by Charlie | Nov 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
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 season to come....
by Charlie | Nov 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
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 Window. Event...
by Charlie | Nov 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
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...
by Charlie | Oct 31, 2011 | Uncategorized
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 tending to the...
by Charlie | Oct 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
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 25th, tiptoed up...
