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|  March 2010  |

Craftsbury National Champions

The Junior Olympics got underway yesterday in Presque Isle, Maine with classic sprints. It was a HUGE day for the New England team in general, and Craftsbury faired pretty well in particular. New ...

Spring Tour Complete Details

The Craftsbury Outdoor Center and its Green Racing Project are excited to announce a new event, the Craftsbury Spring Tour, scheduled for March 19th through 21st. Racers from UNH, Dartmouth ...

Evening with Bernd Heinrich

On Saturday, March 13th, join us for an evening with Bernd Heinrich. Heinrich is an emeritus biology professor at the University of Vermont, where he studies animals' physiological and behavioral ...

Gatineau Race Report

By Craftsbury BKLer Marika Massey-Bierman. The "beaver tails" sound especially scrumptious.Race report

TD Bank Tour News Update

Course:As had been mentioned previously, the Tour is still approximately 25 km, but will be a point to point event from Highland Lodge to the Craftsbury Outdoor Center. Maps can be viewed here. ...

2010-2011 GRP Application Process Open

The Craftsbury Green Racing Project is now accepting applications for the 2010-2011 training year. Space will be limited as all current team members are planning to continue with the program. We ...

VT HS Champs Day 1 Results

We were happy to provide a venue for Day 1 of the Vermont High School Nordic Championships. We covered the freestyle portion of the event with individual and relay races for boys and girls. The ...

GRP article in Vermont Sports

The monthly column from Tim Reynolds of the GRP has been posted online. This month? Snow shoveling prior to the marathon.Complete Vermont Sports article text

New Race - the Craftsbury Spring Tour

The eagle-eyed have no doubt noticed the addition of a section on the website covering the newest event at the Center, the Craftsbury Spring Tour. Organized by the Craftsbury Green Racing Project ...

Feb 27th Weekend Racing wrap

The BKL were off on their own adventures, but closer to home several members contested the Great North Woods 30k at the Balsams in Dixville Notch, NH on Saturday, with more racing the Stowe Derby on ...

SBTC Athlete to Race Boat Race

Trinity College (CT) alum and Craftsbury Small Boat Training Center rower Code Sternal will be competing in the Cambridge boat in the 2010 Boat Race. The 2010 race is the 156th in the series between ...

BKL Fest 2010

The theme for this year's Bill Koch Festival was "Ski the Wave", but few realized the roller coaster that organizers and participants would ride last week. Originally intended to be held at Pineland ...

|  February 2010  |

VT HS Championships Information

The Center will be the location for the People's Academy hosted skate portion of the Vermont State High School Nordic Championships, with boys and girls individual races in the morning at 10:30 and ...

Sculling Interns 2010

We're happy to congratulate the following interns for their acceptance to our sculling internship program in 2010 season:Caleb Corliss, Wesleyan, Nashville, TNGreer Dent, Wesleyan, Chevy Chase ...

Last days to register online for Tour!

Online registration for the 2010 TD Bank Craftsbury Tour will be closing on Sunday evening the 28th. Day of race registration will still be available, but will cost $20 more. We've gotten a great ...

March Lodging Deals

We've just received a solid hit of snow, with more storms lined up for the coming days. After some discussion of how to celebrate, it occured to us, "Why not share the wealth?"Join us to celebrate ...

Sargents in the News

Boston.com ran a nice feature on Eben, Elsa and Ida Sargent, as well as mentioning their parents who are also Craftsbury members. You can read more about this NEK ski family and their Dartmouth ...

Hannah named to U26 biathlon squad!

Green Racing Project member Hannah Dreissigacker has been named to the US Team for biathlon's inaugural Under-16 World Championships in Oteppa, Estonia. Hannah was a discretionary pick based on ...

Feb. 20th Weekend Race Wrap

This weekend featured racing in New Hampshire and Wisconsin, as well as the Williams College Carnival at Prospect Mountain in southern Vermont.Junior racers competed in the Eastern Cup Finals ...

2010 US Nationals Ski-O results

Drowned out in recent hubbub has been the Ski Orienteering Championships, that took place a weekend or so ago (February 12-15). The Center hosted the Long Distance Championships for the US on Sunday ...

Craftsbury Vermont Life mention

The Center appears in the current issue of Vermont Life with a feature on sculling. Some nice photos from warmer times at Craftsbury accompany the brief article. You can see the text here, but get ...

Craftsbury Junior Olympic qualifiers

Six Craftsbury junior racers will be representing the New England team at the Junior Olympics, this year being held in Preque Isle, Maine, March 8-14. The selection was based on the season-long ...

Feb. 13 weekend racing roundup

This weekend, many of the skiers took a break, but college athletes competed in the Dartmouth Carnival at the Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, and the GRP's Hannah Dreissigacker competed in biathlon ...

Marathon Bike Tour winner story

We've heard a lot of great stories from the Marathon, but Lauren Hefferon of Ciclismo Classico passed this gem along from the winner of the Italian bike trip raffle post-marathon. It's from early ...

2010 Craftsbury Tour Postponement News

We will be running the postponed Tour on Sunday, March 7. Tourers who did not compete in the 25k race on the 30th are already registered. For all other interested skiers, we have reopened online ...

CTA Backcountry Tour on the 25th

While we are better known for our groomed skiing, the Catamount Trail actually passes through the Center. Join us in a tour next Thursday from the Center to Lowell and  experience this lesser ...

4th Annual Trinitassaloppet

Toward the end of January, we were honored to be visited by a group from Trinity College in Hartford, CT. This was their fourth winter visit. Similarly to Boston College, the group's featured ski ...

Center in Men's Health

The Center was mentioned in Men's Health in an article by Ripton author, our friend Bill McKibben. You can read it here. There's been a relative exposion in nordic news recently with New York Times' ...

Connector Trails

Regulars will have noticed the beguiling, narrow side trails we seem to have sprouted recently. These temporary trails are intended for the Ski-O championships and we respectfully ask skiers to not ...

Ski and Play Program - UPDATE

11 Feb. 2010 UPDATE:  Parents no longer need to make independent babysitting arrangements for younger children (2-3 year olds). Fees will be the same for the younger kids as the older and sign ...

Marathon Wrapup

We've gotten the remainder of the pictures up as well as the splits for the 25k, 50k, and High School results. It's worth noting that we don't have the same degree of confidence in all the splits ...

Great Backyard Bird Count

The Audubon Society and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology are sponsoring the 2010 Great Backyard Bird Count, a nation-wide census of bird populations. Anyone can participate, in their own backyard or ...

Feb. 6-7 Racing

This weekend, most of the Craftsbury ski contingent raced in Stowe, where the Eastern Cup and EISA Carnival circuits joined forces. The event was huge, with more than 450 competitors.Day ...

Marathon Feedback Form

We want your help in improving the marathon for 2011. Leave your feedback here. 

Craftsbury International

As was mentioned last week amidst all the marathon hullabaloo, we had some athletes competing internationally. Ida Sargent of the GRP was at U23 Worlds in Germany and Ethan Dreissigacker was ...

Recent BKL results

Bolton PursuitA small core of the CNSC team raced two weekends ago at the NWVT's pursuit race at Bolton. A true pursuit on a fun 1k lap course that was 50/50 descent and uphill. Some great exchanges ...

|  January 2010  |

Onion River Dash for Cash

On a frigid evening, with the light of a full moon augmenting the candlepower of the portable stadium lighting, the Craftsbury Outdoor Center hosted the Onion River Sports Dash For Cash. It was a ...

2010 Marathon results

Men 50k:  1. Juergen Uhl, Craftsbury Nordic Ski Club, 2:30:28.72. Tim Reynolds, Craftsbury Green Racing Project, 2:30:33.63. Justin Freeman, 2:31:06.6Women 50k:1. Susan Dunklee, US Biathlon ...

National Masters 10k Report

On Thursday, January 28th, the first race of U.S. Masters National Championships was held at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center in Craftsbury Common, Vermont. The 10 kilometer skate race will be followed ...

AM 28 Jan. 10 Update

Thanks to the efforts of the horde of shovelers who volunteered the past several days, all systems are go for a 10.5k course this afternoon as shown in the course map.Getting questions about waxing ...

27 Jan. Race Updates

Conditions update:We got 2-3" of fluff over night. It certainly helps, but doesn't change conditions appreciably. The majority of the trails are still fast, granular, transformed snow. Race ...

Marathon in Globe

The Boston Globe had a piece on the marathon in last Thursday's edition. You can read it at their online site here.Boston Globe Marathon feature

No Catamounts on Saturday

Just a reminder:  no Catamounts ski group this coming Saturday the 30th. The program will resume its regular schedule on Monday the 1st of February.

Ida 4TH at Worlds!

Ida Sargent scored a 4th in the freestyle sprint at the U-23 World Championships today in Hinterzarten, Germany!It was another stellar finish in a recent string of fine results from the GRP athlete. ...

Big Weekend for GRP

The Green Racing Project was all over the New England Skiing Map this weekend.  Briggs, Burruss, and Reynolds led the weekend off with a strong showing at the Saint Mike's Carnival at Sleepy ...

Boston College Ski Cross-Training

Last week we were happy to have the Boston College Crew joining us for some cross-training. They visited from the 11th to the 15th and in addition to taking advantage of our facilities, they also ...

BKL Morrisville results

This past Saturday the 16th, the Craftsbury BKL crew and coach Anna Schulz headed down to Morrisville for freestyle racing. Warm weather, fast conditions and a good turnout by CNSC athletes made for ...

New GRP Training Tips

The Green Racing Project skiers have been writing some training tips for the Fasterskier.com Training Blog. We've added links to the GRP connected posts to our site here and you'll be able to access ...

Course marking

Those of you hoping to recon the courses for the National Masters' 10k FS or Marathon will be glad to hear that we're in the midst of marking the courses today and tomorrow. The 10k FS will be ...

ORS Dash race addition!

We've changed the format of the Onion River Sports Dash for Cash for masters' athletes who don't make the top eight men and women. The racing will now go:1) Qualification2) Top eight men and women ...

Craftsbury EISA St. Lawrence results

The Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association carnival season started this weekend with races hosted by Saint Lawrence University. Craftsbury skier Ida Sargent, a junior at Dartmouth, took the win in ...

Eastern Cup #2 results

Members of the Green Racing Project and the junior racing program competed at this weekend's Eastern Cup races in Rumford, Maine. The competitions took place at Black Mountain, host of U.S. ...

Course Maps Online

The maps for the Craftsbury Marathon and National Masters 10k are up. Find them here. Remember, day of race registration will be available for all the events, but online registration is only ...

Masters' Clinic Jan. 20

Pepa just announced a Masters' clinic on Wednesday, January 20. Classic technique, 2pm. Clinic costs $30 as a single session, or $100 covers the whole series. The form is here. Please verify your ...

Video of Classic Sprints

Check out the video of the Classic sprints last week at Nationals. 

Ida Third at Nationals

It's been a good week at the USSA Cross-country Nationals in Anchorage, Alaska for the three members of the Green Racing Project competing there. But yesterday was a special highlight, as GRP member ...

History of Craftsbury

There's a history of the Center in the January 2010 issue of Vermont Sports. You can read it in the online version of the magazine. The issue also contains another column by GRP athlete Tim ...

Craftsbury Classic Results - UPDATED

Update:  results are now on our website.Are posted on NENSA. We are aware that some of the age groupings are wrong or missing and are working with NENSA to remedy this. We have all the data ...

Alpina Ski-O #2 results

Brief note from Adrian about yesterday's Ski-O. A rather intimate affair, the event was won by local, John Brodhead.30:33   John Brodhead37:00   John Madigan41:30   Allison ...

Flickr photostream

We've started a Craftsbury Outdoor Center Flickr Photostream. In the stream, one can find a growing collection of photos from the Center:  shots of events and goings on as well as shots that ...

|  December 2009  |

Masters' Clinic on Monday

December 28, 2009, 2pm. Classic and skate technique instruction, video review with Pepa. Read more on our event calendar. 

2010 Early Season Tuneup Weekend

A weekend of instruction, fun and informative events, with a race for everyone! Whether you are planning to do the marathon this year or just would like to have more fun on the snow and improve your ...

Solstice '09 Weekend Race Results

It may be early in the race calendar, but the action is in full swing across the continent.NorAm SprintsMoving west to east, we start with the GRP's Ida Sargent who was racing in the NorAm Sprints ...

Onion River Sports to Sponsor Dash for Cash

The Craftsbury Outdoor Center is pleased to announce that Onion River Sports of Montpelier will be sponsoring the $1000 Dash for Cash on January 29, 2010, with racing starting a 6pm. Thanks to Onion ...

New Groomer!

Christmas came early this year for Eric, Keith, DJ and the rest of the grooming team - Wednesday saw the delivery of a new PistenBully groomer! (and yes, the name really is one word).A 2009 ...

Craftsbury Opener Results

The weather may have postponed the event for a week, but this past Saturday, no one let that dampen their spirits for the Craftsbury Opener. The Opener is an interval start freestyle race with ...

Opener postponed

The Craftsbury Opener has been postponed to Saturday, December 12. Same times, distances, etc. but a week later. Register at NENSA. Hopefully our patience will be rewarded!

GRP WY wrapup

The Great White Circus, North American Edition, has moved on to Bozeman, MT this week for training and the next Supertour event. Before we head north though, let's wrap up the exploits of the GRP at ...

350.org Vigil/Potluck Dec.11

The GRP has organized a vigil on the Common from 5-6 pm in support of 350.org's Weekend of Action (drawing attention to climate change in general and specifically the Copenhagen talks that will be ...

|  November 2009  |

GRP Opens Season

West Yellowstone's qualifier only Supertour classic sprint went off yesterday and the GRP (along with several CNSC junior skiers) opened the 2009-10 racing season.For the women, Ida led with a 6th ...

Catamount Ski Program '09-'10

The Catamount ski program fosters enthusiasm for Nordic skiing for kids age 7-12 by building basic skills and having fun! Participants will learn both skating and classical techniques with lots of ...

New Upcoming Ski Programming

We don't have snow yet (though there are some promising looking storms this coming weekend), but we're gearing up for a winter full of fun. Check out the events' calendar for all the happenings. We ...

AXCS Club Challenge

American XC Skiers has launched a club challenge in conjunction with the 2010 AXCS Nataional Masters' the Center is hosting this winter. Every skier that registers and participates in the NM2010 ...

VTSports - Craftsbury edition

Readers of the November 2009 edition of Vermont Sports Today were greeted with tons of Craftsbury connections. Besides the Marathon advertising that VTSports generously sponsors, readers also found ...

Winter Trails Day

Winter Trails is an event on January 9, 2010 where children and adults can try snowshoeing and/or cross country skiing FREE at more than 100 locations in the U.S. and Canada - including ...

SkiErg Wrapup

The first ever SkiErg World Sprints were held at Craftsbury, Saturday November 14, 2009. The event drew participants from both the Craftsbury Nordic Ski Club and the extended Northeast Vermont ski ...

GRP Partner: The Vermont Peanut Butter Company

The Craftsbury Green Racing Project is excited to announce a partnership with the Vermont Peanut Butter Company, a startup business based out of Stowe, Vermont. The Vermont Peanut Butter Company ...

SkiErg Sprint Results

...are coming in yet. You can find all the current listings here. A strong showing by quite a few Craftsbury members and Green Racing Project skiers. Keep checking back over day for the results from ...

Fall Speed Order Results

Several SBTC athletes travelled to Princeton, NJ for the USRowing East Coast Fall Speed Orders this past weekend. The Speed Orders offer athletes the chance to test their speed - and hopefully grab ...

GRP Partner: Cabot Creamery

The Craftsbury Green Racing Project would like to announce a new partnership with the Cabot Creamery, a cooperative dairy company based out of Cabot, Vermont.The Cabot Creamery was founded in 1919 ...

VT Community Wildlife Program Meeting - UPDATED

19 November - read Chelsea's post-meeting reportCenter Members and other interested individuals in the community are invited to join us in meeting with Jens Hilke of the Vermont Fish and Wildlife ...

SBTC/Craftsbury Head Racing '09 Highlights

If all of the good stories about scullers representing Craftsbury at this fall’s head races had their own web pages, the one getting the most hits would almost certainly involve Tom and Peter ...

Trail Work at the Center

This summer has seen a lot of trail work at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center and we’ll continue to work until snow flies.  Here are some of the changes and improvements you should notice ...

New Web Feature - SBTC Blog

A feature of the website that you may want to check out - the SBTC blog. Here you can follow the current rowing athletes as they train at the Center.SBTC Blog

More Sculling Worlds

A belated congratulations is in order for a former Craftsbury intern, Hillary Saeger. Hillary came in third in the light-quad at senior worlds. The crew's bronze medal was won in the last 500 meters ...

New Garage

A new garage is a current effort to better support the grooming and maintenance functions at the Center. The structure sits just north of Cedar Lodge, by the tennis courts and the old maintenance ...

Graves Brothers in Rowing News

SBTC athletes Tom and Peter Graves won the 2009 HOCR Champ 2x racing as Craftsbury. While this isn't news to many of you, the event and the Graves' brothers are being covered in greater depth on ...

SkiErg World Sprints 2009

A new way to open the competitive winter season, a la the CRASH-B's - the first ever SkiErg World Sprints! 1000m on the SkiErg, Saturday November 14, 1-5pm at Craftsbury. The SkiErg is a Concept2 ...

Green Racing Project Webpage launched

The Green Racing Project's webpage is now online. Point your browser to www.greenracingproject.com to find out all the latest goings-ons and information about the skiers. The blog is especially ...

Woodfired Oven

A tasty building project this fall has been the Green Racing Project's woodfired pizza oven not far from the veranda of the dining hall. Layers of cob are still being added, and Brian Gluck ...

2010 Marathon Registration OPEN

Want to join in the event named one of the Top Ten Vermont winter events time after time in the past ten years AND save some money? You're in luck:  registration has just opened for the 29th ...

Cider Pressing

For being shutdown, we've been quite busy - we have some big projects going on that we're excited to talk about. But the good news is that it's not all work and no play. At left, you can see a bit ...

Time to renew memberships

These pictures are from several weeks ago when a passing storm gifted us with a very small taste of what winter has in store for us. It didn't amount to much, but it was nice to wake to a world of ...

|  October 2009  |

USST Fall Dry Land Camp

Craftsbury had strong representation at the fall US Ski Team dry land camp at the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, New York. Green Racing Project skiers Hannah Dreissigacker, Ida Sargent, and ...

2010 Internships

Craftsbury Sculling Center is now accepting student intern applications for the 2010 camp season. Successul applicants receive housing, meals, and the opportunity to participate in Craftsbury's ...

SBTC 2009-2010

“There is no doubt in my mind that Craftsbury was the difference between winning and losing. This place is definitely magical to us.” – Peter Graves, 2009 SBTC participant, bow, US ...

|  September 2009  |

Garage Raising

Recent visitors have noticed some building around campus - a new garage for the PistenBully groomers is taking shape. The garage will provide space for maintenance to the grooming equipment as well ...

Team 350 skiing and rowing challenge!

The Team 350 challenge is a unique opportunity to gain some fitness while raising awareness for global climate change. Based around Concept2's long time online challenges, the Team 350 challenge is ...

HOCR Prep Camp

You may have heard about our preparatory camp for the Green Mountain Head. We will be offering another, albeit slightly different program for a Head of the Charles prerace stay. Scullers and crews ...

Ergo Circuit Classes

Center members are invited to join us in this multi-movement fitness activity. The goal is to have fun while gaining fitness working the whole body. Increase endurance, strength and flexibility ...

GMH Finishing Camp

It's a bit short notice, but we'd like to extend an opportunity for interested rowers (especially those planning on attending the Green Mountain Head Race):  a finishing camp prior to the GMH ...

Fall Foliage Specials

Craftsbury celebrates the arrival of the cooler seasons by offering special rates and activities. Beginning September 18 until October 15, the Center will be offering Fall Foliage rates in addition ...

Moosilauke TT results

The GRP competed at the Mt. Moosilauke TT with Ford Sayre and skiers from other clubs, with GRP skiers Tim Reynolds and Ollie Burruss leading the way - separated only by 10 seconds. Hannah ...

2010 Running Camps Schedule

Something to note:  we've posted the 2010 schedule for the Running Camps. We'll be doing three weeks - a Marathon week, Masters week and a more generally themed Running Camp (also a week long ...

|  August 2009  |

Dark Side of the Loon showing

On Wednesday, September 2 at  8:30pm, The Craftsbury Outdoor Center will screen The Dark Side of the Loon, a docuscience film about how Common loons survive in winter. A discussion with the ...

GRP on NENSA

Catch up with what the Green Racing Project is up to in this post on NENSA's website from Lauren Jacobs.

Youth Rowing until September 4th

Quick note - due to popular demand, youth rowing will continue until September 4th. Join us on Tuesday or Friday for the last HYRC rows of 2009. As always, you can get complete details via Coach ...

Boats for Sale!

Click through to find our collection of gently used boats for sale. Whether you're an individual looking for a great deal or a club trying to stretch your budget, you'll find a selection of boats to ...

Adventure racing

A really cool event that we had the honor of hosting this summer was the MVP Healthcare GMARA Bitter Pill adventure race. This 12+ hour event began at 6am Saturday, August 1st and included course ...

Hood - U23 Trials Race Report

John Hood has completed his stint at the Small Boat Training Center for this summer. But he left us a race report of his efforts at the US U23 Trials for the World's selection. Click through to ...

New Video Up

We've uploaded the complete (long) version of the yoga for scullers pose sequence. It's about a half hour of yoga instruction, broken into three parts. You can find them all here, or follow the ...

SBTC at Canadian Henley

We've mentioned what the Graves' brothers were up to last week, but the remainder of the SBTC was off campus as well, rowing in St. Catherines, ON at the 127th Canadian Henley. Rowing everything ...

CrossFit at the Center

An event we've been meaning to share was our hosting of another CrossFit Rowing Certification a couple of weeks ago. Our friends down at C2 did day one with erg technique, physiology/kinesiology ...

Meteors, Ecology Events in Craftsbury

A pair of events this week that everyone should know about:Wednesday, August 12 - Watch meteors and learn about stars with astronomer Paul Spitzer at the Center. The Perseids is an annual meteor ...

GRP in Fasterskier

Fasterskier.com's Nat Herz visited the Green Racing Project several weeks ago and posted this story on the FS website. You can read more about the genesis of the GRP team, its environmental and ...

SBTC Athletes to Sr. Worlds

Craftsbury is happy to extend our congratulations to Tom and Peter Graves, who yesterday won the right to represent the US at the FISA World Championships in Poznan, Poland. They won their second ...

BCBS Hike, Bike & Paddle

A note about the upcoming BlueCross BlueShield of Vermont Hike, Bike & Paddle. This FREE outdoor fun day is Saturday, August 22 from 10-3, and will be held rain or shine. The whole community is ...

|  July 2009  |

Craftsbury at U23 Worlds

Craftsbury had a strong representation at the FISA U23 Worlds this past week, with the SBTC pair, a late SBTC addition (men's 2x) as well as long time intern Austin Meyer (LM4-) and Craftsbury ...

Green airport shuttles

Green Cab VT has extended a special deal to Center guests to provide more environmentally friendly shuttle service to Craftsbury!For $60/person (each way) Green Cab VT will deliver you and your ...

BKL Daycamp

About a week ago, the first BKL daycamp of the summer ended after a busy fun week:  dryland, games, sculling, scavenger hunts, biathlon, rollerskiing, orienteering, canoeing, adventure race ...

Tara's Knitwear

While perusing Johnny Klister the other day, noticed that he is offering a unique product to support Craftsbury's own Tara Geraghty Moats and women's ski jumping - a limited edition Johnny Klister ...

SBTC to Worlds!

News from Mercer Lake - the Craftsbury Small Boat Training Center has advanced its first boat to the world stage. The 2- won their final this morning over Penn AC, qualifying the athletes to ...

U23 SBTC Trials update

The Craftsbury SBTC athletes had solid opening days at the US U23 Trials. John Hood improved his time trial in the 1x by 18 seconds from Nationals and finished second. This morning he came in second ...

VTSports and the Center

Vermont Sports Today has long been a friend of the Center's, covering the races we hold, sponsoring the marathon, and helping people find out about us in our quiet corner of the state.Now they've ...

New Bikes for Rent

While not a part of our core programming, we are happy to offer mountain bikes and a small trail network for our guests and members. And now, we have new bikes for interested cyclists to rent! As of ...

Demo product: Cadence Vo3

We recently received several new Cadence Vo3 Stroke watches for campers to use as part of our demo fleet. The Vo3 is the basic model that provides users time and stroke rating - from any seat in any ...

2009 Youth Rowing

Long time Craftsbury folks will recall that we have offered low-cost, introductory sculling instruction for kids through the summer. This year's programming is just underway and will be running ...

Craftsbury RSS feeds

You can now have new tools to follow all the goings-on at the Outdoor Center - RSS feeds and the AddThis button. No doubt many of you know what these mean, but for those who don't, here's a brief ...

SBTC to US U23 Trials

Craftsbury's Small Boat Training Center crews spent today making last preparations for travel to Mercer Lake, NJ for the 2009 Under 23 World Championship Trials, July 6-9. Craftsbury's inaugural ...

|  June 2009  |

Dryland Training '09

Want to get faster and have alot of fun? Be sure to signup for our summer dryland training!This summer we'll be offering programming for all ages.Bill Koch League Kids (9-13) will be meeting 3 days ...

2009 Adventure Race

Craftsbury is pleased to announce that we will be hosting the 2009 MVP GMARA Bitter Pill 12 hour adventure race Saturday August 1st, 2009. This race is for teams of 2-3 participants and will include ...

Summer trails open

The core Craftsbury ski trails are now open for non-motorized summer use. Whether you're mountain biking, trail running, or bird watching, you can take advantage of core trails and singletrack at ...

Best Adult Camp

Yup, that's what Yankee Magazine called us for 2009.  It's more of a mention than an article in the May issue, but it's nice to be recognized all the same. Thanks to all of you for being a part ...

Andy Newell Clinic

Craftsbury will be hosting NENSA's Summer Gaining Ground Clinic this August 14-16 with USST member Andy Newell. For those who don't know Andy, he is one of the fastest men in World Cup Sprint ...

National Learn to Row Day 2009

Come join us in the local celebration of National Learn to Row Day. Now's your chance to give rowing a try for free! We'll run two sessions of 15 people Saturday, June 6 at 9:30-11 and 1:30-3:00. ...

|  May 2009  |

Small Boat Training Center

We've alluded to upcoming opportunities created by new staff member Larry Gluckman and we're happy to present the first of these:  the Small Boat Training Center. The SBTC is designed to be a ...

Craftsbury Video

We have put up video versions of Pepa's popular core strengthening program and stretching regimen, as well as Margaret's Yoga for Sculler's sequence on YouTube. We have some more video to upload, so ...

Craftsbury Skiers named to NENSA Elite and Development teams

We mentioned Judy and Gina's naming to the NENSA Masters' Elite team a couple of weeks ago, but there will be more Craftsbury skiers joining them - this time the juniors, U23 and seniors.Craftsbury ...

Exercise Physiology Testing

We're pleased to announce that we are now offering physiological testing performed by Pepa! This testing offers interested athletes the opportunity to quantify their current condition and training ...

Campoli and Geer named to 09-10 NENSA Masters Team

Craftsbury's Gina Campoli and Judy Geer have been named to the 2009-2010 NENSA Masters' Team. The NENSA Masters' selections are the top 5 M1-M4 and M1-M10 skiers based on the end of season NENSA ...

New Sculling Personnel at Craftsbury

A more accurate headline may be "New Positions for Old Friends of Craftsbury," as all of these folks have been involved with us in the past. Larry Gluckman as well as Troy and Kimberly Howell will ...

Craftsbury names '09 Green Team

The Craftsbury Outdoor Center and NENSA are proud to announce the Green Team, a new post-graduate ski racing program. The Green Team was conceived to fill a gap in support for skiers pursuing racing ...

New Gear from Craftsbury Camper

In his profile last February, camper Tony Andrews spoke of his work with cell phones and rowing applications. Well, his work has come to fruition in the form of a new iPhone app - SpeedCoach Mobile. ...

Japan Trip report

In addition to the interview he gave us about his trip to Europe, Adrian has included a posting about his trip to Japan. You can read more about the World Ski Orienteering Championships from the ...

|  April 2009  |

Row Daily Events at Craftsbury

We mentioned coach Dustin Ordway's book when it came out last fall, but now you can jump start your "Row Daily" regimen with Dustin in one of his clinics. This fall will see Dustin bring his book ...

MacDermott promoted to Head Men's coach at Trinity

Craftsbury's own Kevin MacDermott has moved up the ladder at Trinity College, taking the helm from Larry Gluckman who announced his retirement earlier this year. Congratulations Kevin! Read the ...

|  March 2009  |

Interview with Adrian

As mentioned, Adrian Owens has had a busy winter Ski-Orienteering. He's currently back from Japan and the World Championships and we hope to hear something about that experience. In the interim, you ...

Trails are Closed

It's been a great year, but we will not be grooming any longer. Thanks for skiing with us for another great winter. Members can look forward to new opportunities into the spring and summer - keep ...

School Ski Groups

While the season has pretty much wound down (today's the last day of grooming), it's worth highlighting our friends from area school groups that joined us this winter. We've always provided low cost ...

New Green Team Deadline

The Green Team has pushed back the application deadline to 1 April due to some confusion over the application schedule."Green what?" you ask.The Green Team is a new venture for the Outdoor Center. ...

22 March Weekend Racing

This past weekend saw the last major weekend of the New England ski race calendar with racing in Maine:  the Eastern High School Championships at Rangeley, and the last of the TD Banknorth ...

Race Wrapup - 14 Mar weekend

When we last left our racers, there was a weekend full of upcoming drama - JOs, the NCAAs, J2 championships and local events at Bretton Woods. It almost seems that as the spring weather warms up, so ...

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