33 Far West Nordic Junior athletes are in Soldier Hollow, Utah for the Intermountain/Rocky Mountain Super JNQ races. It was a brisk, beautiful day at Soldier Hollow for Friday’s Classic Sprints. The highlight results of the day were an overall win by Hannah Halvorsen in the FJ3 girls competition (a 2.6 km race), a 2nd [...]
Soldier Hollow 2012Congrats to J3 racers Hannah Halvorsen, Brandon Herhusky, and Skyler Mullings.
February 3-5, 2012 Cost: $150; For an athlete providing all their own transportation and lodging but wishing to partake in Far West help/coaching waxing (glide wax the day before and kick wax the day of) their skis for the Mammoth JNQ, the cost will be $15; $90 SBA Open to all Far West juniors (age [...]
Far West Nordic went in search of the snow this weekend. They headed to Mt Bachelor in Bend, Oregon for the Sunnyside Pursuit PNSA Masters Championship/JNQ. The morning was cold and sunny with great trail conditions and Far West Nordic had a stellar day! The highlight results of the day were overall wins by Hannah [...]
January 6-8, 2012Cost: $230Open to all Far West Nordic juniors age 13-19 who have already been skiing and training.Sign up Deadline: Thursday January 5 at noon. No Exceptions Desperate times call for Desperate measures….Last minute trip to Bend, Oregon for our Juniors to go and race in one of the PNSA JN Qualifiers this Saturday [...]
January 25-29, 2012 Cost: $490 Open to all Far West athletes age 13 or older wishing for top-notch race experience. Sign-up Deadline: January 16th – Sign Up Early, as this trip will Fill Up Quickly! This is one of the most anticipated trips of the year for the Juniors. It combines hard, extremely competitive racing [...]
A week can bring a lot of perspective. Last week, 19-27 November 2011, 12 Far West athletes and 3 coaches were happily skiing, training, and racing in Montana for the annual West Yellowstone Ski Festival and Supertour races. Every day for a week the athletes would get up, eat, go ski, eat, nap/homework(?), snack, ski, [...]
SENIOR NATIONALS: Rumford, Maine January 1, 2012 – January 8, 2012 Open to: Far West Junior National Qualified J1 and older, and all Far West Senior Team $250 deposit due December 10, 2011 This full-tilt racing trip is open to Far West JO Qualified Juniors, J1 (please talk to your coach for confirmation) or older, plus [...]
There were bright blue skies, frigid temperatures, and solid track for the classic races on Saturday in West Yellowstone. Mens 10km classicMatt Gelso 2nd in his class (4th overall) 25:44.6Elias Bucher 21st in his class (43rd overall) 28:00.9Phillip Violett 25th in his class (60th overall) 29:02.6Jordan McElroy 6th in his class (76th overall) 29:52.5Patrick McElravey [...]
