February 16th, 2010
Race Report: Trophee des Gastlosen- Team World Cup- 7th Place
A walk down memory lane… This race was a memorable one for me because my very first real ski mountaineering course was the Gastlosen in 2005. I was living in Switzerland, teaching at Aiglon College. That winter, my first child had just turned 1 year old, starting to sleep through the night, so why not take on a new challenge-ski mountaineering?
Team World Cup around the Gastlosen Range- 2304 meters of climbing and descending
February 8th, 2010
Race Report: Cenise Bargy- January 31, 2010. 2 legs- ski mountaineering & 1 leg- skate skiing
Podium- First place individual women
The Cenise Bargy is a race I have always wanted to do. I heard about it last year after the fact, so I had my heart set on doing it this year. It was a great memory and great to take home the first place for individual women. My current coach of the Chamonix Ski Alpinisme Club- Yann Gachet was the winner last year. He gave me a few tips on the course but all in all I had no idea what I was up for.
The race consisted of 3 legs, combining two of the things I love to do: ski Mountaineering and skate Skiing. You could race as a team or individually. (more…)
1 commentFebruary 1st, 2010
After the tally of the last World Cup Ski Mountaineering race in Claut, Itay, Nina is in 7th place over all for the women! Congratulations to her and kudos as her hard work and dedication to training and helping the sport grow is paying off!
Nina in the Pierra Menta 2009 for US Team–kicking and gliding with a smile!
Nina’s teammate, Monique Merrill is up there too! If you want to see a better copy it can be found under “Ranking 2010″ on www.ismf-ski.org
The comments have been great and get Nina really psyched. Thanks for the support. MS
No commentsJanuary 28th, 2010
Reconning the course for the 2nd individual world cup in Claut, Italy in the dolomites.
January 16th, 2010
This is really exciting to be ranked number 2 in France in ski mountaineering racing, as a result of my last week intensity effort (four races in 9 days). I am just behind last years World Cup winner, Laetitia Roux. Considering the level of competition in France (and equally Switzerland and Italy), I am honored to be in this position. It wont last too long though, as I am not pursuing the French circuit and will be skipping French Nationals this weekend for an Italian race that will help me better prepare for next weeks World Cup.
Here’s the live link: http://www.ski-alpinisme.com/classement/2010/2010-01-13D.pdf
1 commentJanuary 14th, 2010
Greetings from Chamonix, France! Thanks for reading my very first blog for Fasterskier. What an amazing site for training, racing and keeping up to date on athletes in the nordic sports! We all want to ski fast whether up or down! I am pretty sure this is the first ski mountaineering race blog for FasterSkier. Through it, I hope I can share a bit more about the sport, continue to help it grow in the US and reach the goal of ski mountaineering in the Olympics in 2018 . To learn more about me and the sport of ski mountaineering be sure to check my intro, about me and other pages.
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