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!
Just hot off the press and what everyone has been waiting for, the current Michigan Cup Results. It includes all the races through Garland.,
The decision has just been made: We WILL run the 2006 Stampede. Conditions will be marginal but we will be offering 10km, 20km, and 35km distance events.,
Here is the current Junior Olympic Points List for the Great Lakes District (GLD) as of Janaury 29, 2006.,
A few pictures from the start and finish of the Noquemanon Classic Half Marathon.,
Plans are being made now for a shortened White Pine Stampede event, which may include a single distance and a single start. Conditions will NOT be good; your 'rock' skis will be the order of the day.,
On the final day of the Telemark NorAm SuperTour weather and snow conditions shifted towards winter. Saturday evening a light rain began to fall in the region, but as temperatures dropped that rain changed over to 5” extremely wet snow.,
Pictures from the CXC FIS SuperTour Classic Races at Telemark Resort on Saturday January 29.,
The boilerplate was absolutely shocking in the first K’s of the race. The way the skis rattled in the tracks made so much noise you couldn’t hear anything else.,
They were interesting times. Friday saw temperatures above 50F in Marquette but all that warm, wet snow froze overnight. Skate skiers had it easy; classic skiers had a waxing nightmare.,
Cassidy snags a gold for Middlebury College at St. Lawrence Carnival at Lake Placid.,
The course is essentially flat. What the profile fails to show, however, is that the first 30 kms are down the valley and the last 30 kms are back up the valley often into the teeth of a 20-30 mph wind.,
Here is the current Junior Olympic Points List for the Great Lakes District (GLD) as of Janaury 28, 2006.,
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%.