December 09, 2013 (Sovereign Lake, BC) – SkiTrax correspondent Julie Melanson caught up with skiers at the Haywood NorAm opener this past weekend in Sovereign Lake, BC for the scoop on a very chilly kick-off to the North American competitive XC ski season. She spoke at length with Saturday’s men’s 15km FR winners, Americans Brian Gregg and Matt Liebsch and also heard from women’s CL sprint winners Allysson Marshall and Andrea Dupont and men’s winners Patrick Stewart-Jones and Phil Widmer.