Despite warm temperatures and course alterations, the EISA racing season began at the Colby Carnival in Waterville, Maine last weekend. Perennial performers UVM and Dartmouth finished strong, but several other schools put on impressive displays of both top talent and depth
The second weekend of EISA racing took place at the brand-new Quarry Road trails in Waterville, Maine this weekend. Colby College played host to both classic and freestyle races, as both familiar names and new faces made podium appearances.
Colby College President William D. "Bro" Adams donned spandex to complete a ceremonial 2-kilometer parade lap around his college's new home trails this weekend.
When John Koons was growing up in Waterville, Maine forty years ago, skiing was the thing to do. “When I was a youngster we had a ski hill,” Koons told FasterSkier. “It was sponsored and run by Colby College. It was an alpine slope, and we had snowmaking and we had lights, and it was really a wonderful place for kids to go.” But like so many small hills around New England and the rest...