Cross Country Ski Racing News

Vasa 2005: The Volunteers Made It Happen!

2/14/2005 - By Doug Cornell

A call went out to volunteers to assist with shoveling snow on bare portions of the trail. It was difficult to tell where the snow was added, as the entire trail had excellent coverage for the 25K loop., ,

Vasa Age-Group Results

2/13/2005 6:53:00 PM

Here are the age group results and photos from today's VASA. One skier's time was incorrectly recorded in the 25 classic, all other times are official.,

Vasa Update: All Go Except No 50K Classic

2/10/2005 7:50:00 PM - By Jim Dombrowski

The 50km is cancelled, the 12K shortened to 9K, but everything else is on schedule...,

Great Bear Chase Fee Goes Up Feb 11...

2/10/2005 11:07:00 AM - By Dave Mayo-Kiely

Registration fees go up February 11 so don’t hesitate to sign up for this year’s Great Bear Chase. The snow is still well over two feet deep in the woods!,

Vasa Classic & Gran Travers at Risk

2/10/2005 10:25:00 AM - By Jim Dombrowski

Conditions don't look good for classic skiing...,

Vasa Update & Trail Report

2/9/2005 8:46:00 PM - By Jim Dombrowski

The recent warm weather and rain have forced us to make some changes but we will hold the races. The Start/Finish will be moved to Timber Ridge Campground (formerly Jellystone) at the west end of Hammond Rd., ,

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Aspen Park Classic Time Trial Results for Feb 8

2/9/2005 9:24:00 AM - By Jeff Hervela

We did a 9.4 k time trail – temps were in the low 20’s, we all had good kick and glide. ,

The VASA is a GO!

2/8/2005 5:01:00 PM - By Vasa

There will be a race on Saturday. Details will be forthcoming. We will be shoveling snow onto the trail where needed and will be grooming the trail over then next few days to get it ready. ,

Gaylord Race Still On for Tonight

2/8/2005 10:44:00 AM - By Jeff Hervela

We are still planning on having our race series tonight. We received a dusting of snow and the track should be ok for classic. ,

Racing Returns to Stokely Creek

2/7/2005 7:53:00 PM - By Kathy Conway

10 good reasons to drive up for the weekend of the Stokley Creek 15-kilometer Nordic Time Trial...,

Dieter Hohnke Completes "Koenig-Ludwig-Lauf"

2/7/2005 7:39:00 PM - By Carol Hohnke

Dieter Hohnke reported that he completed the 55K (34 Mi.) "Koenig-Ludwig-Lauf" World Loppet yesterday, Feb. 6, in Oberammergau, Germany, in 5 hrs 21 minutes. That was good for 1,062 place out of 1,152 "classic" men participants.,