We’re happy to celebrate the 5th edition of the Genny Tenny in 2023. This popular point-to-point dirt road running race links the communities of Craftsbury and Albany, VT. New in 2023, we’ll be offering a 5k option as well as the traditional 10-mile distance.
Camp Dates: July 10-14, 2024
Cost: $575. Includes lodging & tax, 3 hearty buffet-style meals per day from our incredible dining hall, and use of a COC biathlon rifle and ammo for the camp.
Registration: By phone, (802) 586-7767
Ages: 15-16 (U17 for the 2024-2025 season)
Capacity: 12 athletes; please tell the office if you will be borrowing a rifle or bringing your own.
Lodging: Dorm-style housing at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center’s Cedar Lodge. Each athlete should expect to be paired with a roommate.
Coaches: Craftsbury and Green Racing Project biathlon coaches and athletes
Contact: biathlon@craftsbury.com
This camp for U17s is intended for both experienced biathletes and skiers looking to try the sport. We believe junior skiers interested in biathlon shouldn’t have to give up either their winter XC ski racing nor their summer ski training to experience biathlon training. Through collaborative sharing of ideas and knowledge, this camp will help athletes develop both shooting and ski skills. The week will end with a “fun race” for athletes to test their skills (although biathlon takes years of training to truly master!).
Equipment: Athletes must bring their own skate rollerskis, poles, boots, helmet, hydration vessel, and running gear. We recommend bringing classic rollerskis, boots, and poles as well. A mountain bike may be fun to bring for a solo recovery afternoon workout or two but the camp won’t have any structured mountain bike sessions. Craftsbury will provide each athlete a biathlon rifle and ammunition for the camp.
On-snow XC ski racing experience is required.
Significant experience training on rollerskis is required (2+ years of weekly rollerski training strongly recommended). Let us know if you have questions about this.
No biathlon or shooting experience is required. Camp is also open to athletes with some biathlon experience seeking to improve their fundamentals.
Athletes should be able to handle up to 2x/day 2-hour training sessions for 6 days.
Any questions are welcome - contact us at biathlon@craftsbury.com
Access to international-level biathlon coaching, including rifle-fitting and firearm safety instruction, by Green Racing Project and Olympic biathletes and coaches
Rifle and ammunition for use during the week
Rollerski training on the Craftsbury Outdoor Center rollerski loop
Running/hiking/biking in the hills of Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom
Strength training in the Craftsbury Outdoor Center’s “Event Shed” gym
Extracurricular activities including campfire, swimming and canoeing, team sports, and capture-the-flag
Video technique analysis
Mindset, mental strategy, and goal-setting session
Q and A with NCAA-All American and Olympic athletes
Understand and practice the rules of firearm safety
Be able to care for and clean a biathlon rifle
Understand the fundamentals of prone and standing shooting positions
Be able to “zero” a rifle
Improve in their skate skiing technique
Understand the performance factors for cross-country skiing and the fundamentals of a basic training plan
Have experienced what it is like to train as a biathlete
Get a taste of what true biathlon competition is like, well beyond what is offered in a novice clinic
Be prepared to enter a biathlon race, for example at the US Biathlon Summer Rollerski Championships in Jericho, VT in early August
Be a little tired and ready for some R&R! It’s what happens when we train well!
Camp Dates: July 19-21
Cost: $288. Includes lodging & tax, meals (dinner on the 19th through lunch on the 21st) and use of a COC biathlon rifle and ammo for the camp.
Registration: By phone, 802-586-7767. Please confirm with office if you will be borrowing a rifle or bringing your own.
Age: 13-14 (U15 for the 2024-25 season)
Capacity: 12 athletes
Lodging: Dorm-style housing at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center’s Cedar Lodge. Each athlete should expect to be paired with a roommate.
Coaches: Craftsbury Biathlon coaching staff and professional athletes
Contact: biathlon@craftsbury.com
This mini-camp for 13 and 14 year-olds is a great way for budding biathletes and interested skiers to go all in for three days on biathlon training. A shorter intensive yet fun style of camp like this can not only solidify what athletes have learned at weekly practices but can also rapidly advance their skills in a way that weekly practices cannot. Athletes will have the opportunity to work with high-level coaches and GRP biathletes, learn the basics of shooting, develop a robust shooting process, and learn how to shoot fast and accurately under pressure through range games and fun competitions.
3:30pm - check-in on the 28th
1:00pm - check-out on the 30th.
Campers will be provided a more detailed schedule before camp
Requirements:
Shooting experience is welcome but not required. This camp is for both biathletes and skiers who have no biathlon experience!
Equipment: athletes should bring running shoes, swim trunks, a hydration vessel, positive attitude, and rollerski equipment (if you need to borrow rollerski equipment please email us)
Craftsbury will provide each athlete a biathlon rifle and ammunition for the camp.
Athletes should be able to handle full days of rigorous activity!
Any questions are welcome, contact us at biathlon@craftsbury.com
Comprehensive firearm safety instruction and coaching by Green Racing Project coaches and athletes
Rifle and ammunition for use during the week
Rollerski training on the Craftsbury Outdoor Center rollerski loop
Games and activities to supplement our biathlon training
By the end of camp, each skier should:
Understand and practice the rules of firearm safety
Understand the fundamentals of prone and be able to shoot with a cuff/sling
Understand the components of an elite biathlete’s shooting process
Be able to “zero” a rifle
Improve in their skate skiing technique
Have experienced what it is like to train as a biathlete
Camp Dates: Aug 15-16
Cost: $110. Includes use of a COC biathlon rifle and ammo for the camp. Does not include any meals.
Registration: Register online here. (You’ll be prompted to login or make a Craftsbury account if you don’t have one already.)
Age: 9-12 (U-13 for the 2024-25 season. Must be at least 9 years old by the start of camp.)
Capacity: 12 athletes
Coaches: Craftsbury Biathlon coaching staff and Green Racing Project athletes
Contact: biathlon@craftsbury.com
This camp provides a stepping stone for two different types of athletes: for kids who have been a part of our weekly practices will solidify the skills they’ve already been taught, learn a more robust shooting process, and be more prepared to enter competitions or attend our U-15 overnight camp next summer; for skiers who want to start doing biathlon this is a great way to safely jump right in and learn the basics in order to enter a novice race with more confidence or simply see if they would want to continue with biathlon.
9:00am-3:00pm each day
Shooting experience is welcome but not required at all. This camp is for both biathletes and skiers who have no biathlon experience!
Equipment: athletes should bring running shoes, swim trunks, a hydration vessel, a packed lunch each day, and a positive attitude.
Craftsbury will provide each athlete a biathlon rifle and ammunition for the camp.
Athletes should be able to handle full days of rigorous activity!
Comprehensive firearm safety instruction and coaching.
Rifle and ammunition for use during the week.
Games and activities to supplement our biathlon training.
By the end of camp, each skier should
Understand and practice the rules of firearm safety.
Understand the fundamentals of prone shooting off of a block.
Understand the basic components of a biathlete’s shooting process.
Have a better understanding of whether they want to continue with biathlon and how to keep improving if so.
Camp Dates: Sept 5-8, 2024
Cost: $407 programming fee includes use of a COC biathlon rifle and ammo for the camp. Does not include lodging, which is booked separately at time of registration.
Registration: By phone, (802) 586-7767
Coaches: Craftsbury and GRP biathlon coaches and athletes
Contact: biathlon@craftsbury.com
This camp for adult biathletes looking for some specific biathlon coaching and training structure. We’ll work on rifle fit, dial in the basics like natural point of aim and trigger squeeze using targeted drills, and include a mix of focused shooting training, physical training (rollerskiing, running, strength), and “combo” training (shooting with a higher heartrate). The week will end with a “fun race” for athletes to hone their skills.
Equipment: Athletes must bring their own equipment including a rifle, cuff, ammo, rollerskis (for those interested in rollerskiing), poles, helmet, running shoes, and water bottle. Athletes are also welcome to bring a bike (gravel or mountain) for an alternative training option.
On-snow biathlon racing experience is required.
Athletes should be able to handle up to 2x/day training sessions.
Any questions are welcome - contact us at biathlon@craftsbury.com
Access to international-level biathlon coaching, including rifle-fitting and firearm safety instruction, by Green Racing Project and Olympic biathletes and coaches
Rollerski training on the Craftsbury Outdoor Center rollerski loop
Running/hiking/biking in the hills of Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom
Strength training in the Craftsbury Outdoor Center’s “Event Shed” gym
Extracurricular activities including campfire, swimming and canoeing
Video technique analysis
Mindset and mental strategy
Camp Dates: Oct 3-6, 2024
Cost: $448 programming fee includes use of a COC biathlon rifle and ammo for the camp. Does not include lodging, which is booked separately at time of registration.
Registration: By phone, (802) 586-7767
Coaches: Craftsbury and GRP biathlon coaches and athletes
Contact: biathlon@craftsbury.com
Camp Description:
We are excited to offer an introductory biathlon camp for adult runners! Running biathlon is sport for those who thrive on challenge! It combines two completely different disciplines: the heart-pounding exertion of running and the zen-like focus of precision shooting.
This camp is designed for runners who have little or no prior shooting experience and are open to trying something new (including those who joined us last year and are looking to expand their skills.) You’ll learn from Craftsbury’s experienced biathletes and coaches. We’ll teach you rifle safety, provide all the necessary equipment for biathlon shooting, instruct you in proper shooting techniques and give you opportunities to test your new skills including a fun, novice biathlon race. Running Biathlon for Beginners will also include all your favorite elements of a Craftsbury running camp such as running-specific coaching, endless gravel roads, amazing community, dips in Great Hosmer, and of course incredible food from our renowned dining hall.
Sometimes days that are no good for any one things are perfect to do all the things. The fabled quadrathlon returns to Craftsbury.
March 8 Update - After a gnarly week of warmth and rain that has eaten even much of the manmade snow, we’re canceling the Biathlon race of Sunday, March 17 - along with the rest of our scheduled XC ski racing for March.
Racers will receive a credit in Skireg they can apply to any Craftsbury event posted on Skireg between now and April 1, 2025. Credits should hit your Skireg account by the end of the weekend.
We're as disappointed as anyone by the abrupt end of racing, but we hope to see you this summer for dryland programming and racing.
-the folks at Craftsbury
Due to popular demand, we are adding some winter biathlon races for novices. Similar to our summer Singletrack Shootout event but on skis, the Bayley-Hazen Biathlon Races will include beginner clinics under the guidance of expert instructors, and races for both novices and experts. This is your chance to try this wildly popular Olympic sport!
Vermont’s high school race season wraps up at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center with the final day of the VPA state meet. Racers will tackle a 5km individual freestyle race in the morning (boys 10:30am, girls 11:45am) and then schools will field 4-person relay teams in the afternoon for 4 x 2.5k freestyle relays (boys 2pm, girls 3pm).
The racing action should be fast and furious and we encourage spectators to car pool and join us to see all the fun!
Start Lists and Results:
Maps:
17 Feb 24, 7:20p UPDATE - Results
Due to popular demand, we are adding some winter biathlon races for novices. Similar to our summer Singletrack Shootout event but on skis, the Bayley-Hazen Biathlon Races will include beginner clinics under the guidance of expert instructors, and races for both novices and experts. This is your chance to try this wildly popular Olympic sport!
Registration is now closed.
Zero lane assignments (for expert race)
Experienced Race Schedule:
7:45-8:45am - Bib pick-up open for Experienced Race at event barn in the stadium
8:00-8:50am - Experienced Race Zero
9:00am - Experienced Race start (wave starts)
Novice Race Schedule:
9:00-10:00am Bib pick-up open for Novice Race at event barn in the stadium
10:00am Novice safety talk and clinic (required) at the shooting range
11:00am - Novice Race start (wave starts)
Bib pick-up
Please arrive early enough to pick up your bib at the event barn before your safety clinic (novice) or zero (experts). In addition, you will be given a race number sticker that should be worn during the race on the side of your leg, just below your right hip. Please stick this on when you are inside as it helps the adhesive work better.
Novices- If you are racing the novice race, you must attend the safety and instruction clinic at 10am. We recommend you wear gloves, not mittens, as you will need dexterity to squeeze the trigger and load magazines.
Experts- Please do not bring your rifles into the ski lodge. You can store them in the event barn.
Race course
The course is 5 loops of 1.4km for adults and 0.6km for kids (see map link above). Racers will start in waves. There will be a 75m penalty loop after the range.
Courses will remain open to the public during the race and all users must travel in the direction of race traffic. Maps are posted on the skireg page. We will likelytake a slight modification to the posted kids course to send racers up “pipeline” rather than “chip hill” between the fields since it is a little less steep.
If for some reason you do not finish the race, please let race officials know and return your bib to the finish line area.
Range
Novices will shoot 4 times, only on big targets.
All experts will shoot 2 times on small targets and 2 times on big targets. Range will be split roughly in the middle with higher points set to big targets and lower points set to small targets. There will be a divider but we might shift it around slightly based on how many shooters of each type we need to accommodate at a given time, so check for it each time you come in. If you are in the adult race, those second two shooting bouts will be from the standing position. If you are a kid, you shoot everything from the prone position.
Our range has 15 targets, which is smaller than a standard biathlon range size of 30. This means only 15 people can be shooting at once. We’ve done our best to configure start waves so that we do not overflow our range capacity, however it is possible we might overflow on occassion. If you come into the range in there is no point available, stay calm and raise your hand to let range officials know. We will give you a time credit based on how long you wait and you’ll benefit from a little extra recovery time.
Carrying/Not Carrying
Beginners will NOT ski with rifles. The rifles will live on shooting mats at all times.
Experts will ski with rifles, although we will make exceptions for several of the younger expert kids. After talking with several coaches from participating clubs we feel that this will make for a more positive and safe experience. In these cases, coaches will need to help shuttle their rifles. If you are in the expert kids race and unsure if you should be carrying a rifle or not, please check in with your coach and range officials during zero and we’ll create a plan.
Awards
We will have prizes for the top 3 from each category and will do an awards ceremony after each race gets completed. We will aim to have the experts podium happen during the novice clinic. Novice podium will happen as soon as results have been compiled after the last finisher.
Vermont’s fastest high school skiers again converge on the Outdoor Center to see who will qualify to represent the state at the 2024 Eastern High School Championships and U16 Championships.
Athletes will race a 3k classic interval start in the morning, followed by a 3k freestyle interval start in the afternoon.
For race details and registration, check the VT Nordic Ski Team website.
The Craftsbury Outdoor Center is excited to again partner with NENSA and Harvard University to bring a combined EISA Carnival-NENSA Eastern Cup event back to the trails at the Outdoor Center. Harvard hosted its inaugural EISA Carnival weekend at the Center back in 2020 and we are excited to have them back (and now led by the steady hand of new head coach Sam Benzing, a former Craftsbury Ski Club coaching assistant). Pairing a Carnival with an Eastern Cup creates an incredibly high caliber field, with all the top racers from New England and even eastern Canada looking to score FIS points.
Racing kicks off on Friday, February 2nd with 15km classic mass start races for the college field. Saturday, February 3rd brings 7.5km freestyle interval starts for all racers, allowing both the Carnival and Eastern Cup fields to test their mettle against the best of the best. The Carnival wraps up after Saturday's racing and Sunday, February 4th's Eastern Cup competitions will be held in the always-popular pursuit style, with U16s racing a 5km based on the previous day's time gaps, while the rest of the men's and women's field will race 10km based on their Saturday rank.
For more info and registration details, head on over to the Registration Page.
If you want to do our BKL race, head over to SkiReg to register for Bill’s Blastoff BKL Races.
Check out the 2024 Marathon Ski Festival Race Guide.
We are excited to bring back the Marathon Ski Festival in-person in 2024.We have our fingers crossed for a great snow year and we hope y'all do too!
The 2024 Marathon Ski Festival is also a US Ski and Snowboard SuperTour race weekend, meaning that on Friday, January 26th we welcome the nation's fastest skiers for a freestyle sprint on our 1.5km homologated sprint course and on Sunday the SuperTour field will get its own start at the head of the field for the 25km freestyle.
Friday, Dec. 1 - Marathon price increases to $75 for the open class.
Saturday, Dec. 30 - Marathon price inceases $10 for college and high school categories.
Thursday, Jan. 11 – Marathon price increases to $85 for the open class.
Thursday, Jan. 25 - Online Registration closes for the Marathon Ski Festival.
Friday, Jan. 26 - SuperTour Freestyle Sprint
Saturday, Jan. 27 - 41st Craftsbury Classic Marathon
Sunday, Jan. 28 - Craftsbury Freestyle Marathon and SuperTour
Join our trained staff and Green Mountain Adaptive Sports (GMAS) for an afternoon of fun in the snow at the Outdoor Center.
Come support the Catamounts at their home EISA carnival races.
Friday is a classic sprint.
Saturday is a freestyle interval start.
Join us to kick off the biathlon winter race season in the northeast! Biathlon Eastern Regional Cups are great race opportunities for experienced biathletes of all ages.
Friday, December 15, join us at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center (COC) for an evening of the Canadian Ski Marathon (CSM). Mark Isselhardt of Elmore, Vermont has participated in the CSM nine times since 2014. Mark will share some basic information about the event as well as his own experiences traversing the special 160k trail that is only open once a year.
The Canadian Ski Marathon (CSM) is a ski tour, not a race: participants challenge not each other, but themselves by choosing a level of difficulty and trying to accomplish that goal. Since its inception in 1967 the event has taken place annually just north of the Ottawa River between the regions of Montreal and Ottawa, capital of Canada. The tour happens on the second weekend of February and usually covers a distance of 160 km (99 mi). There are many levels of participation in the CSM from “tasters” who ski one or two sections a day to "Coureur des bois" who attempt to ski all ten sections over the two days. Far more people take part in some but not all of the ten sections during the weekend and the event attracts participants of all ages and ski abilities.
This free event runs from 7:00-8:00pm in the COC Activity Center. Hope you'll join us!
We’re excited to host US Biathlon’s International Team Trials, December 14-17. These trials races are intended for senior level racers hoping to qualify to race for Team USA in Europe.
We are excited to invite racers to the open the 2023 race season with us at the Outdoor Center. Whether you are a sprinter, a distance skier, or both, you can open your season with a fun, low-key race at the Outdoor Center. Freestyle “knock-in” sprints kick off the weekend on Saturday in honor of our friend and mentor Jim Rodrigues, while Sunday brings freestyle mass starts in memorial of longtime ski timer and friend Tom Kendall. A portion of Sunday’s race fees will be donated to the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
Saturday's format will be a repeat of last year’s popular Royal Court format (though we are referring to them as “knock-in” rounds now). After racing a qualifier on our updated FIS homologated sprint course just like a standard sprint, ALL competitors, regardless of age class or gender, will be seeded into 6-person heats based on their times. Qualifiers 1-6 will be in the first round, 7-12 in the second, and so on. Heats will go off every 3 minutes and competitors will be “knocked in” to different heats depending on their performance. If you finish top 2 in your heat, you move “up” to the next fastest heat. Middle two positions (3rd and 4th) will remain in the same heat, while finishers 5 and 6 will move down to the heat below. This way the heats are constantly reseeded based on how competitors are performing. Everyone will race three rounds. Prizes will be given to the top 3 skiers of each gender and then the top U18/20, U16, and BKL skiers of each gender. The qualifier will be scored to both the FIS and NRL points lists.
Note: Because a sprint day requires a qualifier followed by heats, setting the schedule requires knowing how many competitors we have racing in advance of race day. Thus, we cannot allow day-of-race registration for the sprint.
Sunday brings 10km and 5km freestyle mass starts in honor of the late Tom Kendall. The open (10km) races will be scored to the FIS and NRL points lists as well.
The Craftsbury Winter Duathlon has been canceled due to adverse course conditions and lack of interest.
For our multisport enthusiasts, we will also be offering a winter duathlon, part of USA Triathlon’s push to bring winter in the multisport fold. Racers will contest a 3km run, followed by a 5km ski, and finishing up with a 3km run. For more details, please head over to the 2023 Kendall Memorial Online Registration page on skireg.com.
Questions? Email race director Ollie Burruss.
The annual industry demo day is back! Join us on Saturday, December 2nd to check out the latest in ski product from industry leaders like Fischer, Salomon, Atomic, Rossignol, and Madshus, along with retailers like SkiRack and Caldwell Sport. Skis, boots, and poles will be available to demo on our snowmaking loop (and whatever natural snow might be available).
Hope to see you there!
Participants will get two days on snow (three if you get to campus early enough on Friday) full of instruction.
Coaching staff will include former Olympian Trina Hosmer, Craftsbury Ski Club's Rick Costanza, and more.
The curriculum consists of technique drills, pre-race interval sessions, video review to reinforce technical points, plus presentations by the coaching staff on a range of topics including making a race plan, mid-season strength training, and pre-race nutrition. The weekend won't be all work though: there'll be plenty of time for relaxing with your fellow campers and staff, enjoying sumptuous meals in our Vermont Fresh Network Dining Hall (included in the full price camp), trying some biathlon, and free-skiing.
The details...
Camp with lodging & all meals: $470 + tax
Registration will open online the week of October 23. Will link registration here, OR call now - 802.586.7767. (Note that voicemail is not currently functional, so calling during open office hours is best. These vary during shoulder season, but generally mid-day Monday thru Saturday works).
Lodging quoted in the camp price above is in our dorm-style accommodations, double occupancy. Upgrades are available for an additional charge, subject to the 9% State of Vermont Rooms and Meals tax. Talk with the front office for more details.
We're eager to welcome the masters' community to Craftsbury for an excellent early-season tuneup. Sign up today to reserve your spot. Have a question about the program? Drop a line to ollie.burruss@craftsbury.com. Questions about lodging, dietary needs or similar? Shoot the office an email.
Hope to see everyone for a big weekend of on-snow time in December!
The biennial Ski & Bike Swap is here! Put on by the Craftsbury Ski Club, join us in the Event Barn & Activities Center to gear up for winter, snag a bike for next season, or get your equipment to a new home.
Selling gently used Outdoor Center mountain bikes and XC skis
Accepting bikes, XC ski equipment, clothing/outerwear for skiing & biking
Drop off consignment gear (pro tip: fill out your consignment form ahead of time):
Friday, Oct. 20, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 21, 10:00am - 2:00pm
Swap happens Sunday, Oct. 22, 10:00am - 2:00pm
Note: COC bikes can be purchased at the swap but CANNOT be taken home on Sunday - they must be picked up after Friday, Oct. 27. We know this is a hassle but we need to use these bikes for another week of school programming!
Pickup unsold items: Sunday, Oct. 22, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
30% of consigned item sales benefits the club’s youth programming and scholarship fund. Any unsold items left after 4:00 pm on Sunday, October 22 will be donated to the Craftsbury Ski Club.
We take credit cards or cash.
Other auestions? First check out our FAQs here. Still stumped? jrskiing@craftsbury.com
More than a trail race, the Footprints Trail Running Festival gathers runners together who are committed to climate action and connects them for more effective change. We’ll start the day off with a trail race, winding through singletrack, double track and dirt road on either a 5 or 10-mile course. Our post-race celebrations will center around a send-off for Footprint’s newest climate leaders. Each Footprints camper will give a brief presentation on the climate action project that they developed over the past week at Footprints Running Camp . Proceeds from the race will go into a fund to help them implement those projects in their home communities.
A young Greta Kilburn races through the woods at the Outdoor Center.
The Vermont Youth Cycling league again opens its fall season at the Outdoor Center. Join us for a fun day of cross country mountain bike racing.
For more details, including seeding information, head over to the VTYC page.
An event-specific registration link will go up shortly. The race is open to any Vermont youth, whether they are part of a VTYC team or not.
Schedule: Please note that start times may be delayed slightly but will not begin ahead of the time below.
8:30-9:45 Course open to pre-ride
9:00-9:45 Chip Pick-up and Day-of Registration
9:30 Mandatory Coaches Meeting at VTYC Tent (including parents of independent riders)
10:00 Cat C Race Start
10:15 Grade 5/6 Race Start
10:30-11:15 Chip Pick-up and Day-of Registration for Cat A/B
*10:45 Pre-riding for Cat A and B allowed
~11:00 Cat C/Grade 5/6 Podium
11:30 Cat B Race Start
12:30 Cat A Race Start
~1:30 Cat A/B Podium
Registration is live for the second Singletrack Shootout of the summer - September 9. Come give biathlon a try, no matter your experience level! It’ll be a fun morning of biathlon racing - running or mountain biking, your choice. A novice clinic will teach you everything you need to know to complete the four stage race. Club rifles will be provided.
Registration closes at 8:00pm. 100 total entries, across all categories. NO day-of-race registration. (While not a requirement to participate, Craftsbury Annual Members save on their registration! Read more about membership.)
8:00-9:00am - Bib pick-up
9:00-9:45am - Novice safety talk and clinic (required if using a club rifle)
9:30am - Zero (for the experienced category - those bringing a rifle: points 13-15)
9:45 - Short Demo Race by GRP Biathletes
10:00am - Bike start (15 sec intervals)
10:30 - Noon - Running waves will start (both novice and experienced category)
NOTE: The exact start schedule is TBD, based on number of entries. Check your pre-race email for more info, but be prepared that your wave's scheduled start can vary greatly depending on registration numbers.
All categories will complete a four stage biathlon race: lap, shoot, lap, shoot, lap, shoot, lap, shoot, lap. So that’s starting with a lap, four shooting stages, and ending with a lap. For each miss, there will be a short penalty lap to complete before returning to the course. This will be an interval start for bikes, and a wave start for runners.
For anyone not bringing their own rifle. Club rifles and ammo will be provided. All shooting will be in the prone (lying down) position, using a support block for the rifle. Targets will be set to standing (bigger) targets.
Anyone bringing their own rifle. Zero period before race as stated in schedule. Will shoot two prone stages on prone targets and then two standing stages on standing targets.
Running: 1k lap, ~5k total.
Mountain Biking: 1.5k lap, ~7.5k total.
You betcha.
Questions? Please email us at biathlon@craftsbury.com.
Interested in eating at the dining hall for lunch? Call our office at 802-586-7767 to reserve your spot. Reservations can only be made within 48 hours of the meal (so call starting Thursday lunch time!).
Heather Short holds a PhD in Earth Sciences, and has been teaching college and university students geology and Earth systems science for 25 years, focusing on the present climate crisis for the last 15. Now teaching at Sterling College, she will be speaking on the current and projected state of our climate, covering some of the action steps that Vermonters can take to better prepare ourselves and our communities for the changing world we face. She will touch on the importance of our daily actions along with the opportunities for collective action to create and maintain lasting change.
All our 2023 talks are free and meet in the Outdoor Center’s Activity Center. Read more about the rest of the 2023 series.
Annual members and houseguests can test their running or cycling fitness every week over the summer with a 3/5k run and 5/10k bike race every Tuesday. Details
Annual members and houseguests can test their running or cycling fitness every week over the summer with a 3/5k run and 5/10k bike race every Tuesday. Details
This camp provides a fun-oriented stepping stone both for kids who already have shooting experience or for skiers who want to jump right in to biathlon in a safe way.
Annual members and houseguests can test their running or cycling fitness every week over the summer with a 3/5k run and 5/10k bike race every Tuesday. Details
Claire Polfus will be leading a panel discussion with a group of local outdoor experts who will discuss how they interact with the natural world through recreation. This panel will be made up of speakers involved in summer athletics, winter athletics and hunting and angling. Our speakers will touch on how the Vermont economy is shifting from an agriculture focused economy to an outdoor recreation focused one, and how this change will bring different stressors to our local environment.
All our 2023 talks are free and meet in the Outdoor Center’s Activity Center. Read more about the rest of the 2023 series.
Tuesday Night Races (TNRs) draw all ages and abilities of runners and cyclists.
Annual members and houseguests can test their running or cycling fitness every week over the summer with a 3/5k run and 5/10k bike race every Tuesday. Details
Annual members and houseguests can test their running or cycling fitness every week over the summer with a 3/5k run and 5/10k bike race every Tuesday. Details
New this summer: This mini-camp for 13 and 14 year olds is a great way for budding biathletes and interested skiers to go all in for three days on biathlon training. A shorter intensive yet fun style of camp like this can not only solidify what athletes have learned at weekly practices but can also rapidly advance their skills in a way that weekly practices cannot.
Open to experienced biathletes and interested skiers with no biathlon experience alike!
Annual members and houseguests can test their running or cycling fitness every week over the summer with a 3/5k run and 5/10k bike race every Tuesday. Details
