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Spring Skiing on a Volcano: The Novelty of Mt. Bachelor

Alex KochonMarch 28, 2024
If there’s ever a place for a cross-country skier to put on their bucket list, Mt. Bachelor in central Oregon is it. With a ski season that typically lasts into late May and can even extend to June—with natural snow some 6,400 feet above sea level—the Mt. Bachelor Nordic Center is spring skiers’ paradise. According to Nordic Manager Sydney Powell, Mt. Bachelor (about 22 miles west of Bend, OR) has been inundated since January with...

Alberta World Cup Academy Seeks High Performance Coach

FasterSkierMarch 28, 2024
The Alpine Insurance Alberta World Cup Academy (AIAWCA) has a current opening for a High Performance Coach (HPC) for the 2024/25 training and competition year. The HPC would work with a dynamic team of coaches, administrative and technical staff to oversee and accomplish the goals of the AIAWCA. The AIAWCA is a designated National Team Development Center, and is part of Nordiq Canada’s national network of training centers. Our goal is to provide appropriate, world...

SVSEF Cross Country Seeks Head Comp Team Coach

FasterSkierMarch 27, 2024
The Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation is seeking a Head Comp Team Coach to lead our junior age cross country athletes: U16 & U18/20. SVSEF is one of the premier junior programs in the country and needs an experienced head coach that can guide our athletes through the transition from Prep to Comp and help them achieve at the junior level and beyond. This is a full-time position with benefits. Salary range will be competitive...

Inaugural 2024 U.S. Biathlon Collegiate Nationals Sets the Tone for Future Events

US BiathlonMarch 27, 2024
The inaugural U.S. Biathlon Collegiate National Championships took place March 22, 2024 at the Fort Kent Outdoor Center in Fort Kent, Maine, in conjunction with the 2024 U.S. Biathlon National Championships. Twelve collegiate athletes representing six colleges and universities from around the Northeast traveled to Fort Kent to race and represent their respective schools. Friday’s U.S. Nationals sprint race doubled as the Collegiate Nationals sprint race, where athlete standings were counted towards both events. Crystal...

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Hagenbuch and McCabe Win Snowy Spring Nationals 40 k

Ben TheyerlMarch 26, 2024
  Out like a Lion: the old adage seems to apply to March in Duluth, Minntesota. At the end of March—during the only true snowstorm that season has delivered to Duluth—the last race of the 2024 SuperTour season and Spring Nationals was set to be a ten lap, 40 kilometer mass start skate race. It was a big race, marking a big end to a big season for a pair of America’s best young skiers....

Gus Schumacher went to D.C. to testify on climate change. Then a senator dredged up four-year-old tweets.

Nathaniel HerzMarch 25, 2024
This story was first published by Northern Journal, Nat Herz’s news site and newsletter in Alaska. Subscribe here. Gus Schumacher, the Anchorage Olympic cross-country skier, arrived at his first-ever congressional hearing in Washington, D.C., knowing he could be a target. The Senate Budget Committee’s chairman, Rhode Island Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse, invited Schumacher to testify last week in one of a series of more than a dozen hearings about the harm climate change is inflicting on...

Vermont Academy Seeks a Nordic Skiing Program Coach

FasterSkierMarch 25, 2024
Beginning next autumn of 2024, Vermont Academy will re-establish its Nordic skiing program with the goal of recruiting and developing skiers and preparing them to compete at the highest levels. The Vermont Academy Nordic program is legendary, and it began with Warren Chivers, as the head ski coach. Warren was the Dartmouth ski captain in 1937, followed in the late 1930’s by National Collegiate Champion in ski jumping and Nordic combined, US National Champion in...

Winter Comes to Spring: Snowy Duluth Hosts SuperTour Finals and US Spring Nationals

Ben TheyerlMarch 24, 2024
It’s the most welcome irony of the 2023-24 North American ski season so far: As “Spring” Nationals started Thursday at the Spirit Mountain Nordic Center in Duluth, Minnesota, the newly coined “lost winter” of 2023-24 in the Midwest looked to have at-last been found. Snow, from the sky, and not from the end of the snow gun, floated onto that pretty little hillside city near the shores of Lake Superior following the 10 k Classic...

The Devon Kershaw Show, Glitter Edition: Jessie Diggins Joins Us

Nathaniel HerzMarch 22, 2024
Jessie Diggins should not need an introduction at this point, but for anyone who needs a quick reminder: This episode of the Devon Kershaw Show features the best American cross-country skier of all time. Diggins has three Olympic medals to her name, a gold from the last World Championships and, most recently, a crystal globe she was awarded a few days ago as the past season’s overall World Cup champion. Diggins joins us for a...

Closed Michigan Ski Resort Contemplates Reopening With Incoming Spring Storm

Press ReleaseMarch 22, 2024
Unprecedented Early Closure: The Stats Behind the Shutdown Mount Bohemia set a record on March 3 by closing its doors to skiers earlier than ever in its history. This premature closure was a direct consequence of remarkably low snowfall levels that failed to sustain the resort’s operations. Typically bustling with activity, the resort found itself in a predicament that not only disappointed ski enthusiasts but also marked a significant deviation from its usual seasonal timeline....

The Devon Kershaw Show: Finale in Falun, or the not-last episode of the 2024 season

Nathaniel HerzMarch 20, 2024
Reports of our demise are greatly exaggerated. Apologies for the tardiness of this episode, but we’re back with a wrap from Falun, the last World Cup weekend of the season. It’s just Devon and Nat kicking it old school again here, but we’ll return soon with some guests. Seriously. Send us your 2025 predictions, Russian troll comments and Gjøran Tefre memes: devon@fasterskier.com and nat@fasterskier.com. Thanks for hanging out with us for the whole World Cup...

“A Miracle We’re Not On Ice”—Lake Placid’s Fun, Unpredictable Junior Nationals

Ben TheyerlMarch 20, 2024
Lake Placid is a place defined by a particular story of a Miracle. USA v. Soviet Union. 1980. Al Michaels. You know the one. We retell the story because we love the idea: something greater than the sum of all its human parts happens when a community’s energy moves in a clearly focused direction. In 1980, it was a hockey team. In 2024, a community’s dream focused on the efforts of young skiers at Junior...

Snow Mountain Ranch Gets a Late-Season Boost

Alex KochonMarch 20, 2024
FasterSkier has been fortunate to have the support of Snow Mountain Ranch for many years now.  If you are looking to extend your ski season we hope you will consider visiting our friends at Snow Mountain Ranch. If you’re a kid in Granby or Winter Park, Colo., snow days aren’t a thing—until last Thursday, March 13. According to Mary Ann Degginger, the program director at Snow Mountain Ranch, students in the East Grand School District...

2024-2025 SMST2 Application

FasterSkierMarch 20, 2024
The SMS T2 team is accepting applications for its 2024 Summer Program and 2024-2025 Elite Team.  Applications are due April 14th.  We will finalize the roster by May 1st and training starts with our Magic Mountain on-snow sprint event, June 1st, 2024.    The SMS T2 Team is an elite cross country ski team based out of Stratton Mountain, Vermont.  Our mission is international success and local inspiration.  We pride ourselves on top notch collaboration with the National Team coaches,...

Join Team SOHO’s Summer College Program

FasterSkierMarch 20, 2024
Team SOHO is looking to build a robust training group this summer for postgraduate or collegiate athletes. The program will run from June 3 – August 3 and includes a full training plan, season pass to Soldier Hollow, access to a brand-new state of the art gym that contains a roller ski treadmill, and 3-5 weekly coached sessions.  The program will focus on developing athletes’ speed, strength, technique, and endurance with our new elite coach. ...

2023-24 World Cup Season Wraps Up in Canmore

US BiathlonMarch 19, 2024
The final weekend of BMW IBU World Cup racing wrapped up in Canmore, Alberta in the heart of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. The clear, sunny skies saw athletes transform their race suits into makeshift shorts and t-shirts, making the heat a bit more bearable for the final sprint, pursuit and mass start races of the 2023-24 season. Team USA ended the season on a high note with much to look forward to for the 2024-25...

Irwin Finishes 12th in Final Pursuit of the Season

John TeafordMarch 17, 2024
Deedra Irwin (Pulaski, WI/Army World Class Athlete Program) rounds out this season’s pursuit races with a stellar 12th place finish, just one of two athletes in the pool of 60 to shoot a perfect 20 for 20 in Canmore, Alberta, Canada. Irwin, jumping 14 places from bib 26, crossed the line in 12th, just +1:23.1 behind the pursuit victor Lisa Vittozzi of Italy, who shot 19 for 20. “It feels amazing to shoot clean in...

Diggins Dominates Falun to Win World Cup Overall!

Ken RothMarch 17, 2024
This coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and A Hall Mark of Excellence Award. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award, or to learn how you can support FasterSkier’s coverage, please contact info@fasterskier.com. The long road that is the World Cup cross-country season came to an end today. And, like all good road trips, something special should be waiting at the end of that road. Today...

Klaebo Captures Falun 20 k, Amundsen Hoists the Globe

John TeafordMarch 17, 2024
This coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and A Hall Mark of Excellence Award. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award, or to learn how you can support FasterSkier’s coverage, please contact info@fasterskier.com. The 2023-2024 FIS World Cup season ends as it began—an all-Norwegian podium. After 20 kilometers of Mass Start Freestyle racing, the race was decided among a crowd of red race suits as Johannes...