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2024-2025 Boulder Nordic Sport Magazine Live Now

We’re thrilled to announce that the first edition of the 2024-2025 Boulder Nordic Sport Magazine is now live! Dive into engaging stories, expert tips, and the latest in skis, boots, wax and more! New this year, click directly from the magazine to more in-depth stories and product links.  Visit bouldernordic.com/magazine to explore the first issue of the season and immerse yourself in the world of skiing and adventure. -The Boulder Nordic Sport Team

Unlocking Peak Performance: The Guide to ARC Ski Brushes

FasterSkier readers can receive 25% off ARC brushes for the next week by shopping at EnjoyWinter.com and using FasterSkierARC as your promo code. No stacking of discounts allowed. As we’re getting ready for winter, I want you to go out to your garage, basement, or wherever you keep your ski tools and take an honest look at your ski brushes. How are they doing? Are they clean and the bristles standing straight up? Or do...

Make the Sovereign 2 SilverStar Ski Marathon a Goal Event and Season Finale for 2025

In its first three years, the Sovereign 2 SilverStar (S2S) niche is becoming clear. Participants say it’s an awesome goal event for all types of skiers and a terrific event to conclude and celebrate the ski season. Here’s what else they say about the S2S and what brings them back each year: Awesome late season snow and grooming Extremely friendly and helpful volunteers The focus on Finishing is Winning A very fun and social atmosphere;...

Win a ski trip for two to France!

Cross-country ski travel company Lumi Experiences is celebrating its partnership as an official tour operator for the Worldloppet’s series of 20 international ski marathons with a… Trip giveaway for two lucky skiers on the 2025 France – Transju’ trip, a value of over $10,000. Enter the trip giveaway today for your chance to win two spots on the trip, including two entries in the Transju’ ski marathon! To double your chance of winning, follow Lumi...

2025 World Championships in Trondheim, Norway

  This February and March, the attention of Nordic ski world will be on the 2025 World Championships in Trondheim, Norway! The World Championships only happen every two years and, besides the Olympics, it’s the most prestigious event for World Cup skiers. And did I mention it’s in Norway? Lumi Experiences has lodging and grandstand tickets reserved for this unique Nordic event. The trip deadline is approaching fast: receive a $300 / person booking discount...

2024 West Yellowstone Ski Festival & Clinics

Hello XC Skiers! Join us for the 2024 West Yellowstone Ski Festival and Clinics. Fall season is around the corner which means the West Yellowstone Ski Festival and Clinics will be here before you know it. This year’s festival takes place November 26th – November 30th, 2024 with clinics starting on Tuesday November 26th. Check out schedule details here. West Yellowstone Ski Festival and Clinics are excited and proud to announce that Todd Eastman had joined Jack...

Thinking Ahead to Winter? It’s Not Too Late for a Lumi Ski Trip

There is still limited space on several Lumi ski trips for the winter ahead! Beautiful skiing, delicious cuisine, cultural experiences and the support of local, expert trip leaders await you on a range of Lumi trips – from cheering trailside at European World Cup races like the Tour de Ski in Italy and World Champs in Norway to leisurely skiing with majestic mountain views and cozy trailside huts for lunch in Slovenia – there’s a...

Olympic Reflections from Paris

It’s been 14 years since I became an Olympian, competing as a cross country skier in the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver. Since then, it hasn’t been easy to get to the Olympics as a spectator. The Winter Games have been in Sochi, Pyeongchang and Beijing, while the summer games have been in Rio and Tokyo, with an interruption by the Covid pandemic. The Paris Games were finally an opportunity for me to attend my...

Tour de France or Tour de Ski? (why not both?!)

On Saturday, June 29, the best cyclists will set off from Florence, Italy for the first stage of the 2024 Tour de France. For the next three weeks, they’ll be riding around 200 km of often hilly or mountainous terrain every day. This devilishly grueling stage race serves as a model for the winter equivalent – Tour de Ski – where cross-country skiers are pushed to their infernal limits day after day. This seems like...

The EnjoyWinter Strava Challenge — Win a Pair of Hand-Picked Skis

Win a pair of hand-picked skis. Introducing the EnjoyWinter Strava Challenge! Follow the steps below to be entered in for a chance to win a pair of hand-picked Peltonen skis. The contest will run from May 17th through June 14th. The winner will be announced on Instagram on June 15th! 1. Follow us on Strava: Link to Strava 2. Follow us on Instagram: Link to Instagram 3. Sign up for our newsletter. Link to Ski Post signup...

Happy Mother’s Day!

Calling all Parents & Adult Children: Ski in Europe together in 2025 (plus savings from Mother’s Day to Father’s Day!) Leading up to Mother’s Day, we’re taking an opportunity to reflect on the special time that adult children and parents can spend together on a ski vacation. In a world with busy work schedules and obligations, time together is often squeezed into a meal, a weekend or the holidays. Recently, we have found that Lumi...

3rd Annual Sovereign 2 SilverStar Ski Marathon 2024:  Exciting finishes, many winners, great season finale

 Video Credits: Sovereign 2 SilverStar Ski Marathon April 6 & 7 was a winning weekend for Nordic skiing in North America. The Sovereign 2 SilverStar Ski Marathon (S2S) reminded us that late season snow and great conditions are still possible! The 2-day event featured two distances (21k and 40k), two ski techniques (Classic and Skate), co-hosted by two world-class venues – Sovereign Lake Nordic Club and SilverStar Mountain Resort. The S2S attracted over 600...

Peltonen Factory Ski Selection 2024/2025

DIRECT LINK TO SKI REQUEST FORM Why hand selected skis? Skis are infinitely variable, we are selecting skis based on your needs.  The skis: The shape of the ski is referred to as the camber. Skis vary in their stiffness profile, meaning the stiffness of the ski varies along the length of the camber. Skis also vary in their torsional rigidity and their rebound speed from loaded to unloaded. We asses skis by analyzing the...

Skiing under the Northern Lights: A Guide Chasing the Auroras 

With so much attention focused on the sky as many places in North America prepare for the upcoming total solar eclipse, it seems like a great time to highlight another solar phenomenon.   One of my favorite ways to extend the ski season is to travel north in the early spring, an ideal time to see the aurora borealis or northern lights. Lumi’s ski season comes to an end next week in Iceland’s Westfjords region for...

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

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...

S2S: Last Call for a Great Season Finale

Even in this low snow year across North America, the Sovereign 2 SilverStar Ski Marathon will deliver on April snow and an incredible weekend! Classic technique on Saturday April 6 and Skate technique on Sunday April 7. Choice of 21k or 40k on both days. Finishing is Winning and even better when it’s in the Village at SilverStar Mountain Resort, where music, awards, a Silent Auction, and lots of great deals await! REGISTER NOW

Snow Mountain Ranch Gets a Late-Season Boost

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...

Lumi Announces New 2025 Trip to Estonia and Finland

Did you know that “Lumi” is the Estonian and Finnish word for snow? I am thrilled to announce the new Lumi Experiences Tartu & Finlandia trip for February 2025! Experience the unique winter cultures in Estonia and Finland on Lumi’s special namesake trip. The trip starts in the medieval city of Tartu, home to the Worldloppet ski marathon with the same name. It’s also where the Worldloppet Headquarters is based. Discover Estonia’s ski culture by...

Green Racing Project (GRP) Ski & Biathlon Teams Now Accepting Applications for the 2024/25 Training Year

Green Racing Project (GRP) Ski & Biathlon teams are now accepting applications for the 2024-25 training year. Applications will be due by the end of day March 24 and decisions will be made by April 10. (U23 skiers’ and biathletes’ summer program is its own program for 2024. Find information about U23 programming here.)   GRP is looking for skiers and biathletes who have shown good ski speed over the past couple years. Skiers who have...

A Tale of Two Birkies

Most Birkie skiers are familiar with the legendary story of the original Norwegian Birkebeiners and how that inspired the famous cross country ski race in Norway, from Rena to Lillehammer; which in turn inspired the American Birkebeiner from Cable to Hayward. But what is the Norwegian Birkebeiner like today? I skied my first American and Norwegian Birkies last year and took away many impressions. “Wait, what?!” you ask. “Garrott, you lived in Hayward for 5...