This Sunday, January 25th, 2026, Devil’s Thumb Ranch is thrilled to bring back the Governor’s Cup 30K and 15K -Skate-only, cross-country ski race. The event will start and finish at Devil’s Thumb Ranch Resort & Spa. An end-of-race celebration will be held at Broad...
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...
Thanks for coming out and supporting the first Red Barn Relay on Saturday! We hope everyone enjoyed the course and our vibes. The Red Barn Relay is a cross country ski race for casual skiers to competitive duos! All proceeds benefit Grand Nordic's youth ski programs....
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...
Ski for Light International at Snow Mountain Ranch is February 1-8, 2026. Ski for Light (SFL) is looking for volunteers to greet participants. On Sunday, February 1, 2026, from 2-6pm, they will be greeting visually-impaired skiers as they arrive via bus from DIA. SFL...
It was snowing! And then it wasn’t. I guess a couple inches is better than none. It was enough to make areas that had some snow already be good skiing but was not enough to fill in the almost bare ground around Devils Thumb or Snow Mountain Ranch Nordic...
NEW UPDATE: Due to legal threats made to CBC and Cameron Kirkegaard from one of the alleged abusers named in the December 2024 Associated Press Article, we have made the difficult decision to postpone our screening of “Line of Fire” scheduled for January 17 at Snow...
Hello from Grand County, We’ve been having the challenge of a winter with very low snow and warm temperatures. Nonetheless the groomers and mother nature have given Snow Mountain Ranch enough usable snow for us to go ahead and hold our events this coming weekend of...
In case you find yourself with holiday related amnesia, here's the race announcement for our first sprint/pursuit weekend. If you had been looking for the registration links before, sorry they weren't on the calendar entries before but you will find them there...
What is Christmas without lots of snow? I guess this year we’re just missing out, or so it seems. I’ve never seen anything like it in 40 years! At least the shoveling is not bad in the Valley but there is snow in higher country if you know how to get to...