Utah – FasterSkier

Klæbo was dogged by a leg injury. Then he met a Utah physical therapist with NBA cred.

Nathaniel HerzOctober 13, 2023

PARK CITY, UTAH — Megan Rowlands Stowe was mostly retired from her career as a physical therapist when Johannes Høsflot Klæbo came to her Utah home for dinner last year. Klæbo, 26, is from Norway — where, as a seven-time Olympic medalist in cross-country skiing, he’s a superstar. But for weeks, he’d been training in Utah, where a lingering hamstring injury was bothering him when he arrived at Stowe’s house. Stowe, 57, has her own...

Collegiate General News

Several RMISA Schools Currently Without an Active Nordic Coach

Gavin KentchSeptember 10, 2020

Multiple schools in the Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association are experiencing flux with their nordic coaching staff going into the 2020/2021 ski season, according to representatives from each school. The schools in question are the University of Alaska Anchorage, University of Utah, and Montana State University, all of which have well-established nordic programs that placed highly at last year’s NCAA Championships. Neither Anchorage nor Montana State currently has anyone filling this position. Utah has two...

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Men Go to SoHo, U.S. Women in the Methow (Camp Photo Galleries)

FasterSkierJuly 14, 2017

(Note: This article has been updated to include comments from Canadian coach Ivan Babikov on his team’s recent camp in Park City, Utah.) Two days after Andy Newell and Erika Flowers tied the knot in Bozeman, Mont., seven members of the men’s U.S. Ski Team and eight U.S. women’s team members jumped into an intensity training block at their respective dryland camps in Park City, Utah, and the Methow Valley in northern Washington. The 10-day camps...

Canadian National Ski Team Interviews News

17 Questions for 2017: Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt

FasterSkierDecember 8, 2016

Welcome to “17 Questions for 2017”, where we are catching up with American and Canadian national-team members before the beginning of the winter season. *** Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt ended last season on a high note: Canada’s 2015 World Championships team member won the sprint qualifier and placed second in the final at Canadian National Championships. The 24-year-old member of Cross Country Canada’s U25 Team had to take a pause this summer, however, after suffering a stress fracture...

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17 Questions for 2017: Julia Kern

BrainspiralOctober 30, 2016

Having joined the SMST2 Elite Team this year as well as enrolling at Dartmouth College, Kern has made some changes and is looking forward to another big year. "I think there isn’t one specific area where I have seen improvement over the past few months, but actually in every area," she wrote.

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17 Questions for 2017: Devon Kershaw

BrainspiralOctober 29, 2016

Kershaw tackled our "17 Questions" from a training camp in Utah. After training around Oslo this season, he thinks that Martin Johnsrud Sundby will still be the man to beat when the World Cup starts: "he's a beast."

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Nordic Nation Podcast: Rebounding with Liz Stephen

Jason AlbertOctober 28, 2016

Go, go, go. That's the type of energy Liz Stephen brings to skiing. From a high-tempo skate technique to steeper is better, Stephen has been a force on the Distance World Cup since her push into the top 30 in 2012. Last year was a setback for the Park City resident and she feels like this offseason she's done the work to make a rebound.

Biathlon General News Racing

17 Questions for 2017: Christian Gow

BrainspiralOctober 28, 2016

World Championships bronze medalist Christian Gow imagines biathlon in a perfect universe like this: "I would make it so that doping didn’t exist and we could all participate on an even playing field."

Continental Cup General News Nordic Combined Racing

Taylor Fletcher’s Three Podiums Lift U.S. World Cup Quota to Five

Jason AlbertDecember 15, 2015

Jump, ski, repeat. That was the mantra in Park City and Midway, Utah, last weekend as some of the world’s best nordic combined skiers converged for a series of three Continental Cup races. Taylor Fletcher placed third, second and finally first to secure a fifth quota spot for the U.S. team at the World Cup.

Job Postings

Soldier Hollow Seeking Assistant Coach

BrainspiralSeptember 3, 2015

Team Soldier Hollow, a 150-skier club based out of the 2002 Olympic and Paralympic cross-country ski venue in Midway, Utah, is seeking an assistant coach for the upcoming fall/winter season.

Juniors Racing

Utah to Host 2017 Junior/U23 World Championships (Updated)

Lander KarathJune 5, 2015

If everything goes according to plan the world’s best junior and U23 nordic skiers will descend upon Park City, Utah in the winter of 2017. The United States Ski and Snowboard Association announced Tuesday that organizing body submitted a bid for the 2017 Junior/U23 World Championships.

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Rocky Mountain Racers Inspired and Challenged at Soldier Hollow

BrainspiralNovember 10, 2014

Rocky Mountain Racer (RMR) skier Maya MacIsaac-Jones recaps her team's two-week, high-performance camp in Park City, Utah. "Because of RMR’s cross-country/biathlon mix, Soldier Hollow was the perfect place for training," she writes. "Coaches were able to coordinate shooting practices for the biathletes with simultaneous rollerskiing sessions for the cross-country side of the team."

Camps News Training

Gallery: USST/NEG Park City Altitude Camp

BrainspiralOctober 14, 2014

Top nordic skiers from around the country converged on Park City, Utah in early October for the U.S. Ski Team and National Elite Group altitude camps. While the NEG camp concluded Oct. 12, the USST is continuing to train in Utah until later this month.

Job Postings News

Team Soldier Hollow Seeks Devo Coach

BrainspiralSeptember 10, 2013

Team Soldier Hollow, located at the 2002 Olympic venue in Midway, UT, is looking for an enthusiastic and energetic coach to work with our Devo Team skiers (ages 10 to 13). Ideal candidates will have experience cross country ski racing and/or coaching and waxing. Current USSA Coaches License is required.

General News

Pat Miller: Legendary Ski Coach, Legendary Friend

Steven McCarthyJuly 16, 20132

Peter Graves and Kevin Sweeney remember their friend and famed former Utah ski coach, Pat Miller, who passed away in late June after a brief illness. Miller went to the Olympics in nordic combined and went on to coach and direct the Utes for 23 years.

Racing US Nationals

U.S. Nationals Men’s Skate Sprint Video

BrainspiralJanuary 11, 20131

The final day of the 2013 U.S. Cross Country Ski Championship proved to be one of the most exciting as racing continued with the skate sprints. After the day of racing it was Dakota Blackhorse-von Jess who was strongest down the finish stretch to earn the top step on the podium and the national crown.

Racing US Nationals

Bjornsen Keeps Calm in Skate Sprint, Saves Kick for Second Straight National Victory

Alex KochonJanuary 8, 20132

All six of the female finalists in the U.S. nationals skate sprint had a pretty good sense how the last race around Soldier Hollow would play out. Caitlin Gregg threw them for a loop, but Sadie Bjornsen responded, edging Sophie Caldwell and Jennie Bender for the win.

Racing US Nationals

U.S. Nationals Women’s 20 k Classic Mass Start Video

BrainspiralJanuary 7, 2013

The 2013 U.S. Cross Country Ski Championship continued on the trails of Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah with the senior women's 20 k classic mass start. The lead pack was established early with just six women in contention for the national title throughout the majority of the race. On the course's final major climb, Hermode's Hill, it was Sadie Bjornsen (USST/APU) who attacked, opening up a sizable gap by the time she entered the stadium. Check out our footage of the action.

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Bjornsen Gets What She Came For, Wins National Title in 20 k Classic Mass Start

Alex KochonJanuary 6, 2013

A two-time runner-up at this year's nationals, Sadie Bjornsen proved to herself that she can achieve gold, winning her second national title in three years in her first-ever 20 k. Bjornsen skied away from the pack late, beating teammate Kate Fitzgerald by nearly 13 seconds.

Racing US Nationals

U.S. Nationals Men’s 30 k Classic Mass Start Video

BrainspiralJanuary 6, 2013

The action at the 2013 U.S. Cross Country Ski Championship heated up this morning when the senior men started off the day with the 30 k classic mass start. Six laps of the challenging 5 k loop at Soldier Hollow made for an exciting race as eighteen skiers were together in the lead pack for the majority of the race, but during the final kilometers only a handful of men were in contention for the national title. As they climbed Soldier Hollow's fabled Hermode's Hill for the final time it was Torin Koos (BSF) who made a decisive move to claim the national title with Erik Bjornsen (USST/APU) and David Norris (MSU) finishing second and third respectively. Check out our footage of the race.

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