Nordic skiing – The Durango Herald

Durango Nordic Center closes for the season

Recent spring temperatures have turned the snowy trails at The Nordic Center at Purgatory to mud, forcing the center to close for the season Wednesday. There are no snowmaking ma...

DATE: Mar 19, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango Nordic slogs through skate race

The rain came, but the Durango Nordic Ski Club’s women persevered Wednesday at the 2015 Cross County Junior Nationals in Truckee, California. Wednesday’s weather was completely di...

DATE: Mar 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: Sports

Durango’s Freeburn 11th at nordic junior nationals

Durango Nordic Ski Club’s Katja Freeburn just missed getting a medal, taking 11th place Monday in the first race at the 2015 Cross County Junior Nationals in Truckee, California. ...

DATE: Mar 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Sports

Brown at home in the Greens

DHS grad finds skiing success at Vermont

DATE: Mar 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Hillcrest XC ‘hanging by thread’

It’s getting thin, but Hillcrest Golf Club remained open Tuesday for cross-country skiing. “We’re hanging by a thread,” course assistant superintendent Will Herz said Tuesday afte...

DATE: Mar 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Northug wins 50K race for 4th gold of Nordic skiing worlds

FALUN, Sweden – Petter Northug wrapped up his most successful championships with the kind of performance that has made him the world’s top cross-country skier. The Norwegian used...

DATE: Mar 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Sports

Norway’s Johaug strikes triple gold at Nordic worlds

FALUN, Sweden – Therese Johaug upstaged Norwegian teammate Marit Bjoergen by winning the women’s 30-kilometer cross-country race by almost a minute Saturday, ending the Nordic skiing world c...

DATE: Feb 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Sports

Norway’s Northug again king of Nordic worlds

FALUN, Sweden – Petter Northug showed again that he’s almost unbeatable in a sprint finish, leading Norway to the men’s cross-country relay gold Friday for the fifth consecutive time at the ...

DATE: Feb 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Sports

Americans Diggins, Gregg earn cross-country medals at worlds

First from the U.S. to medal at event

DATE: Feb 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Hillcrest to reopen for Nordic

Golf season, take a seat again. Winter is back up and about. Hillcrest Golf Club has regroomed the course for cross country skiing and reopened around noon Tuesday. About 1½ feet ...

DATE: Feb 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Staying the course: It’s a snow-brainer

Maybe they knew it was coming. Or, maybe, it was that there had already been three weeks of good golf weather prior to the course’s opening – golfers were more than ready for the season to s...

DATE: Feb 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Sports

Sonntag, Finkel win signature ski races

Ben Sonntag and Diana Finkel won the signature races Saturday during the annual Langlauf cross-country ski race at the Durango Nordic Center. The “long race,” is it’s translated l...

DATE: Jan 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Sports

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