November 08, 2013 (Craftsbury, VT) – As of the beginning of this month, you can reserve your spot in the biggest ski race in the east: the 33rd annual Craftsbury Marathon! Choose between 25 and 50k options – either way you’ll enjoy some of the most scenic skiing in New England as you traverse the picturesque working landscape from Greensboro to Craftsbury Common, Vermont. Register now at Skireg. In addition to assuring your spot, you’ll also be signed up for only $60 ($30 for students!). Save your money for nice waxes, new skis or an annual membership at Craftsbury!

Ski the Marathon for $5
For the second year, BKL skiers (grade 8 and younger) can ski the Marathon with a full paying adult for only $5! Make some great winter memories together at Craftsbury this February! Register.

Volunteer at the Marathon
The Marathon is our largest one-day event and offers a special fund-raising opportunity for volunteers and non-profit organizations. Individual volunteers perks like free lunch or refreshments on that race day, an entry into our end of season Volunteer Raffle Drawing, plus we’ll make a cash donation in your name based on the number of hours you work to one of our local non-profits.

The Marathon is also great fundraising opportunity for non-profit organizations that work at the Marathon as a group. The Center will make a donation to your organization worth $5/person hour to your group. You’ll reach your fundraising goal before you know it, and have fun as a group working together!

You can find current Marathon Volunteer opportunities here.

Stay in the know about our snow
In addition to our snow report, live weather station, you can keep tabs on us via social media. Follow us on Twitter or our new Facebook page. All are great ways to keep tabs as our trail counts climb!

Thanksgiving Training Camp Week
Thanksgiving Training Camp Week Our permit to blow snow began November 1, and we’ll be blowing as soon as a suitable window opens. We plan on opening lodging November 22nd, with our early season loop of snow in place for teams and clubs to train on – all backed by a low-risk cancellation policy. Interested in your group getting on snow time close to home? Find more about Thanksgiving week.

And check your early season form at the Craftsbury Opener, December 1! We’ll be posting more information and registration in the coming week or so – stay tuned!

December Masters Camp
Dial in your Marathon form with our December 12-15 training camp. Participants will get three days on snow (four if you get to campus early enough on Thursday) full of instruction from Craftsbury GRP’s Pepa Miloucheva, NENSA’s Janice Sibilia, GRP athletes, and Craftsbury coaches. The curriculum consists of technique drills, longer base-building skis, video review to reinforce technical points, flexibility and yoga, plus lots of presentations by the coaching staff on a range of topics including strength, program personalization, and nutrition. The weekend won’t be all work though: there’ll be plenty of time for relaxing with your fellow campers and staff, enjoying sumptuous meals in our Vermont Fresh Network Dining Hall (included in the full price camp), trying some biathlon, gear demo opportunities, and free-skiing.

Find full details on the camp’s page here, or register on skireg.

Annual Membership at Craftsbury
Q – What costs between $25 and $100, gets you a year’s worth of trail access, FREE member events, access to year round programming, and much more?

A – An annual membership to Craftsbury!

Even if one puts aside all the other value, just the skiing alone is a great bargain: 105k of groomed trails patrolled by three PistenBullys and some of the best, most consistent snow in the east. Come train on the trails that you’ll be racing on in January. Go here for the full scoop.