The Center is proud to present the annual Family Winter Fun Tour -- a fun and totally casual 5km XC ski or snowshoe tour to raise funds for affordable youth and junior loaner ski equipment.

The Family Winter Fun Tour covers a beautiful and gentle Oregon Cascades 5km route suitable for participants of all ages and abilities.

The Tour is NOT a race, there's no timing. The 11am "start" is really just a suggestion. Think a super casual moving party with some of the most amazing views in the Pacific Northwest!

Recruit your friends, coworkers and family. Refuse to accept excuses. Remember, it's ski OR snowshoe! -- it's the easiest course possible -- it's just 5km (actually a bit less).

Want more Tour fun? Take on the SKI YOUR AGE CHALLENGE!!! -- This is great way to make the Family Winter Fun Tour even more fun for all ages of skiers. Select from the easiest option (ski your age in minutes) or go for the ultimate challenge in skiing your age in total kilometers during one Tour day.

Kids love going for Ski Your Age in either kilometers or minutes. But with the option to Ski Your Age in Minutes -- parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc. all have a realistic challenge which is a great incentive for the whole family to get winter exercise together!

XC Oregon will provide a special reward for anyone registered for the Tour that completes the Ski Your Age minutes challenge. For anyone that does the ultimate challenge in actually skiing your age in years -- we have super special rewards!

Looping around the gentle Family Winter Fun Tour course provides an ideal setting to rack up the minutes or kilometers! For those with a Mt Bachelor season pass (or by purchasing a full day trail pass) you can combine the Family Winter Fun Tour loop with the other Mt Bachelor Nordic Center trails. Take as long as you like to Ski Your Age and there's no set course to follow. Start early and once done you'll be able to join the main Family Winter Fun Tour finishers for the fun of the post-ski festival area. No special sign-up required, just sign up just like any other Tour participant and we'll have a special rewards and posting board for names and minutes/kilometers totals when you are done!

Special thanks to all event sponsors and partners: The Center for Orthopedic & Neurosurgical Care/Research; Mt Bachelor Nordic Center; Mt Bachelor Sports Education Foundation; and Mt Bachelor Nordic Center. The Family Winter Fun Tour is produced by the non-profit XC Oregon race team as a gift to the health and well-being of our community. The course is located in the Deschutes National Forest.

Net proceeds benefit projects within MBSEF and OISRA (both non-profit 501c3 organizations) to expand future pools of affordable youth and junior loaner ski equipment.