide r egular training and racing opportunities to roller skiers and cross country skiers in
London.
The club has a racing team which takes part in UK-wide roller ski races and is represented in on-snow cross-country ski races in the winter.
Founded in 1982, the club has on snow trips with instruction, races and tours, and roller ski courses and races. Membership covers the
London region , as well as the UK, Europe and beyond.
The club meet at the Hillingdon Cycle Circuit, UB4 0LP for summer roller ski training and is the host of the southern area GB Series Roller ski races.
There is also a Cambridge branch who meet at Longstanton, near St Ives on the Cambridge busway.
Members of several clubs meet on a Tuesday morning at The Redbridge Cycle Circuit for informal practise and training.
Take a look at the trips page for on-snow activities with other XC Skiers.
The club was founded in February 2006 to provide a focus for the biathletes and Nordic skiers of the South West of England. The aim of the club is the develop the sport of biathlon in both summer and winter formats and introduce members to rifle shooting, cross-country skiing and roller skiing; eventually combining the disciplines to produce biathletes. The club aims to develop athletes to compete in inter-club races, national and international championships. Summer activities of the club are held in and around the counties of Wiltshire, North Somerset and Gloucestershire. The club uses the cycle track at Odd Down, Bath for training (Chelwood Drive, Bath BA2 2PR - Cycle Track - the track can be booked on an hourly basis). Most biathletes and skiers accept that travel becomes an integral part of pursuing the sport but we try to provide training with like-minded people as close to home as possible. Winter training will be both in the UK and overseas (if sufficient interest) at suitable cross-country and biathlon centres. The club can provide rifle shooting coaching at pre-arranged range sessions using .22 biathlon rifles and laser biathlon rifles. The club welcomes new members of any age who have an interest in the sport of biathlon, cross-country skiing and/or roller skiing. Contact: secretary@wessexbiathlon.org
There used to be a group in South Wales who met at different locations to roller ski. However, this Facebook group seems to have disappeared of late. Snow Sport Wales has "information coming soon" in their Nordic section. Some informal get together's do occur at Pembrey Country Park, but no formal club exists. I will update this when I get to hear more.
North Wales Roller Skiing Club
An informal club set up to introduce and develop rollerskiing in North Wales, they are a section of the North Wales Snowsports club. Supported by the Gwynedd Community Chest and Postcode Community Trust, they organise social events and have trained their first cohort of instructors so that they can offer tasters and taught sessions to all. Anyone is welcome to the taster sessions which are advertised on the Facebook page. New members are welcome - whether a complete novice or more experienced.
This Alpine club was founded in 1965 but it's Nordic section was disbanded a few years ago. Since the interest shown at National Ski Shows since 2019, there are now plans to reinstate the Nordic section of the club. Two instructors are currently undertaking roller sk coaching and we hope that they will qualify next year..
Watch this space for updates on how Nigel Street and David Beech are progressing. And if you're heading to the Birmingham NEC Ski show on 14/15 October 2023, you will find them either on the Midland club stand I46 or the Roller Ski taster sessions at G84.
Founded as Glasgow Nordic Ski Club in 1984 we are a small and friendly club based around Glasgow, but with members across Scotland. We aim to bring together like-minded people and help them get out on the hills and trails with skiing companions to suit. We welcome all kinds of free-heel skiers from track skiers to mountain tourers, telemarkers and ski-mountaineers. Our name change took place to include this wider interest. We encourage all ranges of ability from beginners to advanced.
We have a regular programme of winter weekend meets, mostly around the Cairngorm area, and usually in mountaineering club huts or in hostels.
In the variable Scottish climate we ski according to snow and weather conditions, often in small groups rather than all together. If there’s bad weather or no snow we generally go for walks or take bikes. Occasional day trips are organised at short notice more locally if the conditions are good, using local hills, parks or even golf courses.
We have a full programme of summer trips with longer visits to west coast islands and hill-walking areas as well as day cycling trips.
Groups of club members often arrange ski trips abroad – Norway, Finland and Austria are regular destinations. Social events occur throughout the year, with sessions at the Sno-zone artificial slope at Braehead, slide shows, barbecues and parties.
We have one BASI instructor in the club who is qualified to teach Level One Telemark and Level Two Alpine. Another member is a very enthusiastic and successful cross-country competitor, regularly travelling to international events.
A group of cross country skiers and roller skiers based in Edinburgh using a Facebook group to discuss good routes, arrange training sessions and any other XCski chat.
It's a private group, so you'll need to ask to join it.
An all age and ability cross country ski club based at the Fife Cycle Park in Lochgelly.
Tayside Nordic Ski Club
A club based in Tayside but with members from all over the East coast of Scotland. They usually ski locally in the Angus Glens when there is snow. They have club hire skis and newly acquired roller skis.
Cairngorm Biathlon and Cross Country Ski Club
CBNSC is an active club founded by Olympic Biathlete Mike Dixon MBE, BEM in 2004. It is based at the purpose built Olympic Biathlon Training Centre, Glenmore Lodge (Aviemore, Inverness-shire), Scotland’s National Outdoor Training Centre is located in the heart of Cairngorm National Park. Website - www.cbnsc.co.uk (seems to be down at the moment). It's aim is to bring young people into the sport at an early age and to encourage individuals and families, to promote fitness, have fun and to take up cross country skiing and biathlon recreationally and competitively. Since its inception Club members have gone on to achieve considerable success at the GB Biathlon and GB Cross-Country Ski Championships/GB Roller ski events, and some have competed for GB in Cross-Country skiing and Biathlon competitions including the Olympic Youth Winter Games, the IBU World Cup, IBU Cup, IBU World Youth Biathlon Championships, European Youth Olympic Winter Festival. The Club has also enjoyed success at the GB Biathlon and Cross-Country Ski Championships, at Ruhpolding in Germany.
Rollerskiing on smooth tarred tracks takes place on the custom built tracks at Glenmore Lodge and in the surrounding areas of the Spey Valley , where the road or cycle track surface permits.
Biathlon target shooting and the majority of training with Biathlon Rifles or Air Rifles takes place on the range in the grounds of Glenmore Lodge. From time to time there may also be dry-firing training sessions held indoors.
Highland Nordic is affiliated to Snowsport Scotland and provide fun and friendly and family orientated c ross-country skiing, telemark skiing and nordic walking in the Badenoch and Strathspey's area. Weather conditions are updated on their Highland Nordic Facebook page .