What's Up in Wells

Women's Terrain Park Afternoon
2023-02-12 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Vancouver) | Troll Ski Resort, Barkerville Hwy 27 E., BC, Canada
DROP IN! This means it’s free for you ladies to come drop in, learn how to hit jumps and ride rails from our very own @dr.kiralewis
We’ll start on the mini terrain park on the Bunny hill and then go from there depending on everyone’s comfort level!
Come hit one jump or two, come and go as it works with your schedule and have a good time with other women trying something new!
No need to register or check-in 🙂

Indigenous Tourism BC Tourism Training
2023-02-13 - 2023-02-14 | Barkerville Historic Town & Park, 14301 Hwy 26 E., Barkerville, BC, V0K2R0, Canada
Indigenous Tourism BC is offering free tourism training for Indigenous people that starts Feb. 13th, and they are holding the course in Barkerville! Contact Mike at mretasket58@gmail.com to learn more! Registration closes February 3rd.

Valentine's Day Community Cookie Swap & Open House
2023-02-14 09:00 - 14:00 | The Wells Hotel, 2341 Pooley St., Wells, BC, V0k2R0, Canada
The Wells Hotel is hosting an open house event on Valentine’s Day to help spread the love. Come by any time between 9 am and 2 pm to enjoy some free coffee, tea, or hot chocolate and cozy chairs by the fire. Bring some baking to share and grab a few treats for yourself. Everyone is welcome.

Five-Alarm Wednesday Fundraiser for the WVFB
2023-02-15 17:00 - 21:00, 2023-02-22 17:00 - 21:00, 2023-03-01 17:00 - 21:00 | The Wells Hotel, 2341 Pooley St., Wells, BC, V0k2R0, Canada
Turn up the heat this winter to raise funds for our local Wells Volunteer Fire Brigade.
How does it work?
Order our house-made chili on Wednesdays and a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the WVFB. How much will be donated? That’s up to you! For every level of heat you order in your chili, $1 will be donated:
1-alarm spice = $1 to the brigade
2-alarm spice = $2 to the brigade
3-alarm spice = $3 to the brigade
4-alarm spice = $4 to the brigade
5-alarm spice = $5 to the brigade
Let’s see how hot this town can get!

Wells Volunteer Fire Brigade Practice
2023-02-15 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-02-22 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-03-01 19:00 - 21:00 | Wells Volunteer Fire Brigade Station, 2314 Baker St, Wells, BC, V0K 2R0, Canada
Exterior Fire Protection is provided by the Wells Volunteer Fire Brigade. The WVFB will respond to any fire calls in the Wells Fire District.
The WVFB is the only fire service in the area and is 100% dependent on volunteers. Everyone is welcome and no one is asked to do more than they are comfortable with.
Practices are held every Wednesday from 7pm-9pm at the fire hall (across from the schoolyard). Everyone is welcome – no previous experience necessary
Come out and join us!
VOLUNTEER MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FORM
Fire Chief Carrie Chard can be reached at firechief@wells.ca
For more information contact the District of Wells at 250-994-3330

Wells Community Vision & Planning Select Committee
2023-02-16 10:30 - 11:30 | BC
Pursuant to section 89 of the Community Charter, the Wells Community Vision & Planning Select Committee would like to invite you to our next open meeting at 10:30am on Thursday, February 16th, 2023. Please find attached the following zoom link, we look forward to seeing you there!
Please note that this is an online, ZOOM only meeting.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/92171233852?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 921 7123 3852
Passcode: [REDACTED]
Questions can be sent to the chairs: dirk@wells.ca or jlewis@wells.ca

Pickleball at the Hall
2023-02-16 16:00 - 18:00, 2023-02-23 16:00 - 18:00, 2023-03-02 16:00 - 18:00 | Wells Community Hall, 4269 Sanders Ave, Wells, BC, V0K2R0, Canada
Looking for a new way to exercise and have fun? Become a pickler. Drop-in every Thursday from 4 pm to 6 pm at the Community Hall.

Island Mountain Beer Launch with Barkerville Brewing
2023-02-17 17:00 - 20:00 | The Wells Hotel, 2341 Pooley St., Wells, BC, V0k2R0, Canada
Barkerville Brewing will be joining us for the launch of its brand-new beer: Island Mountain Dark Mild – an homage to our town! Come try a sample from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm, and be one of the first to buy a round. There will also be Barkerville Brewing Swag door prizes!

After the tasting, there’ll be live music on offer by Sage Gordon and plenty of beer on offer well into the evening hours.

Live Music Fridays with Sage Gordon
2023-02-17 20:00 - 22:00, 2023-02-24 20:00 - 22:00, 2023-03-03 20:00 - 22:00 | The Wells Hotel, 2341 Pooley St., Wells, BC, V0k2R0, Canada
Kick off the weekend with the talented local guitar and piano player Sage Gordon, every Friday night this winter at the Wells Hotel. No cover charge.

Kid's Freestyle Program
2023-02-18 10:00 - 14:30, 2023-02-25 10:00 - 14:30 | Troll Ski Resort, Barkerville Hwy 27 E., BC, Canada
FREESTYLE SKI PROGRAMS
Ages 9+
10am-2:30pm
$150
Ages 6-8
10am-11:45am
$125
Do your kids want to learn to hit jumps, do basic tricks such as 180s and 360s and become confident taking their skis over rails and sliding boxes?
REQUIREMENTS:
Must be confidently doing parallel turns
Pop in the rental shop to fill out a form!

2023 Wells International Gourmet Ski
2023-02-18 10:00 - 17:00 | BC
The Wells International Gourmet Ski is back! Phew! Finally!!
This fun, silly and delicious event continues in 2023. Attendees get to experience a few of the things that make Wells winter wonderful: the skiing, the company, the stunning snowy setting, fresh grooming and deliciously thematic food, produced in our high altitude kitchens!
Ski as much or as little as you like, eat fantastic International cuisine at four food stations along the way, and join us for hot drinks and desserts at the finale. Get dressed up in your most ridiculous costumes (and we mean it) for a chance to win great prizes! Stay in Wells for the evening. In the evening, Dave J will be returning to his post as host of the popular Winter Film Festival, at the Sunset Theatre.

Studio Open House
2023-02-18 15:00 - 19:00, 2023-02-19 10:00 - 14:00 | St. George Studio, 2303 Bowman Cres, Wells, BC, V0K2R0, Canada
Peter is opening the doors to the St. George Studio this weekend. Come and see what he’s been working on!

Barkerville Family Day Event
2023-02-19 10:00 - 14:00 | Barkerville Historic Town & Park, 14301 Hwy 26 E., Barkerville, BC, V0K2R0, Canada
Thanks to the support of the B.C. Government, Barkerville will have its doors open for our B.C. Family Day event on Sunday Feb. 19th from 10AM – 2PM. There will be hot dogs, hot chocolate, kick-sled races, and kids’ crafts at the Welcome Centre. And there is no cost for admission! See you there!

Island Mountain Storytime and Crafter-noon with Jeanie Vant and Jan Smuck!
2023-02-19 13:30 - 15:00 | Island Mountain Arts, 2323 Pooley St., Wells, BC, V0k2R0, Canada
Come join us in the Island Mountain Arts Gallery for a holiday weekend story-time crafter-noon!
Check out work in the Gallery from the students of the Wells-Barkerville School, grab yourself a hot chocolate and a cosy spot in the space! Local artist and early childhood educator Jen Smuck will help you build your very own forest friend sun catcher to take home!
Around 2:00 PM, we’ll read local author Jeanie Vant’s brand new book “Wicked Crow and the Forest Folk”
The Province of British Columbia has provided Island Mountain Arts a grant in support of this free, community Family Day activity.

Families Ride for Free
2023-02-20 - 2023-02-21 | BC
The Wells Snowmobile Club annually celebrates Family Day by waiving the trail pass fee for families. Check-in at the Jack of Clubs General required.

31st Gold Rush Trail Sled Dog Mail Run
2023-02-24 - 2023-02-27 | BC
The Gold Rush Trail Sled Dog Mail Run is living history for the past 31 years. Our dedicated mushers and their dog teams will again be sworn in as official mail carriers and will carry Canada Post mail in their dog sleds over the Gold Rush Trail to Barkerville.
Please support this special year by purchasing unique Mail Run envelopes that are sold from this website or at local outlets, stamped “Carried by Dog Team” and hand cancelled by volunteers in Quesnel, Wells and Barkerville, the three post offices along the route. Once delivered to Barkerville, this mail enters the regular mail system for delivery anywhere in the world.

AST1 for Snowmobilers
2023-02-25 - 2023-02-27 | BC
This course will take place in Quesnel/Barkerville area
Duration: 2 days (1 day or 8 hours classroom, and 1 day in the mountains, accessed by sleds). The class will be hosted in Prince George and Wells/Barkerville area unless otherwise identified.
By the end of this introductory course, you will understand how to:

Evaluate the basics of avalanche formation and release
Identify avalanche terrain
Know the steps required to plan and carry out a trip
Use appropriate decision-making tools
Find resources for obtaining terrain ratings if a trip is not rated
Find resources for obtaining Avalanche Danger Ratings and Avalanche Bulletins if these are not available
Carry out a companion rescue
Understand the limits of your training.

Participants must have a sled, helmet, and basic avy gear (shovel, probe, and digital transceiver). We can rent you avalanche gear if let us know in advance.
Participants under the age of 19 must register with a parent that will accompany them as a full participant.
Pricing: $380+GST.
Offered for recreational users, or modified for occupational courses

The Cariboo Lady Alliance Wells Hike
2023-02-26 09:00 - 18:00 | BC
Come hike wells with us February 26th, 9am SHARP meet up at the Jack O Clubs General Store.
Post hike! We’ll reconvein at the jack for dinner, this will be a first for the chapter and I couldn’t be more excited!!
10 spots available, once they’re taken I’ll remove the option to sign up…I want to keep this group small for safety.
Hike to be decided closer to the date, factoring in for weather and avy conditions – choosing bwtween Murray to the cabin, Cornish mountain, or the kibee lake trail.
These will be between 10 and 15km hikes (Cornish is the longest, next kibee and lastly Murray cabin). The 2 mountains will have between 400 and 580metres elevation gain, but Kibee is less than 100metres for the whole trail.
Make sure to complete the waiver linked here before attending the event. Waiver completion is mandatory!
If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out!!

Wells Winter Wonders
2023-03-03 18:00 - 2023-03-05 13:00 | BC
Friday night March 3
6:00pm dinner and show @ the jack
Wells Snow Queen winner announced
Saturday March 4
9:00am ski race (timed races)
11:00am snowshoe race
1:30pm sled race
7:30pm Cabaret @ Sunset theatre
Bon fire during the day
Sunday March 5
10:00am kids snowshoe race
11:30am kids “build your own” sled race
1pm snowman building competition
During lunch we will have stations for the kids to make fun winter treats
Bon fire during the day
*Tentative schedule*

2023 Ladies Ride
2023-03-04 - 2023-03-05 | BC
Come join your local DSG riders for a ladies ride! Email dariancampbell@hotmail.com if you are interested, spots are limited
DSG Outerwear-Women’s Snow Apparel
#doingsomethinggreat
