2025 CAN FIS Masters Cup & Eastern Canadian Masters Alpine Championships:
We are pleased to announce that the Canadian FIS Masters Cup (FMC) races will be held from Sunday, 2 February 2025 to Monday, 3 February 2025, at Mont Garceau QC, with two SL races on Sunday, 2-Feb-25, and two 1-run GS races on Monday 3-Feb-25. Plus, there will be training on Saturday, 1 February 2025, from 1-4 pm.
This event will also be held concurrently with the Eastern Canadian Masters Alpine Championships (ECMAC), which also permits racers between the ages of 18-29 to participate. Races and overall results for the Eastern Championships will be based on the first SL race and 2-run combined time for the GS race.
The Mont Garceau Ski Club has been around for at least 40 years and welcomes racers from U8 to FIS. There are currently 180 racers and 30+ coaches in the club, making it one of the most important ski clubs in Quebec. Every year they host events ranging from U8-U10 skills competitions to FIS events. Over the years, they have also held many NORAM races. Perhaps more importantly, is that they have Masters’ experience as the BMW Masters’ series, which ran for 25 years, held many Masters’ races at Mont Garceau.
Mont Garceau is located less than a 2-hour drive from Montreal and should be of great attraction to racers from Quebec, Ontario, and New England USA (who love coming to race in Quebec!), plus we hope Westerners as well as international racers will participate. Montreal is a major international airport with great connections, that should also make it very convenient for air travel and allow a two-day travel window for those wishing to carry on to Big Sky MT, for the USA FMC races being held from 7-9 February 2024. The combination of two FMC events makes the week quite attractive being a 9-race opportunity over 9 days!
About the race runs:
- TOGO: Togo is the only FIS certified GS run in the Laurentians / Lanaudière regions aside from “Flying Mile” at Tremblant; it is 250 metres vertical and was recently re-certified by FIS in 2023.
- RAPIDE XL: This is the ski club run. In 2023, Mont Garceau invested over CAD200k to add 60 metres of steep vertical to make it a 200-metre vertical run used for both SL and GS.
2025 Canadian Masters’ Alpine Championships:
We are also pleased to announce that the 2025 Canadian Masters’ Alpine Championships (CMAC) will be held from 6-9 March 2025, at Nakiska AB, running concurrently with the Alberta Masters Rides of March/Western Canadian Masters Championships. The event consists of two SG, one GS combined, and one SL combined. Just last season, Nakiska held FIS Masters (MAS) races, concurrently with CMAC, on the long and fun track “Mapmaker”.
Note the new World Cup points rule change from 2025 onwards being CMAC garners double points…a double whammy for those that may be vying for a spot on the Canadian Masters Alpine Team (CMAT).
More information and race notices for both will be published soon.
Lloyd Sevack | Past-President & FIS Masters’ Rep