CRAFTSBURY – It was the final ski for most, and maybe the first bicycle ride and run for many more as nearly 150 people took part in the Craftsbury Outdoor Center’s Mud ‘N Ice triathlon. Race organizer, Keith Woodward, was able to keep the 1.8 km Lemons Haunt ski trail[Read More…]
Nordic Skiing
Olympic Medalists Ogden, Schumacher take wins at Craftsbury SuperTour Finals
CRAFTSBURY – Olympic medalists, youth skiers, and nearly 80-year-old veterans took part in the three-day SuperTour and U.S. National races at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center this past weekend. Sprinters took to the 1.5 km course on day one with double silver medalist, Ben Ogden (Landgrove) taking top honors for the[Read More…]
Craftsbury ski coaches in Italy for Paralympics
CORTINA, Italy – A week after the 2026 Winter Olympics wrapped up, another round of Olympics started up, the Paralympics. Audrey Mangan and Suzanne Dunklee have both been coaching for the U.S. Paralympic team this past fall and winter as the team prepared for these events. Mangan is one of[Read More…]
Craftsbury Ski Club’s Tillie Lange Second at NENSA Eastern High School Championships
North Creek, N.Y. – Tillie Lange, an 11th grader at St. Johnsbury Academy, has been skiing with the Craftsbury Ski Club (CSC) since before middle school. The CSC provides extra coaching and training for skiers both during the snow season and the rest of the year. Many students from around[Read More…]
Craftsbury Skiers at IBU Biathlon Races
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – A handful of Craftsbury Green Racing Project (GRP) biathletes competed the past two weekends in the international IBU races at Mount Hovenberg. These races are a level below World Cup but athletes from across Europe made the journey to the U.S. to participate. Jake Brown had[Read More…]
Two top 15s for Jack Young on the World Cup
LAHTI, FINLAND – Craftsbury Green Racing Project (GRP) skier, Jack Young, had the chance to compete in two freestyle cross country sprint competitions these past two weekends for the U.S. Ski Team. He’s showing continued improvement by first making it through the qualifier racers into the heats. But then he’s[Read More…]
Stowe boys are D2 cross country ski champs
CRAFTSBURY – After four races over two days, the Stowe boys team came out on top in Division 2. The classic ski portion of the Vermont state meet took place Tuesday, Feb. 24, at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center on a cold but picture perfect day. For the Stowe team, it[Read More…]
Outdoor Center adapts to new wax technology
CRAFTSBURY – A July 2025 WCAX story shared that “Researchers have uncovered so-called forever chemicals at regional ski racing areas.” While that story said, “. . . it’s a sign that change is needed, starting at home.” Ollie Burrus at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center (COC) says that change has already[Read More…]
Free loaner skis, snowshoes available for Saturday lessons, tours, games
HARDWICK – This year’s early snow cover has allowed the Hardwick Trails Committee to get an early start grooming the extensive trails network. Trails are now open to all community members. For the first time in the history of the Hardwick Trails ski program, a team of volunteers glide-waxed the[Read More…]
Cross-Country Skiing, Biathlon Season Ends
CRAFTSBURY – The Outdoor Center reported March 25 that the Touring Center had closed and the season had come to an end. “We were open for 121 days, had two months of especially wonderful cold, dry snow and then it disappeared way too quickly. An additional note said, “If things[Read More…]
Skiing at Craftsbury Outdoor Center
140 Ski Greensboro Trails in Annual Tour
GREENSBORO – “Nordic skiing at its best” was the consensus of the over one hundred cross-country skiers who took the challenge of skiing in the 2025 Tour de Greensboro Sunday. Nordic skiers from six states and Canada navigated both the public Greensboro trails and private trails that are usually closed[Read More…]
