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World Loppet Headquarters have been hit by the first storm of the season. The Loppet office, the hidden apartment unit adjoined to the Theodore Wirth Chalet, has been struck by the magic wand of Loppet Blue, setting the stage of a transformative winter...

 Minneapolis, MN- The City ofLakes Loppet is celebrating its tenth anniversary with a move to Hennepin Avenue in Uptown.  Participants will ski from Lake Calhoun and up Lake Street before turning down Hennepin with a grand finish in front of Kitchen...

A spontaneous opportunity to plant some trees is happening tomorrow, and we need your help!  Help fill out the forest before the winter snows fall.  The Nordic Ski Foundation is planting 21 trees along the ski trails and in the "back forty" section of...

Nearly 200 people converged in the Theodore Wirth Park parking lot on Saturday October 29th. With a glowing sun melting the frost away, old and new faces from the Loppet community showed up with loppers, saws, buckets and shears to spend a morning...

What in the world am I going to do with 40 middle school kids? When I received the roster a week or so before practice started, a big fat 40 stared back at me from the top of the page with an unsympathetic grin. Then the date on my calendar, October...

To the backdrop of a beautiful sunset, longtime race announcer John Schmitt was honored at the City of Lakes Nordic Ski Foundation’s Annual Meeting. Architect Bruce Colwell introduced the unique building he and his team put on skis before handing the...

October 5, 2011 MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The Nordic Ski Foundation is proud to partner with the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), a branch of the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC), to host the 2012 World Paralympics.  This event will bring top Paralympic...

Please join us Tuesday Oct. 11  for the Annual Foundation Meeting and a chance to honor longtime race announcer and cross-country skier John Schmitt. Program will begin at 6:00 p.m. with a short trail hike exploring the exciting development of the...

  "It rhymes with chicken," Allie said as she introduced herself and gave her new co-workers a favorite trick for remembering her last name.   Allie Rykken has just joined the office ranks as official Program Coach of the Loppet Youth Programs.  She...

“I’m going to start riding to school” exclaimed Saysetha as he snapped on his helmet and bounded back to his bicycle that he had been working on for the last half hour.  That is because the ten mountain bikes that the Anwatin Ski Team had been riding...