NENSA's annual Coaches Conference comes to the Center, November 14–15. This is a weekend designed for all coaches, from youth parent leaders to college coaches, to learn together in a community-centered environment.
Start the ski season with focused technique work alongside Pepa Miloucheva. Two four-day early-season camps on our snow loop, Intermediate (Nov 29 – Dec 2) and Competitive (Dec 6 – 9).
Start the ski season with focused technique work alongside Pepa Miloucheva. Two four-day early-season camps on our snow loop, Intermediate (Nov 29 – Dec 2) and Competitive (Dec 6 – 9).
The Rodrigues Sprints return to the Outdoor Center for another year of royal court sprint madness! There’s a full write up about the details of a royal court at the following link from 2024, but the short version is that racers get a qualifier race plus three rounds of sprint heats - every racer! 2024 Opener info.
The Kendall Classic returns to the Outdoor Center! After an excellent event down at the Rikert Outdoor Center in 2025, the annual FIS opener returns to its home in the NEK. This year the Kendall Classic (named in honor of New England ski luminary Tom Kendall) will be a freestyle individual start (we know, “Classic” is in the name, but bear with us!) to complement Saturday’s classic sprints at the Rodrigues event.
We’re excited to host US Biathlon’s International Team Trials, December 16-20. These trials races are intended for senior level racers hoping to qualify to race for Team USA in Europe. Non-US athletes (senior-level only) are welcome to participate as guests but will not be factored into the Trials points calculations. Click title for full details.
After a few-years-hiatus, we're back! Come race out the mid-January cobwebs at the second iteration of the Craftsbury Scramble, a freestyle team sprint for all ages.
Join us for Bayley-Hazen Biathlon Race #1 on Saturday, January 16th to give biathlon a try, no matter your experience level! New to biathlon? A novice clinic will teach you rifle safety and shooting basics that you'll need to know. Club rifles will be provided. Ski instruction and equipment is not included- participants must be able to ski.
Are you a sculler looking to expand your outdoor winter training options? XC skiing might be the perfect way for rowers to cross-train while the water is frozen. Join us as the Center hosts a “Skiing for Scullers” weekend.
The Marathon Ski Festival is back for another fantastic weekend of cross country ski racing. The 2027 Festival will again be a stand-alone popular racing event, with techniques and distances for racers of all ages and abilities. Saturday brings the traditional classic Craftsbury Marathon, with short and long course options for open, college, and high school racers and a short course tour for BKL skiers and chaperones. We hope to have a 15k loop, allowing for a 45k long race and a 30k short race for the classic race on Saturday and 30k or 15k for the freestyle race on Sunday.
The best skiers in America return to the trails of the Craftsbury Outdoor Center for a three-day weekend of ski racing. Day one on Friday features SuperTour athletes and the top collegiate athletes in the region contesting a freestyle individual. Day two, Saturday, again combines the EISA college field with the U.S. Ski & Snowboard SuperTour, with everyone racing 20k classic mass starts starts. Day three, Sunday, is a SuperTour freestyle sprint.
Join us for Bayley-Hazen Biathlon Race #2 on Sunday, February 21st to give biathlon a try, no matter your experience level! New to biathlon? A novice clinic will teach you rifle safety and shooting basics that you'll need to know. Club rifles will be provided. Ski instruction and equipment is not included- participants must be able to ski.
The NENSA Club Relay Championships are back a month earlier than last year. Come show your club spirit, with different categories for combined ages of club participants (all ages from BKL to masters are welcome).
Whether you’ve been racing all winter or not, we hope you’ll gather your friends for what promises to be a fun day of friendly competition, camaraderie, and food to celebrate the end of the season!
It has been 30 years in the making, but the NCAA Skiing Championships are back at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center. The Center last played host to the Championships in 1997 when snow conditions forced a move from Stowe to the trails in Craftsbury Common. This time they’re ours from the outset. In 1997 Utah defeated UVM by a scant 39.5 point margin. Will the defending champion Utes secure another title? Or will the hometown Catamounts take their first team victory since 2012?
Wobbly biking afternoons are back every Monday until the end of October from 4:00-5:30pm. We will have the flattest portion of our paved trail reserved for the littlest bikers, and they can explore the pump track as well. Click title for full details.
Wobbly biking afternoons are back every Monday until the end of October from 4:00-5:30pm. We will have the flattest portion of our paved trail reserved for the littlest bikers, and they can explore the pump track as well. Click title for full details.
The Vermont Youth Cycling League wraps up its 2026 season with the final XC mountain bike races of the season.
Come out to see the fastest middle and high school mountain bikers in the state duke it out on the trails of the Outdoor Center to see who will take the final wins of the season, as well as the coveted season overall individual and team championships. Racing begins at 11am and wraps up with the final awards around 3pm. For more information and registration details, visit BikeReg.com.
Vermont’s top scholastic cross country runners take to the trails for the Northern Vermont Athletic Conference’s Mountain Division championship race. The afternoon starts with two mile middle school races, then transitions to 5,000 meter varsity competitions. Come join us to cheer on the runners as they make their final tune-up preparations ahead of the state meet in Thetford at the end of the month.
Wobbly biking afternoons are back every Monday until the end of October from 4:00-5:30pm. We will have the flattest portion of our paved trail reserved for the littlest bikers, and they can explore the pump track as well. Click title for full details.
Winter 2026–27 ski program registration opens at 8:00pm, with program details to follow on the winter programs page.
Wobbly biking afternoons are back every Monday until the end of October from 4:00-5:30pm. We will have the flattest portion of our paved trail reserved for the littlest bikers, and they can explore the pump track as well. Click title for full details.
Come give biathlon a try, no matter your experience level! It’ll be a fun morning of biathlon racing - running or mountain biking, your choice. Novice clinic will teach you everything you need to know to complete the race. Club rifles will be provided. Click title for full details and registration.
Free Open Run and Kids Run every Tuesday during September 2026. Click for full details.
Wobbly biking afternoons are back every Monday until the end of October from 4:00-5:30pm. We will have the flattest portion of our paved trail reserved for the littlest bikers, and they can explore the pump track as well. Click title for full details.
Free Open Run and Kids Run every Tuesday during September 2026. Click for full details.
High School race immediately prior to the fall TNR.
Wobbly biking afternoons are back every Monday until the end of October from 4:00-5:30pm. We will have the flattest portion of our paved trail reserved for the littlest bikers, and they can explore the pump track as well. Click title for full details.
Free Open Run and Kids Run every Tuesday during September 2026. Click for full details.
Wobbly biking afternoons are back every Monday until the end of October from 4:00-5:30pm. We will have the flattest portion of our paved trail reserved for the littlest bikers, and they can explore the pump track as well. Click title for full details.
Free Open Run and Kids Run every Tuesday during September 2026. Click for full details.
Wobbly biking afternoons are back every Monday until the end of October from 4:00-5:30pm. We will have the flattest portion of our paved trail reserved for the littlest bikers, and they can explore the pump track as well. Click title for full details.
We will offer a free Open Run and Kids Run every Tuesday from September 1st to September 29th. Come on out for our 3k/5k trail run. All are welcome! Race starts at 5:30pm. The course is different from the summer series - it will be run on ski trails in recognition of the darkness and uncertain footing in the woods. Sorry, no bikes this series!
The TNR is free for all, regardless of member status. Bring your friends and family, and get after it! Read more - craftsbury.com/tnr. More details here.
Wobbly biking afternoons are back every Monday until the end of October from 4:00-5:30pm. We will have the flattest portion of our paved trail reserved for the littlest bikers, and they can explore the pump track as well. Click title for full details.
The Outdoor Center is hosting another Hunter Education class in advance of the fall season.
We’re excited to release our 2027 camp schedule with some changes to the process, most notably that reservations for 2027 camps will open on a month to month basis, with reservations for September 2027 camps and lodging opening Thursday, August 27. Read more and see the dates.
Wobbly biking afternoons are back every Monday until the end of October from 4:00-5:30pm. We will have the flattest portion of our paved trail reserved for the littlest bikers, and they can explore the pump track as well. Click title for full details.
Come give biathlon a try, no matter your experience level! It’ll be a fun morning of biathlon racing - running or mountain biking, your choice. Novice clinic will teach you everything you need to know to complete the race. Club rifles will be provided. Click title for full details and registration.
We are excited to offer an introductory biathlon camp for adult runners!
Wobbly biking afternoons are back every Monday until the end of October from 4:00-5:30pm. We will have the flattest portion of our paved trail reserved for the littlest bikers, and they can explore the pump track as well. Click title for full details.
This camp provides a stepping stone for two different types of athletes: for kids who have been a part of our weekly practices and for skiers who want to start doing biathlon.
Wobbly biking afternoons are back every Monday until the end of October from 4:00-5:30pm. We will have the flattest portion of our paved trail reserved for the littlest bikers, and they can explore the pump track as well. Click title for full details.
Join East Hardwick resident Jonathan Shapiro of the Wildlife Tracking Institute as he discusses his conservation work with Laos' Saola Foundation, searching for the saola, one of the rarest large mammals on the planet.
Wobbly biking afternoons are back every Monday until the end of October from 4:00-5:30pm. We will have the flattest portion of our paved trail reserved for the littlest bikers, and they can explore the pump track as well. Click title for full details.
Get your reservations for August 2027 starting this date.
