It was a chilly and clear morning at the Durango Nordic Center on Saturday for the annual Pine Needle Langlauf! We had nearly 80 racers brave the near-zero temps to race in the 30 km, 15 km, 7.5 km, 4 km, and 2 km distances. Results can be found here.
The Pine Needle Langlauf concludes the Rossignol Southwest Nordic Race Series for the season. Brett Wilson of Durango and Missy Neagos of Durango earned the titles of King and Queen of the Southwest, respectively. Thanks to Rossignol, who provided the prizes for the Series!
We want to thank our sustaining sponsors for this event: Pine Needle Mountaineering and Brian Butzen/Animas Orthopedic Associates. We also could not have had such a great day without the bread and cookies from Bread, beverages from Coca Cola of Durango, beer from Ska Brewing Company, amazing green chili and chips from Carver Brewing Company, foot-stomping bluegrass from the Six Dollar String Band, and professional timing and race results from Rocky Mountain Timing. Polly Tucker, who is the Swix and Fischer rep for the region, also provided a number of awesome prizes for race winners and the raffle.
Finally, we couldn’t do it without our rockstar grooming staff, who worked non-stop last week to prep the race course after three feet of snow fell mid-week. Thanks to lead groomer Jesse Guglielmo, as well as Chip White and Brent Brown, who also set the courses.
