UTAH

We arrived in Utah Sunday afternoon safe and sound. We're staying in Midway, which is over 1000 feet lower than Park City and a very similar elevation to the racing venue at Soldier Hollow. The hotel has a very european feel and at times it seems like we're in Switzerland!

Morning walk in a long sleeved t-shirt

Outdoor speakers playing music all the time

 Yesterday we classic skied at Soldier Hollow and did some ski and wax testing. It was a day at the beach with many skiers skiing in shorts. The klister of the day? The warmest thing you have!

Soldier Hollow

 The amount of man made snow on the trails is really impressive. In some spots in the stadium you have to climb a 4 foot tall snow wall to get on the trail!

Will, Eli and Hannah are enjoying their stay so far. We're off to ski and test at Soldier Hollow again this morning and the NCAA banquet is this evening.

The weather looks warm for the entire week here in Utah. The alpine teams are having trouble training on the hill because it's too soft and some of the nordic event times might be changed a bit. The nordic races start Thursday with the 5/10K classic.

Back on the east coast Hannah B., Laura and Luke are racing at Junior Nationals. The highlight of the classic races yesterday was Hannah's 2nd place finish in the U20 category. Way to ROCK THE COW!