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Mad River Scramble Recap
Charlie Goosen, Finn Labor and Oliver Tremble on the starting line for the 3/4 race.
This year’s Mad River Scramble was held on Sunday 1/22 at Blueberry Lake Touring Center in Warren Vt. I had never been to Blueberry Lake so I went early and explore the trails on my classic skis. Tid-tech groomed with classic tracks and a skate lane, the trails meander through woods and fields. One side of the road holds the more advanced terrain with some steep twisting fun downhills, and the other side has more gradual terrain, still featuring plenty of twists and turns to keep if fun and interesting. The BKL races were held on the gradual terrain side of the road with the Lollipop, 1/2 & 3/4 races winding around a loop in a field. The 5/6 and 7/8 courses were more challenging with some sharp 90 degree and hairpin turns and a narrow and sometimes bumpy skate lane through the woods that made passing other skiers and keeping upright in your V-2 a challenge!
We had a very good turn-out for MNC despite some last minute cancellations due to illness. Nine MNC kids did the race and joined others from Mad River Valley, Sleepy Hollow, Woodstock, Craftsbury and Frost Mountain. All our skiers skied very well and were awarded with ribbons and treats at the finish line. Congratulations to Daisy Tremble (Lollipop), Johannes Holenbach (Lollipop), Ollie Laber (1/2), Oliver Tremble (3/4), Finn Laber (3/4), Charlie Goosen (3/4), Mazzy Merrit (3/4), Oakley Crawford (5/6), Liam Vile (5/6) and Fiona Repp (5/6). It was so much fun to watch everyone race today! Everyone is skiing so well!
Daisy Tremble shoots down the trail in the Lollipop Race.
Ollie Laber skied so fast that I only caught him crossing the finish line!
Johannes relaxes with cousins Daisy and Oliver after all that hard racing!
Finn, Mazzy, Oliver and Ollie. Word has it that some of these kids spent the morning on downhill skis at Cochran’s before coming to race here. Skimeisters!
Liam started a couple of skiers back but passed all of them and pounded up the hill to first place!
Oakley had an amazing race and passed about ten kids out there, having an argument with one of them about which side was the “right” along the way! Ha!
This is Fiona getting blocked by a skier just as she started the uphill climb to the finish. See the next pic to find out what happens!
In a gusty move, Fiona pulls to the side and splurges an awesome double pole, quickly passing this skier on her way up to the finish line!
BKL Makes Lemonade from Lemons: Climbing, Dryland & the Bogburn
Liam V skis through the lap lane at the Rikert Bogburn.
BKL kids have been handed a lot of lemons lately- no snow to ski on, warm temps, cancelled races, Range closed. They have been doing a great job of making the best of things and turning it all into Lemonade!
Last Tuesday, BKL kids did a day at MetroRocks Climbing gym. Lots of fun was had by all- Penguins through Racers. We did the self-belays, the bouldering walls and some kids found the Foozball too. Everyone went home with smiling faces and tired arms! (Photos below).
Thursday had us back at Mill River Park for some dryland adventures. These gung-ho kids had fun doing a muddy run, some speedball and soccer and lots of agility in waning light and dark.
As the week went on, ski conditions just seemed to get worse. I promised the Racers that we would definitely ski on Saturday, so when Saturday’s BKL race at Sleepy Hollow was cancelled, we quickly changed plans and everyone signed up for the Bogburn which had been moved from its traditional location in Pomfret to Rikert Touring Center in Ripton. We had a very strong showing with 13 kids from MNC racing. Were conditions great? No! Kind of like a ribbon of icy snow with a very well set track. The people at Rikert did a great job preparing a ski course that held up to the 200 or so racers. Even the tricky downhill that seemed icy at first softened up as it was skied in and wasn’t bad at all. MNC skiers did very well- most of them finishing in the top ten of their age groups! We have a very strong team! Congratulations to Daisy Tremble who skied the Lollipop, Oliver Tremble, Finn and Ollie Laber and Izabella Altodonna who all skied the Gr. 1-4 race, Ansel Sprague, Oakley Crawford and Liam Vile who skied the 5/6 race, and to James Langan, Isobel Calfee, Kate Carlson, Brooke Greenberg and Astrid Longtreth who all skied the 7/8 race. We also had one U16 ski (Niko Cuneo) and 7 Masters skiers. A few photos below.
MetroRocks:
Catherine gives us an intro session before we climbed. We had about 30 kids climbing!
Arctic Fox friends!
Rory on a self-belay route.
Even the Penguins got in on the action!
Our 7/8 girls swept the podium at Bogburn!
Sleepy Hollow BKL Race Cancelled, Bogburn/Rikert is ON!
Update Evening of 1/05/23:
The Sleepy Hollow BKL Race for Saturday has been cancelled. The Bogburn has moved their race from Pomfret to Rikert Touring Center. BKL, U16, Open Men & Women categories. NO DAY OF RACE REGISTRATION! Register up until Friday at 6 pm online at SKIREG.
Coach Rosemary will be on hand to help wax.
Fun at Tomasi Meadow!
We had a really fun MNC day at Tomasi Meadow on Tuesday, with all of our various age groups represented in this beautiful mountain setting. Nestled right under Mt Mansfield and adjacent to the Mountain Road, this field is groomed by Peter Davis (thanks!) and provides about 2km of rolling trails.
We brought out the tiki torches for a little trailside light, and our BKL skiers had a great practice while some Juniors and Masters also skied around. When the sun fully set on solstice-eve, the torches continued to light a path for our Evening Masters. Everyone enjoyed skiing on hardwax with comfortable temps, and it was a great experience showcasing our big community!
Dusk begins to fall
Coach Jen leading some BKL skiers
Blurry view looking down from the hillside!
Masters approaching!
Masters collecting the torches at the end of the night!
