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)
Weekend wax recomendations
1/13/2012 - By MIke Muha
Ski waxing recommendations from Fast Wax, Swix, Toko and Solda for this weekend's races.
Keweenaw Nordic Festival, February 4-5, 2012
1/13/2012 - By Dean Woodbeck
The Copper Loppet, the 44th running of the Copper Island Classic, and the new Low Pressure Loppet (a 15 km snow bike race), comprise the 2012 Library Restaurant Keweenaw Nordic Festival, February 4-5, 2012, in Houghton and Chassell, Michigan.
Spring Skiing and Snow Fleas...In January?
1/13/2012 - By Pete Edwards
Spring Skiing is the best and along with the warmer temps out pop the snow fleas – tiny little insects that love to pile up your cross country ski tracks. I got a huge kick out of all the snow fleas last week during the best Spring Skiing in January that
Weather looking up for Frosty Freestyle
1/12/2012 - By Mike Muha
The forecast is for droping temperatures, 2-5 inches of natural snow, plus the snow from two snow guns.
Vasa Trail Five- and Ten-Year planning process
1/12/2012 - By Todd Vigland
The Vasa Pathway Task Force, composed of trail user groups and resource agencies, will develop a plan that identifies and prioritizes future improvements and ongoing maintenance. We need your opinions.
Concept2 Holiday Challenge raises over $31,000
1/12/2012 - By Meredith Haff
Participants in Concept2’s 12th Annual Holiday Challenge not only rowed or skied millions of meters between Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve, they also helped raise over $31,000 for disaster relief organizations.
Huron Meadows Metropark is grooming trails for ski races this weekend
1/11/2012 - By Bill Laitner
Neither Tuesday's springlike sunshine, nor temperatures above the norm all month in metro Detroit, nor gloom of rain predicted tonight will keep Adam Haberkorn from his appointed rounds -- spreading artificial snow for Saturday's ski races in Brighton.
Frosty Freestyle: The missing photos of 2011
1/11/2012 - By Mike Muha
Amazingly, we stumbled upon a zillion photos that did not make it to the web after the 2011 Frosty Freestyle. Worse, a photo galleries that was online last year didn't have the correct links pointing to it!
NMU's Andy Liebnar wins College Cup individual title
1/11/2012 - By USSA
USSA National College Cup Team and Individual Champions named as part of the U.S. Cross Country Championshipsat the closing banquet. Individual titles went to Northern Michigan University's Andy Liebner and Colorado University's Eliska Hajkova.
Photos from the 6-Hour Relay Race at Hanson Hills
1/10/2012 - By Lisa Kaniewski
The event entertained 30 teams of 3 per team. Hansen Hills had trails well groomed, was a blast, fast. The nordicskiracers placed and earned metals as well as other teams...
Toko 2012 US Nationals 20/30k Classic Report
1/10/2012 - By Ian Harvey
We tested kick waxes, straight base green, straight klisters, and klisters covered. Before qualifying, our best wax was Nordic Green Klister covered by Nordic Red Klister.
Jesse Diggins has huge lead in SuperTour standings
1/10/2012 - By USSA
Jesse Diggins leads by 156 points of Caitlin Gregg (430 to 274) in the overall Supertour standings. Sylcan Ellsfson leads by a narrow 4 points over Michael Sinnott for the men.
