Published: Thu Mar 20, 2008 2:00 AM MDT

A small but talented field assembled for the last race in the New England Nordic SKi Association Marathon Series in Sugraloaf, Maine.

The tough 48K course was not enough to separate Olympian Pat Weaver (Factory Team) and David Chamberlain (MWSC/Atomic). Chamberlain seemed to be setting up for a photo finish with Weaver, but a trip just 15 meters shy of the line allowed Weaver to coast in for victory. Marc Gilbertson took third, +1:30.

The women's race proved almost as close a battle as Colby College alum Alex Jospe (CSU/Alpina) thrilled the volunteer crew composed of the current Colby team members with a narrow victory over Lauren Jacobs (Farmington Ski Club.) Nils Koons and Mary Stewart won the 30K races.

A Smooth Start Led by David Chamberlain(301) and Pat Weaver (303)

Colby Alum Marc Gilbertson (305) Leads Colby Asst Coach Ryan Kelly in the Lead Pack

Lead Pack Over the Bridge

Women's Leader Alex Jospe (CSU) Leads Lauren Jacobs (FAST)

Chamberlain Falls! Weaver Wins!

30K Winner Nils Koons Gets a Huge Lead Early

Fred Allen Complete The Entire TD Banknorth NENSA Marathon Series this Year! Congrats!

Published: Fri Mar 21, 2008 2:00 AM MDT

The ski season is not over yet. With 154 inches of snow at Mount Bachelor and it is snowing right now the skiing is excellent. Nordic areas from Crested Butte, Colorado to Craftsbury, Vermont still have great snow. WebSkis.com is now offering 20% off all of our in-stock SOLDA wax! This includes all of SOLDA's amazing wax additives, sprays and powders. We're also discounting what is left of our inventory of Rode, Swix and Toko kick wax by 20%! Take advantage of our once a year SOLDA wax sale and stock up now. Simply ask for your 20% discount when placing your order - either by phone, or by typing your 20% discount request in the comments box when ordering from WebSkis.com.

We are also lowering prices on skis and boots this week! Save 30% off on all in-stock Madshus skis, including Nanosonic Carbon Skate Skis and the Lillehammer MGV Classic Ski. We have a limited number of Fischer Carbonlites in 187 and 192 cm lengths, and stiff flexes and a more diverse supply of Fischer RCS skis. We've also marked down all Alpina, Madshus, and Fischer skate and classic boots. Browse through all of our skis and boots to see what's on sale!

If you have filed your income tax maybe you have that refund coming. The sale will last until April 15, 2008. It is not as cold as January and the skiing is great.

Published: Thu Mar 06, 2008 2:00 AM MST

Marshall Greene (Alpina/Madshus) outgunned Zach Violett (Fischer/Craft) by 3 seconds in the 31st running of the Tahoe to Truckee race. Mark Iversen (Rossignol) was third and Carl Swenson fourth. Greene completed the 30km course in a time of 1:06:51 a new course record. The previous best of 1:07:00 was set in 2005 by Patrick Weaver.

Zach Violett and Marshall Greene (Photo Credit: Tim Hauserman)

In the women's race, Abby Larson edged Factory Team teammate Kate Underwood by one second. Martina Stursova (Rossignol) was third, +1:10. Larson's time of 1:17:18 placed her 28th overall.

Mark Iversen (Photo Credit: Tim Hauserman)

978 skiers completed the 30km freestyle race. The course begins at Lake Tahoe, climbs out of the Tahoe Basin over Starratt Pass, and heads to historic Truckee on a long downhill run along Sawtooth Ridge. The race course covers magnificent terrain and offers spectacular views of Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada. Panoramic views of Squaw Valley and the Sierra Crest are seen from the top of the course just before an exhilarating downhill run.

There is 1200 feet of climbing in the first 12 kilometers, before the course plummets 1800 feet to the finish.

The Great Ski Race is the main fund raising event for the Tahoe Nordic Search & Rescue Team, a non-profit all-volunteer organization. Team members, along with community supporters, organize The Great Ski Race, which continues to be one of the largest Nordic ski races west of the Mississippi. Race proceeds are used primarily to purchase equipment for the Team, and to support winter survival and avalanche education programs sponsored and conducted by the Team.

The Great Ski Race has gone from 60 racers being manually timed in 1977, to more than 600 racers with electronic timing in 1985, to more than 800 racers every year since 1999. In 2005 all records were broken, with 1109 registered racers, 1029 finishers, and the fastest mens and womens times yet.

Complete Results

Read an additional article from the North Lake Tahoe Bonanza

All photos compliments of Tim Hauserman. Tim's most recent book “Cross-Country Skiing in the Sierra Nevada” was released in 2007. You can visit Tim's website at http://www.writeonrex.com/

(Photo Credit: Tim Hauserman)

(Photo Credit: Tim Hauserman)

(Photo Credit: Tim Hauserman)

Published: Thu Feb 28, 2008 12:50 PM MST

World Masters is set to start in just two days a celebration of Cross-Country skiing bringing together thousands of participants from skiing nations around the world. Held in McCall, Idaho, this years event features a staggering number of American participants. Over 600 US master skiers of all levels and ages will be competing.

Says US National Masters Director John Downing, The really cool thing about the massive US numbers this year is that not only is this the biggest national contingent (any nation) to ever attend a Worlds in the 28-year history of the event, since the MWC is concurrent with our National Masters this year, it's also the biggest national championship that I'm aware of in U.S. Nordic skiing history.

This is an opportunity for competitors to mix it up with the many of the best skiers in their age group. Says John Broadhead of Craftsbury, Vermont, a veteran of eight World Masters events, I like competing against 100 really fit athletes my own age from all parts of the world. It is extremely inspiring to be with so many really fit athletes my age and older. And while Broadhead has taken home medals in the past including a silver in Lake Placid, he is not going to Idaho for the hardware, looking to just finishing and feeling good at the end.

Dave Knoop of Park City, Utah is approaching the event with a similar mindset I love to compete, so hopefully I'd like to be in the mix with some good skiers. Personally, I'll know if it was a good race regardless of overall place. I have no expectations other than to ski fast and hard all the way. This sentiment was echoed by everyone we talked to ski hard and have fun.

The masters ski movement in the US has grown dramatically in recent years. Downing views this as integral to the overall health of the sport. Hundreds of youth and junior coaches around the world sell the point that XC skiing is a sport for life. This event is proof positive. If we don't live up to that motto and celebrate masters skiing as an equally important part of our competitive experience, as a sport we are going to go the same route as team sports in worshipping youth and relegating adults to the grandstands or recreation leagues.”

To me there's no difference — none at all — between celebrating masters that are at all spectrums (super serious to super casual) the same way we celebrate that diversity in youth and teen programs.”

Everyone gets the fact that this isn't the Olympics. But it is still very special in it's own right.

Adds Knoop, “Our sport can use as much racing participation at all levels as possible from JO's to Masters. Every level has something to offer skiers, as well as potentially create a venue in which to build life long relationshipsif you love your sport enough, you give back to it any way you can, allowing the sport to continue to grow.

Dorcas Wonsavage of Alpina Sports, who has raced at the highest level as a three-time Olympian, sees World Masters as a powerful motivational tool without a worthy goal such as the World Masters, many of us would have a harder time finding motivation to get out, to train, and stay in touch with the sport and fellow skiers.

Wonsavage was looking forward to competing with her former Olympic teammates Ingrid Butts and Leslie Hall (formerly Thompson) in the relay. Unfortunately, due to last minute complications, she will be unable to attend.

Walt Berling, a veteran coach of 23 years in Jackson, Wyoming, is taking advantage of having the event in his neighborhood or at least within a days drive. His goal is to participate. As a coach, Berling doesnt get that many opportunities to race. He points out that he usually loses fitness over the course of the winter. But getting back out on the course is important As a coach it gets easy to stand on side and tell others to ski fast - but if you race now and then it reminds you just how painful and hard it can be it is a way to say yes, I am going as hard as I can, coach.

And while Berling might claim to be out of shape, that doesnt bother Downing. I love watching the progression of skiers through the different age group waves. As a coach it is fascinating to watch the human body adapt as we age. I am flat out in awe of some of the people that can just rip around on skis at any age you can name. Pound for pound I'll take some of these masters any day against the World Cup red group in an age-handicapped and life-handicapped race.

Medals are always nice, but that is mere icing on the proverbial cake. Safe, clean races is number one for sure. I always tell the USA contingent when we are in Europe I don't care how they ski, I just want to see their faces — with a smile if possible — in the evening. I'm quite serious about that, says Downing who organizes and leads the yearly World Masters trip.

A preview of World Masters by Boulder Nordic Sports Nathan Schultz, including snow conditions, courses, and an interview with John downing can be read here:
McCall World Masters Championship Preview

World Masters Website

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By Dorcas Wonsavage
Published: Fri Feb 15, 2008 12:02 AM MST

Welcome to Las Vegas, NV and the Snow Sports Industry Associations 2008 Trade Show.

Las Vegas? THE place for all things new in the snow sports???

SIA has made Las Vegas home for 35 years. But times are a changing and in 2010 this Snow Show of Shows will move to Denver. Good bye Sin City, sand, gambling, and the shows. Hello, HAPE, hello snow.

Alpina Sports has been an SIA member since Before Snowboarding, when there was only one winter sport and the S stood for Ski. The SIA show is about showing and selling your wares for the following snow sport season. It bills itself as the largest, most concentrated and authentic trade event in the snow sports industry. See and be seen. Make contacts. The sales reps are meeting retail buyers and making pre-season sales. The marketing people are meeting with the media to sell the stories behind their products. And of course, were all looking for the free stuff. Glen Plakes handing out free hats made of hemp. And theres always free beer in the snowboarders area.

Dorcas Wonsavage, ASCs Nordic Team Director, attended the Show this year, where Alpina Sports presented their new brands for 2008 Exel poles, Peltonens Nordic performance skis, and Bjorn Daehlie outerwear as well as Alpina Nordic skis and boots, and alpine skis and boots, Crispi telemark boots, Masters alpine poles, Rottefella bindings, and Start ski wax. Daehlie himself visited the Show, shortly after his 41st place in the Marcialonga, to promote his brand in North America and help serve up some smoked salmon and aquavit, at CCSAAs annual Nordic Village celebration. He kindly gave interviews to Ski Trax and Crosscountry Magazine, and signed cards for all who asked.

Bjorn Dahlie and Dorcas Wonsavage

As the music blared from the booth next door, Wonsavage noted: The response to our taking on Exel and Peltonen has been very positive. Most people get a nostalgic look in their eye, and begin with, My first pair of skis/poles were Were very excited to show that they are at the top of the game in quality and technology. They also compliment our Nordic performance boots and Start ski wax. And to be able to offer the high-quality outerwear that Bjorn has developed is an incredible treat. He has been very generous in sponsoring the U.S. Nordic Teams for the next four years. The athletes are ecstatic!

The general mood of the show this year was happy, but cautious. Its been snowing all over North America and Europe, so last years gear is finally selling and retailers have shelf space to fill. But they dont want to get burned. Global warming is a key selling point for many of the brands either their company has reduced Co2 emissions in product production, in their office/warehouse, or they are using renewable resources like hemp, or bamboo. Even this years Show included a Paperless Media Room everyones press releases and media kits were available only online.
Wonsavage prepared a virtual photo tour of the Alpina Sports booth. Its a glimpse, R-rated, example of what the industry does here to get the product you see on the elite athletes now, on the shelves for you to buy next year.

Statistics:

450 - # of exhibitor booths

1,000 brands representing snow sports

$40,000/day to hold the show at the Mandalay Bay convention center

$0 cost to hold the show in the Colorado Convention Center

2 packs average second-hand cigarette smoke inhaled per person, walking through the casinos every day

584,000 square feet the size of the expanded and remodeled Colorado Convention Center, where the show will move to in 2010

The booth

Eileen and Holden - the Alpina Sports Manequins

EliteSC - Alpina's elite skate boot

Greg, Frank and Tine manning the booth

The new Peltonen skis

Super Rep Klaus Zimmerman

The Alpina '08 Race Boot line

Published: Wed Feb 06, 2008 2:00 AM MST

Updated: Wed Feb 06, 2008 2:50 PM MST

ASPEN, CO Hundreds of Nordic skiers began arriving in Aspen Monday night for the upcoming Aspen Nordic Festival set for Thursday through Sunday. The festivals highlight is one of Colorados favorite annual events, the 21st Owl Creek Chase from Snowmass to Aspen presented by the City of Aspen Parks and Recreation department and The Ute Mountaineer. Added this year for the first time are Thursday and Friday events to create a unique 4-day festival on cross country skis. Over 500 skiers are expected for the weekend which is featured in several race series, including the USSA SuperTour, the FIS Marathon Cup, the Colorado Cup, the Rocky Mountain Junior tryout series, the Keep Winter White Tour Series and of course, the Aspen Town Series. Kids of all ages as well as Olympians past, present and future will be participating in the festival which kicks off at 9am on Thursday at the Aspen Valley Ski Club.

Thursday events feature national SuperTour and Downtown Sprints. 5 and 10 kilometer, SuperTour classical races start things off Thursday morning at 9am at the Aspen Valley Ski Club trails. Adjacent to Aspen High School, the AVSC trails are the standard for excellence in the Roaring Fork Valley and feature tough climbs and speedy descents. These trails will test the classical style skills of some of the best racers in the country, including Aspens Noah Hoffman, fresh off an overall 8th place at the recent U.S. Championships. The USSA SuperTour is the national pro circuit for Nordic skiers and Aspen is the 9th stop on the tour.

Thursday night will feature the quarter horses of Nordic in a 80m drag race sprint tournament at Wagner Park in downtown Aspen. Another local racer, Natalie Ward, is the defending womens champion in the sprint drag races, and is expected to challenge for another title this Thursday night. Action starts at 5:30PM at Wagner Park on Thursday.

Nordic Youth Festival set for Friday. The AVSC will also host Fridays races, an exciting day for kids 13 and under. This is a very captivating event with youths from around Colorado meeting to compete at the entry level. It is truly exciting to see the youngest racers going at it head to head. Racing begins at the AVSC trails on Friday at 9am.

Owl Creek Chase continues to grow. The 21st Owl Creek Chase begins on Saturday morning at the Snowmass Cross Country Center at 9am. This epic event takes in the beautiful Owl Creek Trail from Snowmass to Aspen along its 25 kilometer route. The Owl Creeks fabulous scenery and point to point format make it one of Colorados most popular events year in and year out. The SuperTour affiliation has again brought some of the toughest racers in North America to Aspen and 2-time defending womens champion Kristina Strandberg will have her hands full trying to 3-peat. Olympic skier and biathlete, Sarah Konrad will challenge Strandberg all the way from Snowmass to Aspen as well as last years 2nd place, Evely Dong. On the mens side, look for Lars Flora and Andrey Golovko to challenge former champion and last years runner-up Zack Simons as well as former World Champion Nordic Combined skier Johnny Spillane. For those not quite up for the entire 25k course but still looking to race, this year the Owl Creek Chase will also offer a less competitive 15k event in addition to the regular 25k.

Bappa Tour in 2nd season. Last year the Owl Creek Chase in conjunction with Rocky Mountain Nordic presented the first ever Bappa Tour, named for patriarch of Aspens Brown family, Darcy Brown. The Bappa Tour returns for a second time this year, once again part of Rocky Mountain Nordics Keep Winter White Tour Series. The Keep Winter White series purchases alternative energy credits to off-set the carbon footprint of the entire event, a unique opportunity to save a little guilt in this age of climate change. The Owl Creek Chase is honored to be part of the Bappa Tour and the Keep Winter White series.

Skate with the Pros on Sunday. A free clinic, Skate with the Pros, at the Aspen Cross Country Center, wraps things up on Sunday morning. Come out and learn the finer points of cross country ski skating with pros from the Factory Team and Fischer/Craft, the clinic starts at 10am and is free of charge.

Aspen Nordic Festival details

Schedule of events

Thursday Feb. 7th
9AM, 5/10k SuperTour classical races, AVSC trails
5:30 PM, AVSC Downtown Sprints, Wagner Park

Friday Feb. 8th
9AM, Aspen Youth Festival, 1/2/3k races, AVSC trails
5:30Pm, Owl Creek Chase wax clinic, Aspen Cross Country Center

Saturday Feb. 9th
8AM, RMN Junior Tryout Series, 3/5/10k skate races, Aspen Cross Country Center
9AM, Owl Creek Chase SuperTour 25k, Snowmass Cross Country Center
10AM, Owl Creek Chase 15k, RMN Jr. Tryout 15k, Bappa Tour 15k, 2Creeks base area
11:30-3, Owl Creek Chase after party, Schlomos on the Green

Sunday Feb. 10th
10AM, Skate with the Pros free clinic, Aspen Cross Country Center

Registration and event information
- teamavsc.com for event information on Aspen Valley Ski Club hosted events
- utemountaineer.com for Owl Creek Chase and Bappa Tour information, pre-registration in person at The Ute Mountaineer until Friday at 5PM or race day at the Snowmass Cross Country Center. Entry fee includes an Icebreaker Merino wool base layer valued at over $70 for the first 250 participants.
Club, The Pitkin County Sheriffs Office

Pre-race Favorites

Men
Johnny Spillane, US Ski Team
Lars Flora, Salomon Factory Team
Andrey Golovko, Salomon Factory Team
Zack Simons, Team Rossignol
Zach Violett, Fischer/Craft
Brayton Osgood, Fischer/Craft
Andrew Johnson, Fischer/Craft
Noah Hoffman, AVSC/SVSEF
Casey Ward, Alpina/Madshus
Pierre Wille, Aspen

Women
Kristina Strandberg, Salomon Factory Team
Evelyn Dong, Salomon Factory Team
Sarah Konrad, Madshus Racing
Karin Camenisch, Team Rossignol
Martina Stursova, Team Rossignol
Nicole DeYoung, Fischer/Craft
Natalie Ward, Alpina/Madshus

The sun finally shown through the seemingly endless snowstorm. Aspen/Snowmass has had an epic winter and is ready to host the Aspen Nordic Festival.

Olympic Cross Country Skier and Biathlete, Sarah Konrad from Laramie, WY - one of the favorites.

Published: Thu Feb 07, 2008 2:00 AM MST

720 stalwart skiers made it to the line for the 2008 Craftsbury Marathon. A significant New England ice storm the day before made for interesting driving and challenging waxing. Fortunately Mother Nature backed off by start time - delayed for two hours to allow for extra work on the course.

All photos courtesy of Kris Dobie - http://krisdobie.smugmug.com

Starting at Highland Lodge in Greensboro, Vermont, the marathon winds through farm fields and sugarbush, eventually climbing to finish on picturesque Craftsbury Common. The course was shortened by 5km due to the weather of the previous few days, but the remaining 45km was in excellent condition.

The Craftsbury Marathon is actually three events in one - the 50m marathon, the 25km half, and the tour - an untimed category for those who want the experience without the competition.

Waxing proved to be difficult. Conditions at the start warranted klister - granualar ice the was packed an hour before start. But the half inch of powder that fell early in the morning was waiting in the wind-blown fields. Many racers went with a violet klister well covered by hard wax. This resulted in solid kick but slow skis in the places where the tracks were blown in.

Justin Freeman (Factory Team) led off the line, opening a gap on the field right from the start. Freeman, a blogger on FasterSkier, has stated a goal of winning a major marathon this season. It appeared that he was planning on putting it away early. Given the conditions, this was a risky move - the man in front would be “skiing-in” the tracks for the rest of the field. And the chasers were no slouches - with Dave Chamberlain (Atomic), Eli Enman (Rossignol) and Green Mountain Valley School coaches Justin Beckwith and Jon Arne Enevoldsen.

Freeman led for the majority of the race - over 40 kilometers, before relinquishing the lead briefly, taking it back, and ultimately losing out to Enevoldsen in the final 300 meters. FasterSkier correspondent Ian Case, just back from the SuperTour, took a strong third after a slow start - finishing a little over a minute behind the top two.

In the women's race, Burke Mountain assistant coach and Atomic racer Carina Hamel charged to a two minute victory over Alpina's Dorcas Wonsavage. Former Harvard and Maine Winter Sports Center star Anna McCloon was third, another 4 minutes back.

The racing was a bumper haul for the Green Mountain Valley School in Waitsfield, with GMVS racers or their coaches taking 3 out of the four overall categories. Noah Brautigam kicked off the parade for the Waitsfield school with a win in the mens 25k, beating teammate David Sinclair by roughly a minute. Teammate Doug DeBold made a solid GMVS podium with his third place, 30 seconds ahead of Waterbury, VT skier Tom Thurston.

Not long after that, GMVS skier Sarah Moore led the 25k Womens race across the line in 1:58:31. The junior skier from Waitsfield beat Masters competitor Margie Prevot of Felton, PA by a solid 2:30 and took 14 minutes out of Gretchen Czaja of Woodstock who rounded out the podium.

The Craftsbury Marathon is not all about racing though. This year saw nearly 300 participants signed up for a non-timed touring option. Food stations, featuring quiche, pea soup and other delicious options, awaited the tourists. As a way of injecting more interest for the nearly 200 volunteers, Craftsbury sponsored a contest between the feed stations for the most creative as voted on by the participants. The inaugural winners were U32 with a Pirates theme on the 25 km course and the Waterbury Boy Scouts with a Mardi Gras theme on the 50 km course. The competition was marked by plenty of enthusiasm and great costumes.

Women's start

Justin Freeman skiing away early

Women's 50km winner - Carina Hamel (Atomic)

Men's 50km winner - Jon Arne Enevoldsen (GMVS)

Published: Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:00 AM MST

Updated: Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:21 AM MST

The Great Nordeen in Bend Oregon is a celebration of Central Oregon ski history. Just once a year a trail is groomed through 36km of lava flows, hemlock, fir, and pine forest stands in remembrance of Emil Nordeen, the decorated Central Oregon ski pioneer. The course is point-to-point and drops roughly 300 meters from start to finish. Over 300 competitors lined up for the 6th annual running of the event, with Olympian Lars Flora capturing the men's crown, and XC-Oregon athlete Evelyn Dong taking the women's title. Dong skied away from fellow Factory Team member Kristina Strandberg to win by over four minutes. Sarah Max took the final podium spot another 4 minutes in back of Strandberg. Dong's impressive time of 1:38:12 placed her 6th overall.

Flora (Factory Team) topped a star-studded men's field by an impressive margin as well, putting over three and a half minutes on XC-Oregon's Marshall Greene (Madshus/Alpina). Third place went to another former Olympian and Factory Team member, Carl Swenson, who crossed the line 12 seconds behind Greene. Colin Mahood (XC-Oregon/Rossignol) took the fourth spot.

Full Results

Full Coverage in the Bend Bulletin - Includes photos and quotes
Originaly from Source

Published: Mon Dec 24, 2007 2:00 AM MST

Here is some rough video footage from last weekend's SuperTour classic sprints at Soldier Hollow. The races were won by University of Utah skiers Even Sletten and Kjersti Boe. Second and third in the men's and women's races respectively went to Reid Pletcher (SVSEF) and Marshall Greene (Alpina/Madshus/XC Oregon), and Kristina Strandberg (Subaru Factory Team/XC Oregon) and Laura Valaas (US Ski Team/APU). For more on these races see last weekend's article: http://www.fasterskier.com/racing4851.html .

Our apologies for the shakiness of some parts of the videos - while the beautiful open landscape at Soldier Hollow makes it possible to see nearly the entire race from one location, keeping the camera rock steady when zoomed in 1500% can be tricky! Given the lack of SuperTour coverage by the major tv news networks however, we thought this would still be worth sharing. Please enjoy what you can.

Women's B- and A-Finals:

Men's B- and A-Finals:

Women's Podium:

Coming Soon: Video from the women's mass-start 10km skate race. Read the rest of this entry »

Published: Fri Dec 21, 2007 2:00 AM MST

APUNSC continues to lead the Team SuperTour standings, but Rossignol made a big push over the weekend, moving from 4th 211 points back, to 2nd, 112 down. The University of Utah fell from 2nd to 3rd, despite strong individual finishes in the sprint.

Top 5 Teams - Overall SuperTour Standings
APUNSC 465
Rossignol 353
University of Utah 315
Factory Team 261
CXC 252

Full team standings can be found at the USSA website
“>here.

Garrott Kuzzy (CXC) holds a slim 2 point lead over Even Sletten (U of Utah) in the men's overall SuperTour ranking. David Chamberlain (MWSC) is third.

Sletten holds a commanding lead in the sprint rankings with a 27 point lead over Marshall Greene (Alpina/Madshus), while Kuzzy tops the distance rankings, with Andrew Johnson (Fischer/Craft) in second.

On the women's side, Laura Valaas (APUNSC) leads Kristina Strandberg (Factory Team) by 35 points. Karin Camenisch (Rossignol) is third, 9 points in back of Strandberg.

Valaas also tops the sprint list, with Camenisch second and DU's Katie Ronsse third.

Strandberg swaps places with Valaas in the distance standings, holding 5 point lead over the APUNSC star.

Full individual standings can be found at the USSA website
“>here.

The individual rankings will be used to determine which skiers will race for the US in the Canadian World Cups at the end of January.

Related on FasterSkier:
Canadian World Cup Qualification Criteria
Sletten, Boe win SuperTour Sprint in Soldier Hollow
SuperTour: Strong Day For USST Women, Babikov