The 1-Day Nordic Team is an entry-level program designed to get kids interested in cross-country skiing, all while immersed in a fun and enjoyable atmosphere. Our goal is to develop the proper technique at a young age, to have fun, and to learn a great winter sport....
Grand Nordic Corner May 8, 2020
The last two weeks of warm sunshine has made it official. Nordic skiing is over in the lower valleys in Grand County. If you can get to it, there is still a lot of snow in high country. Rivers are just starting to come up, that means there is still a lot of melting...
Crust Skiing is Here!
Whee! I was gliding almost effortlessly across the top of the snow down a gentle hill in the meadow below our house with the dog chasing at my heels! Who needs trails? I love this time of year – Crust skiing is here… February was snowmagedon setting new accumulation...
Grand Nordic Corner – February 20, 2020
Snowmagedon continues! In the last couple of weeks the local resorts have reported up the 48inches of accumulation for just a couple days and the totals keep mounting. On my own back patio at the top of Red Dirt Hill, it was another foot every other day. The joke...
Grand Nordic Corner – February 13, 2020
Talk about snowmagedon! Last week was amazing with about a new foot of white powder every day on my own back patio at the top of Red Dirt Hill! My back was tired from shoveling and my husband Charlie had done most of the work. Our driveway is beginning to look like...
Rescheduled Ranch 2 Ranch Trek – February 29th
The Ranch 2 Ranch Trek Event was cancelled due to the big snow storm and has been rescheduled for Feb 29th. We thank participants and volunteers alike for their patience and hope that they understand our concern for their safety both driving to the Trek as well as...
Grand Nordic Corner – February 6, 2020
This Saturday Feb 8, join Grand Nordic for the 7th Annual Ranch2Ranch cross-country point-to-point ski trek from Snow Mountain Ranch to Granby Ranch via the Fraser to Granby Trail. Enjoy the 12 Km trek or ski 24 km-out and back for no extra charge! The Trek features...
Grand Nordic Corner, February 6, 2020
Winter is here with a force! The recent snows make me think of old times when every winter was like this. Maybe best when snow is deep in high country and maybe not where we have to shovel day after day. But then I am telling my age… But this fluffy white stuff is...
Grand Nordic Corner – January 31, 2020
Join Grand Nordic for the 7th Annual Ranch2Ranch cross-country point-to-point ski trek from Snow Mountain Ranch to Granby Ranch via the Fraser to Granby Trail. Enjoy the 12 Km trek or ski 24 km-out and back for no extra charge! The Trek features some of the best...
Grand Nordic Corner – January 9, 2020
Welcome to 2020 with double digits below zero in the morning soaring to the 30’s in the early afternoon! That used to be a regular part of our winters but now, we are getting spoiled with zero degrees as the norm. But that is January and it is usually our coldest...