Tri-Loppet Adventures with NSJ and Anwatin

At the food table after the 2013 Tri-Loppet Triathlon, among the usual mix of college-age and adult athletes, exhausted middle-schoolers could be found, heads shorter than the rest of the competitors but equally muddy as they reached for watermelon slices and hallmark...

Anwatin Summer Training

Most middle-schoolers probably don’t have any idea why skiers would train in the summer, much less would sacrifice their precious morning sleep to get up and work out. “I thought 8:30 would be too early, but they always seem ready to go,” says coach Allie Rykken of...

Welcome, New Adventures Director!

By Annie Harvieux, Intern “The Foundation is not a typical non-profit,” says the job description for the recently hired Loppet Adventures Director. Few statements are more ambiguous than this, or more true. Rather than crunching numbers behind a desk, the Loppet...

Loppet Mentors

By Annie Harvieux, Intern One of the Loppet’s primary objectives is instilling a lifelong love of outdoor sports in youth from all backgrounds. However, it’s far easier to find a cross-section of the youth population that is hardworking and athletic than to find one...