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White Pine Stampede Chief of Course passes away

I am sad to report that a fixture of the White Pine Stampede has passed away. Bill Fleet, Chief of Course for the White Pine, died of cancer on December 30, 2015. His obituray from Mortensen Funeral Home is below. We will miss Bill...

By Mike Muha
Dec 31, 2014

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Video: Superiorland starts annual ski camp

Fox UP Channel 6 ran a nice video of the start of Superiorland Cross Country Ski Club's annual ski camp.

By Mike Muha
Dec 30, 2014

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Forbush Corner pushing on without founder, help from weather

9&10's Eric Lloyd and photojournalist Jeff Blevins sat down with one of the new trustees (Anne Wagar) and have more details about the changes and challenges at Forbush Corner.

By Eric Lloyd, TV 9 and 10
Dec 27, 2014

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Where is Elsa when you need her?

Bah Humbug! It was coal in the stockings of lower peninsula Michigan skiers, with little or no snow to take advantage of over the holiday season. And the days after Christmas are not encouraging: mostly rain, warm weather, and maybe a little lake effect i

By Mike Muha
Dec 27, 2014

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Tricky conditions in Davos freestyle sprint

Kikkan Randall finished 9th in the Davos sprint, even after losing it on some ice. Sophie Caldwell slipped climbing the sprint course uphill, landing briefly on her knees, finishing 11th.

By USSA
Dec 21, 2014

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Liz Stephen skis to 12th in Davos 10K freestyle

Liz Stephen (East Montpelier, VT) skied a strong 10k effort to finish a minute back from dominant Norwegian Marit Bjoergen in Saturday’s freestyle event in Davos – a big confidence booster.

By USSA
Dec 20, 2014

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Field reports from the Rossland, Canada SuperTour Races

Conditions starting out on Thursday and Friday were warm with lots of rain falling and temperatures above freezing. Temperatures were projected to fall a bit overnight but never dropped super low due to cloud cover...

By Patrick O'Brien
Dec 18, 2014

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US women 21, 22, and 23 at Davos 10k classic

The U.S. women demonstrated their collective potential finishing together with Liz Stephen (E. Montpelier, VT) in 20th, Jessie Diggins (Afton, MN) in 21st and Sadie Bjornsen (Winthrop, WA) in 22nd, just six seconds apart from each other and forty seconds.

By USSA
Dec 14, 2014

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Waxing for artificial snow

With warmer weather forecasted this week, the man-made snow at Huron Meadows Metropark and the Cross Country Ski Headquarters may be the only snow around. It seemed appropriate to post something about waxing for artificial snow.

By Dan Meyer
Dec 14, 2014

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Four US skiers qualify for sprint

Ida Sargent, Sophie Caldwell, Kikkan Randall and Andy Newell all qualified for the freestyle sprint in Davos, Switzerland.

By USSA
Dec 14, 2014

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Shake it off

Friday's sprint qualifier felt like your typical first race: Too short, too fast and all over the place. At least, I thought, it was only going to get better from there...

By Anja Gruber
Dec 11, 2014

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Sadie Bjornsen 18th overall in Lillehammer mini-tour

Sadie Bjornsen skied strong to finish 18th overall in Sunday’s 10k pursuit race, the last of the Lillehammer World Cup mini tour, and 18th overall for the tour.

By USSA
Dec 8, 2014

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