September 14, 2018 (New Gloucester, Maine) – NENSA is pleased to announce that SkiTrax, North America’s largest Nordic Ski Magazine, is joining on as our “Presenting Sponsor of the NENSA Bag Balm Rollerski Race Series” for the 2018-19 season.

Available both in print and on-line, SkiTrax will be bringing all of our NENSA members and all Nordic ski enthusiasts the latest and greatest news on our upcoming rollerski races, including the Lake Placid Adirondack Lake Placid Double Day and NYSEF Climb to the Castle weekend, this Saturday and Sunday, September 15th and 16th.

The New York Ski Educational Foundation (NYSEF), the New England Nordic Ski Association (NENSA) and the Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) are jointly hosting this upcoming Rollerski race weekend. They are excited to make this a two-day race series and to take advantage of the Olympic venues in our region.

Saturday, Sept. 15 will be a double feature 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.

Sunday, Sept. 16 will feature the iconic Climb to the Castle Race – 8k up Whiteface Mountain with an average 8% grade up the Memorial Highway to the summit – New York’s 5th highest peak with an elevation of 4,867 feet. There are 107 racers set to take on this challenge!

The NENSA Bag Balm Rollerski Race Series presented by SkiTrax, continues on October 13th with the NENSA Rossignol Fall Classic Rollerski Race in Jericho, Vermont, and then concludes with the NENSA Elite Invitational Rollerski Race in Stowe, Vermont on November 3rd, to be immediately followed by our NENSA Winter KickOff Party and awards at the Trapp Bierhall late that afternoon into evening.

Stay tuned for an exciting announcement next week on one more addition to our NENSA Bag Balm Rollerski Race Series p/b SkiTrax in late October!

SkiTrax will be bringing you all the latest updates and news on this exciting rollerski race series both in the magazine and on-line at www.skitrax.com. Established in 1990, SkiTrax has been the official magazine of both USSA and Cross Country Canada for over 20 years. Check out their destination and adventure articles across Canada, the U.S. and abroad including local touring centres and exotic hideaways along with their annual Romantic Inns feature; don’t miss their annual North American Buyer’s Guide with Canadian and U.S. pricing; plus complete U.S., Canadian and FIS international competition coverage of races and skiers; new Roundtable with Kikkan Randall and Alex Harvey; Gear tests and reviews; annual Snowshoe Race Guide; columns on training, technique, telemark, masters, waxing etc. and much more…

NENSA is so pleased to have this SkiTrax media coverage and partnership, and to be able to share our innovative and growing programing with New England and the rest of North America through SkiTrax.