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Early Season at Hatcher Pass: A Photo Essay

HATCHER PASS, above Palmer, Alaska — The phrase "early season skiing" tends to evoke several things for your average skier: Dark. Cold. Rock skis. November. And so on. Think a training opportunity to be endured as much...

A Full Weekend of Rollerski Races in Upstate New York

The NENSA rollerski series ramped up this past weekend outside Lake Placid, New York. As part of the drive to draw more skiers to the rollerski series, Saturday included a two race format known as a doubleday event: event...

American Birkebeiner Becomes a Visma Ski Classics Challenger Race

Back in June, the Worldloppet International Ski Federation announced the cessation of the FIS Worldloppet Cup. In short, that race series was a collaboration with the International Ski Federation (FIS) and the Worldloppet...

Race to the Outhouse #2 Ushers in Spring Skiing Season

ARCHANGEL ROAD, above Palmer, Alaska — The tenth annual Race to the Outhouse #2, held amidst the Talkeetna Mountains on April 6, marked a neat bookend to the 2018/2019 race season in southcentral Alaska, and possibly...

Eastern Cup #1 Race Rundown from Craftsbury, Vermont (Updated with Gallery)

Day 1 (Sprint) Craftsbury photo gallery. Day 2 (Distance) Craftsbury photo gallery. Over the weekend in Craftsbury, Vermont the first Eastern Cup series went down. On Saturday skiers raced a 1.6-kilometer...

Soon-To-Be Parents, Caitlin and Brian Gregg on the Winter Ahead

The questions started rolling in this spring. How’s training going? Are you going for 2019 World Championships? What’s the plan for next winter? When you’re Caitlin and Brian Gregg, Olympians and local superstars...

Minneapolis to Host 2020 FIS Cross Country World Cup

(Press release) The International Ski Federation (FIS) today officially confirmed that Minnesota will host a World Cup cross-country ski event in Minneapolis in March 2020. U.S. Ski & Snowboard and the Loppet...

Why Skiing and How I Survived the Summer: Part IV

In March of 2016, we published an article penned by Scott “Bjorn” Cummings, a Postbaccalaureate student working towards his Academic Behavorial Strategist K-12 (ABS) Special Education License at the University of...

2018 Birkie: A Newbie’s Tale

The following was written by Katie Miller, a former University of New Hampshire (UNH) ski racer who recently completed her first American Birkebeiner and 50-kilometer ski marathon, after registering for the race last...

Novak, Rudd Take Tour of Anchorage Wins

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Hannah Rudd had never raced a 50 k before. Jack Novak was doing his second one in as many weekends. They took different paths to get there, but both ended up in the same place on Sunday afternoon:...

Why Skiing (and Am I in the Right Birkie Wave?): Part III

Alaska Racing Returns with Scenic Race to the Outhouse

HATCHER PASS, above Palmer, Alaska — Thank you Ullr for the early-season weather and snow! The 2017/2018 ski season started for me on Sept. 30 with an overnight trip to the Snowbird Glacier in the Talkeetna...

Alaskans Revel in October Skiing at Hatcher Pass, Birch Hill

Note: We're seeking submissions for this year's "Where The (Skiable) White Stuff Is" early snow report. If you know where there’s November or even October skiing in the U.S. or Canada, please write us with details...

Don’t Overfill Your Cup: APU Coach Erik Flora and the Complete Athlete

This week's featured articles are made possible thanks to the generous support of The Loppet Foundation, host of the Masters World Cup 2018. Registration opens in October. *** RIDING IN A PISTENBULLY ON EAGLE GLACIER,...

Craftsbury Outdoor Center’s Economic ‘Ecosystem’ at Risk

A critical issue looms in Craftsbury, Vt. — home to what nordic skiers know as the Craftsbury Outdoor Center (COC). The COC runs sculling camps on the adjacent Great Hosmer Pond. Currently, motorboats and scullers...

Wirth’s Big Facelift: Loppet Foundation Breaks Ground on Trailhead

After six years, the end is in sight: construction is underway for The Loppet Foundation's Trailhead. The Trailhead is an ambitious project to improve skiing infrastructure at Theodore Wirth Regional Park in...

Race of Truth: Husain, Lawson Win App Gap Challenge

FAYSTON, Vt. -- This past Sunday, July 23, Kam Husain and Alex Lawson won the 2017 App Gap Challenge and set some of the fastest times on the grueling course in the process. Husain, a 19-year-old Vermont native and former...

Over Before It Really Began: Burke and Sweetser Part Ways

A recently promised revival of the nordic program at Vermont’s Burke Mountain Academy (BMA) now seems to be on hold, following a recent change in leadership and what appears to be the school’s subsequent decision to...

Q&A: Beckwith’s Return to Skiing as NENSA Competitive Program Director

About a year and a half after leaving his post as nordic director at the Green Mountain Valley School (GMVS), Justin Beckwith is once again involved with New England skiing at full throttle as competitive program...

Q&A: Burke New Head Coach Will Sweetser

If you are from New England, you've probably heard of Will Sweetser. Originally from Auburn, Maine, Sweetser, 47, has been coaching nordic for the last 25 years. He skied for Dartmouth and coached at Bates College, the...