In a winter you get a handful of skis that make your mind, heart and muscles align into a beautiful dance. Often these days are the result of excellent conditions and sharing your passion with a group of people who feel the same way about the adv...
Stratton came up for a few days of skiing at Trapps, and we thought it was a good opportunity to get a fun time trial in. The format was 5 km classic followed by a transition to a 5 km skate. Conditions were a little scratchy, with icy snow covered by ...
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Rolling with La NinaIn so many ways we have been incrediblylucky here on the East Side of the Green Mountains this winter. Thismorning was just one of those times and one of my favorite kinds ofskis. The temperature rose last night in the Valleys int...
Yesterday we hosted the Valley cup at Ole's in Warren. This is one of the oldest races in Vermont with a 37 year history. There is a very cool trophy with the names of the winners, which includes Olympians, Mike Gallagher, Bob Gray and now,...
Saturday MK Cirelli and Kaitlin took a trip to Mountain Top for the Annual Paintball Race.MK took the Victory in the Adult Race and Kaitlin took Third in the High School Division.Good racing and good times for sure!
The skiers from Burke drove down an hour and a half to meet us in buster conditions at Trapps, and we made the most of the meeting, getting in a solid interval session in a "wave" format. The wave is a style of intervals without real rest: instead of g...
The Eastern Cup weekend at Titcomb Mountain in Maine dawned cold and beautiful and pretty much stayed that way throughout. The course was not long, but we have gotten used to skiing loops this year and it held up well for all the races.'Our first...
It's crazy to think that we're past the mid-point of January already... It's been a week since the end of Nationals, and we had another successful (if cold) weekend of racing at Titcomb Mountain in Maine. Full race report to follow, but for now here ar...
It was a glorious day for classic skiing at Trapps, and with it came the first real signs of winter: a classic heavy eastern snow storm made things dreamlike out on the trails today.We had a small group today, but we worked on sprint starts, cornering,...
It was a beautiful cold day at Trapps, and we got in some great skating yesterday in the sunshine. It's nice to start getting back in a rhythm of training after the week of racing at nationals... and great to be on real snow and a trail netw...
We just wrapped up a successful trip to US Nationals in Rumford, and are back in Waitsfield recovering and preparing for the next thing coming down the pike. But before we put Nationals in the rearview we should recap the week that was. And what a week...
The Annual Valley Cup RaceWill be held Sunday, January 22 at Ole's, with the first racesstarting at 10AM. For grown-ups, this year's race will be a 10kfreestyle race; there will also be a 5k race for J1 and J2 youths anda BKL race for the littler kids....
Hello from Rumford! It's been an exciting few days of racing here. The courses have held up well under the pressure of hundreds of racers, and we got to race the 3.3 kilometer loop today for the first time. 4 times up the fearsome High School Hill for ...
After today's races were cancelled due to heavy rain last night, we laced up the hiking boots and set off on an adventure up White Cap, Black Mountain's neighboring peak.Despite last night's rain, the day was sunny and beautiful: perfect weather for a ...
Today we regrouped post-xmas for a timed effort with a strong group of skiers making the rounds up in Craftsbury on a new coat of snow. The hard work of the Craftsbury community is paying off in spades, with families, teams, and recreationa...
Skiing in the Valley This morning David Sinclair and I did a power workout on snow thanks to the Sugarbush Resort. We were able to ski around the base area of Mt. Ellen and we pushed ourselves to the top of the new GMVS Poma three times.&nbs...