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Trail to the Prince Haakon Gets Skiers Out of Their Comfort Zones and Onto The Trail

Venture out to the OO trailhead on Tuesday Nights after dark and you’re likely to encounter a group of lively skiers practicing their skills out and about the Korte gateway. While learning and leaps of faith are taking place, there is also a lot of laughter. This is the Trail to the Prince Haakon group—a guided ski experience geared toward new and returning recreational skiers who want to give eventing a try. The program was...

New and Exciting for Ski Season 2020

With the cold air blowing and the leaves starting to change it’s time to think ahead about new products for this winter and what major changes have hit the nordic skiing industry. Some brands have done as little as changing graphics and others have completely reinvented their brands.  In the wax industry, we have seen the release of fully non-fluorinated wax lines; Rossignol released a brand new mold for their WCS ski; Rottefella released a new, easier-moving...

Trail to the Birkie has been a lot of fun. But now Birkie Week is upon us. And that means WAX WAX WAX!  With dozens of fast Birkies under his belt, our friend Roger simplifies waxing a bit for the Birkie masses. We encourage you to go back and review  the Trail to the Birkie video series. You will find helpful tips, a touch of humor, and inspration for your 2019 Birkie or whatever your...

For week three in our Trail To The Birkie Series, we chat with Lauren as she preps for her first full-length Birkie. Let’s cheer her on come race day – we know she’ll do great! If you missed Part 1 last week, take a minute to view that segment featuring Ashley Shuman. Catch up with our week 2 feature with fast skier, Dakota Dale. Enjoy, and let’s get Birkie Fever goin’!

“Trail To The Birkie” is a 4-part series by the New Moon team that features some our favorite everyday athletes from the local community talking about their journey to compete in what some call the Greatest Show on Snow! At New Moon, we are a family of dedicated and passionate cross country skiers located in Hayward, Wisconsin, home of the Slumberland American Birkebeiner—the “Birkie.”  We began serving the Nordic skiing community back in 1976 alongside...