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The American Birkebeiner, known colloquially as the Birkie, is held annually in February. The event was founded in 1973 by Tony Wise. Wise, who started the Telemark Ski Area in Cable, Wisconsin, in 1947, helped to popularize modern-day cross-country skiing when he built trails at Telemark in 1972.
A man walks past a mural promoting outdoor activities Friday, February 2, 2024 in Hayward, Wisconsin. The American Birkebeiner, first held in 1973, has grown to be the largest nordic skiing race ...
The Book Across the Bay is an annual winter 10-kilometer (6-mile) cross-country ski and snowshoe race held every February in northwestern Wisconsin. The course, which is groomed for both classic-style and skate skiing, starts in Ashland, and ends in nearby Washburn.
Telemark added a large facility, the Colosseum, in December 1980, that provided indoor tennis and new facilities for the ski hill and the cross country ski area, [2] which was "partially dismantled" by 1998. [3] The lodge was a cross country ski destination through the 1980s, but declined along with U.S. cross country skiing.
Snow-making, snow-pushing, snow-farming all help preseve conditions at cross-country ski areas. Gannett. Shaun Sutner. February 8, 2024 at 10:06 AM.
Wisconsin cross country coaches statewide coalesced frustrations around the impact of the WIAA competitive balance plan at a clinic last weekend.
The ski area has cross country ski runs and a small vertical drop (325 ft) and features five rope tows and seven ski runs, including a "bunny" hill. There is a small ski-chalet with indoor bathrooms and a kitchen where volunteers make food and offer it for sale to support the operations of the ski hill. [1]
Hike, ski or snowshoe by candlelight at these events across the state.