Note: In our weekend race wrap up, we try to bring you results from as many races as possible around the country. In most cases, we will provide links to the results. If a race report has been sent to us, we will publish that as well. If you don't see the race you are interested in, contact the race organizers and have them send their race reports and press releases to www.NENSA.net. Ski Games...
The Wasatch Mountains just outside Salt Lake City are unique in many ways. The Wasatch is not a large mountain range, most parts of it can be traversed in a few hours or less. However, it is steep, rugged and beautiful — in all seasons. The most unique is its location, its closeness to the metropolitan Salt Lake. It is everyone’s backyard, to enjoy, play and challenge. One of the mountain’s “man-made” challenges is the...
A couple dozen people skied the Elkhorn Classic 30 km race, held January 19 at the high alpine Anthony Lakes ski area in the Blue Mountains of northeast Oregon. What the race lacked in numbers it made up for in challenging terrain and spectacular scenery. The course began at 7100′ and climbed a steady 5% road grade to the top of the alpine ski area, then reversed direction and headed down to the start area....
Results from this weekend's races have been slow to come in. Perhaps this is due to the extra day off from work on Monday, which some will be using for more racing (see the
It starts to happen as the cold starlit night gets the first shimmer of daylight. Then it comes on full force as the horizon takes on a yellow red glow and the sun pushes over the tree edge. Elation! My body responds with a new found power. I am going to make it! I have only four more hours to ski. There are twenty hours behind me and the sun will help me time this...
A brief wrap-up of races around the country for January 11th & 12th Banknorth Eastern Cup at Rumford,Maine: UNH men and women romp the National's freestyle course               Report by Dorcas Wonsavage, www.nensa.net Rumford,Maine: University of New Hamphire's Margaret Maher, Kate Underwood, and Eve Pregitzer were the fastest women around the 6km freestyle course of the Banknorth Eastern Cup race today at Black Mountain, in Rumford, ME. Their teammates, Gretchen Czaja and Casey Collins added a 7th and 9th...
The mixed team of Jon Engen, Peter Webb and Brooke Baughman won the 3 x 5K Holiday Relays with a landslide, beating the men's teams and the fast twitch of the younger generation.  The relays took place at 32 degrees with falling snow, rain and variable temperature, and classic waxing did throw many participants for a loop……… Regardless of conditions, we saw fast skiing among the best teams.   Jon Engen and Peter Webb were 1 & 2...
The 5th Annual Pocatello Potato Cup race was held on January 5th at the Mink Creek XC ski area just outsidePocatello, Idaho. The race is a freestyle event consisting of 2, 5 and 15K events. The long course is a winding 5K loop lined by Douglas firs and Aspen groves — hilly enough to challenge hard-core veterans but gentle enough for ambitious beginners as well. It’s truly a great course at a beautiful location. Start...
Monday Night Football? Nope this is MONDAY NIGHT SKIING! When the sun went down on Monday night in Presque Isle, Maine the xc-ski action was just getting started. Lights, music, and fireworks on and off the ski trails made for a dynamite evening of racing at the Maine Winter Sports Center/Nordic Heritage Lodge. Race favorite Torin Koos had some bad luck in the heats The action continued on Tuesday morning with 10km classic mass start...
The US Biathlong World Team Trials are currently taking place this week at Mt. Itasca in Minnesota. For race results and schedule, go to:
 Presque Isle, ME – John Farra, hometown favorite on the Maine Winter Sports Center's Nordic Heritage trails in Presque Isle, Maine pulled out the win and a thousand dollars in prize money in the Nordic Heritage Sprints, Monday night. The Sprints started at 3pm with the Qualifying race, racers racing against the clock with only the top 16 times advancing to the Heats. The race took place on a 700meter course, which wound around the newly...
 Presque Isle, ME – In a repeat of last night's sprint results, Katja Ivanova, National Guard/Rossignol, won decisively over second place Sarah Konrad of the Alpina Racing Team, in the Nordic Heritage 10km classic race today at the Maine Winter Sports Center in Presque Isle, Maine. Natalie Cartright, a former UVM standout now racing for Alpina/Madhsus nabbed third, followed by Jessica Smith and Melody Scheefer from Williams (College) Outing Club.  While Ivanova took...
East: The eastern race season got underway this weekend with the Grafton Eastern Cup. Saturday race was a sprint and two veterans, now coaches, used their experience to take the wins. John Farra (Maine Winter Sports Center) won the men's sprint, ahead of David Smutok and Ryan Foster of Stratton. Coreen Woodbury (UNH coach) won the women's ahead of Morgan Smith and Gretchen Czaja, a J1 from Vernon, VT. On Sunday, junior Carina Hamel of...