Recent trail improvements and suberb snow conditions attracted over 40 skiers to the Honey Bear Classic Ski Race in Big Bay on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009.
UPDATED: The Michigan Cup Team Standings remain very close, with three teams having a chance to win the Michigan Cup this year.
Kris is bored. As far as I can tell he’s been spending a fair amount of time on the phone.
The 36th edition of the North American Birkebeiner was a Classic in many ways. After several years of marginal weather conditions the last two Birkie’s have been cold powder versions, easy to wax for and easy to prepare the course.
Here's a quite run down on the ruls for the World Cup...
The last period of the World Cup will be really exciting: the overall World Cup victory is still open.
Sweden is hosting this year's Cross-Country World Cup Final with the Svensk Skidspelen in Stockholm and Falun.
For the first time since February 2004 the Cross-Country World Cup is making a stopover in Trondheim (NOR) from 12th to 14th March.
It looks like a really tight race this year between defending champs XC Ski Headquarters, Hanson Hills/XC Ski Shop & Traverse City Junior Team.
This winter I had the opportunity to see what it is all about....I skied in my first World Cup.
Altogether, 20 medal events were on schedule in Liberec. Of those, Cross-Country had twelve events in Vesec, plus - for the first time - the qualification race for the individual start competition for competitors low points.
Here are more photos from the 2009 Muffin Race at the Cross Country Ski Headquarters.