2024-2025 Season
(updated October 2)
I hope you have had a great summer. I know people are planning their winters.
This is a call for participant and skier pre-registration for the CADS Edelweiss 2024-25 season. Note that payment is not accepted at this time. Registration closes October 27th.
Please review the email below, including key dates, and next steps.
If you are new to CADS, we will have a booth at The Ottawa Ski Show, October 19th and 20th. We will be glad to discuss the organization!
Feel free to share this informationwith friends, family, and acquaintances who may wish to join as a participant or volunteer instructor.
Key Dates
Eight-week CADS Edelweiss program runs from January 4, 2025 – February 23, 2025
Fittings: ad hoc. Please reach out if you have a need.
New volunteer training day: Weekend of December 21, 2024 / TBC
Tether training days for instructors: Weekend of Dec 28, 2024 / TBC
Weekly instructor training sessions: TBC
Year-end ski trip to Mt Avila: Sunday, March 16, 2025
Year-End Banquet: Saturday, March 22, 2025
Everyone: All pre-registration steps should be completed on Snowline: https://cads.ski.
Looking at your Profile, you will see a set of tabs. Please review and complete all information at each of these tabs.
Participants
Participants must pre-register prior to being accepted into the program. Payments will not be accepted at this stage.
Acceptance is based on volunteer instructor numbers and club capacity.
New participants: go to Snowline and please sign up for CADS-NCD; under CADS-NCD, please choose CADS-NCD Edelweiss. Register as a Student. Be sure to complete all fields.
Returning participants: Review all fields! Be sure all of your information is correct and up to date in Snowline.
Choose your program: Looking at your Profile, go to the Programs tab. You will see a map of Edelweiss and a “Learn More” button. This will take you to a series of choices about which program you would like to join.
Program fees are very likely to remain at $200 per 2 hr block (a.m. or p.m.). This will be confirmed in October.
Instructors
Returning and new instructors: pre-register as an Instructor (not as a volunteer). Please review all of your details and be sure all information is accurate and up to date.
Availability: Please be sure to indicate your availability to teach, and also your blackout dates.
Instructors are expected to be available from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. during the 8-week program to support the program overall; that said, the final program schedule is not known at this time.
What happens next?
Pre-registration for new and returning participants will close Sunday, October 27, 2024.
CADS-Edelweiss will review student and volunteer interest. We aim to confirm the program in the first week of November. From there, participants will be asked to pay their fees.
In the coming weeks I will provide additional details to the Participant community, and to the Instructor community.
CADS Edelweiss – Get involved!!
CADS Edelweiss is a volunteer run organization.
Fundraiser and Event Planner: CADS Edelweiss runs a range of little events and fundraising activities including an end-of-year banquet. This role would lead these initiatives, with the support of the coordinator and broader team. The banquet hall is already booked!
Legacy planning: we have a very strong administrative team at CADS Edelweiss, and we would like to keep it that way! Below is the current organizational structure. I would be happy to talk to anyone who may be curious. Not all of these positions require CADS instructor expertise.
- Coordinator
- Registrar
- Assistant Registrar
- Senior Program Supervisor X 2
- Senior Supervisor X 1
- Safety Officer
- Fundraiser and Events
About Us
CADS-NCD Sommet Edelweiss has been active since 1979. Serving more than 60 snow enthusiasts for the weekends in January and February, the CADS-NCD Sommet Edelweiss program offers more than 3,500 hours of outdoor recreation to the disabled community of Ottawa-Hull and surrounding region.
Our program is 100% volunteer based. Each disabled participant is partnered with at least one and sometimes two volunteers. 100 volunteers participate in the program but we are always in need of more! Volunteers are trained on a regular basis and certification is both offered and encouraged. Volunteers receive complimentary lift tickets in exchange for assisting a skier/boarder for a day on the slopes.
Skiers/Boarders pay a program fee similar to a ski school program. The cost of providing partners and adaptive equipment is more than 3 times this cost and to make up the difference, the program relies on community support, sponsors and fundraisers.
CADS-NCD Sommet Edelweiss promotes fun and excitement for both the volunteer and the skier, while keeping safety in mind. The following two quotes from long standing CADS-NCD Sommet Edelweiss members, the first a skier, and the second a volunteer demonstrate the tip of the iceberg:
- `CADS provides me with an opportunity to experience recreation and friendship in a really fun environment where nobody judges me.`
- `CADS is about hoping you make a difference in the lives of your skiers and knowing they make a difference in yours!`
Come out and experience it for yourself! New volunteers and skiers are welcome. We are hoping to make ski and board season our best ever!
Program Coordinator:
Randy Innes
email randyinnes@gmail.com
