Nordic Center News

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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' ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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!

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

...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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...