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A collection of live feeds from cross-country ski blogs around the web.

  • Skate Distance

    Today we did a distance skate ski and spent almost half our time on skis without poles. Lots of technical improvements all around and a nice, relatively easy ski for everyone after a harder day yesterday. Everyone skied between 15 to 25K and then we headed back to campus and had the boarding students organize their skis for stone grinding before dinner & study hall.

    Kate & Brooke.
    Boys skiing in a pack – Tyler, Gino, Murph (hiding Calvin), Hamish, Paddy.
    Corky running through the slalom course.
    Anika & Issy.
    Tyler, Cavlin, Murph & Paddy work on weight shift up the steepest hill on the loop.
    Kate, Brooke, & Mollie training together.
    Boys heading out for a final lap.
    Mackenzie and Mollie work on weight shift with Sverre.
    Rizzo works on her balance – one ski!

  • Monday – Leg Speed & L3 Double Pole


    Monday, Wednesday, & Friday are double days for us. Today we spent our 11am training session working on leg speed (for those who can run) and skate speed (Anika and Mollie). We were all out at the Sunbowl together, so we had everyone in a big group with all three coaches. Runners did 8 x 200m repeats and Anika and Mollie did similar length speeds on their skate skis. We switched gears and did some plyos, followed up by a few short bounding drills and some bungee work for our skiers and then headed in for lunch.
    After classes, we headed back out for some L3 double pole work. We had everyone double pole from the start of our double pole test, up past the Sunbowl and then up toward Lot 1 on the access road. Each interval took between 9-12 minutes, with boys doing the loop 4 times and the girls doing it 3 times. Check out the video above for footage from the afternoon. Apologies to Tess for the very short clip of her double pole (camera shut off while biking…whoops) and to Mackenzie who left early so I didn’t catch her on camera. Next time!

    More photos HERE.

    Calvin, Hamish, Tyler, Gino, Charlie and Issy warm up this morning.
    Gino and Hamish mid-200 meter speed.
    Brooke.
    Tess, Mackenzie & Kate.
    Murph, Calvin, Charlie, Mac, Tyler & Hamish.
    Kate, Tess, Brooke, Mackenzie.
    Kate.
    Hamish, Calvin, Paddy.
    Sverre gives some advice to Anika and Mollie.
    Charlie & Issy get competitive.
    Mackenzie & Kate.
    Telemark jumps with Boobar.
    One-legged jumps.
    Anika and Mollie – teamwork.
    Matt has an attentive audience.
    Issy.
    Mollie & Anika.
    Heading out for the afternoon – we’ve got a big team this fall!
    Andy trained with us this afternoon.
    Hamish, Gino, Mac charge up the hill, chasing after Andy.
    Our boys team is looking strong. We’ve got five Junior National team members, five JN golds, several All-American performances, and one J1 Scando team member in this group.
    Issy, Anika, & Brooke, all smiles after a great workout! These three are Junior National team members too. Four JN podiums in this group.
    Brooke & Tess head down the hill for their last interval.

  • Monday – Leg Speed & L3 Double Pole


    Monday, Wednesday, & Friday are double days for us. Today we spent our 11am training session working on leg speed (for those who can run) and skate speed (Anika and Mollie). We were all out at the Sunbowl together, so we had everyone in a big group with all three coaches. Runners did 8 x 200m repeats and Anika and Mollie did similar length speeds on their skate skis. We switched gears and did some plyos, followed up by a few short bounding drills and some bungee work for our skiers and then headed in for lunch.
    After classes, we headed back out for some L3 double pole work. We had everyone double pole from the start of our double pole test, up past the Sunbowl and then up toward Lot 1 on the access road. Each interval took between 9-12 minutes, with boys doing the loop 4 times and the girls doing it 3 times. Check out the video above for footage from the afternoon. Apologies to Tess for the very short clip of her double pole (camera shut off while biking…whoops) and to Mackenzie who left early so I didn’t catch her on camera. Next time!

    More photos HERE.

    Calvin, Hamish, Tyler, Gino, Charlie and Issy warm up this morning.
    Gino and Hamish mid-200 meter speed.
    Brooke.
    Tess, Mackenzie & Kate.
    Murph, Calvin, Charlie, Mac, Tyler & Hamish.
    Kate, Tess, Brooke, Mackenzie.
    Kate.
    Hamish, Calvin, Paddy.
    Sverre gives some advice to Anika and Mollie.
    Charlie & Issy get competitive.
    Mackenzie & Kate.
    Telemark jumps with Boobar.
    One-legged jumps.
    Anika and Mollie – teamwork.
    Matt has an attentive audience.
    Issy.
    Mollie & Anika.
    Heading out for the afternoon – we’ve got a big team this fall!
    Andy trained with us this afternoon.
    Hamish, Gino, Mac charge up the hill, chasing after Andy.
    Our boys team is looking strong. We’ve got five Junior National team members, five JN golds, several All-American performances, and one J1 Scando team member in this group.
    Issy, Anika, & Brooke, all smiles after a great workout! These three are Junior National team members too. Four JN podiums in this group.
    Brooke & Tess head down the hill for their last interval.

  • Head to Head: Bente Skari vs Stefania Belmondo

    I haven’t done one of these in a while, so just for fun…

    This time let’s compare two great female skiers from the 90′s (and early 00′s), Norwegian Bente Skari and Italian Stefania Belmondo.  Unlike with Daehlie and Alsgaard, things are little more balanced for these two:

    I grabbed the 105 distance races I could find where Skari and Belmondo raced against each other.  The y-axis is simply the difference in FIS points for each race.  A negative value indicated that Skari won and vice versa.  As before, the FC technique refers to pursuits, although in this case a handful of the more recent pursuits were run without a break.

    Two things jump out immediately.  First, what the heck is up with that massive victory by Belmondo in a freestyle race in 1996?  Second, each skier seems to have a preferred technique, eh?

    That weird race in 1996 is, well, weird.  And it’s not my fault, honest!  Here’s the link to the results on the FIS website.  FIS claims that this was a 10km skate race held in Seefeld, Austria on 02-02-1996.  They claim further that Manuela Di Centa won in a time of 1:29:29.0.  Hmmm.  If you look even closer, you’ll see that something is really, really amiss with the times.  Pay particular attention to the seconds part of the times.

    Additionally, if the times were “correct”, ignoring the weird second recording, we’d have to believe that Di Centa, Belmondo and Vaelbe outpaced the field by six minutes or so.  Even in a 30km, that seems unlikely, but you never know.

    It turns out that if you click through the links for each individual skier on that results page, you’ll find a reasonable looking FIS point value.  But you have to go through each skier one by one.  So here’s the same graph, but with this one race fixed up:

    Much better.  Now, where were we?  Ah yes, Belmondo likes to skate, Skari likes classic.  Note also that Belmondo had quite an edge in the pursuits as well.  I’m convinced (although I have no hard evidence for this) that pursuits, with or without a break, are not equally dependent on your classic and skating abilities.  Certainly in the modern, continuous, pursuits the pace often so slow for the first half that you can get away without being a superb classic skier.  Basically, I think that always having the order go classic-freestyle pretty significantly weights the results towards your skating ability<1.

    Another interesting trend is that the Belmondo vistories tended to decrease in magnitude over the years.  When it came to skating, perhaps either Skari was getting better or Belmondo was getting worse.

    Another interesting race is that one lone classic victory for Skari way back in 1992.  My database doesn’t stretch back much past 1991-1992, so off the cuff I can’t be totally sure, but I think that was both Skari and Belmondo’s first World Cup race, at the ages of 20 and 23, respectively.

    1. Obviously, this only really matters is you’re actually significantly better at one that the other.  I’m a classic skiing snob, so I think it bothers me more than it might others. <↩

    Related posts:

    1. <Bjoern Daehlie vs Thomas Alsgaard
    2. <Head-to-Head: Marit vs Justyna
    3. <Head-To-Head: Petter Northug vs. Marcus Hellner


  • Jericho Rollerski Race!

    We drove up to the biathlon range in Jericho for a skate rollerski race yesterday. We hoped to have some solid competition, but the wind and rain (or our intimidation) drove people away so it was just us and a few racers. Our athletes stepped up to the challenge presented by tough conditions and a hilly course and skied fast!
     MK hammers out of the start: we were dodging biathletes the whole time, which made it seem like there were more people racing than there were.
     Fitzy has been suffering from a head cold but she skied with solid technique and good motions for the duration of the race.
     Ryley hammers up one of the steeper hills on the course.
     Antoine? Where’d you come from?
     Heidi grits it out up the big hill.

     MK skied a powerful, relaxed race and won the women’s title: a large beer mug with a tin hat.

    Ryley was third behind two fast master skiers: Eli Enman and Eric Eley.

     The course placed an emphasis on transitions: who could be most efficient in the switch between techniques? Who could conserve momentum most effectively?
     The course was supposed to be 6 km but it seemed more like 9.

     Things were pretty festive on the biathlon range.
     
    Our favorite Frenchman brought a group of Quebec biathletes to the range. We couldn’t get them to race with us, but I snapped some pictures of Antoine doing his thing.

     Beginning a clean prone session.
    Three shots in: #21.
    Antoine broke a pole but Ryley was right there with a replacement. Nice skiing and shooting, Buddy!

  • Jericho Rollerski Race!

    We drove up to the biathlon range in Jericho for a skate rollerski race yesterday. We hoped to have some solid competition, but the wind and rain (or our intimidation) drove people away so it was just us and a few racers. Our athletes stepped up to the challenge presented by tough conditions and a hilly course and skied fast!
     MK hammers out of the start: we were dodging biathletes the whole time, which made it seem like there were more people racing than there were.
     Fitzy has been suffering from a head cold but she skied with solid technique and good motions for the duration of the race.
     Ryley hammers up one of the steeper hills on the course.
     Antoine? Where’d you come from?
     Heidi grits it out up the big hill.

     MK skied a powerful, relaxed race and won the women’s title: a large beer mug with a tin hat.

    Ryley was third behind two fast master skiers: Eli Enman and Eric Eley.

     The course placed an emphasis on transitions: who could be most efficient in the switch between techniques? Who could conserve momentum most effectively?
     The course was supposed to be 6 km but it seemed more like 9.

     Things were pretty festive on the biathlon range.
     
    Our favorite Frenchman brought a group of Quebec biathletes to the range. We couldn’t get them to race with us, but I snapped some pictures of Antoine doing his thing.

     Beginning a clean prone session.
    Three shots in: #21.
    Antoine broke a pole but Ryley was right there with a replacement. Nice skiing and shooting, Buddy!

  • Jericho Rollerski Race!

    We drove up to the biathlon range in Jericho for a skate rollerski race yesterday. We hoped to have some solid competition, but the wind and rain (or our intimidation) drove people away so it was just us and a few racers. Our athletes stepped up to the challenge presented by tough conditions and a hilly course and skied fast!
     MK hammers out of the start: we were dodging biathletes the whole time, which made it seem like there were more people racing than there were.
     Fitzy has been suffering from a head cold but she skied with solid technique and good motions for the duration of the race.
     Ryley hammers up one of the steeper hills on the course.
     Antoine? Where’d you come from?
     Heidi grits it out up the big hill.

     MK skied a powerful, relaxed race and won the women’s title: a large beer mug with a tin hat.

    Ryley was third behind two fast master skiers: Eli Enman and Eric Eley.

     The course placed an emphasis on transitions: who could be most efficient in the switch between techniques? Who could conserve momentum most effectively?
     The course was supposed to be 6 km but it seemed more like 9.

     Things were pretty festive on the biathlon range.
     
    Our favorite Frenchman brought a group of Quebec biathletes to the range. We couldn’t get them to race with us, but I snapped some pictures of Antoine doing his thing.

     Beginning a clean prone session.
    Three shots in: #21.
    Antoine broke a pole but Ryley was right there with a replacement. Nice skiing and shooting, Buddy!

  • Place Your Orders for a CyclovaXC Ski Suit

    Frank and I have been fielding a lot of questions about getting some new ski suits, so I thought I’d send out this call and find out who is interested.  We’re pretty pleased with the adjustments we made to our top (shown here in our long-sleeve bicycling jersey).  The ski top will be more or less like this with a couple of changes.  The new top will have the “Ski Like Landgraf” text on the side

  • Place Your Orders for a CyclovaXC Ski Suit

    Frank and I have been fielding a lot of questions about getting some new ski suits, so I thought I’d send out this call and find out who is interested.  We’re pretty pleased with the adjustments we made to our top (shown here in our long-sleeve bicycling jersey).  The ski top will be more or less like this with a couple of changes.  The new top will have the “Ski Like Landgraf” text on the side

  • Recovering with a 3.5 hour run in the Mountains

    One of the worst things that can happen to an athlete during training camp is to catch a cold. Red leaves and the promise of snow in the future also bring around the common cold. Combined with tougher training in preparation for racing season and sickness can be tricky to avoid. Three days in to our second week of high altitude fall training camp I found myself with an itchy throat and a water faucet for a nose.
    For many people the common cold is simply a nuisance but for an athlete it can be a big deal. During the racing season when I get a cold I generally take time off from training until I feel I have recovered, however since it is only October I decided to try and train through my head cold. The risk in training through your cold is that it can move from your head to your chest and then go from days to weeks before you recover.

    I am very fortunate to have my teammate and wife, Caitlin
    to help take care of me at home and on the road.
    I backed off my weekly training load by decreasing the intensity in my workouts. I think the blood moving around in my body when I trained at a distance pace and heart rate actually helped flush some of the sickness out of me.
    It is hard at training camp to ski easy and slow when your teammates and friends are working hard in intervals and time trials but the patience paid off. I woke up Saturday morning to a beautiful fall day and the ability to breath out of my nose.

    Noah, Caitlin and Mikey and I set off for a nice long run in the mountains.

    One of my favorite things to do in addition to ski racing is to run, hike and climb in the mountains. I grew up in the Cascades of Washington and my passion for the mountains has for the most part been put on hold as I pursue my ski racing goals and dreams. I am grateful for the opportunities I do get throughout the year to play in the mountains and train for skiing.

    The mountains have always had a rejuvenating effect on me.
    I finished our run on Saturday tired but feeling healthy and fresh.

  • Recovering with a 3.5 hour run in the Mountains

    One of the worst things that can happen to an athlete during training camp is to catch a cold. Red leaves and the promise of snow in the future also bring around the common cold. Combined with tougher training in preparation for racing season and sickness can be tricky to avoid. Three days in to our second week of high altitude fall training camp I found myself with an itchy throat and a water faucet for a nose.
    For many people the common cold is simply a nuisance but for an athlete it can be a big deal. During the racing season when I get a cold I generally take time off from training until I feel I have recovered, however since it is only October I decided to try and train through my head cold. The risk in training through your cold is that it can move from your head to your chest and then go from days to weeks before you recover.

    I am very fortunate to have my teammate and wife, Caitlin
    to help take care of me at home and on the road.
    I backed off my weekly training load by decreasing the intensity in my workouts. I think the blood moving around in my body when I trained at a distance pace and heart rate actually helped flush some of the sickness out of me.
    It is hard at training camp to ski easy and slow when your teammates and friends are working hard in intervals and time trials but the patience paid off. I woke up Saturday morning to a beautiful fall day and the ability to breath out of my nose.

    Noah, Caitlin and Mikey and I set off for a nice long run in the mountains.

    One of my favorite things to do in addition to ski racing is to run, hike and climb in the mountains. I grew up in the Cascades of Washington and my passion for the mountains has for the most part been put on hold as I pursue my ski racing goals and dreams. I am grateful for the opportunities I do get throughout the year to play in the mountains and train for skiing.

    The mountains have always had a rejuvenating effect on me.
    I finished our run on Saturday tired but feeling healthy and fresh.

  • Recovering with a 3.5 hour run in the Mountains

    One of the worst things that can happen to an athlete during training camp is to catch a cold. Red leaves and the promise of snow in the future also bring around the common cold. Combined with tougher training in preparation for racing season and sickness can be tricky to avoid. Three days in to our second week of high altitude fall training camp I found myself with an itchy throat and a water faucet for a nose.
    For many people the common cold is simply a nuisance but for an athlete it can be a big deal. During the racing season when I get a cold I generally take time off from training until I feel I have recovered, however since it is only October I decided to try and train through my head cold. The risk in training through your cold is that it can move from your head to your chest and then go from days to weeks before you recover.

    I am very fortunate to have my teammate and wife, Caitlin
    to help take care of me at home and on the road.
    I backed off my weekly training load by decreasing the intensity in my workouts. I think the blood moving around in my body when I trained at a distance pace and heart rate actually helped flush some of the sickness out of me.
    It is hard at training camp to ski easy and slow when your teammates and friends are working hard in intervals and time trials but the patience paid off. I woke up Saturday morning to a beautiful fall day and the ability to breath out of my nose.

    Noah, Caitlin and Mikey and I set off for a nice long run in the mountains.

    One of my favorite things to do in addition to ski racing is to run, hike and climb in the mountains. I grew up in the Cascades of Washington and my passion for the mountains has for the most part been put on hold as I pursue my ski racing goals and dreams. I am grateful for the opportunities I do get throughout the year to play in the mountains and train for skiing.

    The mountains have always had a rejuvenating effect on me.
    I finished our run on Saturday tired but feeling healthy and fresh.

  • Recovering with a 3.5 hour run in the Mountains

    One of the worst things that can happen to an athlete during training camp is to catch a cold. Red leaves and the promise of snow in the future also bring around the common cold. Combined with tougher training in preparation for racing season and sickness can be tricky to avoid. Three days in to our second week of high altitude fall training camp I found myself with an itchy throat and a water faucet for a nose.
    For many people the common cold is simply a nuisance but for an athlete it can be a big deal. During the racing season when I get a cold I generally take time off from training until I feel I have recovered, however since it is only October I decided to try and train through my head cold. The risk in training through your cold is that it can move from your head to your chest and then go from days to weeks before you recover.

    I am very fortunate to have my teammate and wife, Caitlin
    to help take care of me at home and on the road.
    I backed off my weekly training load by decreasing the intensity in my workouts. I think the blood moving around in my body when I trained at a distance pace and heart rate actually helped flush some of the sickness out of me.
    It is hard at training camp to ski easy and slow when your teammates and friends are working hard in intervals and time trials but the patience paid off. I woke up Saturday morning to a beautiful fall day and the ability to breath out of my nose.

    Noah, Caitlin and Mikey and I set off for a nice long run in the mountains.

    One of my favorite things to do in addition to ski racing is to run, hike and climb in the mountains. I grew up in the Cascades of Washington and my passion for the mountains has for the most part been put on hold as I pursue my ski racing goals and dreams. I am grateful for the opportunities I do get throughout the year to play in the mountains and train for skiing.

    The mountains have always had a rejuvenating effect on me.
    I finished our run on Saturday tired but feeling healthy and fresh.

  • Recovering with a 3.5 hour run in the Mountains

    One of the worst things that can happen to an athlete during training camp is to catch a cold. Red leaves and the promise of snow in the future also bring around the common cold. Combined with tougher training in preparation for racing season and sickness can be tricky to avoid. Three days in to our second week of high altitude fall training camp I found myself with an itchy throat and a water faucet for a nose.
    For many people the common cold is simply a nuisance but for an athlete it can be a big deal. During the racing season when I get a cold I generally take time off from training until I feel I have recovered, however since it is only October I decided to try and train through my head cold. The risk in training through your cold is that it can move from your head to your chest and then go from days to weeks before you recover.

    I am very fortunate to have my teammate and wife, Caitlin
    to help take care of me at home and on the road.
    I backed off my weekly training load by decreasing the intensity in my workouts. I think the blood moving around in my body when I trained at a distance pace and heart rate actually helped flush some of the sickness out of me.
    It is hard at training camp to ski easy and slow when your teammates and friends are working hard in intervals and time trials but the patience paid off. I woke up Saturday morning to a beautiful fall day and the ability to breath out of my nose.

    Noah, Caitlin and Mikey and I set off for a nice long run in the mountains.

    One of my favorite things to do in addition to ski racing is to run, hike and climb in the mountains. I grew up in the Cascades of Washington and my passion for the mountains has for the most part been put on hold as I pursue my ski racing goals and dreams. I am grateful for the opportunities I do get throughout the year to play in the mountains and train for skiing.

    The mountains have always had a rejuvenating effect on me.
    I finished our run on Saturday tired but feeling healthy and fresh.

  • All School Relay

    On Friday afternoon we had our all-school relay as part of parent’s weekend. It was a great chance for the whole school to come together and have everyone work as a team – and get competitive! Teams of 4 athletes (nordic, snowboard, alpine, and freestyle skiers) completed 8 loops, alternating running the 1+ kilometer loop and the obstacle course loop. Most nordic skiers ended up doing more running and we left the obstacles to our alpine and snowboard friends. : )

    Gino, Calvin, and alpine skier Spencer check out the course.
    Mackenzie and Kate.
    Brooke – rainproofed and smiling!
    And they’re off – Hamish and Gino are 2-3 going into the first running loop.
    Tyler.
    Hamish.
    Mac.
    Mackenzie.
    Kate.
    Anika & Brooke.
    Exchange zone – Dan and Phoebe take their batons and sprint out on course.
    Exchange zone scene.
    Tyler and Mac wait to get tagged for their next leg.
    Obstacle course – rope wall…
    …running gates…
    …through the tires…
    …a little rock climbing…
    Paddy: “What place am I in?!”
    Anika had her game face on.
    Matt subbed in on a team for one of the running legs!

  • All School Relay

    On Friday afternoon we had our all-school relay as part of parent’s weekend. It was a great chance for the whole school to come together and have everyone work as a team – and get competitive! Teams of 4 athletes (nordic, snowboard, alpine, and freestyle skiers) completed 8 loops, alternating running the 1+ kilometer loop and the obstacle course loop. Most nordic skiers ended up doing more running and we left the obstacles to our alpine and snowboard friends. : )

    Gino, Calvin, and alpine skier Spencer check out the course.
    Mackenzie and Kate.
    Brooke – rainproofed and smiling!
    And they’re off – Hamish and Gino are 2-3 going into the first running loop.
    Tyler.
    Hamish.
    Mac.
    Mackenzie.
    Kate.
    Anika & Brooke.
    Exchange zone – Dan and Phoebe take their batons and sprint out on course.
    Exchange zone scene.
    Tyler and Mac wait to get tagged for their next leg.
    Obstacle course – rope wall…
    …running gates…
    …through the tires…
    …a little rock climbing…
    Paddy: “What place am I in?!”
    Anika had her game face on.
    Matt subbed in on a team for one of the running legs!

  • Spray Drag Race + Frozen Thunder!

    Well 31:32 was my time from last year, and 30:30 was my goal for this year. I stopped the clock at 30:30.8.  That’s pretty neat! I knew it was going to be a challenge to knock over a minute off my previous time, but looking at the results and seeing 30:30 was a good feeling! I guess I had a pretty good gauge of where my fitness was at!

    Yesterdays race went very smoothly. We started out at a medium pace, and brought the speed up as we climbed closer and closer to the top of the gap. Devon put in a surge when we hit the gravel and Ivan followed. Nish, Kev and I formed our own little group until Nish put in another surge and dropped Kev and I. Kev and I used our distance power to “sprint” to the finish. Overall an awesome morning! Stef did a wicked job organizing the event. Thanks to all those non Academy athletes for coming out and joining in the fun!

    Full Results Here

    Check out more pictures from the CNSC website!

     Kev and I battling it out to the finish
    Photo: Matt Wylie
    As the day went on it got even better. Instead of strapping on my rollerskis for a recovery workout, I headed up to the Nordic Centre and explored the ~2km of amazing skiing that is Frozen Thunder! The Canmore Nordic Centre has really outdone themselves this year!
    Frozen Thunder!
    Photo: Marlis Kromm
    Marlis and Jess
    And what is a blog post without a video?!? Here is a poorly edited, very shaky video filmed with my phone of my first ski of the season at the Nordic Centre. That’s right… October 15th baby! Warning: it might make you jealous if you don’t live in Canmore. Or it might just make you dizzy and pass out from the shakiness… but hey, I warned you 🙂

  • Life at the Dachstein

    You know how people talk about where they work? Well, not too many places can compare to the last days at the Dachstein. Might have something to do with snow, sun, and the place being a part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, a place ‘forming the cultural and natural heritage of the world.’

    The Austrian Alps are pretty crazy. Ramsau as a ski destination ranks at the top of my list. Now getting up in the morning and hopping on the 7:50 gondola that carries me to 2,700 meters to ski on the Dachstein glacier only confirms this.

    I’m here with Team Sjusjoen. The vibe with the group is ideal. Everyday and every workout has a purpose and we’re doing some real good work. At the same time, the mood and mileau is relaxed, encouraging, and really loving the opportunity we have here in Ramsau am Dachstein.

  • Life at the Dachstein

    You know how people talk about where they work? Well, not too many places can compare to the last days at the Dachstein. Might have something to do with snow, sun, and the place being a part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, a place ‘forming the cultural and natural heritage of the world.’

    The Austrian Alps are pretty crazy. Ramsau as a ski destination ranks at the top of my list. Now getting up in the morning and hopping on the 7:50 gondola that carries me to 2,700 meters to ski on the Dachstein glacier only confirms this.

    I’m here with Team Sjusjoen. The vibe with the group is ideal. Everyday and every workout has a purpose and we’re doing some real good work. At the same time, the mood and mileau is relaxed, encouraging, and really loving the opportunity we have here in Ramsau am Dachstein.

  • Life at the Dachstein

    You know how people talk about where they work? Well, not too many places can compare to the last days at the Dachstein. Might have something to do with snow, sun, and the place being a part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, a place ‘forming the cultural and natural heritage of the world.’

    The Austrian Alps are pretty crazy. Ramsau as a ski destination ranks at the top of my list. Now getting up in the morning and hopping on the 7:50 gondola that carries me to 2,700 meters to ski on the Dachstein glacier only confirms this.

    I’m here with Team Sjusjoen. The vibe with the group is ideal. Everyday and every workout has a purpose and we’re doing some real good work. At the same time, the mood and mileau is relaxed, encouraging, and really loving the opportunity we have here in Ramsau am Dachstein.