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North Side Tornado Clean-up

Ingrid Remak Volunteers Hiedi Teoh and Sheryl GolinUniting under blue skies, over 80 volunteers from the City of Lakes Nordic Ski Foundation, Nice Ride and Surly Beer Company gathered under the Loppet awning in the Theodore Wirth parking lot to take rake...

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New This Year

For the 2011 Trail Loppet on September 10th, a few new things have been introduced: 13.1K – a very challenging intermediate distance option: 7.5 mile race through the woods of south Wirth Park. Nordic Walk is shorter and better to avoid overlap with the...

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Tree Planting Recap

Skiers are fond of inclement weather. They often find themselves the sole celebrants in a season of despicably cold temperatures and snow. This quality was proven true on Saturday, May 21 when, despite steady rains, a solid crew of skiing aficionados and...

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North Side Tornado Clean-Up — Volunteers Needed

The City of Lakes Nordic Ski Foundation, Nice Ride Minnesota, and Surly Brewing are organizing clean-up crews for this Thursday, May 26. Two shifts:   8:45 a.m. – 1 p.m. and 12:45 p.m. – 5 p.m. Parking is very limited in the storm damaged area.  Please...

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Spring Planting May 21, 2011 – Volunteers Needed

With spring officially underway, it is time for all you winter aficionados to hang up those snow shovels and start digging to the tune of a new season. Please join the Nordic Ski Foundation and fellow skiers as we kick off spring with a tree planting day...

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Comments on the 2011 Junior Championships!

"I wanted to thank you so much for making the Midwest Junior Championships so well organized and so much fun for the kids. They really had a blast." "Thanks for putting on a fantastic event for the young ones. My Joe had a great time on both Saturday and...

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