Team NordicSkiRacer's Zibgy Zlobicki, Tony Percha, Doug Cornell, and Cyril Grum at Island Lake Recreation Area, testing the new pavement. Conclusion? The section to Kent Lake is a 5; the rest of the repaving is only a 3.
Superiorland Ski Club has paid positions open
7/25/2024
The Superiorland Ski Club in Marquette, Michigan, is looking for a people to fill the following paid positions for the 2024/2025 season.
Salt Lake City will host 2034 Winter Olympics and Paralympics
7/24/2024 - By Utah and ICO press releases
Salt Lake City, Utah, has been selected to host the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, the fifth time the Winter Olympic Games have been held in the USA and 32 years since Utah last hosted the Olympics.
Help Forbush Corner expand snowmaking! New map!
6/6/2024 - By Todd Hubbard
The cost of the expansion is estimated at $400,000. SMI. With a generous $100,000 donation already pledged, we need your help to raise the remaining funds to have the extension ready for next season!
Forbush Corner to increase snowmaking to 5km in two phases
5/30/2024 - By Forbush Corner
We are thrilled to announce the next big step at Forbush Corner Nordic: Expanding our snowmaking capabilities beyond the loop!
Final Michigan Cup individual results and medal winners
3/25/2024 - By Mike Muha
Check where you finished! The final Michigan Cup individual standings for 2024 and the Medal Winners (top 10% in each age group)
Vasa has opening for new Race Director
3/13/2024 - By Pete LaPlaca
The North American Vasa Board of Directors is seeking candidates for Race Director for the North American Vasa Festival of Races, held annually during the second weekend of February.
Cross Country Ski Headquarters wins 2024 Michigan Cup
3/7/2024 - By Ernie Brumbaugh
The Cross Country Ski Headquarters Team showed up in force in 2024 to stake its claim on the Michigan Cup for yet another year. Team NordicSkiRacer took second.
Vasa Raptors win Baic Cup
3/7/2024 - By Ernie Brumbaugh
The Vasa Raptors, a part of the Vasa Ski Club, again handily won the 2024 Baic Cup. Team NordicSkiRacer was second, followed by the Cross Country Ski Headquarters.
Team NordicSkiRacer holds off HH/CCSS to win the 2024 Brumbaugh Cup
3/7/2024 - By Ernie Brumbaugh
It takes a full season of commitment to win the Brumbaugh Cup and that is exactly what it took for Team Nordic Ski Racer to clinch the 2024 Brumbaugh Cup.
RESULTS: Headquarters wins overall MI Cup Relays
3/4/2024 - By Mariah Frye Colie, with Mike Muha
It was an awesome day, with better-than-expected conditions on the ~2km Trapper's Cabin trail. The overall spirit was highly enthusiastic and positive, and it seemed like everyone who showed up had a great time!
Wax recommendation for the Michigan Cup Relays
2/29/2024 - By Mike Muha
Wax recommendations for the final Michigan Cup race of the 2024 season - the Michigan Cup Relays - moved to Saturday, March 2!
MI Cup Relays MOVED TO SATURDAY MARCH 2!
2/28/2024 - By Mariah Frye Colie
In light of Black Mountain’s cancellation, we are making quick pivot to host the relays this Saturday, March 2. This is in an effort to put on the best race possible with the best conditions possible.
UPCOMING
SAT, DEC 7, 2024
Stone Turtle Cafe Opens & Free Beginner Ski Lesson*
Cross Country Ski Headquarters, 9435 N Cut Rd, Roscommon, MI 48653. 800-832-2663, [email protected], CrossCountrySki.com
XC Ski HQ Ski Team Kick-Off Dinner!
Cross Country Ski Headquarters, 9435 N Cut Rd, Roscommon, MI 48653. 800-832-2663, [email protected], CrossCountrySki.com
SUN, DEC 8, 2024
Oregon Fall Camp, Dec 8-14
Mt Bachelor/Bend, Oregon
SAT, DEC 14, 2024
CXC Jr. Cup / Midwest Division - Classic Sprint
Cable, WI - American Birkebeiner Trailhead
PSIA Education Clinic
Forbush Corner, 4971 W Co Rd 612, Frederic, MI 49733
XC Ski HQ: Free Beginner Ski Lesson*
Cross Country Ski Headquarters, 9435 N Cut Rd, Roscommon, MI 48653. 800-832-2663, [email protected], CrossCountrySki.com
SUN, DEC 15, 2024
CXC Jr. Cup / Midwest Division - Freestyle Individual Start
Cable, WI - American Birkebeiner Trailhead
Forbush Corner Time Trial
Forbush Corner, 4971 W Co Rd 612, Frederic, MI 49733
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LATEST TRAIL CONDITIONS
TUE, DEC 3
Pigeon Creek: After several days of lake effect it was time to check out the Pigeon. Ottawa County which operates this park doesn’t begin grooming here until mid-December so I was going to provide more horsepower to move my skate skis than normal. Unfortunately a local four wheeler thought it would be fun to drive on the trails and had left his mark on most of the system. That and the sticky uneven snow made for quite a workout. Several other skiers had been out today as evidenced by the diagonal and skate tracks. Let’s keep our fingers crossed this ski season will be better than the past two.
Boyne Mountain: We have 7 k of easy skiing on the lower trails, including the Family Trail. 7k classic, with 8 k skate groomed. There's lots of snow in the woods!
We will be open on the weekends of Dec. 6 and 13, Fri/Sat/Sun. Open daily starting Dec. 20.
Snowshoeing is great. The Adventure Trail is groomed for fat bikes.
At this point, we start having everyone stay on their own trails. Bikes ONLY on the AT. Snowshoes and boots ONLY on the BST. Skis ONLY on the ski trails. And of course, anything non-motorized goes on the Boyne Valley Trailway: bikes, snowshoes, boots, skis and dogs.
Sleeping Bear Dunes: There is a lot of fresh snow in the region, but because most of this fresh snow is lake effect, it is a bit spotty. Low-lying areas like Glen Arbor and Empire received only 2-3". Areas at higher elevation like Palmer Woods, and Kettles Trail have about 10-12" on the ground. The warm temperatures mean the snow is pretty sticky.
At this time, there is not enough snow and the temperatures are too warm for us to groom the Heritage Trail.
We are watching the weather forecast and if we get more snow and colder temps, we'll groom.
Huron Meadows Metropark: The Metroparks have spoken:
"The Ski Center and Bucks Run are not open for the season yet. It is anticipated that they will open sometime in early January, weather dependent.
Skiers are welcome to use any of the other ski trails if there is enough natural snow. The trails will only be groomed if there is significant snowfall.
Please do not use the golf course as a skiing or walking trail. Please ski and walk on designated trails only."
Updates here: https://www.metroparks.com/park-closures/#HuronMeadowsMetropark
Michaywe: Groomed out maple ridge, Nordic, the river trail, herringbone, and the lake loop. All the fluffy snow is finally starting to firm up. With snow forecast for the next couple days, we should be able to start setting classic track. Just a couple of thin areas trail wide otherwise trails are good.
Hanson Hills: Groomer Dan is out this morning combing in 3 inches of new snow on the skate deck of Yellow, brown and Easy return. Later this morning he will be packing Wilderness. Test tracks are set from the trailhead to the woods at the moment.
Lodge and Trails open at 9am.
Cross Country Ski Headquarters: Trails are open again today for classic skiing, and rock skis are recommended. Groomer Mike has rolled all the trails, and has snowcombed the practice area, which is in prime condition for lessons and demos. Come try some new Fischer Heliums or skin skis! We are forecast to get some more snow in the next few days. Cafe opens on Saturday. Have fun out there!
Crystal Mountain: I got so excited yesterday morning when I woke up to 4.5 inches of snow at my house. I only live 5 miles from Crystal. I thought I could pack the trails with the snowmobile but when I got there they only got about an inch. I gave it a try and it was going good until I hit the cart paths and it was too thin to continue. At home this morning I have another new 4 inches. I will see what Crystal got and will determine what to do. Hopefully we can get in the game. I skied after work what I did pack and it was sticking to my old wax less skis. Will let you know what happens.
MON, DEC 2
Vasa Trail: 12+ inches of snow on the trail. It's good old fashioned trail breaking on Evo skiis.
Dunes Golf Club: Snow continues and conditions vary but oh yeah it is here. Forecast calling for an amount of significant snow securing a base for this Nordic wonderland.
Those who know that this is not your typical golf course.
Enjoy the season!
Please avoid the greens as we are the visitors.
4mi east of empire on m-72 the original m-22 bypass
Ski long
Kevinski slowski
Vasa Trail: A group of us put up the wax room at Timber Ridge and then went skiing. We all used our evo's because the snow was so deep. We came to a bench and the snow measured close to 18" . We were told they had rolled the trail earlier but it snowed another 8" on top of the base. Hopefully we will get to see a piston bully groom soon. The snow was so deep we had to break trail. It took us over an hour to ski the 6k loop. It was a winter wonderland
Valley Spur: We received about 2' of snow. We rolled and tracked 20k of trails today.
Interlochen Golf Course: Couldn't resist the sunshine again this morn, so headed back to IGC & met up with Paula Dreeszen for one lap, then one more on my own. The snow is now 3.5" deep, but still pulling up snow in the tracks some, esp in the sunshine, less with cloud cover. It was mild again today, 30F, so hard to beat a quick 4.3 mile ski in 1:20 hrs close to home. Don't forget to stop in at Bradley's for a cup of hot chocolate, lunch or a beverage of your choice for allowing skiers access to their lovely fairways.
Michaywe: Maple ridge and nordic were packed and rolled this morning. The golf course loops, the lake loop, herringbone, and the river trail were groomed this morning as well.
Cross Country Ski Headquarters: We received more snow last night, bringing the total on the trails to about 5 inches. I had a wonderful time skiing the Manitou trail this morning on my Fischer Spider 62's (with plenty of liquid glide wax on the bases to prevent the fresh snow from sticking too much)! While coverage is quite good, rock skis are still recommended, just in case. Groomer Mike will be packing and rolling the trails this morning. We will see how that goes before grooming and setting tracks. The rental desk is open from 10:00am-5:30pm, and the cafe opens Saturday. What fun to be SKIING!
Hanson Hills: 3am- XC trail grooming has begun! We received about 12inches of lake effect snow yesterday which is packing into a 2-3 inch base. Ground is not frozen yet so we have quite a few patches of leaves that peeled up with the groomer. All-trails, green, Sue’s return, blue, easy return and yellow have all been packed. Rock skis recommend, blue is very rough right now between Sue’s return and the shack (avoid). No tracks set at the moment. We will be back out this morning, leveling and packing Xc trails. Please give us time this morning to plow parking lot and allow trails to set up. Lodge and Trails will open at Noon today!!
Forbush Corner: The plan for the week.
1. We will be open today Dec 2, 9 to 5.
2. East side trails will be regroomed.
3. West side trails will be packed.
4. We will be closed Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. We need that time to prepare for snowmaking, make the snow and then distribute and groom the snow. We are taking advantage of the cold temperatures to build a base to ensure we have skiing throughout the season.
5. Re- opening Friday December 6, open Saturday, Sunday, Monday. Then entering our normal winter schedule. Closed Tuesday and Wednesday. Open all other days.
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