Blueberry Hill hosts wacky, fun Nordic ski event

This classic Nordic ski event, with a legacy dating back to the 1970s, was founded by the late Blueberry Hill Inn owner Tony Clark as an opportunity to have fun on the snow with “guaranteed jumps, spills, singletrack challenges, agility obstacles, and maybe a touch of early spring mud.”

The Middlebury Union High School Nordic skiing team placed two boys and two girls in the top 10 in 5-kilometer classic races held under the lights at the Sleepy Hollow Nordic Center in Huntington on Feb. 8.

It was early January 2018, a year we actually had winter. Our Christmas present to our three sons that year was taking them and their significant others on a three-day, two-night, lodge-to-lodge cross-country ski trip at the Appalachian Mountain Club prop … (read more)

The Middlebury Union High School Nordic ski teams had strong performances at recent races in Stowe and Huntington, highlighted by individual first-place finishes by Mary Harrington and Beth McIntosh, and second-place efforts by Baxter Harrington, Mary Har … (read more)

The Middlebury Union High School girls were the top two individual placers in a Nordic ski race they hosted on Saturday at the Rikert Outdoor Center, but their team settled for a second-place finish. Meanwhile, the Tiger boys were third in a bigger field … (read more)

Four members of the Division II champion Middlebury Union High School girls’ Nordic ski team were named to the D-II All-State Team, and three members of the champion Tiger boys’ team joined them in earning All-State honors. 

The Middlebury College ski teams finished 10th out of 22 teams at the 2023 NCAA Championships held in Lake Placid this past weekend, with 215 points.

I’m standing on the snow at Rikert next to my wife Deborah, clicking my cross-country ski boots into my bindings.

Amid falling snow appropriate for Tuesday’s event at Rikert Outdoor Center, the Middlebury Union High School girls’ and boys’ Nordic ski teams both wrapped up Division II titles with a second set of dominant performances on Day Two of the state championsh … (read more)

Tiger senior Eliot Schneider skis to a top-10 finish at Craftsbury on Wednesday.Photo by Dave Priganc CRAFTSBURY — The Middlebury Union High School girls’ and boys’ Nordic teams positioned themselves for a sweep of the Division II Vermont State championsh … (read more)

Members of the Middlebury and Mount Abraham union high school Nordic ski teams and Addison County residents who ski for Green Mountain Valley School excelled on Sunday in qualifying for the Under-16 New England and Eastern High School championships, event … (read more)

The Middlebury Union High School girls’ and boys’ Nordic skiing teams continued to post strong results in races on Tuesday and this past Friday. 

In a Saturday meet held at Rikert Outdoor Center that was blessed with snowfall the two previous days, the Division II Middlebury Union High School Nordic ski teams posted strong results: The Tiger girls skied to a big victory in a six-team field, and the … (read more)

The Schneiders of MUHS win the girls’ and boys’ races.

Addison County skiers Ava Schneider, Baxter Harrington and Lorenzo Atocha helped Vermont finish second in New England in the Under-16 New England Nordic Ski Association Championship, held in Jackson, N.H., on March 12 and 13.