Mansfield Nordic Club
Ski coaching, training and playing in the shadow of Mt Mansfield for all ages and abilities
Hi all,
due to the rapidly deteriorating travel conditions I am cancelling training today at Sleepy Hollow.
Please stay tuned to the blog, the MNC Facebook page, or TXT message for updates tomorrow regarding Thursday afternoon training at the Range. If conditions get really bad overnight I may have to cancel Thursday as well.
Thanks and stay safe.
Thanks to Gary Solow for another awesome batch of photos from the New England J2 Championships last weekend at Rikert (Breadloaf) Ski Center. Many of our local MNC athletes played a role in Team Vermont winning the event over the Midwest, Mass, New York, Maine and New Hampshire!!
The full Picasa album has over 800 photos.
Congrats Vermont and MNC!
Will Solow on immaculate tracks
Charlie Cobb: pain & endorphins!
Tatum
Marika in the skate race
Chloe gets out quick
Marika in the field
Ben Carnahan
Tatum hammering
Chloe Lemmel Hay
Abby Grab with flying hair!
Ben Longenbach
Based on the results of our boys racing at Junior Nationals last week, the MNC boys finished the season as the 3rd place club in the country! This was due to the success each of the boys had in their individual races at Trapp’s. The scoring system [world cup points] favors strength of results over having a large number of participants. Since our athletes all had top-6 performances, including two podiums from Forrest, they ranked really high in the nation!
Congratulations to Forrest, Henry and Ben, as well as all the other MNC athletes, coaches and parents that helped support them over the past several years. This kind of result is something that takes a lot of hard work over the course of many months and years.
Henry Harmeyer (2nd from Left), Tim Weston (center) and Ben Hegman (far right) after the mass-start races at Junior Nationals
Man what a weekend of racing! Team Vermont took home the title at the New England J2 Championships after a great showing in the relays on Sunday.
Will Solow with good extension
Local boys!
Charlie Cobb searching for every 1/100th of a second!
Ben Longenbach coming home strong
Ben Carnahan in the J2 Championship relay
[updated Tuesday 3/11 @ 10:45 am to reflect SKATE technique for training today]
Training plan for 3/10 – 3/16:
Tuesday = Recovery skate ski at the Range, 4:00-5:30.
Wednesday = Recovery skate ski at Sleepy Hollow. 4:00-5:30.
Thursday = Classic ski with relay practice at the Range. 4:00-5:30.
Sunday = TBA.
Also Upcoming:
Tuesday March 18 =Movement screening analysis 3:50-6:15pm at the Range. Please refer to 2/23 email from Dr. Sharon Henry. The screening will take approximately 20-30 minutes per athlete to complete.
*** Bonus training after March 18th will be highly weather dependent as the National Guard stops grooming the trails. Provided that we have snow (which looks very likely!) and athletes are still motivated to ski, we will likely have 2 bonus training sessions per week at various venues.
Click through to check snow conditions at Tomasi Meadow in Underhill. Submitted by on-the-ground reports, as current as possible. Read More about “Snow Conditions”…
Our summer training is OPEN for 2026! Come join us as we work to improve and grow as skiers. Summer kickoff BBQ on June 20th! Read More about “Summer”…
A piece sharing memories and photos of MNC’s dynamic and inspiring founder, Murray Banks, who passed in February 2026 Read More about “Tighten Your Boots: A Murray Banks Remembrance”…