The Cross County Ski Headquarters got their skiers out in mass to win the overall 2024 Michigan Cup - again! Congratulations on a job well done. (Photo: Gwenn Stevenson)
Tour de Spam Nordic Ski Stage & Night Race
3/11/2016 - By Wendy Swenson
Everyone is invited to take part in our new Nordic Ski Event March 18-20th, 2016. Tour de Spam is a three (3) day Nordic Ski stage event, featuring Montana’s first night race!
U-M at USCSA National Championships
3/11/2016 - By Ellen Wiitala
The big story: UM Ladies are in 3rd place after day one in Lake Placid! The race was a 15km mass-start classic, and the warm, wet conditions made for an interesting event.
Video - 2016 Michigan Cup Relays
3/9/2016 - By Ethan Gibb-Randall
Video of the 2106 Michigan Cup relays by one of Team NordicSkiRacer's junior racers, Ethan Gibbs-Randall. The Relays took place at the Cross Country Ski Headquarters.
Photos from the 2016 Michigan Cup Relays
3/9/2016 - By Mike Muha and Blair Zordell
Photos - 699 of them - from Mike Muha and Blair Zordell of the 2016 Michigan Cup Relays at the Cross Country Ski Headquarters.
Vasa Ski Club: Most powerful senior team in the Michigan Cup Series!
3/7/2016 - By Mike Muha
It's a Vasa Ski Club year: The club officially wins the 2016 Brumbaugh Cup for the most powerful senior team in the Michigan Cup Cross Country Ski Racing Series.
Vasa Ski Club wins Michigan Cup Relays
3/7/2016 - By Mike Muha
The Vasa Ski Club dominated the Michigan Cup relays by winning three categories (both female divisions and the male over 165 division) and finishing second in the other three categories.
Nick Power and Rosie Frankowski victorious at Great Bear Chase
3/7/2016 - By Angela Luskin
Nick Power, Minneapolis, MN and Rosie Frankowski, Anchorage, AK took victories in the 50km skiathlon, which incorporates the two different styles of cross country skiing – the classic diagonal stride technique and the freestyle or skating technique.
REVISED STANDINGS: Vasa and Headquarters separated by 23 points
3/4/2016 - By Mike Muha
REVISED Unofficial standings: The Cross Country Ski Headquarters is just 23 points away from the Vasa Ski Club's top standing:
Get waxing! Wax recommendations for this weekend
3/3/2016 - By Mike Muha
Wax recommendations for this weekend's Michigan Cup cross country ski race and the Great Bear Chase.
Hamilton and Diggins Podium in Gatineau sprint
3/2/2016 - By USSA
Simi Hamilton (Aspen, CO) and Jessie Diggins (Afton, MN) led the U.S. Cross Country Ski Team in the opening races of the Ski Tour Canada in Gatineau on Tuesday. Both Hamilton and Diggins finished third in a 1.7k freestyle sprint.
Unofficial Michigan Cup Standings: XCHQ inching toward Vasa...
3/1/2016 - By Mike Muha
Unofficial standings: The Cross Country Ski Shop has gained a bit on the Vasa Ski Club. And check your individual standings!
Kelly Peregrine and Michael Klettner win the Muffin!
3/1/2016 - By Cross Country Ski Headquarters
We had one of the best Muffin Races ever this past Sunday, with over 50 kids from ages 3 to 19 competing in the longest standing junior XC ski race in the state of Michigan. The high school division featured an 8km Pursuit race.
