season news
Video: Krazy Klassic 10K
1/19/2012 - By Mike Muha
It WAS Krazy! Who holds a classic cross country ski race without set tracks? We do! Dan Yankus (Team NordicSkiRacer) added a second victory this weekend, and Tracy Hardin (Straits Striders) was the women's champion.
Videos: REI Frosty Freestyle Men's and Women's 10K
1/17/2012 - By Mike Muha
Dan Yankus and Cheryl Darnton both pull away from the field to win their respective divisions in the 2012 REI Frosty Freestyle
Cote Dame Marie: Great snow coverage
1/17/2012 - By Justin Andre
Trails are looking Beautiful!! We have great coverage and perfect set tracks!!
Vidoes: Frosty Freestyle Men's and Women's 5K
1/16/2012 - By Mike Muha
Team NordicSkiRacer's Lindsey MacDonald wins the 5k Frosty Freestyle cross country ski race, leading the entire race. Brothers Nikolaas and Vincent Vermeulen finish 1-2 in the men's 5k.
GLD Junior National Qualifier #2 results
1/16/2012 - By Liz Bruning
Local Nordic skiers competed in Junior National Qualifying races at the Boyne Valley Lodge and at Nub’s Nob this weekend.
Yankus and Hardin doublepole to Krazy Klassic wins
1/15/2012 - By Mike Muha
No tracks were set, but that didn't hold any racers back. Many racers did more doublepoling than they'd ever done before, seeing what their upper body was made of.
Darnton and Yankus win big in Frosty Freestyle
1/15/2012 - By Mike Muha
It was a hard race over a relatively flat course, with no place to rest and no place to hide. Conditions ranged from a foot of hard packed snow to icy-snow barely covering the grass. But the competition was spectacular.
Frosty Freestyle updates start times for tomorrow's race
1/13/2012 - By Mike Muha
We'll be racing laps on the kilometer-and-a-half loop. To reduce congestion, we are dividing the race into multiple races starting a different times.
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!
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...
Boyne Highlands skate race results
1/9/2012 - By Mike Muha
One skier called it "a fast and somewhat scary 10k race at Boyne Highlands" but at least there was snow! The race was originally set to be classic, but there was not enough snow to set a track.