Ski At School is a not-for-profit with a team of about fifteen members and a fleet of over 2,000 pairs of cross-country skis. We’re the go-to source for sharing outdoor equipment and creating programs—no matter where you are!
We firmly believe that having fun outdoors helps us grow as people. That by embracing winter, we embrace our northern identity, our region, the fresh air, and the many health benefits it offers. We’ve been on the road for 10 years now, and we’re not stopping!
Over more than five decades, enthusiasts of the Canadian Ski Marathon have watched the average age of its participants increasing. Also, it is not easy to practice the sport in many places where young people live.
With an eye to the future, it was clear that part of the solution would be to widen the accessibility of cross-country skiing to all schoolchildren, regardless of their background or socio-economic status.
Apart from the obvious health benefits, this would also lead to increased youth participation in large-scale sporting events, including the CSM itself. Following a pilot program in the MRC Pontiac in 2016 – 2017, where the deprivation index is higher than average, a full program was launched.
Since then, SAS has evolved to cover the rest of the Outaouais region and plans to expand further, so that cross-country skiing serves as a catalyst for healthier life-styles across the entire Québec community.
Consult our annual participation reports.
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