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(Press Release) Registration Now Open for Yellowstone Ski Festival Clinics

FasterSkierSeptember 14, 2022

Press Release Come and join West Yellowstone’s professional coaching staff to get a “jump start” on your 2022 – 2023 ski season during the Yellowstone Ski Festival, November 22-26, 2022. The staff provides a solid understanding of cross country fundamentals, and gives you the tools and drills to gain efficiency and strength at the camp and throughout your ski season. The coaching staff is composed of an elite group of XC ski professionals which...

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Rendezvous Ski Trails Double Take and Some Decisions for WYSEF

Jason AlbertNovember 19, 2019

West Yellowstone is many things: a gateway to the world’s first National Park, a tourist-chotzche goldmine, a jumping off point to blue-ribbon streams and reliable late November cross-country skiing. Even remote West Yellowstone, like any other place boasting out your door recreation opportunities, can feel the pressure from development. If you’re headed to West Yellowstone for the annual Yellowstone Ski Festival, expect to do a double take while parking near the trailhead. The iconic “Welcome...

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Like an Old Friend, West Yellowstone is Worth the Visit

FasterSkierNovember 15, 2019

West Yellowstone remains an early season magnet for training. In good snow years, the grooming is otherworldly. In thin times, the fact that several trails are seeded with grass and legendary Rendezvous Ski Trails groomer Doug Edgerton turns water into wine means even meager snow can seem dreamy. And yes, there’s always the higher altitude South Plateau Rd. which comes into play when the winter blanket in town is lacking. From Nov. 26-30, the

Continental Cup General News Racing

West Yellowstone in Review: Big Wins from Hart, Michaud, Bångman, and Brian Gregg

Alex KochonDecember 6, 2017

Another SuperTour season opened in West Yellowstone, Montana, one weekend later than usual this year but with a lot of the old standbys, including a twisty, technical freestyle sprint course and puzzling conditions for the classic distance race. In a crash-marred women’s final on Saturday, Dec. 2, Anne Hart of the Stratton Mountain School (SMS) Elite Team avoided a tangle between Caitlin Gregg (Team Gregg) and Caitlin Patterson, of the Craftsbury Green Racing Project (CGRP),...

Continental Cup News Racing

‘After Much Deliberation’, West Yellowstone to Host SuperTour Opener This Weekend

FasterSkierNovember 29, 2017

The show will go on in West Yellowstone, Montana. After organizers of the Yellowstone Ski Festival (YSF) announced in an e-blast on Monday that the West Yellowstone SuperTour, set for this coming weekend, was canceled due to “damage done to the snowpack from the significant rainfall over the past few days,” it’s back on — according to a trail conditions.” As of Wednesday morning, there was no rain in West Yellowstone’s forecast, but rather a...

Yellowstone Ski Festival Preseason Discount Trail Passes Available

West YellowstoneOctober 18, 2017

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Gelso Wins First SuperTour Sprint; ‘Big Win’ for Bender in West

Gabby NaranjaDecember 3, 2016

The 2016/2017 SuperTour race series opened on Saturday with a men's and women's 1.3-kilometer freestyle sprint. Taking his first ever SuperTour sprint victory was Matt Gelso of the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation. In a photo finish, Jennie Bender of the Bridger Ski Foundation bested SMST2 skier Erika Flowers for the women's win.

Continental Cup News Racing Regional / Local

Friday Rundown: West Yellowstone FIS Racing; Bozeman Canceled

FasterSkierNovember 25, 2016

The first official cross-country ski races of the season West Yellowstone Ski Festival, which has been known to attract 3,500 skiers and has been an early season tradition for more than 30 years. Katharine Ogden, another U.S. Ski Team (USST) D-team member who trains with SMS, took the win. She beat out CU’s Petra Hyncicova, originally from the Czech Republic, by 11.8 seconds with a winning time of 11:45. One of Ogden’s training partners, Erika Flowers (SMST2) placed...

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‘Why not Ishpeming?’ Unpacking the 2016/2017 SuperTour Schedule

Gavin KentchAugust 25, 2016

Here's an in-depth look at the upcoming U.S. SuperTour schedule, addressing why the season’s first races won't be in West Yellowstone, why some SuperTour races are in Canada, why U.S. nationals are returning to Soldier Hollow so soon, why there is a skiathlon at Spring Series, etc.

General News Racing

Twin Cities Training Partners, Gregg and Liebsch Take First and Second in SuperTour 15 k

Gabby NaranjaNovember 29, 2015

Longtime friends Brian Gregg and Matt Liebsch took the top-two SuperTour podium spots in Saturday's 15 k freestyle, while Scott Patterson (APU) finished third his first time racing in West Yellowstone.

General News Racing

Bender Cruises to Skate-Sprint Win in SuperTour Opener, Ahead of Halvorsen and Beatty

Gabby NaranjaNovember 28, 2015

BSF skier Jennie Bender dominated from qualifier all the way through to the final on Friday in the first SuperTour race of the season. “You go into the season and you never really know what picture you’re going to paint,” Bender said. “So I’m stoked on how things were drawn today.”

Continental Cup General News Racing

Stoke is High, Temps Low: SuperTour Racers Prep for Opening Races (with Preview Video)

BrainspiralNovember 26, 2015

The 2015/2016 U.S. domestic-racing season kicks off with the SuperTour openers in West Yellowstone, Mont., this Friday and Saturday. The start of Friday's skate sprint has been pushed back to 11 a.m. in anticipation of sub-zero temperatures. Here's what else you should know about these races.

Continental Cup General Lifestyle News

Giving Thanks on the Trails (West Yellowstone Thanksgiving Video)

Gabby NaranjaNovember 26, 2015

On Thanksgiving Day, skiers at the Yellowstone Ski Festival tell us what they are thankful for this week. For many of them, it's the snow!

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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.

Continental Cup General Interviews

Welcome to West Yellowstone: Trailside Insight with Thor (and Video with the Elites)

Gabby NaranjaNovember 25, 2015

The Yellowstone Ski Festival officially kicked off on Tuesday, with numerous athletes and clubs out skiing the trails. Longtime keeper-of-the-gates at the Rendezvous trailhead, Thor Godar, sets the scene so far.

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Abundant Snow, Big Smiles at 2014 Yellowstone Ski Festival

BrainspiralNovember 24, 2014

The trails were bustling in West Yellowstone, Mont., on Monday, as skiers from across the country gathered on the Rendezvous Ski Trails for the 2014 Yellowstone Ski Festival.

General News Racing Regional / Local

Better Late Than Never: Cold Temps and Snow in Southwest Montana

BrainspiralNovember 18, 2014

It has been an unseasonably warm and dry fall in Southwest Montana, with highs well above freezing and no snow events, but race directors are feeling better after the arrival of the first winter weather of the season shortly before the opening SuperTour races in West Yellowstone and Bozeman, Mont.

Continental Cup Racing

West Yellowstone SuperTour Women’s 10 k (Photo Gallery)

BrainspiralDecember 3, 2013

Tele Hill is tough, especially in above-freezing temperatures when 130 men have skied it before you (three times apiece). Here's a look at the women's SuperTour top 10 in the 10-kilometer freestyle individual start on Nov. 30 — the final race of the West Yellowstone SuperTour.

Continental Cup Racing

West Yellowstone SuperTour Men’s 15 k (Photo Gallery)

Alex KochonDecember 1, 2013

A look at the top 10 and some other men in Saturday's 15-kilometer freestyle individual start -- the second and last race of the West Yellowstone SuperTour.

Continental Cup General Racing

A Crowd Favorite, Gregg Cruises to Women’s SuperTour Sprint Victory in West Yellowstone

Alex KochonNovember 29, 2013

The highlight of Caitlin Gregg’s day was seeing all her Midwest fans, her Loppet Nordic Racing buddies, at the finish of each heat on Friday during the first SuperTour sprint of the season. That gave her reason to celebrate and smile every time she won, which Gregg did all morning and early afternoon in the West Yellowstone 1.3 k skate sprint.

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