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Ski walking is a great alternative to rollerskiing. You can do long slow distance at an easy pace, intervals at any heart rate you can get to, or speed work. Tony Percha is doing easy repeats up a long hill at Kensington Metropark in Milford, MI.

Weekend wax recomendations

Fri, Jan 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

Fri, Jan 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?

Fri, Jan 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

Thu, Jan 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

Thu, Jan 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

Thu, Jan 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

Wed, Jan 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

Wed, Jan 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

Wed, Jan 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

Tue, Jan 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

Tue, Jan 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

Tue, Jan 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.