Have you ever wondered what summer training on Eagle Glacier is all about? Have you heard stories from your kids, friends or Elite athletes about the wonders of summer skiing? Well here is your chance to try it for yourself! As of this publication we have 9 remaining slots, so don’t wait! You don’t want to miss out on this awesome opportunity. Please RSVP to APU Masters Coach Galen Johnston at johnstonnordic@gmail.com to reserve your spot...
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This summer APU is hosting a masters on-snow ski camp at the Thomas Training Center on Eagle Glacier. Come experience glacier training, just as APU’s Elite team and Olympians Kikkan Randall, Holly Brooks, Erik and Sadie Bjornsen make their seasons. “Skiers are made in the Summer” The camp is coached by Erik Flora, Dylan Watts, and Galen Johnston. Coaching staff has experience at nearly all ages and levels, from recreational to Olympic and World Championship...
APU Women’s Elite Ski Team Recipient of National Grant From the Women’s Sport Foundation
Ski CenterNovember 10, 2015
APU Women’s Elite ski team recipient of national grant from the Women’s Sport Foundation http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/en/sitecore/content/home/programs/travel-and-training-fund/recipients/2015-travel-and-training-fund-recipients.aspx The Alaska Pacific University Nordic Ski Center Women’s Elite team is honored to be a recipient of the Women’s Sport Foundation Travel and Training grant. APU Women’s Elite team was 1 of 33 Grant Recipients for the 2015 year (30 individual grant recipients and 3 team recipients nationally). This grant will offset the individual athlete’s expenses of on snow glacier camps at APU’s Lowell Thomas...
This summer APU is hosting a masters on-snow ski camp at the Thomas Training Center on Eagle Glacier. Come experience glacier training, just as APU’s Elite team and Olympians Kikkan Randall, Holly Brooks, Erik and Sadie Bjornsen make their seasons. “Skiers are made in the Summer” The camp is coached by APU Elite coach Erik Flora, Greta Anderson and Galen Johnson. Erik has coached at Olympic and World Championship levels, including three time Overall World...
APU Nordic Ski Center is accepting new members for the Summer-only Bridge Program. What: The Bridge program is geared for college age student-athletes (high school graduates through U23), but for those with other academic commitments from Fall to Spring. The goal of this program is to bridge the gap between ski seasons and other potential gaps in areas of training and ski sport education. Bridge participants will train and learn about elite level cross country...
Last Monday, 150 bright-eyed kids got a chance to ski with 23 top US athletes at the 4th Annual Lickety-Splits Ski Camp for Kids. The camp offered the opportunity for kids to spend the afternoon playing games and learning to ski from some of the best skiers in the country. Tyler Kornfield, the founder of Lickety-Splits, noted “This year’s camp was the best yet. Since the beginning, we have had between 100 and 140 kids [per year]...
New World Cup Season Underway For APU Nordic Skiers
Ski CenterNovember 15, 2014
(APU press release) The World Cup Nordic Season begins in Ruka, Finland in just two weeks. Alaska Pacific University and U.S. Ski team members Kikkan Randall, Sadie Bjornsen and Erik Bjornsen head to Finland this weekend to begin preparations. In addition, Reese Hanneman (APU skier from Fairbanks) earned Period 1 World Cup start rights with his Overall Supertour win from last season and he will be joining Erik, Sadie and Kikkan for the first few...
Anchorage, AK – The Alaska Pacific University Nordic Ski Center will take on a new look this season. APU is partnering with Craft Sportswear, a global outdoor wear company that also outfits the Swedish National Nordic ski team. The APU Nordic Team will be suited up in Craft’s new custom training and racing uniform while the community-based programs will sport Craft suits and warm-ups. “APU is excited to introduce Craft’s custom line in the U.S.,”...
APU Masters Camp: June 28-July 1 This summer APU is hosting a masters on-snow ski camp at the Thomas Training Center on Eagle Glacier. Come experience glacier training, just as APU’s Elite team and Olympians Kikkan Randall, Holly Brooks, Erik and Sadie Bjornsen make their seasons. The camp is coached by APU Elite coach Erik Flora, Don Haering and Greta Anderson. Erik has coached at Olympic and World Championship levels, including three time Overall World...
With barely an inch on the ground, it would have been hard to scrape up enough to make a snowball. And yet there it was, 30k of remarkably groomed trails. The crazy thing about the Birch Hill Cross Country Ski Area in Fairbanks, Alaska is how little snow accumulation it takes for the skiing to be great. The trail surfaces are very smooth, and mostly covered with organic peat, so skis really only need a...