September 11, 2018 (Lake Placid, New York) – The New York Ski Educational Foundation (NYSEF), the New England Nordic Ski Association (NENSA) and the Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) invite athletes to a Rollerski race weekend, September 15-16 in the Adirondacks. We are excited to make this a two-day race series and to take advantage of the Olympic venues in our region.

On Saturday, September 15, there will be a Lake Placid Doubleday consisting of a 3 kilometer freestyle prologue rollerski with an interval start followed by a 1.5 kilometer freestyle preliminary sprint. The Doubleday will take place at 9:00AM at the rollerski loop located at the Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jump.

Start Location: Main parking lot of the Lake Placid Ski Jumping Complex at  5486 Cascade Rd, Lake Placid, NY 12946

Schedule:
– 8:00 am: Registration and Bib Pick up open
– 9:00 am: Athlete Safety Meeting and Course Opens for Inspection
– 10:00 am: Junior Female 3k Prologue (:30sec intervals)
– 10:10 am: Junior Male 3k Prologue
– 10:15 am: Open Female 3k Prologue
– 10:20 am: Open Male 3k Prologue
– 10:30 – 11:15 am: Open Agility Session
– 12:00 pm: Junior Female 1.5k Sprint Prelim
– 12:10 pm: Junior Male 1.5k Sprint Prelim
– 12:15 pm: Open Female 1.5k Sprint Prelim
– 12:20 pm: Open Male 1.5k Sprint Prelim
– 1:00 Awards Ceremony

On the Sunday, September 16, the Climb to the Castle Skate Race will begin at 8:00AM. The course will start at the Whiteface Toll Booth, climbing for 5 miles with an average 8% grade up the Memorial Highway to the summit of Whiteface Mountain- New York’s 5th highest peak with an elevation of 4,867 feet.

Following the race events there will be a brief award ceremony for Junior, Senior and Masters Classes.

For questions please contact Shane MacDowell at shanem@nysef.org.

Start Location: Whiteface Veterans Memorial Highway, Toll Booth

Schedule:
– 7:00 am: Registration and Bib Pick up opens
– 8:00 am: Open and Junior Male Start
– 8:05 am: Open and Junior Female Start
– 8:08 am: Masters Open Start

Awards at the Castle: 30 minutes after last finisher