Outdoor Center News

Clients often ask us about how our camps work with their spouse or children. The Center is a great place for scullers and their families. What better way to enjoy your sport than with the rest of ...

We’ve had a great response to our Jr. Women’s Camps this year. Space remains only in the June 22-27, 2008 session: Performance Sculling for Jr. Women: 13-15 – the other camp is ...

Lots of people know that our pricing is all inclusive:  meals, lodging, coaching, boat rental - complete. What some people don't know is that you can request more gracious accommodations. The ...

Spring's coming to the Center. No, not the daffodils or other flowers yet - boats! This weekend was our Maas shipment:  Flys, Aeros and 24s. Today we expect to see Coach Peter Figgins of UVM ...

Craftsbury Coach and Boston Athletic Association runner, Brett Ely, will be in the hunt for a berth on the 2008 US Olympic team. Women’s Olympic marathon trials will be run on a unique course ...

Craftsbury is happy to present Ed Harrold and his Flexibility For Athletes: The Rower Clinic at our facility this September 12-14, 2008. In response to growing client interest in yoga, the Center is ...

While all the applicants to the process have known the results of our search for interns this summer, we hadn't officially announced this year's crop of interns. Without further ado:Ben RoseGrosse ...

CNSC members Ethan Dressigacker, Mike Gibson, and Hannah Dreissigacker headed west to Mt Itasca in Coleraine, MN for the US Biathlon National Championships. Competing in the Youth Men's division ...

The conditions are too good to close just yet - so we're not. We'll start grooming again next Saturday the 5th and Sunday the 6th. There's some dicey weather in the interim, but we have a pretty ...

We've still got some great skiing at Craftsbury so we're staying open through March 30th!! Come out and enjoy the spring trails.

The season is pretty well wrapped up around New England. This past weekend saw the capping of many junior's seasons as the Junior Olympics finished with the team relay and closer to home, the TD ...

Like kissing your sister - while we didn't tie, it wasn't as satisfying for the home team as one would like. The 4th annual SNOC challenge ended with Stowe beating CNSC Wednesday afternoon, 265 to ...

Got an email from Pepa announcing Tara Geraghty-Moats won the FJ2 5k in Anchorage - another gold for CNSC as well as a second medal for Tara. A late storm added much needed snow, but much dreaded ...

Found these accounts of some Cambridge Sports Union members' experiences of Saturday's racing. Enjoy.

The March issue of Vermont Sports Today contains two articles about the 2008 Craftsbury marathon. Click to read Kate Carter's Commentary, and here to read John Morton's article, "The Lure of the ...

Junior Olympics kicked off on Monday with the classic sprint race and it was a good day for Craftsbury skiers: FJ2 Kristin Halvorsen 1st Tara Geraghty-Moats 3rd MJ1 Ethan Dreissigacker ...

This past weekend's weather (8th-9th) was a doozy. Sadly, the storm's track didn't yield the awesome snow totals that other parts of the country received. Rather we got iced trees and power outages ...

Over 127 racers braved the winter weather rain, slush and ice to participate in the Craftsbury Spring Fling ski races this past Saturday. There was about an hour rain shower during the race but ...

A bit tardy, but worth checking out are Maria Harrigan and friends who joined us for the marathon and really got in the spirit. As astute readers of this website know, this year we added a ...

Wednesday, March 5 CANCELLED due to conditions. In an effort to preserve snow and quality skiing, Craftsbury has elected to let the water drain out of the trails before grooming. See Snow Report ...

With two races remaining, Craftsbury Nordic Ski Club leads the season long Nensa point series. Each year, NENSA runs a club competition at selected New England races. At this point, CNSC holds a ...

We often get questions about cold weather and exercise. Our answer has always been to dress right and keep going through winter. Below is a link to a January 17, 2008, New York Times article about a ...

It's nearly March and the end of the season brings several new challenges for the skiers in the Craftsbury Nordic Ski Club. Dartmouth Freshman and CNSC athlete Ida Sargent is currently at Jr. World ...

We didn't get as much as was forecast, but we still have a solid 10-12" out of the past day and a half's storm. It went about as forecast: heavier snow (moisture content) changing to progressively ...

Yup, it's just about time for the rite of spring: Craftsbury's Spring Fling 15 and 30k skate race AND Craftsbury appreciation day - Both on March 8. The Spring Fling is a mass start 15 or 30k ...

We keep getting more and more deliveries of gear. This past Monday, it was Jeff McIntyre of Hudson delivering us some new goodies. We got a school of new Predators: LW, MW, HW singles; LW, MW, HW ...

Getting hitched? Big family get together? Staff retreat or maybe a conference? We still have space this summer and fall for your wedding, event, training camp or conference. Craftsbury is a prime ...

As some of you may have heard, we've made some changes to our Demo program. We're in the process of purchasing a selection of boats from Hudson, Fluidesign, Sykes, Fillippi, Kaschper, Vespoli, as ...

You have read a bit about the biathlon connections here at the Center with Ethan's experience at Junior Worlds, but Vermont Sports has done a feature on biathlon. Read more about Ethan, Alex Schulz ...

Despite fears of skating rink conditions for the 28th annual TD BankNorth Craftsbury marathon, Saturday, Feb. 2nd saw another great turnout by racers and touring class skiers. Craftsbury and ...

About a week ago, Pepa was profiled in the Hardwick Gazette. They wrote about what we all know: that she's a great coach with fast skiers.

In the continuing theme of summer athletes visiting the Center during the winter (did you see us in the pic of the day on row2k at the beginning of the week?) the Center was fortunate to host a ...

Tim Shuff of the Toronto Globe and Mail visited us this past December. He wrote an article on skiing in Northern VT, with us as the representative on the Nordic side.

Forecasted 4-6" today into tomorrow, possibly a foot or more over the weekend.While I don't want to jinx the storm, it's hard not to be excited. We've dodged a bullet and now it's snowing. ...

Preliminary results for the 2008 TD Banknorth Craftsbury Marathon have been posted.

If you participated in the 2008 TD Banknorth Craftsbury Marathon race or tour please take the time to provide your feedback and help us continue to improve the event.

So far the Craftsbury Marathon has dodged a big weather bullet. We ended up with several inches of sleet, a bit of rain that has congealed it, and now snow on top. It's stll snowing but there's ...

The Marathon start has been delayed 2 hours. Registration will open at 8:30 a.m. and buses will start departing at 8:40 a.m. The last bus for the race will leave at 10:00 a.m. and the last bus for ...

CNSC skier, Ethan Dreissigacker, of Morrisville is currently skiing at Ruhpolding Germany at the Jr. World Biathlon Championships. Ethan's best result to this point is a 20th in yesterday's 12.5K ...

We came across a blog of one family’s visit to the Center a winter or two ago. While some thing it references has changed (e.g. the skate room is now in the new wax hut), it does offer a spin free ...

TD Banknorth Craftsbury Marathon Registration Closes January 26 The Craftsbury Marathon Will Be Better Than Ever This Year. Why haven't you signed up yet? Registration closes Saturday ...

We're still accepting applications for 2008 internships. The Craftsbury Sculling Center student internship program is an opportunity for high school and college students with an interest in sculling ...

Still wondering what the marathon is about? Check out the Marathon Slide Show tour. John Brodhead and his wife Gina Campoli skied the 25k portion of the course the other day snapping photos along ...

Five hundred of the nation's top cross-country ski athletes converged on Houghton, Michigan for the National Cross-Country Ski Championships during the first week of January. The Craftsbury Nordic ...

Come explore the other side of Craftsbury this January 11-13th. Come for three days; learn how to ski and how it will benefit your sculling next summer. Video, drills, training talks, and a low ...

It's not too late to register for the 2008 TD BankNorth Craftsbury Marathon. Prices for the race or touring entries go up $10 on Tuesday, Jan. 1 2008. So register today. Still on the fence? Check ...

Congratulations to Karis Tsolomitis who visited our booth at the weather shortened Head of the Lake in Seattle this fall and won our free week of camp. It worked out to be a nice Christmas gift. ...

Wondering what this year's t-shirt will look like? Check it out:

This morning is a great example of why we invest in state of the art grooming machines like the PB100. Last night, we had rain and wind. This morning, we fired up the PistenBully and have tilled it ...

An oft forgotten perk of staying at Craftsbury: free skiing at Highland Lodge! Highland Lodge complements our 85k of trails with a beautiful setting for classic skiing in a homey environment, and ...

That's been the pattern here. You can see how much snow we have in the pictures, shot about 10 days ago. In the intervening time, we've had an additional 3 FEET OF SNOW, including 19" this past ...

Fourteen inches of new powder snow Sunday night, Monday, and Tuesday on top of a solid base. The newly renovated Touring Center has been open full-time since December 1 and the skiing has never ...

The place for nordic skiing in VT right now is Craftsbury. We've decided to keep trails open during the week! So, from here on, the trails will be open 9-4. Trail counts should go up if the weather ...

The Touring Center will be open Saturday and Sunday, December 1 and 2, from 9-5. 5.5k will be groomed and available, trail passes will be available at the reduced rate of $10. Review our Snow ...

You've asked for it, and now we have it: Pepa's stretching routine from her flexibility lecture is now available for download. This illustrated routine is designed to cover all the necessary muscle ...

Another day, more snow: that's the pattern we've enjoyed for the past week or so. Since our previous post, we've picked up another 4-6" and have been packing our base down wherever possible. Some ...

Skiers have extra reasons to feel grateful, as we're being blessed with snow. We hope to start packing our base tomorrow. If we get the high end of what has been forecast we may OPEN, so keep ...

The lowest entry fees available during the month of November! The event that the Vermont Chamber of Commerce has named one of the ten best events in Vermont numerous times is open ...

The past weekends have seen the Craftsbury road show head to Philadelphia for the Head of the Schuylkill and Chattanooga, TN for the Head of the Hooch. Unfortunately, the Schuylkill was ...

The Touring Center has evolved again. Long time Craftsbury skiers have already seen several iterations of the TC, but this is the most comprehensive one to date. The building has been thoroughly ...

Ready for winter? Not if you don't have your Craftsbury pass yet! And you still have until the end of the month to take advantage of the great deals for individuals and families available before ...

Come explore the other side of Craftsbury this January 11-13th. Come for three days, learn how to ski and how it will benefit your sculling next summer. The same formula you know from our sculling ...

It was great to see so many familiar faces this past weekend in Cambridge. We had lots of fun and saw some great racing under near perfect conditions - records were falling like the leaves. You can ...

Love Rowing? Want a summer job where you can row? Do we have the job for you! The Craftsbury Sculling Center student internship program is an opportunity for high school and college students with an ...

You have a bit longer to enjoy more of Craftsbury this fall as we're happy to announce our 2007 Fall Foliage special. For a limited time we're offering Bed and Breakfast lodging rates starting from ...

As has become habit, Craftsbury has again provided participating USRA clubs with the opportunity to win a free week of camp to raffle off. This year's winning clubs are: Lions Rowing Club of Marina ...

Amanda Cizek visited us last August and found rowing and re-organized her life around the same. She's featured in last week's "What's your workout?", a section in the Wall Street Journal. Check it ...

We've gotten some additions to our demo fleet. Hudson sent us two boats: mid and heavy versions of their new Great White 1x hull, in the sport and elite constructions respectively. The new ...

Craftsbury campers Taylor Fries and Greg Magarian have been named to the US Jr. National Team. Taylor in the women's 2x and Greg in the quad. Congratulations, and best of luck in Beijing! Have a ...

The TD Banknorth Craftsbury Marathon is a point-to-point, classical technique, cross-country ski tour and race starting at Highland Lodge in Greensboro and finishing on Craftsbury Common. There are ...

The weekends of August 24-26, and Columbus Day weekend (October 5-8), 2007, are still available for your wedding, family reunion, or event. Contact Lenore at 802-586-7767 or groups@craftsbury.com ...

New to this year's coaching staff is Brett Ely from Cambridge, Massachusetts. Brett has extensive credentials in nutrition and running mechanics along with an impressive running resume. After ...

Craftsbury Coach Jess Cover passed along an article she appeared in from the Burlington (VT) Free Press regarding nutrition for athletes. Hope your tank is topped off and ready for the upcoming ...

It's always exciting to be able to offer gear from around the rowing world. This summer, we're lucky to have Sykes participating in our demo program again. If you haven't met Tom Gallagher before ...

Want to see how your fellow campers did during the Head of the Hosmer? Each week we'll post a picture of the campers as well as the times in the Head of the Hosmer. You can access that by clicking ...

After last summer's program, the Craftsbury Sculling Center is happy to announce another summer of the Hosmer Youth Rowing Club. This summer's dates and rates: Part 1: HYRC intensive - for first ...

"What?!" you exclaim, "But I haven't even been to Craftsbury yet THIS summer." True, it is early, but given the way summers have an insidious way of filling far too rapidly, now you can get your ...

National Learn to Row Day ’07 (NLTRD07) at the Center will be this coming Saturday, June 9. We’ll offer two sessions: 9:30-11:00 1:30-3:00 All ages welcome, though 12 and under must wear ...

Craftsbury joined an estimated 5000+ high school rowers from the US and Canada over the weekend in Philadelphia for the 81st Stotesbury Cup. Some fine racing all weekend, with any number of ...