The rain stopped just long enough for Caitlin Patterson and Jake Brown to savor their wins at the 2021 edition of the Climb to the Castle last Saturday in Wilmington, NY, near Lake Placid. Craftsbury Green Racing Project (CGRP) swept the women’s podium; Caitlin Patterson edged Margie Freed for the win in 46:48.8, with her teammate just .7 second back in 46:49.5. Tara Geraghty-Moats placed third in 47:35.0. Brown, skiing for US Biathlon / CGRP,...
The following recap was written by Justin Beckwith, info@fasterskier.com. The
About a year and a half after Colin Rodgers. GMVS went through some transitions. I am staying in the Mad River Valley, which is amazing; another great part of the job is that I get to stay where I am and sort of create some of that vision and move it in a way. It’s a pretty cool job, it’s a very cool lifestyle, it’s something that I am so passionate about. I was just...
After nearly nine years with the Green Mountain Valley School nordic team, Justin Beckwith decided to leave his post as head coach and program director in August and has been aiding in the transition with coach Katrina Howe and new director Garrott Kuzzy.
The other day we skied at Lindley Park in the morning, then drove to Sun Valley by way of West Yellowstone. The first stop on the trip was a vantage point of Big Sky, which looked pretty triumphant at midday when we drove by.We stopped off at West brie...
Here are a few photos from last week's stay in Bozeman. We're actually in Sun Valley now, and found some awesome snow conditions up at Galena pass this afternoon. More pictures from that (and our epic hike to Pioneer Cabin two days ago) will follow. Fo...
As we wait for the winter to trickle in to the West, here is a fun little video I made in 2008 when I was trying to ski the Catamount Trail between races and training.The team is currently in Sun Valley taking a rest day as we prepare for the first rac...
We woke up to snow in the mountains, so we decided to shift our rollerski workout to a ski walking threshold workout at Mt. Ellen. The morning was super cold, and we started on bare ground looking just uphill at snow. Some of it was natural, but we wal...
It's been a busy couple of weeks here at the end of October. We have settled into a nice training rhythm and everyone is doing a great job balancing skiing, school, soccer, play, college applications, and everything else that is happening right now.Thi...
It's been a busy couple of weeks here at the end of October. We have settled into a nice training rhythm and everyone is doing a great job balancing skiing, school, soccer, play, college applications, and everything else that is happening right now.Thi...
See below for more bounding pictures!We've had great and varied training since returning from Italy to Vermont. It is nice to settle into the daily routine, and we have a great rhythm going with the team firing on all cylinders. Below are photos from a...
The classic photo: stolen from Mad River Glen Facebook Page.
Here is a picture to sum up the week and mood of the GMVS team for the past week. Our new mascot, "Tiroler," pronounced, Tirol--E, is keeping the stoke up! We had a solid week -- the recipe for the week included a Nationals Simulation: Clas...
The group pauses at the edge of the trail looking down over Switzerland.The skies were sunny for our second day up above 10,000 feet on the Stelvio Glacier. An inch or two of fresh snow made the skiing slow but we couldn't have asked for better conditi...
On the second week of camp we had a test with the Sud Tirol Team. Skiers from throughout the region get together several times throughout the year and it's worked out nicely that they have visited Mals while we have been there the past three year...
Every year one of the highlights in the Italy trip is a long hike along a smuggler's route from Italy to Switzerland. After a legendary bad weather excursion two years ago, we have had pristine weather for the trek, which affords unbelievable views in ...
Stay tuned this week for a bunch of video and photo updates from our two week training camp in the Sud Tirol region. We had a great camp with alum Antoine St-Louis, Bend Nordic's, Ryan St.Clair, and our current team.We were able to ski on the Ste...
The groomer put down some fresh tracks for us and we skated in paradise at the Stelvio Glacier on Monday afternoon. We had mostly sunny skies and it was warm but not too warm for 3-4 loops of the switchback trails up at 10,000 feet.For half of the grou...
A happy group on the water! Make sure to scroll down to the bottom of the page for more kayaking photos.It's been a whirlwind here in Italy, with a great variety of training. We are about to drive up to the Stelvio Glacier for our first day on snow, bu...