Grand Nordic Corner

Grand Nordic Corner

42nd Annual Snow Mountain Stampede is this weekend. It’s that time of year to test yourself! Have you trained hard enough this season to be able to handle back-to-back 50K marathons or 25K half-marathons earning that coveted RANCH BOSS or RANCH HAND buckle from Snow...
Local Nordic Centers Making the Best with Snow Conditions

Local Nordic Centers Making the Best with Snow Conditions

Saturday was a perfect day for a Trek – the sky was clear, the air was still and it was warming up nicely from a fairly cold night. The Ranch2Ranch fundraising Trek last Saturday covered the best snow available at Snow Mtn Ranch for a fun Trek and the tracks were...
Grand Nordic Corner

Grand Nordic Corner

Are you doing your snow dances?  I’m dancing like crazy but so far the snowstorms have amounted to only an inch or two…  What a crazy year!  Eighty-nine skiers braved cold and windy conditions on poor snow January 25 to finish either the long 30k or...
Nordic News + Races & Free Lessons This Weekend

Nordic News + Races & Free Lessons This Weekend

The snow drought continues but Nordic ski resorts are making the best of what they have.  The home meet for Middle Park High School and East Grand Middle School was a great success with hundreds of kids on the Snow Mountain trails Friday.  Colorado Biathlon...
This Weekend is the Relay & Races

This Weekend is the Relay & Races

The weekend was perfect for the Grand Nordic 15k Skate Race on Jan10 and the Snow Mountain Ranch Annual 15k Classic Jan 11 with single digit temps overnight and clear sunshine and mid-twenties to thirties mid-day with almost no wind.  The racers skied like the...