NORDIC NEWS
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Hoist the sails
Dress like a pirate … Scallywags Ball • Telluride Distilling Company – Mountain Village Tasting Room Saturday, February 22 • 5:30pm until 9:30pm Opening band @ 6pm Loot Booty • Telluride Gold Kings @ 7pm Live Music • Silent Auction • FREE (Donations accepted at the door and online HERE) A fundraising event for the…
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Wolverton Nordic 2025AD
Wolverton Days At Matterhorn • March 11-13
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Tale of the tape
Early January Nordic conditions in Telluride With just over one-quarter of the season already gone, here are the current trail conditions. Excellent base depth and snow quality up at Trout Lake and very good ski conditions at Priest Lake Nordic trails after the most recent snowfall. The Priest trail base is still thin and will…
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Happy new year
New Release 2025 A.D.
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Eat Like a Viking …
Ski Like A NORD Viking Stew Recipe There’s a festive feeling all around. The air is cold and crisp. Magic twinkling lights are everywhere. The holidays are here!  This time of year is jam packed with so many fun traditions and celebrations. So … I started to wonder … What sort of winter celebrations and traditions were observed by the Vikings? The Vikings celebrated…
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Barley Porridge
Eat like a Viking Installment 2 Kornmjölsgröt or Barley Porridge How about a hearty Viking breakfast before hitting the Nordic trails? Our next Viking culinary adventure is Kornmjölsgröt or Barley porridge. Kornmjölsgröt was served for breakfast durning the Viking times. It was mostly served to the children. At breakfast time, the adults would usually eat meat stew leftovers from the night before, while the children…
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How to make mead
Mead or Honey Wine • Vikings loved their celebratory feasts! Any excuse to eat lots and drink lots! Vikings brewed beer and made a fermented honey wine called mead. Mead was the libation of choice for the Vikings, especially for feasts and celebrations. But there was another reason Vikings enjoyed copious amounts of alcoholic beverages. Fresh water was limited during Viking times. Fermentation…
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Early season ski care tips
It’s that time of year, again! Days are getting shorter … Temperatures are getting colder … I don’t know about you, but I am starting to have visions of perfectly groomed skate lanes and classic tracks dancing in my head! I like to organize and go over all of my Nordic gear pre-season to ensure that I AM READY,…
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Golden Rule
The golden rule in high quality snow groomer operations is, “No more than necessary, and as little as possible.” This applies to all settings on a snow groomer that can be adjusted as well as other variables such as, the number of passes made, fuel & consumable fluids usage, driving speed, etc. Rollo professional snow…
