By Gavin Kentch
On the day of the quintessential Midwestern ski race, two athletes with strong Midwestern ties led the way. Jessie Diggins and Gus Schumacher broke away from their pursuers late...
By Gavin Kentch
The one true ski race goes off tomorrow: the 50th American Birkebeiner will once again see athletes make their way from Cable to Hayward Cable back to Cable via...
By Gavin Kentch
I said in yesterday's preview of the elite field how impressed I am by the efforts of the American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation in making this race happen this year,...
By Gavin Kentch
As the dust settles from the roaring success that was last weekend’s Loppet Cup, the attention of the ski world, and especially of the Midwestern ski world, turns to...
By Gavin Kentch
This year’s American Birkebeiner is going to happen, with events starting as early as next Wednesday, but there are going to be some caveats involved. For one, the race...
It’s a rough time to be a cross-country skier in the Midwest.
“Conditions continue to deteriorate under the relentless warm weather,” reads the current introduction to the trail reports section on Skinnyski.com.
“I...
