Mansfield Nordic Club
Ski coaching, training and playing in the shadow of Mt Mansfield for all ages and abilities
4/1/14 Coach Pennie Rand lead a small but enthusiastic group up the alpine slope at Cochran’s ski area then continued up into the forest to the top of a ridge where we had a view of Came’s Hump and the village of Richmond. From the top we navigated a little tree skiing until we reached a logging road that lead us back to the top of the alpine hill for the cruise down. Warm weather and corn snow made for great afternoon and there was the added treat of Marzipan and chocolate at the top.
The winter started out slowly but finished with some of the best skiing in years. The ski trails at the range are closed for the spring but we may have some other ski outings lead by club members or coaches. (if you have a trip you want to lead or have others join you contact Rick or Tim and have it emailed to the club or posted on the blog)
Like this one – Tuesday April 1st.
Last week was a lot of fun! We had a huge crew of people out jumping on Tuesday, then an exciting day of games and relays with the UVM Ski Team on Thursday. Thanks so much to UVM Coach Patrick Weaver and atheltes Cole Morgan, Jack Hegman, Rogan Brown, Maggie WIlliams, Madison, Marion Woods and Lukas Adamowicz for coming out and skiing with us!
Highlight of the day last Thursday was the relay races which teamed up BKL, Juniors and UVM skiers. Instead of a boring “tag” or handoff of a baton, we used the UVM jackets/vests as the “baton” and skiers had to exhange them in the tag zone. With a nice little jump and some sharp corners there was a lot of thrills and spills.
On Saturday a few of us went for an adventure tour up the Catamount Trail. Normally you’d expect crust skiing at this time of year but it was closer to powder — and still lots of snow!
After party!!!
2014 Junior National Champion and UVM’er Cole Morgan goes for a 360*
Bill Harmeyer catches air, Jack Hegman (2nd place 2014 Junior National champs) pre-jumps
Marika hands-off to Maggie Williams (2014 Junior National Champion from Idaho)
future UVM rippers!
Ava Thurston in her UVM vest
’round the 180*
Start of the relay with some elbows being thrown!!
UVM skiers: Madison (CO), Marion Woods (AK), Maggie Williams (ID), Lukas Adamowicz (Burlington), Cole Morgan (MT), Jack Hegman (Huntington) and Rogan Brown (CO)
Happy faces; thumbs-up
It’s a sport for all ages!
Eli Grossman
Esther
Henry Harmeyer (6th place 2014 Junior Nationals) showing off some moves
Camille Bolduc playing defense in speedball against Will Solow
playing hockey!
Charlie Cobb touring up the Catamount trail on Saturday 3/22… still LOTS of snow!
Ethan John in a photo finish at Eastern HS Championships
Liam John now at St Olaf
Sam Longenbach (now racing at St Olaf)ur
It is hard to believe that this is Spring… so let’s pretend it is winter and continue skiing!
Tuesday 3/25: Adventure skate ski at Bolton, 4:00-5:30pm. We’ll have some fun along with the BKL skiers! Bolton is giving us a special $6 trail fee.
Thursday: 3/27: Fun skate ski with games and jumping at the Range, 4:00-5:30pm. Possibly a chance to shoot biathlon!!
Sunday 3/30: MNC End of Year Celebration at Craftsbury! 10:00am fun ski, games with all of the MNC coaches, masters, BKL and Juniors!
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