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After a lengthy hiatus spanning two seasons, the Edmonton Ski Club is reopening its slopes for this coming winter.

The 108-year-old organization made the announcement on its website in August that the slopes would be open for the 2019-20 season. The website says the club has purchased a new carpet lift for the bunny hill, and a number of repairs and upgrades have been completed.

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The reopening was welcoming news to ESC Alpine’s past-president Greg Milne.

The alpine club, as well as Edmonton Freestyle Ski, both offer programs at the hill but were forced to relocate while the situation was being worked out.

“We’re thrilled to have it opening again and to be able to go back and train,” Milne said. “A lot of our members come from that area. It is very much a community hill. We have people from afar, for sure, but a lot of the kids who train with our club live in those areas; Bonnie Doon, Capilano, Cloverdale, downtown.”