Former Michigan Cup racer and current member of the Bridger Ski Foundation Pro Team Reid Goble has had a great couple weeks. First, he won the Minneapolis SuperTour race. Then he won a gold medal serving as a guide in the Paralympics. Finally, he's been chosen to race in the Men's 10km interval start classic race (3/20) at the FIS World Cup Finals in Lake Placid NY. Way to go Reid!
US adds two more to Olympic XC team
1/27/2010 - By US Ski Team
A week after naming the 2010 Olympic Cross Country Ski Team, two additional athletes have been added to the roster with expanded quotas received Tuesday by theUSSA. Named to the Olympic Team were Holly Brooks and Garrot Kuzzy.
Swix introduces Swix Triac® 1.0 ski pole
1/27/2010 - By Swix
Triangular shaft, interchangeable baskets that screw on to the shaft with a nut, better strap. Has Swix built a better pole? See the video.
Raffle to support VASA Trail Maintenance
1/27/2010 - By Judy Vajda
Have a chance to take home up to $3,750 and help maintain the VASA Trail. There has been considerable damage done to the VASA trail this year by 4-Runners and trucks so this raffle is more important than ever.
NMU and Alaska top weekend's SuperTour collegiate standings
1/26/2010 - By Dylan Dethier
Day 2 of the Central Super Tour races at Theodore Wirth Park brought a host of strong competition, but the CCSA represented itself well throughout the leaderboards on both the men’s and women’s sides.
Since Nationals...
1/26/2010 - By Pete Vordenberg
Reports from Kikkan, Morgan Arritola and Liz Stephen... photos from Utah, Alaska, a word on Olympics...
CCSA school review
1/26/2010 - By Dylan Dethier
A capsule preview of each Central Collegiate Ski Association conference school.
Sing it! 2010Junior World Championships
1/26/2010 - By FIS
The official song for the FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships 2010 in Hinterzarten, Germany. Something new, something old...
100 skiers for Crystal Paintball Biathlon
1/25/2010 - By Pete Edwards
On Saturday, Jan. 16th Crystal Mountain's Nordic Center hosted their first ever Cross Country Ski and Paintball Biathlon. Over 100 skiers participated - a pretty impressive first year turn out.
Michigan Tech and Alaska top collegiate skiers
1/25/2010 - By Dylan Dethier
Michigan Tech’s Oskar Lund and Alaska-Fairbanks’ Aurelia Korthauer were the individual winners in Saturday’s Michigan Tech’s Oskar Lund and Alaska-Fairbanks’ Aurelia Korthauer were the individual winners in Saturday’s Central Super Tour freestyle race.
Central Collegiate Ski Association preview
1/25/2010 - By Dylan Dethier
The 2008-9 year was largely successful within the Central Region, with contested races and relative parity throughout the league. It was at the NCAA races that the conference’s year took a turn for the worse.
Germans and Russians win last team sprint before Olympics
1/25/2010 - By FIS
Team Germany with Stefanie Böhler and Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle and the Russians with Nikolay Morilov and Alexei Petukhov won the last team sprint before the Olympics under cold conditions in Rybinsk, Russia.
Johnson and Burke Finish Strong at IBU World Cup Sprint
1/24/2010 - By Linda Jager
Finishing in the top 60, Haley Johnson (Lake Placid, NY) and Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, NY) are the only U.S. athletes who qualified for Sunday's Pursuit competition
UPCOMING
FRI, MAR 27, 2026
2026 US Ski & Snowboard SuperTour Finals - 1.5km classic sprint
Craftsbury Outdoor Center, 535 Lost Nation Road, Craftsbury Common, VT
SAT, MAR 28, 2026
2026 US Ski & Snowboard SuperTour Finals - 4 x 5km mixed gender club relay
Craftsbury Outdoor Center, 535 Lost Nation Road, Craftsbury Common, VT
Team NSR End-of-Season and Groomer Appreciation Party!
Huron Meadows Metropark Ski Center, 8765 Hammel Rd, Brighton, MI 48116
SUN, MAR 29, 2026
2026 US Ski & Snowboard SuperTour Finals - 40km freestyle mass start
Craftsbury Outdoor Center, 535 Lost Nation Road, Craftsbury Common, VT
TUE, MAR 31, 2026
Citizen’s Night Ski Race Series
Main MTU Trailhead, Michigan Tech Trails, Houghton, Michigan
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LATEST TRAIL CONDITIONS
SUN, MAR 22
Forbush Corner: The weird concrete snow that we received from the last storm turned into sugar mush yesterday once it was groomed. It rained this morning and is close to freezing. It's to warm to groom with the Pisten Bully at this time. We are going to try to use the Tiddtech to smooth out the skate lanes on the loop. If the base is too soft for the snowmobile we will not continue grooming. Classic tracks are icy at this. Colder temps tonight will allow us to groom on Monday. Base is in great shape with 100% coverage.
SAT, MAR 21
Forbush Corner: We did a full system groom for skate and classic today. Temperatures never did go very much below freezing overnight, and as temperatures and skier traffic rose through the day the wet corn snow on the skate deck was churned into mush, and skiers were getting a workout and leaving ruts that will take some deeper tilling to remove. The classic tracks were the best. Skins and zeros were hooking up and glide was pretty decent. Temperatures are not going below freezing until Monday, so no grooming tomorrow. If you come out bring your classic skis. We have set tracks on the whole system. Skating will not be ideal and we need to limit the ruts. If you have to skate, we ask that you stay on the man-made snow loop. We can till deeper there to remove them than the other trails. But we are still shortening the life of those trails.
Stokely Creek: Yesterday's groom was about the same today. Never warmed enough yesterday to transform the surface, plus a half cm of fresh snow overnight. A bit soft and slow for my liking to be honest. Inside scoop: the Bombardier will groom todays new snow on the inner core trails tomorrow morning. Only a partial system, but it should be ultra primo!! Go around twice.
FRI, MAR 20
Stokely Creek: Pretty close to perfect tracks, but skate lane was a bit soft in spots since so much fresh snow. Saw a Long Tailed Weasel on Sayer Creek, in the track! He couldn't resist the perfect grooming.
Cross Country Ski Headquarters: We attempted to clear the Rolling Hills trail yesterday, but the falling ice from the trees made it too precarious. We will not be grooming the practice field today or tomorrow due to warmth, but we will try to groom it Sunday morning. Trappers Cabin and Blizzard are still covered in sticks and pine needles, but 'skiable'. Everything else is closed. This will be the case for Saturday as well, and we will reassess Sunday morning.
Forbush Corner: We plan on being open today but the overnight rain and temps above freezing do not bode well for any new grooming. Temperatures go below freezing tonight so we plan on a full system groom for Saturday.
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