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U.S. Thanksgiving Camp Guide: Where The (Skiable) White Stuff Is

FasterSkierNovember 22, 2016

Natural snow is where it’s at, unless there’s none to be found. In high-elevation places like West Yellowstone, Mont., (roughly 6,600 feet above sea level) and Crested Butte (nearly 9,000 feet), November skiing is http://www.skirunbikemt.com/yellowstone-ski-festival.html When: Tuesday, Nov. 22 – Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016 How many years running: Over 30 years. “It started with Drew Barney, Torbjorn Karlsen and Dick Hunt More details | clinics and held a FIS race on Nov. 2. Temperatures are reliably cold, and any snow that falls...

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Craftsbury Splits Camp Between Slovenian Ski Tunnel and Dachstein Glacier

Gabby NaranjaSeptember 29, 2016

Eleven Craftsbury Green Racing Project skiers and three coaches took their training to Slovenia and Austria this month to check out Planica's new ski tunnel (in a three-level parking garage) then more snow time 9,000 feet above sea level at the Dachstein glacier.

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Climb to the Castle Archive: Top Results from the Last 10 Years

BrainspiralSeptember 22, 2016

Race results and records from the last 10 year of the Climb to the Castle rollerski race up Whiteface Mountain near Lake Placid, N.Y., courtesy of the New York Ski Educational Foundation. Guess who's won it five times?

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The Canadians at Altitude: Livigno to the Stelvio and Back

Jason AlbertSeptember 13, 2016

For the Canadian World Cup Team, September entailed a trip to the Italian Alps for altitude training. Alex Harvey, Devon Kershaw, Lenny Valjas, Graeme Killick, and their coaches ventured to Livigno and Stelvio Pass, and joined the Norwegian men's team for some workouts.

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Throwback Workout: Pace-Development Intervals with the NAWTA (Remember That?)

BrainspiralAugust 31, 2016

Everything's better with a group -- at least in terms of threshold interval workouts. In this "Throwback Workout" from three years ago, U.S. women's coach Matt Whitcomb explains why this was one of the best workouts he had seen back then. “It doesn’t need to be incredibly hard — today was roughly threshold and above during bursts of speed — but it was about the terrain that helped push the pace for us,” he said.

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Wednesday Workout: Diggins Dives into Norwegian Camp, Leaves with Big Takeaways

Gabby NaranjaJuly 6, 2016

After recently returning from a training camp with the Norwegian women's team, Jessie Diggins describes how the opportunity came about and one of her favorite workouts from her week in Norway. "I’m always looking for ways to make summer training exciting, new and adventurous," Diggins said.

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French Biathlete Anaïs Bescond Takes Summer Training to Canada

Gabby NaranjaJune 30, 2016

France's Anaïs Bescond has been training with Biathlon Canada for the past two weeks and next two to come. “I think what is really interesting for me is to share our different experience about training,” Bescond said.

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US Biathlon Seeks Newbies for Third-Annual Talent ID Camp

BrainspiralApril 6, 2016

US Biathlon is looking for "talented endurance athletes who are interested in becoming world-class competitors" to attend its third-annual talent identification camp June 19-23 in Lake Placid, N.Y.

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Thanksgiving Camp Guide: Where To Go in the U.S. and Canada

BrainspiralNovember 26, 2015

Sure, West Yellowstone's the biggest and one of the longest-standing annual November ski camps in North America, but there are several other options across the U.S. and Canada for early season skiing. Start planning next year's trip now.

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The West Wednesday Workout: L3/L4 Skate Intensity (with Video)

BrainspiralNovember 25, 2015

Hailey Swirbul of the Aspen Valley Ski Club takes us through a workout her team recently did in West Yellowstone, one designed to prepare them for this weekend's races and the season ahead: Level 3/ Level 4 combination skate-intensity.

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Stage Craze Hits Soldier Hollow: USST Caps Camp with Mini Tour

Alex KochonOctober 23, 2015

With more than half of the World Cup races being stages this season, the U.S. Ski Team has decided to incorporate the mini-tour format into its training and is ending its annual Park City camp with a three-day rollerski series.

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Big Volume, Intensity and Agility: RMR Covers the Bases at Park City Camp

BrainspiralOctober 19, 2015

Rocky Mountain Racers recently returned from its annual fall camp in Park City, Utah. Athlete Maya MacIsaac-Jones recaps the team's two weeks there, including a sprint time trial with the local Wasatch Nordic Ski Academy.

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Cook, Egan and Doherty Bound for Utah, Possibly World Cup

Alex KochonOctober 13, 2015

After the second set of US Biathlon trials in Jericho, Vt., three athletes have been selected to join five others at the national team's upcoming camp in Utah, preceding the World Cup team naming later this fall.

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Lake Placid Camp in Photos: Packing It All In

BrainspiralSeptember 25, 2015

With at least a dozen workouts in six days, including back-to-back interval sessions one grueling day, the U.S. Ski Team completed its annual dryland camp in Lake Placid, N.Y, and shared a collection of photos from last week.

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New to the Climb to Castle Winners’ Circle: Caldwell and Rose Top Whiteface Race

Peter MindeSeptember 21, 2015

Note: Two photo captions in this article have been corrected to identify Sun Valley's Rogan Brown as the men's race leader around mile four.

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USST Turns Up the Intensity in Placid, Skipping Sunday’s Climb to Castle

Austin CobbSeptember 18, 2015

This week, eight USST members returned to Lake Placid, N.Y., to kick off the fall with an intensity camp. They are joined by the SMST2 team, the Sun Valley Gold Team, the NTG and NEG, making for a large group of elite skiers. But because of the shortened camp, the USST will not participate in the Climb to the Castle.

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U.S. Ski Team Preps for Toppidrettsveka, Races Start Thursday

Austin CobbAugust 20, 2015

The U.S. Ski Team is in Aure, Norway, for their second training camp of the summer, preparing for this week's Toppidrettsveka rollerski races. FasterSkier caught up with some of the coaches and athletes to see how they are preparing for the three-day series.

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Videos from the U.S. International Junior Camp in Norway

BrainspiralAugust 11, 2015

There’s a new junior camp in town — specifically in Norway — for a select group of American cross-country prospects, and Hailey Swirbul of the Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club has been documenting the first few days of action.

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More Than 40 Skiers ‘Align’ at First Camp of Its Kind in Canmore

Eric ByramAugust 10, 2015

What do you get when you bring a couple dozen of Canada's best up-and-coming and veteran skiers together to train? National-team head coach Justin Wadsworth explains, and reflects on how the first-ever Alignment camp went.

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Casting a Wider Net: ‘International Biathlon Team’ Shares Shooting Tactics in Sirdal

Alex KochonJuly 31, 2015

It all started two years ago when Biathlon Canada’s head coach Matthias Ahrens struck up a conversation with a highland cow farmer. This month, Ahrens and Norwegian shooting coach Joar Himle led an international camp with athletes from Canada, Russia, Finland, Norway, and the U.S.

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