Green Mountain Valley School

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...

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...

 Some great shots from MK's dad! Anthony Cirelli.Yes!

Kris Dobie photo.Due to the amazing work of the Craftsbury community we were able to get the Eastern Cup Season off and running.  Alum and current GMVS mentor, Tim Reynolds stole the show and led an impressive crew of current and alum skiers with ...

Hans described it best when he said it was like skiing at a world cup venue: dirt and moss in the woods, but a foot of snow on the trail. We can't say enough about the job that the Craftsbury snowmakers are doing: the 1.5 km race loop is ready to go an...