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The City of Lakes Loppet drew more than 11,000 participants across 21 events this past weekend in its first-ever extended two-day format. For the first time the Loppet Foundation held all of the classic cross country skiing races on Saturday, while the...

In the inaugural “Puoli Loppet” in both the skate and classical skiing styles showed a strong field of competitors. The Puoli Loppet course (“puoli” means “half” in Finnish) is a 20-kilometer point-to-point race that starts in Theodore Wirth Park and...

A picture perfect day greeted skiers on Saturday at the Loppet. The day started with snow globe like conditions for the classical point-to-point events. The Park Board grooming crew provided incredible classical skiing - with two to four sets of tracks...

With temperatures predicted to be around 5 to 10 degrees below zero at 9 a.m. on Sunday morning, organizers have decided to move the start times for the Puoli Loppet - Skate and the REI Tour - Skate to 11 a.m. The Loppet Marathon Skate race will start as...

Official event ends at 9 p.m. but candles will continue to light Lake of the Isles past that time Minneapolis - January 29, 2014 - The Loppet Foundation announced today that for the first time since the Luminary Loppet started in 2005, the event has sold...