We supply our own bathroom supplies at the Walker Building at the Range. If you can bring some TP or soap, please sign up using this Sign-up Genius Link. *Note: We don’t want to keep a stash of extra this year because there are mice who tend to get into it in our supply room. Therefore, we ask that you bring it on the day you signed up for and immediately distribute it to the bathroom stalls. Thanks!
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Sleepy Hollow BKL Race Cancelled, Bogburn/Rikert is ON!
Update Evening of 1/05/23:
The Sleepy Hollow BKL Race for Saturday has been cancelled. The Bogburn has moved their race from Pomfret to Rikert Touring Center. BKL, U16, Open Men & Women categories. NO DAY OF RACE REGISTRATION! Register up until Friday at 6 pm online at SKIREG.
Coach Rosemary will be on hand to help wax.
Fun at Tomasi Meadow!
We had a really fun MNC day at Tomasi Meadow on Tuesday, with all of our various age groups represented in this beautiful mountain setting. Nestled right under Mt Mansfield and adjacent to the Mountain Road, this field is groomed by Peter Davis (thanks!) and provides about 2km of rolling trails.
We brought out the tiki torches for a little trailside light, and our BKL skiers had a great practice while some Juniors and Masters also skied around. When the sun fully set on solstice-eve, the torches continued to light a path for our Evening Masters. Everyone enjoyed skiing on hardwax with comfortable temps, and it was a great experience showcasing our big community!
Dusk begins to fall
Coach Jen leading some BKL skiers
Blurry view looking down from the hillside!
Masters approaching!
Masters collecting the torches at the end of the night!
Our Masters ski day @ Craftsbury
Thanks to massive snowmaking efforts (and machinery), Craftsbury was able to re-build a melted loop and create awesome conditions over the weekend. A good crew of Masters raced in the Silver Fox Trot events alongside MNC Juniors and BKL skiers, and on Sunday we had a really great turnout for our Masters ski day.
Over 15 skiers gathered after lunch for some klistering and ski prep in the MNC trailer, and then met with coaches Adam, Sara, Kristen, and Rosemary for drills and skills before taking a few laps of the 2km manmade loop.
Sara leads some drills as the group gathers in the upper field
We were fortunate to end the week with a bit of snowfall, as right after we began the flakes started coming down. All of a sudden, the brown landscape off the loop was looking more like winter. It was great to get some daylight skiing in, take some video, and meet up with new and returning skiers in the program.
Some of the crew opted to head home after the classic portion, but a group switched to skate skiing for an additional hour of snow time. We got a quick group photo of the skate squad by one of the multiple Pisten Bully groomers Craftsbury uses to help create some fo the best snow around.
Winter is off to a slow start, but cold temps and some incoming snow may help us out. We’ll need to stay flexible with Range access and snowmaking/lighted loops such as Sleepy Hollow, but skiing is finally starting to come around. Thanks to all that joined us yesterday!
Lake Placid EC needs volunteers!
Volunteers at last year’s MNC Skiathlon (thank you again!).
Are you a parent traveling to Lake Placid for the Eastern Cup? Please consider volunteering! It takes a ton of volunteers to host a well-run Eastern Cup race and Rikert had lots of volunteers lined up. Then had to move their race to Lake Placid and many of their volunteers had to withdraw. If you are going anyways, please consider taking a shift! Contact: Britta Pirrung, britta@frostmountainnordic.org
Everyone will really appreciate your help!
