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(Press Release) Registration Now Open for Yellowstone Ski Festival Clinics
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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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News Roundup: TV Viewing, West Yellowstone Ski Festival Cancellation, Results From FIS Races in Beitostølen and Gällivare
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News Roundup: TV Viewing, West Yellowstone Ski Festival Cancellation, Results From FIS Races in Beitostølen and Gällivare

Rachel PerkinsNovember 22, 2021

Broadcast Updates: We have a quick update to the information we published last week regarding cross country broadcast schedules from Tom Horrocks, Communications Manager for the Davis U.S. Cross Country Ski Team. After finalizing schedules, NBC will have all World Cup events available for streaming through their PeacockTV platform. As mentioned in the first post, there is also a new streaming platform, Ski and Snowboard Live, which is owned by the production company InFront. This...

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Like an Old Friend, West Yellowstone is Worth the Visit
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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

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Friday Rundown: West Yellowstone FIS Racing; Bozeman Canceled
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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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Fischer Prepares for West Yellowstone Thanksgiving Ski Fest 2016

FischerNovember 18, 2016

Fischer’s high end skis and boots are at a level of performance and sophistication that it is best to work with consumers through on line reservations at West Yellowstone instead of the cattle call at the trail head. Fischer will continue with its online registration to reserve skis and boots for the Fall Ski Fest during Thanksgiving. The new gear deserves to be given to consumers in a setting where it can be explained and properly fitted. This is best done in the Fischer booth at the Expo each night.v

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Fischer Demo Reservations Still Available in West Yellowstone

FischerNovember 24, 2015

accumulated on the West Yellowstone Rendezvous Trails in the opening days of November, Fischer Sports is preparing for the most well attended U.S. ski event of the Thanksgiving season. “We’ve waited out the interminable time in the fall before snow hits,” explained Fischer’s Western Sales Representative, Brian Schiller. “Now we’re thrilled about having snow and a great collection of gear for demo at this year’s West Yellowstone Ski Festival.” Fischer will again employFischer’s West Yellowstone Online Demo Form Reservations are still...

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Boulder Nordic Sport Announces West Yellowstone Ski Festival Plans

Boulder Nordic SportNovember 4, 2013

Grind skis arriving at BNS Boulder by Nov 10th will be available for pickup in West Yellowstone Nov. 25-30 BOULDER, Colo. – Boulder Nordic Sport (BNS) is headed back to the West Yellowstone Ski Festival. Our staff will be on-site and focused on education; helping skiers with skis, wax and equipment. Though we will not have a stone grinder with us this year, we will be able to deliver ground skis directly to the trailhead as...

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Bohart Ranch On Call To Host West Yellowstone’s Skate Sprint
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Bohart Ranch On Call To Host West Yellowstone’s Skate Sprint

Audrey ManganNovember 21, 2012

  Due to the lamentable conditions in West Yellowstone, there’s a chance that the SuperTour freestyle sprint originally scheduled here this weekend will end up taking place at Bohart Ranch instead. The Bozeman venue is already set to hold a SuperTour classic sprint and mass start on December 1 and 2. Bridger Ski Foundation director and race organizer Dragen Danevski said on Tuesday that he was confident Bohart could pull off a third race, which...

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West Yellowstone Snow Conditions: Thin Cover, But Inches Expected Overnight
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West Yellowstone Snow Conditions: Thin Cover, But Inches Expected Overnight

Audrey ManganNovember 12, 2012

One week out from the start of the annual West Yellowstone Ski Festival in West Yellowstone, Mont., organizers said they were “cautiously optimistic” about the local snow reports. Though the race trails are not currently covered well enough to run the groomer, forecasts call for more inches on Monday night and through the next three days. “The snow is falling [and]…SuperTour races and ski clinics are NOT in danger of being cancelled,” Race Director Moira...

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Swix’s Simple Secrets to Success Starts in West Yellowstone
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Swix’s Simple Secrets to Success Starts in West Yellowstone

FasterSkierDecember 2, 2010

Chris Hall, director of US Racing Services for Swix states, “Waxing for the West Yellowstone USSA SuperTour events was straightforward but not West Yellowstone normal. As we do for each race we tested a matrix of CH, LF, and HF base gliders based on temp and humidity. Once we had chosen the base wax we re-waxed and zeroed the test skis with the chosen base and tested if Cera-F over-layers increased the speed.  A final...

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The Essence of the Yellowstone Ski Festival
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The Essence of the Yellowstone Ski Festival

FasterSkierDecember 2, 20101

The Yellowstone Ski Festival means many things to many people.  The five-day cross-country ski festival can be a time to brush off the storage wax and ski for the first time each season.  It can be a chance for professional racers to earn valuable points towards the World Cup.  It can be an opportunity to demo new gear before the holiday season.  It can be a new Thanksgiving tradition for you and yours.  The Yellowstone...

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Three Inches of Snow for West Yellowstone; Festival Director “Optimistic”

Nathaniel HerzNovember 10, 2010

With less than two weeks to go until the start of the West Yellowstone Ski Festival, snow conditions appear promising. According to Director Sara Hoovler, the Montana town received roughly three inches of snow on Monday into Tuesday. While the trails hadn’t been groomed as of Tuesday morning, Hoovler said that they will probably be rolled within the next couple of days—especially given that additional snow is forecast for the area. “It’s a classic West...

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