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!
Designing Cross-Country venues
9/18/2009 - By FIS
Homologation represents a “system of evaluation” that is designed to guide the development and upgrading of Cross-Country competition courses.
Birkie trail projects moving forward
9/18/2009 - By Birkie
We're replacing the Duffy field bridge, remodling the OO warming cabin, expanding parking, and a few other things...
Canadian Junior Biathletes Rollerski 1080 KM from Canmore to Whistler
9/17/2009 - By Jerry Kokesh, IBU
Biathlon British Columbia Coach iLmar Heinicke wanted to find a way for his young athletes to feel more connected to the upcoming 2010 Olympic Winter Games. So why not a rollerski relay from the Canmore Nordic Center to Whistler Olympic Park?
TV coverage: SRB Rollerski
9/17/2009 - By Hagen Tober
The Canadian Olympic Biathlon team are putting new roller skis to the acid test - 1,000 kilometers through the Rocky Mountains. Arno Barthelmes has come along. The entrepeneur from eastern Germany developed and built the sports equipment.
Italy and Russia dominate 2009 Roller Skiing Worlds
9/17/2009 - By FIS
Italy topped the medals table with nine medals, including four golden ones, while Russia too collected nine medals, three of each.
One Day In The Life Of... Jay Hakkinen
9/17/2009 - By Tanja Ohlson/IBU
Hakkinen, the 1997 Junior World Sprint Champion is preparing for his fourth Olympic Winter Games. He spent a week at the popular Austrian training venue with US Coach Armin Auchentaller after spending a similar week in Antholz. We followed him for a day.
CXC Super Fit Program arrives at six midwestern ski shops
9/16/2009 - By CXC Skiing
CXC and CXC Team Vertical Limit is set to launch the SUPER FIT Program at six Midwestern ski shops for all level skiers to assist with equipment fitting, ski clinics, training and wax seminars.
Striding on the South Island
9/16/2009 - By US Ski Team
Striding on the South Island with Torin Koos and the U.S. Ski Team
Red or Green?
9/16/2009 - By Pete Vordenberg
Coaches Conference is coming. September 25-27 in downtown Minneapolis! A few late drop outs have made space for more.
Nordic Championships Set For Placid
9/16/2009 - By US Ski Team
The U.S. Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Championships hit Lake Placid during the town's annual Flaming Leaves Festival Oct. 10 and it will be only the second time the event is held off snow.
XC Wraps Up Camp in Whistler
9/15/2009 - By US Ski Team
The U.S. Cross Country Ski Team wrapped up camp this week at its 2010 Olympic venue in Whistler and, according to Cross Country Coach Matt Whitcomb, everything is falling right in line with where the Team wants to be.
New Cross-Country indoor facility opened in Finland
9/15/2009 - By Erik Sandström
At the end of August, the first indoor skiing facility opened in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. With 7,000 cubic meters of snow covering 18,500 square meters the facility called Ylläs-Halli offers conditions for a wide range of different winter sports.
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
Stokely Creek: Classic tracks away from the Lodge were total "chefs kiss" perfection! Skating lane looked great but could still be a little stiffer for spring zooming.
Nubs Nob: Top 2-3 skate of the season this AM at Nubs. Firm and fast powertilled cord on all the loops with a deep track set. After 3+ feet of snow last weekend conditions have been world class since Tuesday. Forecast looks great for this upcoming week and World Cup level grooming will continue until they close in two weeks. Hard to imagine better conditions anywhere in North America currently. Thank you to the crew at Nubs for their commitment to Nordic skiing. Thanks to their efforts we have had an amazing uninterrupted season out there since December 1.
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.
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