July 10, 2024 - (Craftsbury Common, VT) Sunday’s Lost Nation Roll at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center felt like a reunion, and the start of something good and new.

The lush green, and the hot sun too, set a decidedly different scene than the bundled up, snowy cold most of the nordic community is accustomed to when they set their schedules towards Craftsbury, but the overall feeling created by clubs, volunteers, and a field of over 110 skiers was strikingly, excitedly, the same.

That last number is probably the one to fixate on for a moment. The first rollerski race of the summer in the East saw a field of over 110 skiers! And more than that, the characteristic quality, and variety, of where skiers came from was the kind of field that the East prides itself on in the winter.

We had seasoned pros, we had members of our Regional Development Camp (RDG, happening concurrently at the COC), we had local club members and skiers just hop in for the fun of it too. It was really easy to catch an uncanny whisp of winter out on the Craftsbury rollerski loop among the humidity and the heat.

From coaches carrying bundles of spare poles (while testing whether a radio harness is a good look over just t-shirt, rather than a big parka) to groups of skiers turning into spectators as soon as their race was done, Craftsbury felt like…well…Craftsbury.

Full report and results here.
Next NENSA Rollerski Series Race is Climb to the Castle here.