Another glorious weekend of Nordic skiing, competition, and friendships renewed. Saturday at Snow Mountain Ranch the 50K Skate Marathon skiers were out early and cruising with David Norris from Steamboat far out in front. The cloudy colder day made for fast and...
The warming sun is starting to cut our Nordic season short. When we get a good cold night into the teens or single digits, we have wonderful conditions for Crust skiing which is a treasure for Nordic skiers forced to follow the tracks all season. Suddenly they...
41st Annual Snow Mountain Stampede 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...
To race well, you need to stay healthy. To run races, you need to stay healthy and try to keep your volunteers healthy. Especially when you start getting near-record snow and record participation as happened for the 12th Annual Ranch2Ranch Trek earlier in...
The primary fundraiser for the Grand Nordic Scholarship fund - the 12th Annual Ranch2Ranch Nordic TREK – Feb 8 and 9 is still available for signup at www.grandnordic.org. Park your car at Granby Ranch Montana Lot, take the 830a or 915a shuttle to SMR start. Or park at...
Friday night snows provided a bit of a grooming issue for the Devils Thumb Stagecoach Classic 30K/15K/3K race on Saturday. The racer crowd was light, about 138 racers total. A pack of four were within two seconds of each other after the first 15k lap and duked...
Saturday was a blustery cold day with blowing snow and the racer crowd was light. We all prepared for really cold temps but nature relented somewhat for the 30k/15k/3k Skate challenge at SMR presented by Grand Nordic. The long race was two laps of a...
What a weekend it was! Friday, kids who have never skied before were spread over the flank of the SMR Nordic center with grins on their faces and giggles in the air as suddenly they could glide across the snow and actually control where they go! The more...
The Snow keeps coming, conditions are great in most areas, grooming is at full tilt, and the weekend ahead is full of events for young and older alike. Now is a great time to be outside – remember you can always add layers to keep you warmer or ski a little...
The storms this week keep adding more base in the High Country while the winds just keep blowing it around into every conceivable opening. When you go outside, dress for the temperature – when it is sunny, a good fleece over T-shirt or turtleneck is great since...
