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...
Last year Colorado Biathlon Club (CBC) set out to fund and build several new buildings at the biathlon range, including a competition/timing office, warming hut, and storage shed. With your donations, time, and energy, they completed those beautiful structures, and...
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...
The group of publications under Height of Land Publications - Alpinist, Backcountry, Cross Country Skier, Mountain Flyer – is again holding their annual gear test at Snow Mountain Ranch in late March. We have done the gear testing the last two years which resulted in...
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...
Two main biathlon events are this weekend – Biathlon state championships with the Sprint Saturday and Pursuit on Sunday. These have the largest turnout of any of their races and are definitely worthwhile to hang out on the range to cheer on the local competitors....
Calling all volunteers! We need some help filling volunteer spots needed for the Latigo Skate Race this Saturday, March 1st. The race will be held at Latigo Ranch, a dude & guest ranch with world-class skiing, located about 30-minutes from Kremmling, CO. Latigo...
The Joanne Reid Women's Biathlon Festival is a series of biathlon (and biathlon-adjacent) events exclusively for women. This year's event takes place March 13-16, 2025 at Snow Mountain Ranch/YMCA of the Rockies near Granby, Colorado. Registration closes at 5pm on...
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...