Calabogie Blues & Ribfest receives grant
By EMC News - May 3, 2012
EMC events - Battle of the Barbecues and boogie with the blues!
Thanks to the tremendous support of the Province of Ontario's Celebrate Ontario Program, Greater Madawaska Township is pleased to announce that the 2nd Annual Class Axe Guitars Calabogie Blues & Ribfest will be showcasing some of the finest blues music found anywhere in North America....To view article click here.
Sabine D. of Ottawa and Léonie shred some snow at Calabogie Peaks
Maplelea Girls - March 21, 2012
Canadian Girls. Real Adventures. True Friends. Maplelea Girls, a company that that sells realistic sculpted dolls by Canadian artists has recently featured Sabine D. of Ottawa with her doll Léonie. Léonie was made to love snowboarding, hockey and is originated from Quebec City. Just recently Sabine D. submitted a photo of herself and Léonie snowboarding at Calabogie Peaks Resort and was published in the most recent Maplelea Girls catalogue....To view article and pictures click here: http://www.calabogie.com/images/pdf/mapleagirls.pdf
Soldiering On
The Ottawa Citizen, By Pat McGrath
- Posted February 16, 2012
The second annual Soldier On Winter Sports Clinic at Calabogie Peaks Resort, with its Soldier On Program, is an initiative of the Canadian Forces and encourages injured or ill personnel to lead an active lifestyle....Read more and view picture by clicking here: http://www.calabogie.com/images/pdf/SoldieringOn.pdf
A Day on the Slopes
The Renfrew Mercury, By Dave Kenopic
- Posted February 16, 2012
The Canadian Association of Disabled Skiing (CADS) together with Calabogie Peaks Resort held their seventh annual ski day for Community Living Renfrew County South clients from Renfrew and Arnprior. Twenty-six individuals plus 28 support staff and volunteers challenged the slopes....Read more and view pictures by clicking here: http://www.calabogie.com/images/pdf/aDayOnTheSlopes.pdf
Major ski races at Peaks
The Renfrew Mercury, By Ann Lefebvre
- Posted February 16, 2012
Calabogie Ski Racing Club, in partnership with Calabogie Peaks, hosted a well-run and well-attended K1 speed camp from Feb. 2 to 4, culminating in a GS race on Feb. 5. A speed camp is set up to allow athletes to train in a safe environment....Read more and view picture by clicking here: http://www.calabogie.com/images/pdf/MajorSkiRaces_atPeaks.pdf
Injured soldiers rehab at Calabogie ski hill
CBC News Ottawa
- Posted February 15, 2012
The Calabogie Peaks ski resort is playing host this week to a group of Canadian soldiers working to keep physical while they recover from serious injuries.
Corporal Dale Cross, from Smiths Falls, Ont., lost his left foot and part of his left leg 18 months ago after he stepped on an explosive device in Afghanistan. He said he handled it better than those providing him care.
"It didn't bother me," said Cross. "I was quite happy to be laying there alive because I got a wife and kids." On Wednesday, Cross was one of 10 soldiers participating in the Canadian Force's Soldier On ski program, which aims to help injured military personnel stay active and healthy.
As part of the program, Cross tried out the sit ski, a device that allows people with some physical disabilities to enjoy the sport. And he confused hill staff when, during a run, the call went out to retrieve a ski, a boot and a leg — after his prosthesis slipped off while he was riding on the chair...Read more and view video by clicking here.
Finding Love Offline
CTV Ottawa, Vanessa Lee
- Posted February 14, 2012
Looking to find love, but not on a dating website? Vanessa Lee shares some unique places to meet that special someone, including meeting someone on the chairlift at Calabogie Peaks Resort...View video by clicking here.
Canadian skiing: Where's the snow, where's the faux?
The Globe and Mail, By JILLIAN BELL
- Posted February 2, 2012
Here's a look at who has the white stuff now - the real deal - and who should be getting it soon
In some parts of Canada, birds are chirping, snow is melting and everyone is wearing light jackets. Could this really be winter? While many are thrilled by the unseasonable warmth, the lack of snow has skiers and snowboarders crying the blues. Those outside B.C., that is. Here's a look at who has the white stuff now - the real deal - and who should be getting it soon....Read more by clicking here: http://www.calabogie.com/images/pdf/CanadianSkiing.pdf
Calabogie Racing skier finishes sixth
The Whig-Standard, Kingston
- Posted January 24, 2012
Kingston's Travis Reid of the Calabogie Ski Racing Club finished sixth in a K1 slalom race at Ski Vorlage in Wakefield, Que.
Reid is one of several area racers representing Calabogie. Emma Schreider of Kingston was 43rd in the girls slalom race.
Last weekend in a K2 giant slalom race at Calabogie, Mikayla Reid of Kingston came in 17th Evan Sharma of Kingston placed 39th in a l2 giant slalom at Vorlage.
Eastern Ontario program helps skiers with disabilities
CBC News Ottawa
- Posted January 23, 2012
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An Ottawa-area ski program for people with disabilities is helping many children improve their motor skills.
The Calabogie Adaptive Ski Program at Calabogie Peaks Resort, about 100 km west of Ottawa, has now grown to teach about 40 people learn to glide down its hills.
The decades-old program started as a tool for skiers with physical disabilities, but now features children with a wide variety of challenges including autism, Down's syndrome and cerebral palsy.....read more.
Five worth the drive For great downhill skiing
Michael Prentice, Ottawa Citizen
- Posted January 7, 2012
To read full article with pictures please visit here.
Within a three-hour drive of Ottawa are some of the finest places in the world for downhill skiing. And the après-ski is world-class, too. Closer to home, the hills are smaller, but still lots of fun. And the nearby hills are much cheaper than Whiteface or Tremblant....read more.
AcroBag adds to athletes’ performance
Peter Clark, Renfrew Mercury
- Posted January 6, 2012
To read full article with pictures please visit here.
AcroBag has come to Calabogie. The AcroBag is a tool to help people learn new tricks on the ski hill in a safe environment. The tour spent Dec. 27 to Jan. 1 at Calabogie Peaks Resort. Described as a “great big nice pillowy soft air bag,” the AcroBag has helped athletes of all sports reach new limits....read more.
Harold Murphy: The 'heart and soul' of Calabogie Peaks
Melanie Karalis, Ottawa Citizen
- Posted December 31, 2011
To read full article with pictures please visit here.
It was a long-distance passion, but that didn't stop Harold Murphy. Nearly every weekend during the ski season, Harold would make the 4 1/2-hour drive from Toronto, where he practised law, to Calabogie as he set about transforming a small, financially troubled ski hill into the fourseason resort it is today.
"He had his heart and soul in this place," says Harold's 56-yearold son, Paul, who took over as president of Calabogie Peaks in 2009. Harold Murphy died Nov. 30 at age 83.....read more.
EMC - by Kayla Reinert and Don Gougeon
"Ski and snowboard program makes a very good gift idea "
- Posted December 15, 2011
To read full article with pictures please visit here.
EMC News - Last week, we told you about some great gift ideas with our Ottawa Senators Gift Package and the Collagenna Beauty Package. This week we have another gift suggestion. We are now offering a Ski Package at Calabogie Peaks, which includes discounted rates on lift passes, lessons and rentals.
The Arnprior Ski and Snowboard Program is a seven week program which runs every Saturday at 10:30 a.m. from Jan. 14 to Feb. 25. A Lesson and Lift Pass for seven weeks costs $225, discounted from the regular price of $306. A seven-week rental only program is available at the cost of $125, discounted from the regular price of $180.60. If you already have a season pass or intend to purchase one, you can get a seven-week lesson program for $155. ...read more.
Ottawa Valley Living - by Brian Levesque
"Autonomy and Green Processes Reap Great Rewards for Calabogie Peaks Resort"
- December 2011
To read full article with pictures please visit here.
You can't miss it. On approach you're drawn to a 760 vertical foot drop of classic ski runs - 29 trails that create a distinctive landmark that projects skyward to the horizon off in the distance. Calabogie Peaks Resort is an impressive site situated on the shores of Calabogie Lake and the Madawaska River. A distinctive 1,500 acre attraction that includes an entire mountain and surrounding area of managed forest that's peppered with a blend of coniferous and deciduous trees typical of this magnificent area of the Canadian Shield - an area that's spectacular in all seasons...read more.
CottageCountryNow.ca - by Neil Etienne
"Family, friends and rivals kick off CSRA season"
- Posted December 14, 2011
To read full article with pictures please visit here.
BRACEBRIDGE — The Canadian Snowcross Racing Association (CSRA) season is off and running.
The first official points race of the season happened the weekend of Dec. 3 in Calabogie. There’s already a wealth of Bracebridge names rising to the top of the 11-race series and family-friendly rivalries are taking shape. Heavy rains in the Ottawa region the day before the races began forced the Calabogie hosts to shorten the track, using fake snow for the base. It made some of the weekend-long conditions tough for racers, with a shorter, challenging course with steep jumps and deeper pits than usual. First-time competitive racer, 17-year-old Bracebridge and Muskoka Lakes Secondary School student Mitch McNair explained organizers did an excellent job creating the track’s base. A longtime sledder, but rookie racer, Mitch and his older brother, Steven, 19, are both making their first foray into the competitive world of snowcross racing. Both did well in their season opener...read more.
Calabogie Peaks hosts first CSRA race of the season
Posted Monday, December 5, 2011 3:00 PM by AmSnow
To read full article with pictures please visit http://www.calabogie.com/images/pdf/Calabogie_hosts_first_CSRA_race.pdf
The CSRA Canadian Snocross season opener at Calabogie Peaks Resort outside of Ottawa was a little light on the snow side, but the rain that hit the Ottawa area bypassed Calabogie. Although muddy and gravely conditions were the operative words as the weekend progressed.
Team Rockstar Energy Polaris Racing was in full force at Round 1 with defending Pro Open Champion Iain Hayden, his teammate No.3 ranked Lee Butler, and their protégée, JB Dennis, who is campaigning the Pro Lite Open and Stock class.
Despite being roughed up in a crash one week earlier in Duluth, Minn., Hayden showed no indication that he wasn't feeling 100% at Calabogie. The Espanola, Ont. native totally dominated the Pro Open Invitational Dash For Cash on Saturday.
The four-time champ shot out of the gate on his Polaris IQ 600 racing sled, unleashing its awesome power to snare the holeshot and then put on a clinic all the way to the finish line...read more.
The Petawawa Post - November 24, 2011
Calabogie Peaks hosts Capital Cup Dec. 3-4 - by Cyndi Mills
To read full article with pictures please visit http://www.calabogie.com/images/pdf/PetawawaPost_Snowcross24nov11.pdf
Next weekend Calabogie Peaks will be hosting the first race of the season for the Canadian Snowcross Racing Association.
Riding on the success of last year's event, the organization has made Calabogie Peaks the official home for the Capital Cup Snowcross Championships, the first in a series of 11 races held in Ontario and Quebec during the winter months.
"The Canadian Snowcross Racing promotes Canada's largest snowmobile racing series, the Canadian National Snowcross Championships," explains Nicole Wilson, spokesperson for the resort. "Their events feature over 40 classes of competition including classes for kids as young as four years of age."
Wilson advises spectators will be treated to the thrill of the race as they watch high performance snow machines compete on a snow track consisting of tight turns, banked corners, steep jumps and obstacles...read more.
The Renfrew Mercury - November 17, 2011
Snow time like now - by Steve Newman
To read full article with pictures visit http://www.calabogie.com/images/pdf/14_v1_s_remd_november17.pdf
No snow, no problem ... maybe. Evening temperatures of -6 C or colder will allow Calabogie Peaks Resort to make enough snow to host the second annual Capital Cup on the Canadian Snowcross Racing Association (CSRA) circuit.
Owner Paul Murphy recognizes that early-season conditions aren’t always wrapped in certainty. But he says suitably cold evening temperatures and an expanded fleet of expensive fan guns will be making snow at a feverish pace this month, in anticipation of the arrival of a few hundred snowcross competitors from the United States, Ontario and Quebec.
The first stop on last year’s series was a big success, with combined crowds of over 2,500 for the two days last December. Expectations are for bigger crowds this time, for the Dec. 3 and 4 event.
“It’s not just good, it’s fabulous, to pull off an event like this at the beginning of the season,” CSRA president Ken Avann told The Mercury last season. Murphy says even more equipment is in place this season to make the Capital Cup a secondtime reality. The Peaks now has 23 high-technology fan guns, including several that are mounted on towers two to six metres above ground and others that are portable. Tower-mounted guns also produce more snow than ground models because of the additional hang time for water particles to freeze before they hit the ground...read more.
Race Time Radio Inside CSRA
Tonight: Tues. Nov. 1st 2011 - 7:00 Pm ET.
Listen Live: http://www.racetimeradio.com/Live-Inside-CSRA-RTR.html
Inside CSRA with: Ken Avann with Information on the CSRA 'Getting Started Seminar'. Paul Murphy President of the Calabogie Peaks Resort. Angela Vachino a former CSRA Pro Women Champion will be working with the new girls in the Seminar. We will also talk with Ric Wilson a past pro champion. Plus Yamaha Motor Canada Public Relations Specialist Bryan Hudgin. Listen Live Here 7pm ET.
CTV Morning - Calabogie Peaks Resort Feature & Interviews - August 22nd, 2011
Calabogie Peaks - What's new at the resort - Feb 11, 2011
A Morning's Lianne Laing finds out more about the entertainment venues at Calabogie Peaks Ski Resort.
Morning's Lianne Laing finds out more about the operations at Calabogie Peaks ski resort in the Valley, and the changes to the hill.
Calabogie Peaks - Learn to Ski - Feb 11, 2011
A Morning's Lianne Laing finds out more about the Learn to Ski program at Calabogie Peaks.
A Morning's Lianne Laing finds out more about the operations at Calabogie - Feb 11, 2011
Soldier On Winter Sports Clinic 2011
ArmNews - Soldier On brings injured soldiers to the slopes
From: CanadianArmyNews | Apr 7, 2011
Six soldiers with disabilities learn to ski using adaptive equipment during winter sports clinic.
Motorcycling News
2011 Motorcycle FAM Tour Brings A New Tourism Perspective To the Ottawa Valley
Article for 2nd annual International Motorcycle Show - Show Guide
Lansdowne Park, January 28th – 30th, 2011
Article on Motorcycle.com "Women Riders Tour in Northern Ontario"
Lumiere Gala raises $50,000+ at Brookstreet hotel
Calabogie Peaks Resort Chef Andrea Leduc played a key role at Brookstreet’s Lumiere Gala again this year.
Read all about it in Ottawa Citizen Blog >>
Band lineup announced for the first annual Class Axe Guitars Calabogie Blues & Ribfest!*
OTTAWA, Ont. (June 30, 2011) -- Blues fans and ribbers unite!The First annual Class Axe Guitars Calabogie Blues & Ribfest is proud to announce some of the lineup for the August 12 -- 14 festival.
With more bands still to be announced, the current lineup is: Johnny Max Band, David Gogo, Monkey Junk, Jesse Green Band, Al Wood and the Woodsmen, Al Tambay, Wild T & the Spirit, Guitar Explosion with Steve Strongman and Paul Deslauriers.
"Class Axe Guitars is thrilled to be associated with DAWG FM and Calabogie Peaks for their first Annual Blues Festival. We feel it is a great fit for the three of us. Guitars and the blues are my two main passions, and it is great to see a straight ahead blues festival coming to the Ottawa Valley." said Bob Besharah, Owner of Class Axe Guitars.
The event will be complete with a beer garden right by the main stage, a kids' zone with face painting and rides, shopping, freebies and so much more. Onsite accommodation and camping will be available so visitors can wake up, and be in the centre of the action.
Tickets can be purchased online at calabogieblues.com or dawgfm.com.Tickets are 50% off until July 8.
A portion of proceeds from the event will go to local and national charities including the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and Blues in Schools.
TICKETS AVAILABLE AT WWW.CALABOGIEBLUES.COM
