September 26, 2013
If this was the fall of 2012, winter in Prince George would be four weeks away.
The city was buried by the first snowfall of the season on Oct. 25 last year. Tire shops and winter clothing stores loved it and so did Andrew Casey, head coach of the Caledonia Nordic Ski Club. He has fond recollections of that chilly end to October which brought one of the longest ski seasons in recent memory. They were still skiing in late April and he's hoping it's the start of a trend.
"I'm keeping my fingers crossed," said Casey, about to enter his second season as the Caledonia club coach. "The long season made it easier to avoid the shoulder season. Last year we went from roller skiing one week to skiing the next week."
Casey's arrival last year as the first full-time paid coach in the Caledonia club's history had a direct bearing on the club's results in provincial and national events...