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BKL Practices 1/12- 1/16

By on 10 January, 2021 in BKL Training Schedule

Tuesday 1/12:

Penguins: Classic

Penguins will meet Coach Rose and helper Lily in front of the Sports Center entrance.

Jack Rabbits: Classic

A tour and some double poling today.

Arctic Foxes: SKATE! 

Beginners will learn the basics and everyone will focus on V-1.

Racers: Classic

A tour and double pole focus.

Kick Wax: TOKO Red or SWIX V 45 (Special Purple). If you have wax on from your last practice, just cork it in well and add one layer.  

Thursday 1/14:

Jack Rabbits, Arctic Foxes & Racers: SKATE

Jack Rabbits will work on the basics and we’ll all  keep working on V-1.

Saturday 1/16: Racers at Craftsbury

Change of Plans: Sunday 1/17 Practice at Sleepy Hollow

Saturday’s driving is looking dicy. We will practice on Sunday closer to home.

Skate Technique

10:30 AM-12 Noon  

SIGN-UP if you are coming, so we know to look for you.

To ski at Sleepy Hollow this year, you need:
a) a pass- season’s pass, a day ticket (buy on their website), or a reciprocal season’s pass
b) Sign in their Attestation Form (on website)- Only need to do this once a season
c) Do the Daily Sign-in (Online or notebook on the porch on site)
All these things can be found on:  Sleepy Hollow’s Website for Skiing.

Questions? Contact me: sheacobb19@gmail.com

BKL Practice 1/07 (& 1/09 for Racers)

By on 5 January, 2021 in BKL Training Schedule

Thursday 1/07: Jack Rabbits, Arctic Foxes & Racers

Everyone will Classic! Weather: High: 26, Low: 21.

Wax of the Day: Toko Red, Swix V40 (Extra Blue)

Coaches will be out with signs for Meet-up. Look for them in the Meeting Places.

Meeting Places Map

Find Your Coach and Group Here

Don’t Forget to do your MNC Health Screen  before coming to practice

Racers 1/09: Saturday, Bogburn Virtual Time-Trial at Bolton

Meeting Time: 9:30 AM – We will meet to wax, get warmed up & organized, then do our time trial on Picnic. Individual starts, timed. It will just be us!

Distances: 4th grade: 2 km, 5 & 6 grade: 3km, 7&8 grade: 4 km.

CLASSIC TECHNIQUE

Sign-Up Sheet: I need to know who is coming & who is racing so I can set up timing!

Register on Ski Reg! Free for NENSA Members, $5 for non-NENSA Members. I will submit all our BKL results to the Bogburn officials. If you do not want to register, you can still race but I will not submit your time to Bogburn.

WAX: Hot wax tips & tails with Toko Blue, Swix CH6 or equivalent. No big deal if you don’t have time for hot waxing. 

Kick Wax:  TOKO RED or Swix v-40 (Blue Extra).

Questions?  Email Rosemary: sheacobb19@gmail.com

 

Bolton (and Winter) comes BACK

By on 4 January, 2021 in Uncategorized

If we all wanted to put 2020 in the rearview mirror, nothing has represented turning over a new snowflake quite like the weather and progress that has happened at Bolton in the past week alone since Jan 1!

Only a week ago, we were blogging about a crazy snowfarming effort in the warm rainy weather, without even having any MNC structured programming during the week.

A week later, the temps dropped and the snow finally arrived! With winter in the air, the snow extremely packable and groom-able, and the temps holding below freezing, this past weekend led to a real taste of great skiing. Here’s a picture worth a thousand words: thanks to Steve Crafts for capturing a moment of true Nordic bliss for both skier and groomer!

Be sure to keep on top of the latest Bolton conditions by following our snow report page. You can find this on the right-hand side of the MNC homepage, you can follow this page if you have Twitter, or you can just bookmark the link below!

MNC Bolton Snow Report

If you’re interested in some memories from past Bolton excellence, check out the pages that current MNC coach, current MNC parent, and former Bolton Nordic director Liz Hollenbach sent along: Bolton/MNC BKL in 2010!

 

Bolton Snowfarming

By on 28 December, 2020 in Uncategorized

With warm temps today, the already-rocky 1km loop at Bolton was taking a hit. Temps are getting cold again tonight, so it was the crucial window for “snowfarming”.

We may not be at Craftsbury levels yet, but this mission was a success! If anyone is curious what the MNC version of snowfarming looks like…

It begins with shoveling the snow from the sides of the trail right onto the main ski surface. Slightly-wet snowball snow makes for big clumps!

Next step involves taking the snowmobile, with the groomer detached, and packing the shoveled snow down with the tracks of the machine.

Repeat those first two steps again, and again, and again…until it gets dark and you need to turn on the trail lights!

Next, set the groomer blades just deep enough to level-out the packed snow, and make a few passes to get it ready for skiing!

It’s turning cold for the next few days, with intermittent chances for snow, so hopefully this freezes right up for a good base! Thanks to Mike and Emily for the shovel brigade!

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