Juniors Week 1

It was a busy first full week of Junior training, but it already feels so good to be back in the swing of things! Bolton has proven to be a great training center: we basically have the place to ourselves for every morning session, and while it’s quite busy on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, it’s our own club alongside MMU that’s populating the trails…and it’s awesome to see Masters, BKL, and Juniors all skiing around in their little pods and trains around the trails.

Here are some photos from the week!

Timetrial with the Vermont contingent of Ford Sayre! Everyone raced great! 

Silas helping me to set some tracks after training. When the snow is packed hard, the weight of a few bricks just won’t do!

Morning training group…usually a bit smaller than the evening group, but this week getting the benefit of a weird weather inversion that led to peach-colored skies at Bolton’s 2000′ elevation ABOVE the clouds!

That’s not to say the night skiing group doesn’t get cool scenes also…illuminated by the alpine mountain’s glow

This week we’re looking forward to what may be considered the first “real” races of the season, the first round of the Vermont Cup at Craftsbury, followed next weekend by Vermont Cup #2 at Prospect! That’s right, things are happening and races are starting to form…stay tuned!

BKL Practices 1/12- 1/16

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)

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

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!

 

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