The first official Worldcup race of the year takes place November 22 in Gaellivare, Sweden. The first Supertour event in the US will be the West Yellowstone races of November 28 and 29. But if there is a true opening day for the Nordic season, it is the first Monday in October. It is on that day every year that over a thousand Nordic athletes, coaches and trainers descend on Ramsau, Austria to begin their training on the Dachstein Glacier. We caught up with Roman Toferer, director of Atomic’s Nordic race program for a report from Ramsau:
