July 29, 2024 - In the heat of summer, you’ll often find skiers day-dreaming about a transformed landscape. It’ll be a pass by a cut in the woods or a breeze over an open field that makes you imagine what it’ll be like when the weather gets cold, the snow comes, and it all becomes utterly skiable.

To cool those thoughts (literally) this time of year, NENSA and our ski community have paired those daydreams of winter with another thought; instead of waiting on mother nature to bring us skiing to the landscapes we love, why not find a way to ski them in the summer? With rollerskis in hand then, and our 2024 rollerski calendar, skiers from across the East will get to go there. From the top of Whiteface Mountain to the shores of Lake Champlain, with some of the most classic features of New England in between, we’re going to go skiing, and we’re going to go together.

Our 2024 Rollerski Season includes 7 unique events designed to engage skiers in skiing wherever they are this Summer and Fall. We’re proud to have at least one event in every Eastern skiing state, bringing the opportunity for our local ski communities to gather before the winter, and to bring us all together for competition too.

We’re also excited to continue in the spirit that our rollerski series has had since its inception – using the offseason to experiment, to grow, and to take on new challenges in competition formats. Outside of the competition season, there’s a chance to work on skiing that is truly cross-country, with turns, jumps, skating, striding, and more. From hill climbs to NENSA’s world-famous agility ramps, now is the time to find new ways to appreciate the joy of moving with skis underfoot.

What’s more, the rollerski season is already…excuse us…rolling! With our largest ever field of 114 at Craftsbury Outdoor Center’s Lost Nation Roll a few weeks ago (recap here), the Nordic community came together to set an excellent competitive tone for the months ahead.

With more racing, and a full slate of offerings designed to introduce our BKL, youth, and Master’s to skiing in the summer, we hope that you’ll be able to join us at an event, or two, or seven, this rollerski season!

Upcoming NENSA Rollerski Season Events

Sun. August 11th – 17th Annual Climb to the Castle, Whiteface Mountain, NY
The oldest rollerski race in the East is back! A signature hill climb to the top of the High Peaks, promising a competitive field, and a challenge that all can be proud of completing, and the kind of summit view that will have you dreaming of miracles (which is to say, you get a great view Lake Placid).

Registration and more information HERE

Sun. August 18th – Rollins Roll Classic Hill Climb, Mt. Kearsarge, New Hampshire
A fast-growing staple of the NENSA rollerski calendar, featuring a reunion of New Hampshire skiers from across the Granite State, and farther afield too! A great day out with a fun uphill challenge too!

Registration and more information HERE

Sat. Aug. 24th-Sun. Aug. 25th – The Inaugural Lake Placid Rollerski Festival, Lake Placid, N
Spurred on by the vision from Ben Ogden and his teammates at SMS T2, the first annual Lake Placid Rollerski Festival looks to replicate a European-style end-of-the-summer rollerski festival within the United States! Featuring a 10 k skate race, Classic Sprint, BKL Agility Skills Park, a chance to meet and greet US Ski Team athletes, and all that Mt. Van Hoevenberg has to offer, it’ll be a celebration that you don’t want to miss!

Registration and more information HERE

Sun. September 22nd – Free Fall XCX Sprints, Burlington, VT
Held on the shores of Lake Champlain in partnership with Mansfield Nordic Club and SkiRack, we’re excited to bring the popular XCX agility sprint format to a new venue in 2024! Are those bumps near the water rollerski ramps or Champ the Vermont Lake Monster? You’ll have to join us to find out!

Registration and more information HERE

Sun. October 20th – The Maine Event Sprint Race, Rumford, ME
Western Maine might be the best kept secret when it comes to experiencing those classic New England Fall colors, and at a classic venue like Black Mountain of Maine, they’ll be hard to miss! A full community celebration featuring sprint racing court-style for competitive athletes, and fun, agility work for younger and newer roller skiers alike, it truly will be…the Maine event!

Registration and more information HERE

Sun. November 3rd – Mt. Greylock Hill Climb, Adams, MA
Rounding out the offseason from the top of Massachusetts, the Greylock Hill Climb has drawn one of the largest and competitively diverse fields in the East in its past editions. The beautiful Berkshires, and the warm community feeling at this race cap off our rollerski calendar each year, and we hope you can be there to join!

Registration and more information HERE

Visit the NENSA Rollerski Page to keep up-to-date on all our rollerski programming!

NOTE: Registration will open for events approximately one month prior to event date. Please reach out to Ben Theyerl with questions, ben@nensa.net.