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LL to Banff loppet full in one day

If you plan on registering for the Lake Louise to Banff loppet, the best you can do is to get on the waiting list and hope someone cancels.

George Grey goes out in style

Grey wins National Championship 50K Skiers and spectators alike couldn’t have asked for better weather for the crown jewel race in the Canadian National Championships at the Canmore Nordic Centre today. Even the large Canadian flag was hanging limp as 52 skiers took the start at 8:30 a.m for…

National XC Ski Championships

I watched some exciting ski racing today at the Nordic Centre during the National ski championships. Today’s event was the classic sprints with 58 men and 43 women competing. The men were on a 1.4K course while the women did 1.2K. Len Valjas was the first to cross the finish line with…

World masters

Congratulations to all the Canadians and especially the local skiers who participated in the World masters over the past week. I’ve become accustomed to seeing Marg Fedyna’s name at the top of the results for our local loppets, but now we can see she’s world class. Here’s a final update from…

World masters update; Lake Louise Loppet; Ribbon Creek

Thanks to Blaine for this report on today’s action: 4th Place Relay Finish for Team MitoCanada (M2) We awoke this morning to heavy snowfall and what was shaping up for a great power day on the ski hill. However, this posed some challenging conditions for the xc skiers who were…

PLPP; World Masters

Just returned from an overnight ski to Shadow Lake Lodge(will post an update on that tomorrow). That’s my excuse for being late with these reports… First from Steve Riggs: Hi Bob, Sunday was a fabulous day on the ski trails in PLPP. We skied up Whiskyjack, across Lookout and down the steep…

Calgarian on podium at world masters in Vernon

Before we get started, if you are a regular reader of this blog, you’ll have seen Blaine Penny’s name a few times, mostly because he’s winning races and making great videos for us. There’s more to this story, however. Blaine’s little boy… Read more Kirk Howell and Blaine Penny from…

We win gold in Oslo!!!!

A historic day for Canada’s XC skiers With the Norwegian leading narrowly in the final sprint, Harvey unleashed a devastating finishing kick and powered past him with barely 50 metres to go. Read more in the Globe and Mail Kershaw and Harvey win nordic world mens relay…

Opinions on Mt Shark

I received this email today, and I agree with Mike that Mt Shark doesn’t seem to be getting much coverage. Is anyone skiing there? Great post and images from the Cookie Race, Bob, looks like you had a great race day. One question sprang to mind recently – I wondered aloud…

Cookie Race

It was a fantastic winter’s day in PLPP for the Kananaskis Ski Marathon. I’ve always considered Peter Lougheed Provincial Park the best place to XC ski anywhere on the face of the earth, and that was reinforced today. Interesting trails for all abilities of skiers, in the magnificent setting of our majestic…

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