Olympic cross-country ski champion Kikkan Randall finished today’s NYC marathon in a bit under three hours. See NBC Sports. She ran with fellow former US Ski Team members Liz Stephen and Ida Sargent. https://nbcolympictalk.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_0357-e1572809893456.jpg (NBC Sports photo) One of the things that’s most impressive is her calm and reserved public manner. Maybe she’s hyper-focused and …
Author: cfski
Living in the NYC area means watching for skiable conditions.
It’s a perfect time…
... to start thinking about skiing before the temps drop and the snow flies. Fall is a great time to change up exercise routines and get ready for skiing. A number of us will have spent the summer doing things like biking, hiking, running, and so on. Now is a good time to add/substitute any …
Waking up…
It's not quite fall yet, but there's good news from Lake Placid and ORDA- via Fasterskier, Mt van Hoevenburg is due to get a major renovation by 2022. https://fasterskier.com/fsarticle/mount-van-hoevenberg-to-receive-first-major-makeover-since-1980-winter-olympics/ A new lodge (so overdue!), snowmaking, roller-ski trails are among the improvements planned. In another bit of news (not so good), a North American XC ski …
A data-oriented retrospective
Tracking the conditions at ski touring centers represented a way to imprint specifics of the season in memory, and better yet, have data to show for it. I figured I could use the recorded conditions to get a longitudinal perspective on the season. I also wondered if it would reveal anything unexpected. There don't seem …
It’s a wrap
April 5 update Had to check one more time- Notchview gave it up last weekend, while Mt. van Hoevenberg came back and updated on 4/3 with minimally skiable conditions. One way or another, this is MvH's last weekend though. Garnet Hill still had 6k as of Thursday, so it looks like this will be their …
Across the Snow Line 
