News, tips, and guides for the Nordic Ski Racer

Year: 2008 ×

First night ski

Keefer and I got in a great xc ski after work last week after the first big snow! The snow was perfect and the skis weren't sticking.

By Pete Edwards
Nov 23, 2008

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P (for Plateau)

We are excited to announce that we have close to a foot of snow on the South Plateau near West Yellowstone, MT. Twenty kilometers of trails were groomed yesterday morning.

By Sara Hoovler
Nov 23, 2008

Freeman 20th in World Cup Opener

"I thought the day was a good start. I felt like I skied strong and technically very smooth, but I didn't have that last five percent to put me up into the really good numbers.

By US Ski Team
Nov 23, 2008

Yellowstone Ski Festival

We are skiing!!! South Plateau has 20k of groomed trails.

By Yellowstone Ski Festival
Nov 22, 2008

World Cup rules change

Several changes to the World Cup and Tour de Ski impact points and maybe TV ratings...

By FIS
Nov 21, 2008

Overview World Cup strategy until 2013 and further

Integration of new markets and countries will mean fewer competitions for existing or traditional host countries with several World Cup events in the past.

By Jürg Capol
Nov 21, 2008

White Pine Stampede reaches agreement with Shanty Creek

The White Pine Stampede has fresh agreement with Shanty Creek Resort that may help the Stampede folks avoid the problems of the past 3 years created by lousy weather conditions.

By White Pine Stampede
Nov 21, 2008

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ABR Trails: Best Skiing in North America?

My research has concluded that ABR in Ironwood, Michigan is the place to go if you are part of the crowd that can and will drop everything and do anything to get good skiing now! It sounds like 40K of skiing will be open for the weekend.

By Patrick Cote, NENSA
Nov 21, 2008

Universal Sports To Air XC World Cup

Universal Sports will kick off a season of coverage of the FIS Cross Country World Cup this weekend, anchored by longtime sport commentator Peter Graves.

By US Ski Team
Nov 21, 2008

Watch XC World Cup & Biathlon on the Internet

I'll be watching same-day video coverage of the XC World Cup races at Gallivare, Sweden, this weekend, and you can too.

By Mike Balduf
Nov 20, 2008

Recap: FIS races in Beitostoelen, Bruksvallarna and Muonio

19-year-old Marthe Kristoffersen (NOR) won the classical sprint race, finished 2nd in the 10 km free technique race and took 4th in the 5 km classical competition.

By FIS
Nov 20, 2008

XC Kicks Off in Sweden Saturday

This weekend the rollerskis finally come off as U.S. Cross Country Ski Team athletes shed their summer gear for the first cross country World Cup races of the season in Gaellivare, Sweden.

By US Ski Team
Nov 20, 2008