After five years at UAF, Ingrid Olson, our assistant for cross country skiing and cross country running, has decided to move on. She will be heading to nursing school. So, we are actively searching for a new assistant for men’s & women’s cross country skiing and men’s & women’s cross country running.
This is a nine month contract with a good salary, university benefits, a winning tradition, cold weather, and lots of travel. The job is now posted at www.uakjobs.com under “Staff Jobs”. The deadline for applications is May 1.

Assistant coach Ingrid Olson and I skied on great snow today at Birch Hill in Fairbanks. Though a bit slow in places the snow-cover is excellent. I plan to ski on May 1 just to say that I did it. Last fall, we started skiing on the last weekend in September. Seven full months of skiing on our “good” skis. I love it!

I am not the type of person who keeps his digital camera at-the-ready for interesting shots for the blog, or crazy video for youtube. Yesterday, however, I was kicking myself for not having my camera. I skied at Birch Hill and the conditions were fantastic. I wish I had brought my camera so I could post a picture of the trail. I used Salomon Grip 9 classic skis (“fish-scale” kick zone) and it was perfect. And this is low altitude skiing, not sucking wind in April at 9,000 feet. I only saw one other skier; I guess everyone else is running and biking, but I would just as soon ski while we still can.