With this season's shortage of snow at the local mountains, many of our Coast Zone races were postponed, rescheduled, or cancelled altogether this year. Thankfully, some events were relocated to other mountains in recent weeks.

There has been a flurry of races in the past few weeks, including the U14 Teck Coast Zone race at Whistler, U16 Teck Open at Whistler, and U14 BC Winter Games at Apex. We've gathered up some great photos from these events to share here. 

As always, congratulations on the great efforts from all the athletes and also the help and support of all the coaches, event organizers, parents, and volunteers for making these races happen!

Congratulations to all the racers at the U14 Teck Coast Zone Race at Whistler. Grouse Tyee athletes performed spectacularly at the two-day event and placed very well overall. 

Women's Slalom on March 2, 2024:

• 1st — Nikita Ciesla, bib 52, Grouse Tyee
• 2nd — Katinka Hansen, bib 7, Grouse Tyee
• 3rd — Chloe Xu, bib 18, Grouse Tyee
• 12th — Ryder Zachanowicz, bib 46, Grouse Tyee
• 17th — Abigail Anderson, bib 32, Grouse Tyee

Women's GS on March 3, 2024:

• 1st — Nikita Ciesla, bib 52, Grouse Tyee
• 2nd — Katinka Hansen, bib 7, Grouse Tyee
• 9th — Ryder Zachanowicz, bib 46, Grouse Tyee
• 12th — Taylor Duess, bib 56, Grouse Tyee
• 13th — Abigail Anderson, bib 32, Grouse Tyee

Men's Slalom on March 2, 2024:

• 7th — Daniel Gold, bib 10, Grouse Tyee
• 11th — Bennett Daniels, bib 14, Grouse Tyee
• 18th — Hugh Ross, bib 39, Grouse Tyee

Men's GS on March 3, 2024:

• 1st — Eric Krastev, bib 49, Grouse Tyee
• 3rd — Eames Kim, bib 58, Grouse Tyee
• 8th — Tristan Yee, bib 6, Grouse Tyee
• 15th — Owen Lee, bib 13, Grouse Tyee
• 17th — Hugh Ross, bib 39, Grouse Tyee

Thank you also to the parents and volunteers who stepped up to help out at this event. Parent and volunteer Starter, Henry Lee, remarked "A great race. It was a tale of two cities in weather — bluebird and then cloudy flurries. It was a challenging course but Tyee girls and boys did great. Also Tyee parents did a great job stepping up for volunteer spots. And the Tyee kids were a huge part of course cleanup both days."

More Tyee U14 race photos by Samantha Duess will be uploaded and available for viewing here: 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/samanthaduessphotography/albums/

The Bob Parsons Memorial race commemorates the legacy of Bob Parsons, a native of Vancouver, BC, who began skiing in the late 1940s. Bob played a pivotal role in establishing the Vancouver Ski Team in 1969, a precursor to today's BC Ski Team. The Memorial Cup, named in his honour, recognizes his extensive contributions as Chief of Course for Whistler's major downhill races until his passing in 1979.

It was great to see our U16 Tyee athletes racing on Ptarmigan at the Dave Murray National Training Centre on Whistler. Our U8 teams even stopped by to cheer the racers on and catch a glimpse of the race in between making snowmen and throwing snowballs at the bottom of the course. 

As well, three-time Olympic medallist Lindsey Vonn happened to be at the Chic Pea on Whistler and stopped by the race course to visit the racers. 

Full results from the Bob Parsons Memorial Cup and the Teck BC Coast Zone races are available here and here. 

More U16 race photos by Samantha Duess will be uploaded and available for viewing here: 

• U16 Women's SL Whistler Mixed Runs 
• U16 Men's SL Whistler Run 1
• more race photos by Samantha Duess

Due to low snow conditions at Troll Mountain in Quesnel, the organizers were unable to host the alpine events of the 2024 BC Winter Games. Thankfully Apex Mountain Resort near Penticton was able to host the Teck Okanagan Zone Race and also host the qualified BC Games skiers from across BC. This allowed all the U14 skiers who had qualified for the event to continue to compete together.

Congratulations to all the U14 racers on their efforts and performance at Apex!

Men's Slalom on Feb 24, 2024:

• 1st — Eames Kim, bib 79, Grouse Tyee
• 7th — Eric Krastev, bib 71, Grouse Tyee
• 13th — Joe Orde, bib 56, Grouse Tyee
• 17th — Daniel Gold, bib 74, Grouse Tyee

Men's Slalom on Feb 25, 2024:

• 5th — Eric Krastev, bib 71, Grouse Tyee
• 13th — Daniel Gold, bib 74, Grouse Tyee

WOMen's Slalom on Feb 24, 2024:

• 2nd — Nikita Ciesla, bib 66, Grouse Tyee
• 5th — Katinka Hansen, bib 41, Grouse Tyee
• 11th — Chloe Xu, bib 51, Grouse Tyee
• 17th — Ryder Zachanowicz, bib 61, Grouse Tyee

WOMen's Slalom on Feb 25, 2024:

• 2nd — Nikita Ciesla, bib 66, Grouse Tyee
• 6th — Chloe Xu, bib 51, Grouse Tyee
• 19th — Ryder Zachanowicz, bib 61, Grouse Tyee

Grouse Tyee will be co-hosting with WMSC the annual U12 Tyee Cup at Whistler this year. We are looking forward to welcoming all the U12 athletes and appreciate the help of all our volunteers at the event. We'll have more news to share very soon!