By Gavin Kentch
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For many years now, top American junior skiers under the age of 18 have competed in Scandinavia as part of an organized trip. For most athletes, it is their first time representing the U.S. abroad. They get to wear the same uniforms as Gus and Jessie et al., which is a Very Big Deal. (No snark whatsoever in that phrasing! I wish I had one of those uniforms!)
Historically, this trip has been known, variously, as the U18 trip, the Nordic Nations trip, the Scando Cup trip, or the Scan Cup trip. In 2013 it was known, colloquially, as the Scando Cup trip. And that is all the segue I need to drop this video here:
Anyway. The trip is now known as “Cross Country U18 Nordic Nations Championships” on this portion of the USSS site, but as “U18 Scandinavian SuperTrip” in this more recent, 2026-specific press release. I really like saying “SuperTrip,” so that’s its new name here. SuperTrip! Shoutout to whoever came up with the new moniker.
Who is going for the U.S.?
Here are the athletes officially named to this year’s SuperTrip! team. Skiers qualified for the SuperTrip! team on the basis of their two best results from the first three races at 2026 U.S. Nationals in Lake Placid earlier this month. All hometowns and club affiliations here are via USSS.
Women
- Georgia Bishop (Steamboat Springs; Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club)
- Brooke Greenberg (Park City; Park City Ski & Snowboard)
- Tula Higman (Bozeman; Bridger Ski Foundation)
- Miya Kam-Magruder (Anchorage; Alaska Winter Stars)
- Linnea Ousdigian (Minneapolis; Loppet Nordic Racing)
- Aili Scott (Truckee; Tahoe Endurance)
Men
- Gabe Black (Palmer, Alaska; Mat-Su Nordic)
- Odin Berryman (Missoula; Missoula Ice Badgers)
- Ian Carmack (Park City; Park City Ski & Snowboard Club)
- Matthew McIntosh (Ripton, Vermont; Green Mountain Valley School)
- Sam Madsen (Bozeman; Bridger Ski Foundation)
- Tristan Thrasher (Steamboat Springs; Team SoHo)
When are the races?
Races are in Trondheim, Norway, this weekend, and Ulricehamn, Sweden, next weekend. The first weekend has races on January 30, January 31, and February 1. The second weekend has races on all of February 6–8.
You can find a detailed race schedule for Trondheim here. Still working on that for the Bauhaus Cup weekend in Sweden, tbh. Stay tuned. (Time zone is the same in both countries, CET. This is six hours ahead of the East Coast, eight hours ahead of Mountain Time, and ten hours ahead of Alaska.)
USSS has a helpful overview of the two weekends of racing here.
Where are results?
Here are live results for Trondheim. Again, still working on that for Ulricehamn, sorry.
Here are the FIS-result pages for Trondheim and for Ulricehamn.
Is there streaming?
Yes! At least for Trondheim. Talk about a SuperTrip!
You want DirekteSport for this, specifically DirekteSport Langrenn. You can find that page here. You will probably have to pay for this. If you need to geolocate to Norway to do so, Windscribe gives you 10GB free a month, which is more than enough to stream all these races. If you need to provide them with a Norwegian-based credit card for payment? The inactive lawyer in me cautions me to stop short of walking you through what could potentially be viewed as international wire fraud, sorry. You’re on your own for that.
As for Bauhaus Cup in Ulricehamn, try one of these: Expressen langskidor, Expressen livesport, SVT. Happily enough, Windscribe has servers in Sweden as well as in Norway.
Candidly, I may not have the bandwidth to update this article with specific streaming info for Bauhaus Cup as next weekend approaches, given that Olympic racing starts on that Saturday. Nothing personal, and I’m a huge fan of junior racing — hence this article — just I probably won’t have a chance to get back to this, to be honest. But I’ll do what I can.
Who is supporting this trip?
It takes a village. Here is the staff, again per USSS:
- Greta Anderson; Stifel U.S. Ski Team
- Bryan Fish; Stifel U.S. Ski Team
- Gabe Norby; Heber City, Utah; Team Soldier Hollow
- Jon Filardo; Victor, Idaho; Jackson Hole Ski Club
- Brandon Herhusky; Richmond, Vermont; Green Mountain Valley School
- Nick Brown; Carbondale, Colorado; Craftsbury Green Racing Project
- Ellen McCarthy; Hopkins, Minnesota; Minneapolis Ski Club
- Aubrey LeClair; Bozeman, Montana; Bridger Ski Foundation
- Erin Downey-Filardo; Victor, Idaho (Physical Therapy)
- Dr. Jasmine Wiley; Schwano, Wisconsin (Medical, telehealth)
Is the staff psyched for SuperTrip?
They are! Here’s Greta Anderson, development coach for the national team, on what she sees in this year’s SuperTrip!:
“Our U18 Scandinavian SuperTrip[!] Team reflects the depth and momentum of U.S. cross-country skiing at the development level, with athletes who are already gaining meaningful international racing experience and learning how to compete with confidence and professionalism. I’m equally thrilled to be leading an experienced, hardworking staff whose collective knowledge, commitment, and expertise elevate every aspect of this trip for our athletes. Experiences like these will be key in intentionally shaping the future of our sport — including, for some, a long-term pathway that may one day extend to the Olympic stage.”
Again, racing starts in Trondheim tomorrow. Congratulations to all athletes. Have fun.
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