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Trail Run Series Points posted
The 2010 trail run series is winding down - only 3 races left including tonight's! You can find where you're at in the overall points on the results page here. The link is for results through last ... 
Great Deals remain in 2010 Boat and Oar Sale
Want a new boat but need to keep your budget intact? We still have a good variety of shells and sculls available in this summer's boat and oar sale. Peinert 26s, 25s, and a Dolphin, plus boats by ...
Hosmer Rowing Club Success
The Center has offered sculling to local youth in various forms since around the turn of the century, but having expanded the offering this summer to include all ages, we're having a banner year ...
Wildlife Sighting Map
Chelsea has been working on a cool mapping tool to share the wildlife you see in and around Craftsbury. This interactive map was inspired by the Staying Connected Initiative, a multi-agency project ...
Sweet Cedar Single Track Photo Album Up
We have some photos that will give you a better sense of the first Sweet Cedar Singletrack race on Sunday. Check them out. Picasa web album
2010 Farm & Food Bike Tour Feedback
Fun time this past weekend for the first ever Kingdom Farm and Food Bike Tour. Now we need your help to make it better. If you participated, click through to take a very brief survey so we can make ...
Sweet Cedar Singletrack Results
Bit of a damp one at the most recent incarnation of the Craftsbury mountain bike race - the 2010 Sweet Cedar Singletrack 20k yesterday. 14 brave souls weathered the morning's drizzle.It ended up ...
Final SBTC results from NSRIII
Friday and Saturday were the last two days of racing at National Selection Regatta III at Lake Mercer, NJ. The three SBTC boats competed in finals, which were the last races of the summer season for ...
Successful BKL Camp Finishes Up!
Our second BKL camp of the summer just finished up, and it was a success! The camps are run by the Green Racing Project athletes, and are aimed at kids ages 7-13 and introduce them to summer ski ...
Race report: NSRIII, Day 1
The SBTC sent three boats to National Selection Regatta III at Mercer Lake, NJ this week. The regatta will be used to select athletes for a camp which will then determine the quad crews for World ...
September Sculling Programming Space
We're in the midst of a great summer for our sculling camps - the next available opening is in September! But we have some special upcoming opportunities in our camps, including a Yoga for Scullers ...
Farm & Food Bike Tour
This year the Center is participating in the Kingdom Farm & Food Days by hosting an untimed dirt-road bike tour of our area. It'll be 25 or so mile dirt road bike tour on mostly rolling dirt ...
2010 Three Lakes Tour
A new event we're offering this year to 50 participants: paddle, kayak or scull Lake Willoughby, Crystal Lake, and Big Hosmer Pond in one day. Over 20 miles of paddling possible in this ...
New Masters Ski Camp
We're really excited to be able to bring serious masters' athletes this weekend of training opportunities and information that will help both this season as well as into the future. The long weekend ...
New Rollerski Rules
We've posted some new guidelines for rollerskiers. All dryland programming participants of any age must read the rules, and sign their agreement to them to participate in Craftsbury dryland ...
Events Past and Future with the Hosmer Ponds Watershed
For the last year, the Craftsbury Outdoor Center has been working with the Hosmer Ponds Watershed Initiative, a group of local residents dedicated to learning about, protecting, and enjoying our ...
Perseid Meteor Watch
Join us August 12 for an evening of summer stargazing with astronomer Paul Spitzer. August 12 and 13 mark the peak of the Perseid meteor showers, often one of the best meteor displays of the year. ...
SBTC Racing Concludes in Canada
The 128th Royal Canadian Henley Regatta concluded today in Saint Catherine's, Ontario. With it, a number of athletes finished their summer season with the Small Boat Training Center and headed for ...
CNSC Tops Field at Biathlon Cup
Four different Craftsbury athletes hit the podium this weekend in Jericho, Vermont, at the North American Rollerski Biathlon Cup. The haul included two victories and two third-place finishes. ...
Graves brothers victorious!
The last two days of racing at Canadian Henley have been exciting ones for the Small Boat Training Center. Singles, pairs, and doubles have all seen action, although the Champ events have not yet ...
Disc Golf Course Open!
Visitors to the Center have likely noticed some metal chained baskets around campus. The Center is the proud owner of a new six hole disc golf course. The course has three different lengths ...
Follow us on Twitter
While not the freshest news, it bears mentioning that we are now on Twitter. You can follow us here for all the latest updates that don't quite make the level of news. Of sourse, there are other ...
Still Space in Race Prep Track
"The Race Prep Track is a great addition to the offerings. Unless you can improve the weather, I think you have nailed it!" - June 2010, Race Prep Camper We're about five weeks away from our next ...
Craftsbury at Canadian Henley 2010
Big week up in St. Catherines Ontario - it's Canadian Henley time, and Craftsbury is well represented. SBTC members and multiple time intern Jean Sack are on the scene racing all week. Racing has ...
Golden Wheel Results
This past Sunday, Ida Sargent took the 1st ever Golden Wheel Rollerski Race in the 10k women's division, while Pat O'Brien took the victory in the men's 15k. Both of the GRP athletes rolled to ...
Mountain Bike Race
Just a reminder about our revitalized mountain bike race. After disappearing for a several year hiatus, the race is back in only two short weeks - Sunday, August 22nd.Race day will be kicked off by ...
Ida in Fasterskier
Fasterskier launched a "Pros of Tomorrow" series profiling skiers who are nearing the jump to ranks of elite nordic skiing. Who did they select to start things off? GRP's own Ida Sargent. Read the ...
FREE Hike, Bike and Paddle event
We're hosting Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont's second annual Hike, Bike, and Paddle event here at the Center on Saturday, August 21nd from 10am to 3pm. Participants will have access to all ...
Hosmer Records Broken
The two all time women's marks for the Head of the Hosmer fell today - coach and camper. Coach and Olympian Lisa Schlenker broke the women's mark formerly held by Anne Holmes from last summer by 12 ...
Reynolds, Sargent winners in 15k
Green Racing Project members Tim Reynolds and Ida Sargent topped a 50-runner field in the inaugural Black River Beatdown 15k trail running race at Craftsbury this weekend.The race course utilized ...
SBTC rowers make history!
Craftsbury SBTC rowers competed in their last races at U23 World Championships this weekend, with results that were historic for both the SBTC program and United States rowing in general. The ...
Day 2 at U23's
On the second day of racing at U23 World Championships in Brest, Belarus, all of the Craftsbury/SBTC crews lived to row another day, advancing to various semifinal and final events. All the crews ...
SBTC strong in Day 1 of U23s
Four Craftsbury Small Boat Training Center (SBTC) boats raced at the U23 World Championships in Brest, Belarus, today, as the Championship kicked off with initial heats. Thunderstorms in the ...
Upcoming Dryland Masters' Clinics
A brief note about some upcoming dryland Masters' clinics. Thursday, July 22 at 2pm will be ski walking, jumps and strength (bring some short ski poles). In addition to the workout, there will be a ...
GRP Sauce Headwear Fundraiser
When it's July, one's thoughts turn to toques and headbands.Well, ok, maybe not, but we all know that cooler weather is on its way and that you'll need a sharp looking lid to stay warm sooner rather ...
US U23 LM2x joins SBTC
It's worth noting one more crew will be joining the SBTC's trip to Brest, Belarus tomorrow - the US U23 LM2x of Alex Burjakowsky and Nick Trojan. They've been coached by another SBTC athlete, Peter ...
Upcoming Nature events
On Wednesday, July 14th, Jad Daley will be at the Center to talk about forests and Climate Change at 8 p.m. in the yurt. Daley, a Hardwick resident, is a man of many interests, whose accomplishments ...
NENSA REG camp wrapup
We were honored to have NENSA's Regional Elite Group (REG) camp athletes and coaches with us. Their stay ended in the middle of last week, concluding with a brutal uphill skate 6k TT up Gutzman's ...
Vespoli Demo Single
A recent update to our demo program - we added a "M" Vespoli Matrix 26 for 150-180 pounders. If you're in the market for a new boat, the Center's a great place to visit. Find out more about our demo ...
Craftsbury in Vermont Sports
Over at VTSports.com you can find a couple Craftsbury related articles this month. In addition to Tim's Monthly GRP article, there's an article about the upcoming Rollerski Biathlon Cup coming to ...
2011 Sculling Camp Schedule available
We don't want to rush a great season, but we know that summers fill way too fast! You can get a jump on your planning and lock in your accommodations by registering now for 2011 camps. The 2011 ...
Craftsbury Coaches in Open Water
Thanks to Ellen Braithwaite for passing along this story about another variety of rowing:Craftsbury's Hosmer Pond is renowned for its calm flat water, but a handful of Craftsbury Sculling Center ...
Oar Sale 2010
Earlier this spring, we posted the boats we will offer for sale this summer. Recently, we added the sculls available this summer as well. You can find the sculls here. A great time to get a deal on ...
VT Woodlands Association Talk Wrapup
Sunday evening, Vermont Woodlands Association president Put Blodgett came to the Outdoor Center to discuss wildlife and woodlands management. A small but interested audience gathered in the yurt to ...
Elmore Mountain TT and NENSA REG camp
NENSA's annual Regional Elite Group (REG) camp started on Friday, and this year it's taking place in Craftsbury. It's exciting for us to get to show off our summer training grounds to some of the ...
SBTC Success at U23 Trials
The Craftsbury Small Boat Training Center (SBTC) passed their first test of 2010 with flying colors: three SBTC boats won their finals and will be representing the US in Brest, Belarus for the ...
Three SBTC boats to Worlds!
Just a quick note regarding the U23 Trials. Three SBTC boats won their finals and will be representing the US in Brest, Belarus: Rebecca and Elizabeth Donald, open women's doubleHank Moore and Ben ...
Troy Overhead Camera view added
As mentioned earlier, Fleet Manager Troy Howell was inspired by coach Lisa Schlenker to play with video. Since that post, Troy has added the overhead view we alluded to in the news item.Troy's ...
Winter and DeRegt 4th in A final
Two SBTC athletes who cross-trained with us this winter recently scored a fourth place finish at the FISA World Cup in Munich, Germany. Brian DeRegt and Jon Winter followed their win in the B final ...
New Coaches 2010
A great part of the Center is the opportunity to learn from so many different coaches. In addition to many familiar faces, we're happy to say that some new folks will be joining us this summer ...
Reminder: No ergo Circuit or Hosmer Rowing Club this week
Just a reminder: given the SBTC is competing in Mercer this week, there will be no Hosmer Rowing Club or Ergo Circuit classes this week. Both activities will resume their schedule next week ...
U23 Trials - Single's heats
The SBTC athletes returned to Mercer over the weekend and this morning opened the the U23 Trials with heats for the men's singles. John Graves won his heat (LM1x) with the fastest time of the day ...
Trail Running Series #2 results
Results for Wednesdays second trail run in the series are up. You'll find them in the new permanent home of trail running results here.Trail running results pages
Fern Walk recap
Yesterday, June 15th, Hardwick naturalist Michael Lew-Smith led a group of members on a nature walk focusing on ferns. The group started below Windridge Tennis Camp and headed down towards Ruthie's ...
2010 Ski Dryland Programs
If you believe the adage "Skiers are made in the summer," come join our 2010 dryland programming. We have program options for members age 9 to Masters. These programs are generally in the vein of ...
2011 NENSA Masters Team to include 4 Craftsbury skiers
The NENSA Masters team is a recognition of masters' athletes who score points in the Eastern Cups and TD Bank Marathon series. Masters team members receive an invitation and roster preference to the ...
Opening 5k in the Trail Running Series
Wednesday night marked the opening of our summer trail running series. A mainly local crowd joined us and competed from the upper rec field, around Murphy's field, the west side of Duck Pond, Upper ...
Evening with Bernd Heinrich
We're excited to announce that naturalist and author Bernd Heinrich will be visiting the Outdoor Center this weekend. Heinrich will be spending time walking in the woods and writing, but on ...
Wifi now available at the Center
Craftsbury has taken a step into the digital age: the Center now offers free wifi to its guests in all accommodations on campus!While we made an initial round of installations earlier this ...
2010 National Trails Day Craftsbury 5k
Despite some unfortunate weather, Craftsbury held its first ever National Trails Day celebration on Sunday, June 6th. The morning started off with a 5k trail race which was a fundraiser for the ...
SBTC Early Season Results
The SBTC have gotten their 2010 summer season underway in grand fashion with the USRowing Collegiate Nationals. Beyond the hopes of doing well during the May 22nd weekend competition, there was the ...
National Learn to Row Day 2010
Come join us in the local celebration of National Learn to Row Day. USRowing and Concept2 in Morrisville sponsor this nation wide event to get more people out on the water. We're pleased to be a ...
Summer Racing Opportunities
The Center's core trails have received lots of attention in the past year or so with improved grading, drainage and more regular year round maintenance. What better way to showcase them then a ...
National Trails Day Events
We're excited to announce that we will be celebrating the American Hiking Society’s National Trail Day on Sunday, June 6th. (Yes, this is one day after the traditionally celebrated National ...
2010 SBTC U23 Candidate Roster
Craftsbury is pleased to welcome 11 U23 rowers for the first half of our summer Small Boat Training Center (SBTC) programming. Now in its second year, the Craftsbury SBTC strives to help athletes ...
Craftsbury in VTSports
Craftsbury appears several times in this month's issue of Vermont Sports. Tim has his monthly column, this month about racing in Aroostock County, Maine and the prospect of nordic skiing as an ...
Pepa named NENSA coach of the year!
Pepa is being recognized for coaching excellence by the regional nordic skiing governing body, NENSA! To those who have had the pleasure of working with her here at the Center, this hardly comes as ...
Troy's Hosmer Rowing Videos
As those who visited us last summer know, Coach Lisa Schlenker had several GoPro video cameras that she was filming with. Fleet Manager Troy Howell took an interest and Lisa generously lent Troy one ...
New compost facility underway
Construction began today for a new compost facility at the Center. With the cedar design work overseen by Rustic Cedar's (and Craftsbury's) Brian Gluck and staffed by the Green Racing Project, we ...
2010-2011 GRP athletes
The Craftsbury Outdoor Center is proud to announce the 2010 additions to the Green Racing Project. After the GRP's successful inaugural season, we received a lot of applications. After a written and ...
Tree Planting along the Black River
Several Orleans County Conservation Groups will be leading two days of tree planting along the banks of the Black River in the village on May 8 and 10. The trees help improve wildlife habitat, fight ...
Last (?) snow of 2009-2010 winter
We were treated to one more blast of winter at the end of last week. You can see a couple of photos in our Flickr stream. By Wednesday we had 12-16" of very wet snow blanketing our daffodils.Summer ...
Job Opening: Assistant Ski Coach
The Craftsbury Outdoor Center is seeking applicants for a position that would be part-time ski coach and part-time program coordinator for other programs at the Center. The ski coaching ...
NEW! All ages Hosmer Rowing Club
For over the past ten years, Craftsbury has offered area youth the opportunity to scull on a regular basis over the summer with its Hosmer Youth Rowing Club. In 2010, we're expanding this ...
Change to Ergo Class schedule
Just a reminder that in the coming weeks Larry Gluckman's popular Ergo Circuit Class will be changing days to accommodate new sculling programming for members (stay tuned). Beginning Monday May 3 ...
Ski-O World Cup 2010 Report
Adrian shares his experiences from the 2010 Ski Orienteering World Cup in Sweden in this race report.Race Report
Sculling Opening Day Member Event
Members are invited to come join us on May 8th to celebrate the opening of the 2010 sculling season. The day's FREE events will begin at 12:30 with a wood-fired pizza lunch. After a bit of time to ...
Vermont Botanical and Bird Club meeting at the Center
We're pleased that the Outdoor Center will be hosting the 115th Annual Meeting of the Vermont Botanical and Bird Club from Thursday, June 3 – Sunday, June 6, 2010. Hopefully the orchids and ...
2010 BKL Day Camps - UPDATED
The Craftsbury Outdoor Center and Craftsbury Green Racing Project are pleased to announce dates for our 2010 BKL Summer Day Camps. As those who attended last year know, these are fun camps filled ...
Early Loon sighting on Little Hosmer
Our neighbors at the Hosmer Watershed Initiative have reported the loon has returned to Little Hosmer - the earliest sighting in 12 years (by 4 weeks)! Shouldn't be too long before the Big Hosmer ...
Great Walk with Jens Hilke and Chip Knight!
About a dozen members of the Hosmer Ponds Watershed Initiative gathered on Sunday for a nature walk on Judy Davis’s property with Jens Hilke (Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department) and Chip ...
Ice Out 2010
The three photos show the rapid progression of spring around here the past several weeks.The April 1 photo (top) shows the hole Troy made trying to walk across the remaining ice. April 2 was shot on ...
Nature Walk with Jens Hilke and Chip Knight
Sunday, April 11th at 2pm - rain or shine, bring your tall mud boots! At Judy Davis's property, 1859 Mill Village Rd in Craftsbury CommonThe Craftsbury Outdoor Center and the Hosmer Ponds Watershed ...
April GRP VTSports Column: Birkie Fever
Scoot over to VTSports.com for Tim's latest column. This month is "Suffering from Birkie Fever".GRP Vermont Sports April column
Last races of 2009-10 for GRP
Busy weekend for the Green Racing Project as they ended their season with a bang at the SuperTour Finals in Aroostook County Maine. Following a day off on Thursday, the GRP faced three races over ...
Craftsbury in the News - WSJ edition
Craftsbury member Neil Ulman wrote this article about our small town in the Wall Street Journal. While the article is part of an ongoing series about where to retire, readers may enjoy Neil's ...
Group Pricing Update
We've made mention of the great deals available to groups at the Center recently with groups from Boston College and Trinity College (Hartford, CT) joining us for some winter cross-training, but the ...
New 2010 Sculling Camp Stay Options
We've added some new options for campers in 2010. One is a new parallel track within several camps dealing with Race Preparation. The other option this coming season is a break with our long ...
USSA Distance Nationals
As mentioned previously, the Green Racing Project skiers are in the last week of their competitive year. Competing four times in five days, they're going out with a bang in Aroostook County, ME ...
2010 Fleet sale posted
Those who pore over our website have no doubt noticed that our 2010 fleet sale has already been posted. While the majority of fleet boats won't be ready for pick up until late in the season, all can ...
New Demo accessories at Craftsbury
We have updated our demo fleet this winter (keep watching for details), but we've also added some interesting accessories for campers to try: a Garmin Forerunner 305 and a Shox-Box.The Garmin ...
Craftsbury's Juergen Uhl profiled
Craftsbury's 2010 American Birkebeiner classic champion Juergen Uhl is profiled by Fasterskier.com in this article. He too will be in the county this week to contest distance nationals and the ...
March 20 Weekend wrapup
The beat goes on for some Craftsbury skiers. Most racing was in Maine this past weekend with the Sugarloaf Marathon capping the season long NENSA marathon series as well as North American Biathlon ...
Craftsbury Tour Survey
As the winter winds down, our thoughts turn to next year and our plans for more snowy fun. We can use your help, especially with respect to the recreational TD Bank Craftsbury Ski Tour that has ...
Craftsbury JO 2010 wrapup
This article is from Craftsbury Member Carol Van Dyke, who attended Junior Olympics with her daughter Lia. She wrote the following for the Stowe reporter. Thanks to Carol Van Dyke for contributing ...
No Ergo Circuit Classes March 30 and April 1st
Coach Gluckman's popular program will take a break the last week of March - no sessions on March 30 and April 1st. Classes will resume on April 6th.Ergo Class information
CRASH-Bs Raffle Winner
As always, it was great to see so many familiar faces at the booth during the CRASH-Bs - plus all the new friends we met as well. Of the several hundred entries we received for our camp raffle ...
Craftsbury Spring Tour canceled
We regret to announce that the Craftsbury Spring Tour has been canceled. Despite contingency planning, including moving the event to Trapp Family Lodge, we don't feel we'll be able to create a ...
Photos from February CTA tour
CTA Tour participant Sheri Larsen was kind enough to both take some photos of the CTA tour the Center participated in as well as let us link to them. Her shots begin here and the gallery continues ...
2010 National Masters' Club Challenge
From the AXCS press release:"The Craftsbury Nordic Ski Club took top honors in the "NM2010 Club Challenge" at the 2010 AXCS National Masters held at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center in Craftsbury ...
SBTC Workout of the Week
In what we hope to turn into a regular feature during the run in to the season, we present the first workout of the week from SBTC head coach Larry Gluckman in the SBTC blog. Click here to read the ...
SBTC Preliminary Roster for 2010
A few veterans and some strong new contenders mark the preliminary roster for the 2010 version of the Small Boat Training Center (SBTC). The initial list includes:Elizabeth and Rebecca Donald ...
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 ...
