Craftsbury Common, VT – Cross country ski racing veteran Kris Freeman, of Andover, N.H., capped off the season with his 15th career U.S. title, winning the 50k mass start on Saturday in Craftsbury Common. Freeman battled teammate Tad Elliott, of Durango, Colo., for the entire distance with a mind boggling 32 laps on the 1.5k … Continue reading Freeman Takes Season Finale U.S. Cross Country Title→
Winter Park, CO – Olympic gold medalist Julia Mancuso powered through exaustingly soft snow as temperatures soared into the 60s on Saturday at the Nature Valley U.S. Alpine Championships to take giant slalom gold and up her own national title record to 15. Nineteen-year-old Norwegian Kristine Gjelsten Haugen was second ahead of 17-year-old Mikaela Shiffrin, … Continue reading Mancuso Bumps Title Record to 15→
Silverthorne, CO – A backcountry skier slid 1,500 feet to his death in rocks on Buffalo Mountain west of Silverthorne on Friday, the same day that a second skier died in an avalanche near Silverton, Colo. Buffalo Mountain, near Silverthorne, Colo. (file photo: Luis Toro)
Winter Park, CO – Canada stole another men’s speed title from its American neighbors on Friday as Dustin Cook claimed the super G crown at the U.S. National Alpine Championships in Winter Park – the third U.S. championship race won by a Canadian in the last two years. Friday’s race included 73 U.S. skiers, three … Continue reading Canada’s Cook Claims U.S. Men’s Super G Title→
Craftsbury Common, VT – Overall World Cup sprint champion Kikkan Randall proved dominance in her repertoire of disciplines as she won the 30k U.S. Championship in Craftsbury Common on Friday. The win marks Randall’s 17th U.S. Championship title and comes as ending punctuation of the most successful season in history for the U.S. Ski Team … Continue reading Randall Wins 30k U.S. Championship→
Winter Park, CO – Squaw Valley, Calif.’s Julia Mancuso landed a massive 1.2-second super G victory at the Nature Valley U.S. Alpine Championships on Friday to extend her national title record to 14 in spring-like Winter Park. Leanne Smith, of North Conway, N.H., nabbed silver with Bend, Ore.’s Laurenne Ross earning bronze. The U.S. Ski … Continue reading Mancuso Extends U.S. Title Record to 14→
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