Nine Northwest Vermont athletes traveled over to the Northeast Kingdom to participate in the Mt Hor Hop freestyle race. The unexpected snow storm that made traveling treacherous made the racing great. Conditions at Mt. Hor were comfortable in the mid teens, no wind, and a steady light flaky snow falling. Spirits were high though many just barely made their races. We all knew that we would at least get a good ski in. The 10K course was the challenging lower case y out and back and out and finish promised by the race director. Racers started up a 2k hill at 30 second intervals and then continued on to long rolling hills throughout the race until finishing down the 2K hill they started up. The race was well attended by skiers of all ages and abilities. NWVT fielded 7 men, and 2 women, all had very strong races and looked impressive for the first race of the season. It will be interesting to see how close things were when the results come out.

Finishers in alphabetical order were:
Women:
Jessica Bolduc
Sam Martell BFA

Men:
Perry Bland
Andre Bolduc Clarkson
Damian Bolduc
Scott Magnan
Evan Martell 5K BFA
Lary Martell
Andrew Moskowitz Clarkson