Billy Dutton UphillSquaw Valley USAApril 15, 2012Race ResultsPhotos It was a glorious day at Squaw Valley for the 2012 Billy Dutton Uphill. This year’s race honored both Billy Dutton and his mother Betty Walsh and racers sported flowers in honor of Betty. Congratulations to winners Tav Streit, Beth Thomas, Ross McMahan, and Paula Bossler. Tav [...]
Tahoe Rim Tour April 7, 2012 Race ResultsPhotos It was a beautiful klister day for the 2012 Tahoe Rim Tour. 121 racers skied or snowshoed the 26 kilometer course from Tahoe XC to Northstar XC. Despite a broken pole, August Teague won the men’s classic division with a time of 1:23:09, Farm Team racer Gustavo [...]
Preski the TAHOE RIM TOUR course. The entire course from Tahoe XC to Northstar will be groomed tomorrow, April 4th, for you to classic, skate, or snowshoe. Please purchase a $10 pass available from Tahoe XC for use of Tahoe XC and Northstar’s trail systems and facilities. Skiers MUST sign a Northstar waiver. You [...]
Tahoe Rim Tour April 7thDON’T MISS YOUR CHANCE TO SKI THIS GREAT POINT TO POINT RACE FROM TAHOE CITY TO TRUCKEE!. This is a fundraiser for the Far West Nordic Ski Education Association’s Junior Ski Programs.Race Day Registration 7:00am-8:15am at North Tahoe High School
BILLY DUTTON UPHILLSQUAW VALLEY USA APRIL 15, 2012 8 AM UPHILL SKIERS, RUNNERS, AND SHOWSHOERS RACE AT SQUAW VALLEY Billy Dutton was an athlete with extraordinary endurance, equally famous for his great smile as he was for his daily (!) routine of skiing UP the Mountain Run on classic skis. As one of the founders [...]
The Far West Nordic Annual Meeting and the Annual Election of Directors and Officers will be held Monday, May 14, 2011 at the Truckee River Winery (11467 Brockway Road, Truckee CA). Appetizers and wine and an informal get together from 5:30 pm followed by the board meeting and annual election of directors and officers at [...]
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Auburn Ski Club is sorry to inform all you runners that the Town of Truckee is not allowing us to run the 35th Annual Turkey Trot because of safety concerns with the snowy conditions we would probably encounter on Town roads. So, despite the event always bragging it is a “rain or shine event,” the [...]
Far West Nordic’s BIG Party of the year was held at its new digs in the Olympic Village Lodge on November 5th, and was, by all accounts, a smashing event. Great food by Men Wielding Fire and Cottonwood, plus wine by Truckee River, Coppola, and Sierra Knolls Wineries, plus beer by Black Diamond Brewery made [...]
Do you need to earn more Far West Bucks for this year’s trips, races and camps? Amazon.com has a great program for non-profits to earn money through their Community Gift Wrapping program. Basically, you go out to the Amazon distribution center in Fernley, NV and wrap Holiday gifts and earn 70 cents per package. The [...]
