Enthusiastic skiers gathered at Skyway Nordic Area to get Winter and a new season of ski racing started. Despite early season snow levels and a blustery day, the GMNC grooming crew had a nice race course set that made for fun competition. The ski teams from Colorado Mesa and Western Colorado Universities plus a contingent of even younger regional racers resulted in fast times and exciting racing. Add in our usual array of talented and hardy citizen racers to make a great mix.

Graydon Walker and Miley Bletzer were the stars coming in as the top male and female in both the classic and freestyle races. It was great to see the “vintage Daves” (Knutson and Batten) battling it out at the back! The other stars were our our great squad of volunteers making it all happen and our generous sponsors, first and foremost being Empowered Energy Systems, sponsors of our full 5-race series, followed by Palisade Pizza and Pourhouse, Peach Street Distillers, Enstrom’s Toffee, Chill Switch Wines, Stoney Mesa Wines and Ela Family Farms.