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Blog Editor / September 11, 2014

Save the Dates: 2014/2015 NorAm and SuperTour Schedules in a Nutshell

NorAm action in Rossland, B.C., final winter: with Dakota Blackhorse-von Jess of the Bend Endurance Academy (101) rounding a corner with Sun Valley's Miles Havlik (110) and Graeme Killick (121) of the Alberta Globe Cup Academy/CNST in the Black Jack NorAm 1.6 k skate sprint semifinals on Dec. 15. Blackhorse-von Jess won the semifinal and went on to spot fifth in the A-ultimate. Fourth in the semi, Havlick ended up 2nd overall, and Killick placed 12th. (Photograph: Shelley Peachell/Peachell Photography, http://peachellphotography.com/)

NorAm action in Rossland, B.C., final winter: Dakota Blackhorse-von Jess of the Bend Endurance Academy (101) rounds a corner with Sun Valley&#8217s Miles Havlik (110) and Graeme Killick (121) of the Alberta Globe Cup Academy/CNST in the Black Jack NorAm one.six k skate sprint semifinals on Dec. 15, 2013. (Photo: Shelley Peachell/Peachell Photography)

Here&#8217s what you have to look forward to this fall, domestically speaking. The Canadians are hosting a season-opening tuneup Oct. 24 in Canmore, Alberta, and it is identified as Frozen Thunder. Right after the classic sprint and freestyle-distance race (Oct. 31) at the Canmore Nordic Centre, North-American skiing attention will flip to Montana for the USSA SuperTour opener at its typical stop in West Yellowstone from Nov. 28-30.

The SuperTour circuit then heads north to Bozeman, Mont., for the 2nd weekend of races Dec. 5-seven. Canadians will have a chance to race at residence yet again at Cross Nation Canada’s NorAm opener Dec. 13-14 in Rossland, British Columbia, which also serves as its U23/Junior Planet Championships Trials. Yet another set of trials takes location the subsequent weekend, Dec. 20-21, at Whistler Olympic Park in Callaghan Valley, British Columbia.

For the last two years, U.S. nationals has been held at Soldier Hollow, the 2002 Olympic venue just outdoors of Park City, Utah. This winter from Jan. 4-ten, they’ll be in Houghton on Michigan&#8217s Upper Peninsula. The SuperTour circuit ventures to Vermont for back-to-back weekends in Craftsbury from Jan. 30-Feb. 8 ahead of the ultimate American distance race (also portion of the SuperTour routine): the American Birkebeiner Feb. 21 in Hayward, Wis.

Another NorAm and the third-and-ultimate set of Canadian U23/Junior World Trials is scheduled for Jan. eight-eleven in Duntroon, Ontario. Western Canadian Championships in Canmore will follow from Jan.15-17, and Jan. thirty-Feb. one, Nakkertok will again host NorAm Easterns in Cantley, Quebec (just ahead of U23 and Junior Globe Championships Feb. 2-eight in Almaty, Kazakhstan). The Gatineau Loppet will once again double as Canadian Long Distance Championships with its 51 k traditional mass start off in mid-February.

The NorAm season wraps up in Thunder Bay, Ontario, with Canadian Ski Nationals at Lappe Nordic, which includes the 50 k freestyle mass begin.

SuperTour Finals and U.S. Distance Nationals are set for March twenty-26 in Sun Valley, Idaho &#8212 and the mixed relay is back.

Emily Nishikawa (l) edges Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt (c) and Heidi Widmer (r) in the women's one.four k skate sprint last at the Black Jack NorAm on Dec. 14 in Rossland, B.C. Widmer was 2nd and Bouffard-Nesbitt placed third. (Photograph: Shelley Peachell/Peachell Photography, http://peachellphotography.com/)

Emily Nishikawa (l) edges Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt (c) and Heidi Widmer (r) in the girls&#8217s one.4 k skate sprint last at the Black Jack NorAm on Dec. 14, 2013 in Rossland, B.C. (Photograph: Shelley Peachell/Peachell Photography)

2014/2015 NorAm schedule

Oct. 24: Canmore Frozen Thunder sprint opener: classic sprint*

Oct. 31: Canmore Frozen Thunder distance opener: freestyle distance*

Dec. 13-14: Rossland NorAm opener (and U23/Junior Planet Trials 1): freestyle sprint &amp 10/15 k classic

Dec. 20-21: Whistler traditional sprint &amp freestyle interval start off at Callaghan Valley (U23/Junior Globe Trials 2)

Jan. 8-11: Duntroon 15/thirty k skiathlon, traditional sprint, ten/15 k freestyle (U23/Junior Globe Trials three)

Jan. 15-18: Western Canadian Championships in Canmore: 10/10 k classic, freestyle sprint, classic mass start off

Jan. thirty-Feb. 1: Eastern Canadian Championships in Cantley: freestyle sprint/prologue, 10/15 k freestyle, 15/20 k traditional mass start off

Feb. 14-15: Gatineau Loppet/Canadian Extended Distance Championships: 51 k traditional mass start*

March 14-21: Canadian Ski Nationals in Thunder Bay: freestyle group sprint, five/ten k freestyle, ten/15 k traditional, 30/50 k freestyle mass begin

*Separate from NorAm series

Tucker McCrerey (Utah) takes the outdoors corner at the top of Tele Hill. McCrerey went on to location 19th in the 15 k skate at the 2013/2014 West Yellowstone SuperTour opener.

Tucker McCrerey (Utah) will take the outside corner at the prime of Tele Hill. McCrerey went on to area 19th in the 15 k skate at the 2013/2014 West Yellowstone SuperTour opener.

2014/2015 SuperTour routine

Nov. 28-30: West Yellowstone SuperTour opener: Freestyle sprint &amp10/15 k freestyle mass start

Dec. 5-7: Bozeman ten/15 k classic mass start off &amp classic sprint

Jan. four-10: U.S. Cross Nation Championships in Houghton: 10/15 k freestyle, traditional sprint, 20/thirty k classic mass commence, freestyle sprint

Jan. 30-Feb. 1: Craftsbury 20/30 k classic mass begin &amp classic sprint

Feb. six-eight: Craftsbury freestyle sprint, 10/10 k freestyle, ten/15 k classic mass begin

Feb. 21: American Birkebeiner in Hayward: 52 k freestyle mass start

March twenty-26: SuperTour Finals &amp U.S. Distance Nationals in Sun Valley: 10/15 k classic, freestyle sprint, mixed relay, 30/50 k freestyle mass commence

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