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NO SKIING AT THE RANGE TODAY (Tues)

We just received notice from Major Sprano at the National Guard as of 9:10am:

The Biathlon trails survived the weekend’s crazy weather fairly well.  However, the rain and warm temperatures continue.  With the National Guard East Region Competition and NORAM being held next week, we are asking that everyone stay off the trails today and tomorrow so that we can maintain the base that we currently have. We will be reopening the trails on Thursday when the temperatures go back down.

At this point, it looks like Sleepy Hollow is the only ski area that is open. 

 

Juniors: as of right now we will attempt to ski at Sleepy Hollow, 4:00-5:30pm. Please bring running shoes as a backup.

BK and Masters this week

BK and Masters skiing will resume at the range this week at our normal schedule.  Hard to believe but enough snow survived to keep a 2 km loop open. Temps will remain above freezing for the next couple of days.  The course was groomed today but will not be touched again until temps drop and stay below freezing.

1/14 – TUESDAY 

Penguins and Jackrabbits – 3:30 – 5:00 skate ski.

BK Racing – Classic Skiing – Bring waxless if you have them. If not and you have klister apply SWIX KR70 or TOKO Red or SWIX Universal.  If you want to go one step further apply a thin layer of KR50 (violet) let cool and then apply the KR 70 over top. This can also be done with TOKO. Remember to keep they layers thin and make the kick zone a little shorter than with hard wax.  Nothing behind the heel. Coaches will have some klister at the Walker Building too.

TOKO VIDEO – applying Klister: http://www.toko.ch/en/usage/application-videos/cross-country-skis

Masters – Classic too.  Waxless or Klister.  Coaches will help if you need it but don’t be afraid to try applying some before you arrive. See the video link above.

1/16 – THURSDAY

BK and Masters – Skate skiing

BK be prepared to practice taking skis on and off in preparation for our BK Duathlon race on Sunday.

1/19 – SUNDAY – MNC BK DUATHLON RACE !!!

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Junior Photos and Cool Ice Skiing Video

The weather has been crazy and a little depressing, but we had an awesome time skiing at the Range this past Tuesday. See the pic and video below of the skating rink that formed in the shooting area! Thursday we skied at Sleepy Hollow along with about 10,000 other athletes on a 1km loop of icy manmade. Not ideal but it was a good opportunity to have the Juniors interact with the older BKL skiers and have some fun with relays and doing the “mirror drill” in which pairs of skiers try to emulate each other’s technique. Today a small crew made the trek up to Craftsbury for a ski on the manmade loop. They have great coverage still on the manmade loop and they even had like 1″ of new snow this AM.

You have to click on the link that says “Ice Ski Video” to see the video. Very cool!!!

The crew having a fun warmup on a sheet of ice at the Range!

The crew having a fun warmup on a sheet of ice at the Range!

Ben Longenbach and Ben Carnahan skiing at Craftsbury today - Sunday 1/12

Ben Longenbach and Ben Carnahan skiing at Craftsbury today – Sunday 1/12

Quincy and Marika Massey-Bierman at Sleepy Hollow this past Tuesday

Quincy and Marika Massey-Bierman at Sleepy Hollow this past Tuesday

Ice-Ski-Video

Race to the Cabin Cancelled

From the VTXC website….

Race to the Cabin

***Due to very bad driving conditions and rapidly disappearing snow, we have had to make the decision to cancel Race to the Cabin. Our plan is to reschedule for later in the year so check back here and on NENSA for that.

For now…stay safe and stay dry!

 

Waxing for the weekend 1/11-12/14

Toko Recommends: Frost MTN BK RACE

http://www.tokous.com/Waxtips/New%20England%20New%20York/FrostBKL.pdf

Damian Bolduc’s recommendations for the weekend:

Race to the Cabin, Trapp Family Lodge 1/11/14
Stowe Mini Marathon, Stowe Nordic Center 1/11/14
NYSEF Harry Eldridge Memorial Classic, Lake Placid 1/11/14
Frost Mountain BKL Race, Rikert Touring Center 1/12/14
NYSEF Harry Eldridge Skate, Lake Placid 1/12/14
 
One recommendation will suit all races this weekend
Glide: ToKo Yellow/Black Mixed  
Kick: prepare kick zone with ToKo Spray on Green Klister
 
Directions:
Conditions will be old transformed snow.  The weather roller coaster as created a very solid base and course will be tilled snow.  This snow will be old, transformed and somewhat dirty. Transformed Snow is snow that has partially melted and re-frozen, been rained on or is granular.  In this context Dirty Snow means that it has a relatively high volume of particulate matter that occurs naturally in snow, as well as debris from other sources such as tree needles, dust, grooming/tilling or ski bases.  The snow will still look clean, but given the time and swings in weather since the last significant snowfall it is safe to assume that it has much more debris than new/clean snow.   The days leading to the races will be slightly warm with a strong warming trend on the weekend.  These conditions should be very fast as courses will be groomed and will set-up nicely.  One budget wax recommendation will suit all races this weekend. 
Temperatures will be in the ToKo Yellow Zone for all events.  Due to the snow being Transformed/Old/Dirty mixing ToKo Grey will improve the ski over straight ToKo Yellow wax.  The ToKo Grey provides extra shearing ability that glides better over coarse snow as well keeps the ski base cleaner in “dirty” snow. 
For Kick Wax determining the Klister to use is best saved for the day of the race.  It should be Klister conditions due to the snow type and temperature.  To prepare and save time race day you should clean the base and apply the Spray on ToKo Base Green Klister Binder.  This can be covered with hard wax or Klister.  It will make the wax of the day much more durable.
Application: 
Glide: Apply Toko Yellow and iron into the ski base allow it to cool and set.  Drip ToKo Grey spacing drops every 2-3 inches on each side of the ski groove.  Iron in to mix.  Let the ski cool completely, scrape and brush.
Kick: ToKo Spray On Klister – With the ski vertical (because the aerosol does not work as well when tilted or upside down)  simply spray the ToKo Green Klister Binder on the Klister Pocket (slightly shorter area in the middle of the kick zone)Place the ski flat immediately so the Klister does not run down the ski.  The base need only look wet where sprayed.  Spray area at a rate of 1 second per foot.  It is ok to cover the groove.  See wax support at the race for the wax of the day.

 

 

 

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