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Sprint!

Saturday, December 19th, 2009

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This ski was just getting fast…

Catamounts were competing on either end of the country today in Junior Olympic qualifying races. In Northern Maine Newt, Pete, and Mary qualified for the heats in the Eastern Cup opener. Pete skied a good heat improving on his personal best. He drew a tough heat with three Middlebury skiers controlling the heat. He skied well but some tactical skiing by Graham Egan left him a few inches short of having a shot at the Semi-finals. In the fourth heat Newt got off to a great start hitting the first down hill in the lead, unfortunately an aggressive line and some ice left him on the ground with a ski broken almost in half! He gamely finished the heat on one of Pete’s skis.

Up north Caitlin P and Amy were getting started at the first Besh Cup weekend with another Skate sprint.

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Finals, Racing, and Skiing at Trapp Family Lodge

Saturday, December 12th, 2009

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The vans are back where they belong….surrounded by snow and filled with smiling skiers.

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Mt. Mansfield Adventure.

Monday, December 7th, 2009

Finals are coming and there isn’t any groomed skiing to be had so we hiked up on Mansfield to see what we could find. An hour later we had found some pretty good skiing. There is snow in the forecast the next few nights, with any luck we’ll be skiing on the good stuff by Wednesday, till then enjoy these shots from Sunday courtesy of Caitlin, Mary, and I. There are more pictures on Flickr.

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Chester Arthur Pursuit!

Monday, December 7th, 2009

After a couple of days of cold temps and snow Mother Nature hit the reset button again. In response we held the first ever Chester Arthur Memorial Pursuit in Fairfield, VT this past Saturday. Not real popular in Utah Chester Arthur (the 21st President) signed the Edmunds Act which banned bigamists and polygamists from voting or holding office. More about Chester A Arthur here. Thanks to Cole for a few shots from the pace workout.

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First tracks…

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

At long last we got a nice first day on snow today. Bolton got a good dump in the last storm and the cold temps the last few days have helped it set up. The fields are fun and the trails are an adventure!

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