Far West Junior TARA GALLANT will be a SNOWFEST QUEEN candidate for Far West Nordic Ski Education Association. Please show your support for Tara by attending Snowfest events and purchasing raffle tickets from her. 50% of the ticket sales she achieves will go to help support Far West Nordic’s programs. Raffle tickets are 6 [...]
The Far West Nordic Ski Association is pleased to announce that Katrin Larusson has been awarded the Ted Beauchamp Scholarship for 2013. Katrin is a senior at Sugar Bowl Academy and has been at the top of her age group in ski racing for the past 5 years. Katrin has been a medalist at the [...]
Nordic Rocks Ski for Ks is a collaboration among four ski regions, Central Cross Country Ski Association (CXC), New England Nordic Ski Association (NENSA), Far West Nordic Ski Education Association (FWNSEA) and Rocky Mountain Nordic (RMN), for Juniors to keep track of how much they ski. Count and log ALL kilometers you ski this winter, follow the leaderboard, and earn [...]
US Nationals 2013, Soldier Hollow Men’s 15K freestyle: Skiing for Far West Nordic: Patrick McElravey was 23rd MOJ (91st overall), Farm Team Racer Spencer Eusden was 47th MU23 (120th overall), and Dylan Syben was 3rd MJ2 (203rd overall) Women’s 10k freestyle: Farm Team racers Beth Taylor was 3rd FU23 (16th overall) and Holly Whitney 21st [...]
The 1st race of the Silver Sage Center Pursuit was Sunday’s Snowshoe Thompson Classic. A cold morning made for great classic conditions for the 120 racers. Callum Watson won the men’s 10k with a time of 27:51.2, Austin Meng took 2nd at 28:36.8, and Alex Hamilton was 3rd at 28:38.1. For the women, Beth Reid [...]
January 30-February 3, 2013 Cost: $500 Open to all Far West athletes age 13 or older wishing for top-notch race experience. Sign-up Deadline: January 14th -no exceptions! This is one of the most anticipated trips of the year for the Juniors. It combines hard, extremely competitive racing on the trails of the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics [...]
Due to the weather, today’s Snowshoe Thompson Race at Auburn Ski Club will be POSTPONED until next Sunday, December 30. It will be a JNQ but not a NRL/USSA sanctioned race. Stay tuned for more info.
Auburn Ski Club WILL be hosting the sprints today and are looking to get a prompt 10:00 am start. Not a ton of new snow overnight 5-10 inches. They are out grooming. The 1st two JNQ’s of the 2012-2013 season are this weekend at Auburn Ski Club. Come out and start your race season! [...]
