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Weekend wax recommendations!
Weekend wax recommendations!

Weekend wax recommendations!

3/3/2023 - By Mike Muha

Wax recommendations for Black Mountain and the Michigan High School Championships

RESULTS: Muffin Race - over 80 juniors from age 2 to 19, most in costume!
RESULTS: Muffin Race - over 80 juniors from age 2 to 19, most in costume!

RESULTS: Muffin Race - over 80 juniors from age 2 to 19, most in costume!

2/27/2023 - By Mariah Frye

Conditions couldn’t have been more perfect for the 30th Annual Junior Muffin Race at Cross Country Ski Headquarters! Plenty of snow, corduroy skate lanes, fresh classic tracks, cool temps and sunny skies made for a perfect day of racing.

Weekend wax recommendations
Weekend wax recommendations

Weekend wax recommendations

2/23/2023 - By Mike Muha

BIrkie, Kortelopet, Prince Haakon, and Muffin Race wax recommendations

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Team NordicSkiRacer maintains lead in Brumbaugh Cup
Team NordicSkiRacer maintains lead in Brumbaugh Cup

Team NordicSkiRacer maintains lead in Brumbaugh Cup

2/22/2023 - By Ernie Brumbaugh

Team NordicSkiRacer has been fierce and continues to lead the Brumbaugh Cup. But Hanson Hills/Cross Country Ski Shop is trying their best to catch up!

Davis's lead MI Cup; XCHQ leads overall MI Cup as of Hanson Hills Classic
Davis's lead MI Cup; XCHQ leads overall MI Cup as of Hanson Hills Classic

Davis's lead MI Cup; XCHQ leads overall MI Cup as of Hanson Hills Classic

2/22/2023 - By Mike Muha

XCHQ leads the overall Michigan Cup. Liam Wiezba and Jorja Jenema have moved to the top of the Junior standings, and Rebecca and Michael Davis lead the Seniors.

RESULTS: Michael and Rebecca Davis crowned Classic Champions at Hanson Hills
RESULTS: Michael and Rebecca Davis crowned Classic Champions at Hanson Hills

RESULTS: Michael and Rebecca Davis crowned Classic Champions at Hanson Hills

2/22/2023 - By Mike Muha

This may be a first: the dynamic duo and husband and wife Michael Davis and Rebecca Davis won the Hanson Hills Classic and became the 2023 Michigan Cup Classic Championships

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RESULTS: Kevin Tarras, Mandy Paull, Mylie Kelly, and Liam Wirzba - Skate Champs!
RESULTS: Kevin Tarras, Mandy Paull, Mylie Kelly, and Liam Wirzba - Skate Champs!

RESULTS: Kevin Tarras, Mandy Paull, Mylie Kelly, and Liam Wirzba - Skate Champs!

2/21/2023 - By Mike Muha

Kevin Tarras, Mandy Paull, Mylie Kelly, and Liam Wirzba were the top senior and junior skiers in the Forbush Freestyle / Michigan Cup Freestyle Championships!

Weekend race wax recommendations
Weekend race wax recommendations

Weekend race wax recommendations

2/16/2023 - By Mike Muha

Wax recommendations for this weekend's Michigan Cup and Great Lakes Junior National races!

Black Mountain Nordic Ski Races looking for T-shirt sponsors
Black Mountain Nordic Ski Races looking for T-shirt sponsors

Black Mountain Nordic Ski Races looking for T-shirt sponsors

2/15/2023 - By Tracy Paul-Hardin Gravlin

The Black Mountain Nordic Ski Races on March 4-5 are once again looking for Sponsors to put on our T-shirt. This year will be a special addition honoring our friend Chris Weingartz.

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Adventures at Dolomitenlauf 2023
Adventures at Dolomitenlauf 2023

Adventures at Dolomitenlauf 2023

2/14/2023 - By Allen Sorgenfrei

We settled into our apartment right on the main square and walked around town. We found a traditional restaurant nearby called Adlers Stuberl, and enjoyed some delicious food and tasty beer.

Rebecca Davis, Glenn Goodman, Rayne Newmister, and Arianne Olson lead MI Cup
Rebecca Davis, Glenn Goodman, Rayne Newmister, and Arianne Olson lead MI Cup

Rebecca Davis, Glenn Goodman, Rayne Newmister, and Arianne Olson lead MI Cup

2/13/2023 - By Mike Muha

After four races, Rayne Newmister of Team NordicSkiRacer and Arianne Olson of the Grand Rapids Nordic Ski Team lead the Junior standings. Rebecca Davis (Hanson Hills/Cross Country Ski Shop) and Glenn Goodman (Vasa) lead the seniors.

RESULTS: Edward Roe and Jordyn Ross win North American Vasa
RESULTS: Edward Roe and Jordyn Ross win North American Vasa

RESULTS: Edward Roe and Jordyn Ross win North American Vasa

2/13/2023 - By Mike Muha

Rain turned to heavy, damp snow Thursday night before the 2023 North American Vasa, providing far better snow conditions that anyone expected! As it was, the normal race courses were abandoned because of low snow volumes leading up to the race.

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UPCOMING RACES

SUN, FEB 8, 2026

Forbush Memorial Classic Race
Forbush Corner, 4971 W County Road 612, Frederic, MI 49733 (989-889-2843)

2026 Winter Olympics - Men's 10 + 10 km Skiathlon
Tesero Cross-Country Skiing Stadium, Italy

TUE, FEB 10, 2026

2026 Winter Olympics - Men's/Women's Sprint qual.+ final
Tesero Cross-Country Skiing Stadium, Italy

THU, FEB 12, 2026

2026 Winter Olympics - 10 km freestyle women
Tesero Cross-Country Skiing Stadium, Italy

FRI, FEB 13, 2026

2026 Winter Olympics - 10 km freestyle men
Tesero Cross-Country Skiing Stadium, Italy

SAT, FEB 14, 2026

50th Annual North American Vasa Freestyle
Timber Ridge Resort, 4050 E. Hammond Road, Traverse City, MI 49686

Loppet Junior Qualifier & SuperTour (JNQ) - Classic Mass Start
Theodore Wirth Park, Minneapolis, MN

2026 Winter Olympics - Women's 4x7.5 km Relay
Tesero Cross-Country Skiing Stadium, Italy

SUN, FEB 15, 2026

Loppet Junior Qualifier & SuperTour (JNQ) - Freestyle Individual Star
Theodore Wirth Park, Minneapolis, MN

50th Annual North American Vasa Classic
Timber Ridge Resort, 4050 E. Hammond Road, Traverse City, MI 49686

2026 Winter Olympics - Men's 4x7.5 km Relay
Tesero Cross-Country Skiing Stadium, Italy

WED, FEB 18, 2026

American Birkebeiner, Kortelopet & Prince Haakon Open Track
Hayward, WI

2026 Winter Olympics - Team Sprint Women's/Men's Qual.+ Final
Tesero Cross-Country Skiing Stadium, Italy

FRI, FEB 20, 2026

Kortelopet 29K Race
Samuel C. Johnson Family Outdoor Center, 12205 County Hwy-B W, Hayward, WI 54843 (OO Trailhead)

Prince Haakon 15K
Phipps Road, north of Hayward, WI

SAT, FEB 21, 2026

American Birkebeiner 53k Classic Race / 50k Skate Race
Cable to Hayward, WI

2026 Winter Olympics - 50 km classic style women
Tesero Cross-Country Skiing Stadium, Italy

2026 Winter Olympics - 50 km classic style men
Tesero Cross-Country Skiing Stadium, Italy

SUN, FEB 22, 2026

33rd Annual Junior Muffin Race
Cross Country Ski Headquarters, 9435 N. Cut Rd., Roscommon, MI 48653 (800-832-2663)

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