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Sugar Bowl Academy is pleased to announce they are starting an Elite Nordic Team for the coming 2015-16 season. The team will look to pick up where the recently dissolved Far West Elite Team left off and provide world-class coaching and training opportunities to its athletes.

The Darn Tough Ride, Stowe’s only road cycling event returns on Sunday, September 6th and as always, promises lots of new fun challenges for cyclists of all ability. No need to let the name scare you, the Darn Tough Ride will soon become the highlight of your Labor Day holiday weekend and a perfect ride for everyone in the family.

Insects aren’t exactly a rarity here in northern Michigan, where summer meadows are filled with butterflies and the orchards murmur with the ceaseless hum of honeybees.

Coming up in just a couple short weeks, Craftsbury and the US Biathlon Association are excited be offering our 4th annual Intro to Biathlon Training Camp from June 9-12. Do you have a 10-14 year old who wants to learn more about biathlon? Whether they've shot before or not, this is a great opportunity to learn or improve.

Tahoe Donner is featuring a variety of events throughout the spring and summer seasons. Following is a list of what’s coming up at Tahoe Donner’s amenities.

Boulder Nordic Sport (BNS) is gearing up for our annual ski picking trip and now is the time to place your pre-order for next season’s hand-selected skis. This June, BNS is sending Nathan Schultz, David Chamberlain and Roger Knight to hand-pick next season’s inventory and to confer directly with the ski manufacturers. This trip not only ensures that BNS has the highest-quality stock available but also enables our staff to have first-hand knowledge of what is going on with the world’s leading ski companies.

Craftsbury is pleased to announce that Anna Schulz and Ollie Burruss will be joining the Craftsbury team as Junior and Masters' coaches respectively. Both Anna and Ollie have a long history with Craftsbury and Nordic Skiing. Anna grew up skiing for Pepa at the Center, competing at the collegiate level for Harvard where she met Ollie. After graduation, Anna worked for a stint at the Outdoor Center before moving to Bend, Oregon where she coached at the Mt. Bachelor Sports Education Foundation. The past two years she's been in Burlington, working on a Master's degree in public administration at UVM, where she has also been researching how to adapt transportation infrastructure to the impacts of climate change. Along with Ollie she's kept in touch with skiing through coaching at the Mansfield Nordic Club.

Matt Liebsch will pick your new race skis directly from Fischer's Salomon's Atomic's and Rossignol's race ski centers. He uses hands, eyes, and Gear West's signature flex tester to give us accurate, nuanced, repeatable metrics to identify the fastest skis.

Boulder Nordic Sport is teaming up with Sparks Expeditions for an all-new junior training camp in Europe this summer. Skiers will experience three different training venues over the duration of the camp, two of which offer opportunities to be on-snow. In combining BNS’ expert staff with Sparks Expeditions’ proven record of overseas training camps, this is a unique chance not only to become a better skier but a more rounded athlete and person.

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With wedding season fast approaching, Tahoe Donner is pleased to receive a Best of Weddings 2015 award by The Knot, a multi-media company headquartered in New York City, N.Y. that publishes content for couples planning weddings. This award is presented to the highest-rated wedding venues and professionals as reviewed by real couples, their families and wedding guests on The Knot.

http://www.traversecity.com/tc-escape-package-491/ Traverse City Links Up with “Trail-Blazing” Mapmakers  Traverse City Tourism has linked up with BLK MRKT café in late January in the newly renovated Warehouse MRKT on Hall Street. The cafe features coffee, tea and beverage services, in-house baked goods, and an expanded food menu, and will operate seven days a week from 7 am to 3 pm. Next door, the building’s owners — Dan and Meridith Falconer — have opened popular but tiny eatery at the Village at...

World Championship Silver Medalist Jessie Diggins and Bronze Medalist Caitlin Gregg were both testing Podiumwear one-piece racing suits at this year’s Spring Series in Sun Valley, Idaho. In addition to the women’s one-piece suit, the men’s one-piece suit was also tested at Spring Series by SMS T2 member Ben Saxton. After careful design and testing of the suits in Minnesota, the debut of the one-piece in Idaho on these world class racers was the last...

Jackson Ski Touring is celebrating the arrival of spring with their early bird season pass rates.