Former Michigan Cup racer and current member of the Bridger Ski Foundation Pro Team Reid Goble has had a great couple weeks. First, he won the Minneapolis SuperTour race. Then he won a gold medal serving as a guide in the Paralympics. Finally, he's been chosen to race in the Men's 10km interval start classic race (3/20) at the FIS World Cup Finals in Lake Placid NY. Way to go Reid!
AK/Subaru Factory Team's Flora and Giese beat Olympians Newell and Koos in National Team Sprint.,
Five top 10s for Central Collegiate Ski Association skiers against the best sprinters in America was an impressive feat Saturday for the conference at the U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships.,
We have started making snow and will continue making it every night leading up to the Sprints.,
Climbing skins are banned and the race shortened slightly to avoiding overtaing situations in intial laps.,
Photos from the second day of racing - the freestyle race - at US Senior Nationals.,
Today's Team sprint race at Nationals start at 10am. See them live on the three web cams at the Senior Nationals web site.,
Andy Newell grabbed his first national title and Kikkan Randall earned her first of the week after two silver medals as they won classic technique 1K sprints Saturday at the U.S. Cross Country Championships at Michigan Tech.,
Skiing alone is more difficult than skiing with someone so the last laps were more difficult, says Kuitunen.,
In today's 15km mass start competition, only teammate Aino Kaisa Saarinen who could keep up with Virpi Kuitunen for the first half of the distance.,
The 30km mass start race in classical technique had many leaders throughout the competition but no one could outsprint Eldar Roenning in the 8 lap event, who moved to 9th place on Overall standings., ,
In the sprint qualification, many distance racers qualified as somewhat expected surprises. The Tour is taking its toll on everybody, but very likely it's tougher for sprinters and gives better chances for the distance racers.,
Central Collegiate Ski Association has another great showing in Thursday's freestyle race, particularly racers from Northern Michigan University and Fairbanks, Alaska.,
Citizen’s Night Ski Race Series
Main MTU Trailhead, Michigan Tech Trails, Houghton, Michigan
Forbush Corner: We will be open at 9 tomorrow, shop closing at noon. We will leave the side gate on Roberts rd open for those wanting to ski. We will not be grooming due to the warmup and rain in the forecast for the week.
Watching the weather, and if conditions are favorable we will continue operations this coming Saturday and Sunday. So, if you want to ski this week, we ask that you leave a $10 trail fee in the slot in the wall near the east front entrance.
Nubs Nob: Excellent base depth and grooming. The snow was already pretty sticky by 11:00am with the warm temps and sun. Possible snow later this week means there is still a chance of nice ski conditions right up until closing day on April 5th. If you can hit the freeze-thaw just right it’s awesome out there.
Vasa Trail: The conditions were fast with control today. Get out there tomorrow before it the warming temps. the nipple and Jack Pine is not groomed, but was very skiable.
Vasa Trail:
Forbush Corner: Over 90 skiers came out today to enjoy beautiful weather and great spring skiing conditions. We are going to keep up the momentum by grooming east side trails with the Piston Bully and freshening up the west side skate deck with the Tidd Tech tomorrow leaving existing classic tracks alone. Open 9 to 5.
Stokely Creek: Big groomer went out this morning to get the trails in good shape for the day. The snow has been falling so there’s so light snow on the fresh tracks. Office is open till 4 today!
Hickory Hills: Best of the season skating conditions at Hickory Hills this morning. Both the hillside and meadow have been PistenBully groomed. Get there before it warms up. No classic tracks as I assume the deck is getting thin in some places, but coverage on the hillside is 100%.