Cross-country Skiing

Local skier competes in Idaho at Western Championships

Apr 6, 2022

Lincoln High School student Eric Anderson of Frontenac was named to the CXC Midwest Junior National U16 championships trip team on Feb. 21, along with three other boys (Daniel Gladkov, Boden Sundell, Eddie Snider, all from the Twin Cities) and four girls (Hannah Wilsey, Taylor Barkwell, Helen...

Nordic skiers overcome weather and ‘The Wall’ for a ‘super ski season’

Feb 9, 2022

Lake City Nordic has been off to another super ski season. Skiers in grades seven through 12 have been either training and skiing competitively or enjoying and learning to ski recreationally. The season began on Nov. 17, with the first competitive practices. Skiers started with endurance...

Nordic Club completes seventh season, introduces 'Lake City Nordic Trail'

Mar 3, 2021

COVID-19 did not keep us down. In fact, we have moved way ahead with the club this year. Last Wednesday the Lake City Nordic club completed its seventh season of cross country skiing. The club consists of seventh through twelfth grade students who are interested in learning how to participate in...

Nordic skiers compete in Winona

Dec 19, 2019

Lake City Nordic skied in the Winona Nordic ski invitational on Saturday, Dec. 14, at St. Mary’s University. The seven team invitational included Minneapolis Washburn, Coon Rapids, Red Wing, Chippewa Valley, Winona, Rochester, and Lake City. Lake City Nordic joined the WNSL (Wisconsin Nordic Ski...

Second annual Lake City Nordic Reindeer Games

Dec 19, 2019

Lake City Nordic is playing games again--Reindeer Games. This is the sixth season for Lake City Nordic’s ski club, a middle and high school group dedicated to the pursuit of cross-country skiing. Last year the club started a tradition of fun on skis called Reindeer Games, a day of activities on...

‘Nordic Rocks’

Mar 14, 2019

Over three dozen elementary students cross-country skied for the first time at a “Nordic Rocks” event at Bluff View Elementary School on Feb. 28. Created by Central Cross Country Skiing, the program aims to introduce the sport to new audiences. Lake City Nordic advisor Jim Anderson said that most...

Nordic skiers join in many reindeer games

Dec 13, 2018

Members of the Lake City Nordic high school cross country team took to the band field across Prairie Street from Lincoln High School Sunday for Reindeer Games. About 30 members participated in (mostly) skiing-related challenges on the snowy field. Team Dancer (Jimmy Anderson, Molly Kennedy, Carley...

Park manager: Overnight visits up, birding popular

Mar 21, 2018

In 2017 Frontenac State Park had 149,000 visitors, 19,500 of which were overnight guests. This is up about 7 percent over 2016 and 12 percent increase over the past 2 years. The park continues to attract many new users to the out of doors and surprises may people just how scenic this area is with...

Nordic ski team travels to Trego

Feb 7, 2018

Lake City Nordic took its third annual ski trip to the Heartwood Resort in Trego, Wis., from Friday, Jan. 19, through Sunday, Jan. 21. The group of 29 skiers and five chaperones left early Friday morning and stopped first outside of Cumberland, Wis., at Timberland Hills, which coach Jim Anderson...

Letter: Over 250 attend candlelit park event