Lake City Nordic

Nordic skiing: Anderson is State champ, Stevenson closes out high school career

Mar 6, 2024

The Lake City Nordic season ended last weekend at the American Birkebeiner Trail Head in Cable, Wis., with the Wisconsin Nordic Ski League’s (WNSL) State Distance Championships. With nearly 70 degree temperatures, the weather for the season finale was a fitting example of the season. Amazingly, the...

Pass It On Thrift Shop donates $1,500 for Lake City Nordic uniforms, skis, and boots

Feb 21, 2024

No one in Minnesota would have expected no snow on the ground on the last day of January. Yet that’s how it was when I met up with the Lake City Nordic team in the front of Lincoln High School on Jan. 31, 2024. I was there to see the team’s new uniforms and equipment, which our Pass It On Thrift...

Locals compete at ski sprint state championships

Feb 14, 2024

Once again the Lake City Nordic skiers chased snow while venturing to the Ariens Nordic Center in Brillion, Wis., on Saturday and Sunday, February 3rd and 4th, for the Wisconsin Nordic Ski League’s (WNSL) State Sprint Championships. The first of two state championship weekends to crown the best...

Individuals, teams do well at Nordic Northern Conference Championships

Jan 31, 2024

The Nordic Northern Conference Championships on Jan. 23 featured well-earned individual success as well as combined team success for the combined team of Lake City and Red Wing. Once again held at the American Birkebeiner Trail Head in Cable, Wis., the Northern Conference Championships is one of...

Finally, some snow for high school nordic skiers

Jan 17, 2024

The Nordic ski season began in the first week of November with warm weather for roller skiing, running, pole bounding—all non-snow, dryland training techniques. Little did anyone know that the last week of December would be warm and as snowless as that first week in November, and those same dryland...

Lake City Nordic representatives speak at Kiwanis meeting

Apr 26, 2023

The Lake City Kiwanis speaker last week was Jim Anderson, who is the leader for the Lake City Nordic Ski Club. Pictured, from left, are Kiwanis President Mac Baird, ski club member Gunnar McFate, Jim Anderson, and ski club member Eric Anderson. 

Nordic season ends in Cable, Wis.

Feb 15, 2023

The Wisconsin Nordic Ski League (WNSL) State Distance Championships, hosted at the American Birkebeiner and its extraordinary trails, for another year presented a first-rate state meet. The WNSL’s Northern, Central, and Southern conference Nordic ski clubs all converged on Cable, Wis., and the...

Tiger nordic skiers host first formal race

Feb 8, 2023

Lake City Nordic hosted its first formal ski race this past Saturday, Feb. 4. Lake City Nordic Trail, a groomed cross country ski trail at Bluff View Elementary School and the athletic fields, was the site of the first ever Lake City Classic: A Nordic Ski Sprint Relay Race. The event included the...

Lake City skiers do well on challenging conference championship course

Feb 1, 2023

The American Birkebeiner trailhead in Cable, Wis., was the site of the Lake City Nordic ski team’s conference championships on Tuesday, Jan. 24. Lake City Nordic skiers Gunnar McFate, Nate Stevenson, Eric Anderson, and Annika Stevenson competed along with eight other teams on the world famous “...

Skiers compete at Gamehaven Park