Ski Area

World Class Cross Country Skiing

Located in a BC Provincial Park, 22km from Vernon BC, at an elevation of 1664m (5500 ft) the Sovereign Lake Nordic Centre includes more than 50km of manicured trails, and 14 km of snowshoe trails. a large full service day lodge, ski school, rentals, night skiing, biathlon range and more. SLNC offers a large full service day lodge, ski lessons, rentals, night skiing, a biathlon range and more.

Combined with the adjacent Silver Star Ski Resort trail system, there are more than 100km of interconnected trails for your exploring pleasure. The terrain suits every need from "first-timer" to "big-timer". In addition to our exceptional trails, we are also world-renowned for our early season skiing, plentiful snowfall and hosting of World Class events. In 2005 we hosted an XC ski World Cup race.

From Dec 2009 to Feb 2010 Sovereign Lake Nordic Club and Silver Star Mountain Resort will host phase one of the Canadian Olympic trials in cross-country skiing, maybe the biggest set of races this year in North America next to the Olympics. In addition Sovereign Lake will be the home of the Olympic Cross county pre-Olympic training in February 2010.
In March, 2011 Sovereign Lake will host the World Masters Cup with racers participating from around the world.

BC Parks

The development of the Sovereign Lake area has been a co-operative effort involving B.C. Parks and the Sovereign Lake Nordic Club.

In 1990 the North Okanagan Cross Country Ski Club ( now the Sovereign Lake Nordic Club) undertook the responsibility for the operation of the area under a Park Use Permit.

All profits generated from ticket sales are reinvested into the area. An enlarged parking area are the most recent improvements funded by the club.