Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Switzerland, Latvia, Estonia? YES please!!

I arrived yesterday back in Salt Lake after a 2 week trip to Whistler, British Columbia and Canmore, Alberta. The races in Whistler were qualifiers to travel with the Canadian team to OPA and Scandinavian Cup races in Campra, Switzerland (Feb 3-5), Madonna, Latvia (Feb 8-9) and Albu, Estonia (Feb 11-12). My 4th in the 15km pursuit and 3rd in the 10km classic earned me a spot on the team! The trip leaves on Sunday for two weeks and I'll be traveling with 2 other girls and 4 guys. I'm psyched! A huge thanks to the Rocky Mountain Racers crew who took me on as one of their own, looked out for me, made my skis wicked fast and gave me bomber kick!

One of the many fun things about ski racing...the friends you make from all over the world!

10km skate podium, Canmore, AB

10km skate, Canmore, AB

Speed skating at the Olympic oval in Calgary instead of skiing in the -35C outside temps, brrrrrr

Check back for updates. While I'm in Europe the rest of the Stella girls will be ripping it up at the Boulder Mountain Tour in Sun Valley, ID and Owl Creek Chase in Aspen, CO!

- Zoë

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Teton Ridge Classic

Three of the Stella girls made a trip up to Driggs, ID for an awesome weekend of skiing and racing.

Evelyn, Katie, and Morgan
photo credit: Emma Garrard
We drove up Friday night and previewed the 13k classic only loop at Teton Valley Ranch. It was incredible! Not only was it REAL snow but it was also longer than 3k!!! We wanted to keep skiing into the darkness..

photo: Emma Garrard
Saturday was an action packed day of racing! Katie won the women's 14k and Evelyn and Morgan took 1-2 in the 28k. There was a huge crew from Park City up from the race and so there were lots of racers. Katie's fiance Justin gets a special mention for entering the "touring" class... not only was it his first time on classic skis but he also wore a pair of Katie's glittery purple tights!

Sunday we all went for a really nice ski up Teton Canyon. Highly recommend this ski as it looks at the Grand Teton almost the whole time!


Check back soon =)

Morgan

Saturday, January 14, 2012

New Years Relay, Mt. Bachelor

The New Years Relay at Mt. Bachelor is definitely the first most important race kicking off the 2012 calendar. And when it comes down to it, everybody knows that winning the costume contest is as, if not more important than winning the race. So I'd just like to throw it out there that Fred and Wilma Flintstone's stellar outfits took home the costume prize! My teammate Skyler, a junior who skis for MBSEF, killed it as Fred and did an awesome job on his skate leg!

~ Zoë

Wilma... please notice her golf ball sized pearls....

Fred and Wilma Flintstone!

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Daniel's Summit

Daniel's Summit not only gets "best snow in town" award but also the best ski of the year!!! The area is normally groomed for snowobiles but these days you see more lycra clad skiers taking advantage of 30 miles of *snow covered* groomed trail!





Monday, January 9, 2012

New Suits!!!

Check it out....



Stay tuned for more pics and a real update in the next few days...