The Northfield Mountain Nordic Ski Patrol (Northfield, Massachusetts) is an organization of volunteer first responders trained and nationally certified in winter safety, outdoor emergency care, cross country skiing, land navigation, mountain travel, search and rescue, and winter survival.

The Eastern Division of the National Ski Patrol will again hold its annual business and training meeting of Avalanche, Mountain Travel & Rescue, and Nordic (AMN) instructors at Northfield Mountain on the weekend of September 18 – 20.

Ski patrol instructors from throughout the northeast will gather here for an organizational meeting and for outdoors skills refreshers. These patrollers will camp out Friday and Saturday nights at Barton Cove and will carry out a simulated search and rescue mission Sunday morning.

Visit the event web site here

The Eastern Division's newsletter, Trail Sweep, is now online. Click HERE to read and download your copy.

Ralph Rossi is selling a substantial amount of winter gear. Click HERE to see his listing.

The patrol will hold its annual nordic skills refresher on Saturday, December 6, starting at 8:30 AM. Bring your patrol pack. Lunch will be provided. If there's snow, we'll be skiing. Mark your calendars now.

Nordicfest returns after a lapse of a few years. This is a weekend of cross country skiing, enhancing nordic skills, and all-around cameraderie with fellow nordic patrollers from around the northeast.

The event will be held Friday through Sunday, February 27 - March 1, 2009, at the Mountain Trails Cross Country Ski Center in New York's Catskill Mountains.

For more information, contact Karlis Kopans at 914-962-3511 or karlkopans@aol.com

This past weekend’s meeting of Eastern Division Avalanche, Mountain Travel & Rescue, and Nordic (AMN) instructors at Northfield Mountain was acclaimed as the best yet. Over forty instructors from throughout the northeast were in attendance.

Twenty companies contributed catalogs, demo items, and giveaways to the event, making possible a generous “goodie bag” for each attendee and a raffle drawing with door prizes for all. Rossignol and Ortovox representatives were on hand to demonstrate their products.

In addition to items of business, the program included technology presentations and hands-on skills refreshers. GPS navigation, avalanche beacon operation, ropework, and nordic skills were reinforced and reviewed.

Chuck Boyd, Connecticut NSP Avalanche and Nordic Advisor, presented a slide show of his attempt to climb K2 this summer and described his impressions of the tragedy and rescue efforts in which he was involved.

Representatives of the Central Massachusetts Search and Rescue Team observed a simulated search and critiqued the exercise, providing valuable feedback.

Tom Deam, Bo Duris, Bill Gabriel, Brett Marquard, Bill Schweikert, and Jonathan Shefftz of our patrol participated in the weekend’s activities.

Dates of Annual Refreshers September 8, 2008

This year’s refreshers will be held on two different dates.

The OEC and CPR Refreshers are scheduled for Saturday, October 18th. The Nordic/On-the-Hill Refresher takes place Saturday, December 6th.

OEC Refresher Study Guide September 8, 2008

This year’s refresher study guides are in the mail. Meanwhile, you can download an online copy of the OEC Refresher Cycle A 2008 Study Guide.

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