Inspired by a little late-season snowfall and the visit of our friend Luke from Williamstown, we decided to hike up Sugarbush and ski down the one remaining trail with snow. We packed into the van and drove up to South to see if there was any powder to...
On Wednesday at Jay Peak, Hans, Heidi, and MK finished up their seasons, literally. There was nothing but up out there, in a 1.8 km hill climb that took the athletes 1200 vertical feet in somewhere between 13 and 25 minutes. Hiking/skiing up...
It was as close to perfect a day of racing as we have had all year today. After a somewhat frustrating day in the classic mass start on Sunday, the GMVS crew took it to the trails today, posting strong results in the classic sprint on a magnificent Mar...
Here's a video from yesterday with a combination of the top skiers and the GMVS athletes and alums. Nice work out there!
It was a tough day out there at Spring Series, with slushy snow and rain making kick difficult and glide slow. The skiers in the men's race looked like they had already skied 15 km after the first 2.5 km lap, and the women's field strung out almost imm...
We've only had one day of Spring Series and it has already been a ton of fun! This is the strongest field we have skied in this year—better than US Nationals, better than West Yellowstone and Bozeman in November—and there is no lack of inspiration ...
Craftsbury still has snow! And believe it or not, we're racing tomorrow. Here's an update from trailside...Racing gets underway tomorrow with a 3.3 km prologue skate race. Should be sweet!
Dev had a chance to showcase his talents with flare and daring today.Both he and Kaitlin took top honors in the school-wide bump contest ...We're waiting for photos of Fitzy.
Junior, Heidi Halvorsen, has kept her race season rolling overseas. After the completion of the J1 Scandinavian trip in Estonia she stayed in Norway, training with a club in Oslo and staying with her grandmother. Two weeks ago, while we wer...
Hello Monday morning! It was a weekend to remember and a ski season that leaves us all wanting more time. It's five days till the start of Super Tour Finals. Our winter has been made possible by hard working and resourceful touring ce...
What has this winter been up to? We've been celebrating this week, up in Stowe, and on the slopes of Mad River Glen. It's been a great stretch and our legs are tired -- a good sign of winter.Wax testing in Soldier Hollow.Before we get into ...
GMVS is once again offering it's two popular summer ski camps and opening group training throughout the summer. Based in Waitsfield, Vermont, the camps kick off the summer training season for GMVS athletes, which meet for 3 day “mini-camps” e...
MK skiing at the Dartmouth Carnival earlier this year. She was 5th in the 10 km OJ girls skate at Junior Nationals.Mary Kate Cirelli took home 5th place in the OJ Girls 10 km skate on Wednesday. She skied with the lead pack for the duration, and weathe...
I haven't gotten many details on the day, but congratulations go out to the whole team for qualifying, and to Hans for skiing through the heats and racing to 6th place in the country for OJ Boys! More details and hopefully photos to come!
Hans Halvorsen set the bar high with a 2nd place in qualifying. He was just under 1.5 seconds out of the win, and will look to ski some awesome heats this afternoon.Unofficial results are beaming in over the interwebs, and summit timing shows GMVS skie...
The week leading up to the final Eastern Cup race was one of the nicest of the year, with warm temperatures and nothing but sunshine every training session. We had some great skis out there with the gang, and I have some photos from the fun balance dri...
While the crew is all out in Utah, and Heidi is still overseas, I'm back in Waitsfield teaching classes and enjoying the late season snow that has finally arrived in the Valley. I don't have any pictures from out in Utah, but I fortunately have a few i...
Last night the GMVS crew flew out to Utah to get ready for Junior Nationals in Soldier Hollow, Utah. It was a special year for us because all of our skiers qualified for the event. We'll miss Heidi who is racing in the next few weeks in Norway an...
We don't have any photos of the events in Estonia, but it would be ridiculous to let Heidi's races pass by unmentioned. Skiing for team USA in the J1 Scandinavian Cup competition, Heidi just wrapped up her third race in three consecutive days...
It was an exciting final weekend of Eastern Cup racing for the Nordic Gumbies!After a weekend high pressure racing four of our skiers have qualified for Junior Nationals, which will be held in ...