The centre was built to provide training facilities and accommodation for sports groups. http://www.vimountaincentre.com/photo-gallery
Cross country skiing is a great complimentary sport to cycling, and you know you want some sun and scenery, as a break from the rain and dark.
Joanna and I have booked it for the nights of Friday, Dec 30 to Sunday Jan 1, which makes three nights, four days of skiing if you go up early Friday and come back after the trails close at 3 Monday (a holiday).
The price is $34 per night per person if we hit the minimum of 25 places. Accommodation in rooms with 4 bunks.
Meals will be shared with groups of 4 or 5 taking turns doing meals.
15 places are taken so far, 25 minimum required. Deposit of $40 per person due Friday.
Options for activities include XC skate or classic technique lessons (and rentals), ski tours into Strathcona Park, which are great off-season training, and downhill as well.
For those going to the Burnaby track camp, you can catch the ferry Friday from Horseshoe Bay to Nanaimo. There is storage for bikes in the centre. Bike clothes are virtually the same as xc ski clothes. I'm a trained xc ski coach, so can help with a program and negotiating rentals and lessons.
I asked wife about this and we figure the kids are still too little (nobody wants to hear my 4 year-old's tantrums because her sister's skis are longer). But another year...