The view of racer No. 106 remains the same: watching his Easton Snowshoes kick up a cloud of flakes as he leads the way. It is only on the short two-way segment connecting the figure-8 course a snowshoer has a … Continue reading
Category Archives: Snowshoe Racing
New Faces and Fresh Snow Make for Fast Racing at the Beaver Creek Snowshoe Race
The second race in the 2013 Beaver Creek Mountain Running Series Snowshoe Edition, and regional qualifier for the USSSA National Championships in Bend, Ore., happened this past Snowshoe “Super Bowl” Sunday. More than 225 racers gathered at Creekside Park in … Continue reading
Winter Mountain Games: Racers Climb High, Tackle Screamin’ Downhills and Win Big
Roughly 100 racers and quite a few dogs lined up at the base of Golden Peak for the evening start of the Eukanuba X-Country Snowshoe races presented by Ruff Wear. The 10K, 5K and 5K with canine companion runs were … Continue reading
Vancouver’s Ultimate Fit Test: The Grouse Mountain Snowshoe Grind Mountain Run, February 9
Don’t miss your chance to milk the new B.C. Family Day Long weekend for all it’s worth. Test your stamina and physical performance racing the best butt-blasting snowshoe workout Vancouver has to offer: The Grouse Mountain Snowshoe Grind Mountain Run. … Continue reading
Quednow, Chaudoir Cool Qualifier Competition at Chilly Phillips Flurry
In the days and weeks leading up to the 2013 edition of the Phillips Flurry 5K and 10K snowshoe race, snow around northcentral Wisconsin was scarce–leading to a cancellation of the very popular Perkinstown Snowshoe race a week prior to … Continue reading
Snowshoe for Colorado, for Boulder, for The Climb
The Climb, as its name might suggest, is no ordinary shuttle. While finding a suitable bus route is luxury to many, the rural population is often left to fend for themselves traveling to and from urban destinations. The Climb makes … Continue reading
South Dakota’s USSSA Dion Qualifier: Snow But Snowshoe Shortage
What do race directors do when the demand for loaner snowshoes overwhelms supply and more are needed PDQ? Get ‘em, just what the ever popular snowshoer, Robert Bolton, did on the spur of the moment.
Generously, Dion Snowshoes lent the … Continue reading
Park City, Utah Stomps the 5K
In the movie “Reindeer Games,” a Michigan casino’s claim to fame is that they serve both Coke AND Pepsi. Dennis Farini plays the director of the facility (“I can’t go back to Las Vegas”). Snowshoeing isn’t a gamble, but the … Continue reading
Italy’s Baldiccini Blisters Beeline: ISSF 2013 World Snowshoe Championships
The International Snowshoeing Federation (ISSF) World Snowshoe Championship held in conjunction with the epic La Ciaspolada Snowshoe race Fondo, Italy, sizzled in 2013 as Alex Baldiccini seized the championship for the host country in a sub-20 minute performance. Baldiccini covered … Continue reading
Summerstown Forest Snowshoe Race Report
The first annual Summerstown Forest Snowshoe Race was the first race in the Dion Eastern Ontario Snowshoe Running Series, and it set a pretty high standard for the rest of the series.
The Summerstown Forest is located northeast of … Continue reading
What’s Old is New Again at the Beaver Creek Mountain Running Series Snowshoe Edition
Sunday marked the first race in the renamed 2013 Beaver Creek Mountain Running Series Snowshoe Edition. More than 250 racers lined up under clear but cold skies to test their legs and lungs on the Kids k, 5k and 10k … Continue reading
If You Can Snowshoe, You Can Race The Yeti
“If you can walk you can snowshoe” has become a household phrase. According to Adam Campbell of the 5 Peaks Winter Adventure Series, The Yeti is well worth a try for beginners. I was inspired to meet up with Adam … Continue reading
























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