{"id":2447032,"date":"2019-07-31T22:24:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T04:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/nordic-skiers-from-across-u-s-sweden-descend-on-breckenridge-for-first-ever-roller-ski-races\/"},"modified":"2019-07-31T22:24:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T04:24:00","slug":"nordic-skiers-from-across-us-sweden-descend-on-breck-for-roller-ski-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/nordic-skiers-from-across-us-sweden-descend-on-breck-for-roller-ski-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Nordic skiers from across US, Sweden descend on Breck for roller ski festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.734693877551\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-310576-546\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/RollerSki-SDN-080119-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/RollerSki-SDN-080119.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Andrew Stabile | Skiers take part in Breckenridge\u2019s first-ever Roller Ski Festival over the weekend.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Skiers take part in Breckenridge\u2019s first-ever Roller Ski Festival over the weekend.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Andrew Stabile<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/RollerSki-SDN-080119.jpg\" alt=\"Skiers take part in Breckenridge\u2019s first-ever Roller Ski Festival over the weekend.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/RollerSki-SDN-080119-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/RollerSki-SDN-080119-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Andrew Stabile | Skiers take part in Breckenridge\u2019s first-ever Roller Ski Festival over the weekend.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Skiers take part in Breckenridge\u2019s first-ever Roller Ski Festival over the weekend.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Andrew Stabile<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/RollerSki-SDN-080119-1.jpg\" alt=\"Skiers take part in Breckenridge\u2019s first-ever Roller Ski Festival over the weekend.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/RollerSki-SDN-080119-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/RollerSki-SDN-080119-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Andrew Stabile | Skiers take part in Breckenridge\u2019s first-ever Roller Ski Festival over the weekend.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Skiers take part in Breckenridge\u2019s first-ever Roller Ski Festival over the weekend.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Andrew Stabile<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/RollerSki-SDN-080119-2.jpg\" alt=\"Skiers take part in Breckenridge\u2019s first-ever Roller Ski Festival over the weekend.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/RollerSki-SDN-080119-3-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/RollerSki-SDN-080119-3.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Andrew Stabile | Skiers take part in Breckenridge\u2019s first-ever Roller Ski Festival over the weekend.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Skiers take part in Breckenridge\u2019s first-ever Roller Ski Festival over the weekend.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Andrew Stabile<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/RollerSki-SDN-080119-3.jpg\" alt=\"Skiers take part in Breckenridge\u2019s first-ever Roller Ski Festival over the weekend.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/RollerSki-SDN-080119-4-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/RollerSki-SDN-080119-4.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Andrew Stabile | Skiers take part in Breckenridge\u2019s first-ever Roller Ski Festival over the weekend.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Skiers take part in Breckenridge\u2019s first-ever Roller Ski Festival over the weekend.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Andrew Stabile<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/RollerSki-SDN-080119-4.jpg\" alt=\"Skiers take part in Breckenridge\u2019s first-ever Roller Ski Festival over the weekend.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/RollerSki-SDN-080119-5-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/RollerSki-SDN-080119-5.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Andrew Stabile | Skiers take part in Breckenridge\u2019s first-ever Roller Ski Festival over the weekend.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Skiers take part in Breckenridge\u2019s first-ever Roller Ski Festival over the weekend.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Andrew Stabile<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/RollerSki-SDN-080119-5.jpg\" alt=\"Skiers take part in Breckenridge\u2019s first-ever Roller Ski Festival over the weekend.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/nordic-skiers-from-across-u-s-sweden-descend-on-breckenridge-for-first-ever-roller-ski-races\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/nordic-skiers-from-across-u-s-sweden-descend-on-breckenridge-for-first-ever-roller-ski-races\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">It was a slice of winter sports in summertime for area and visiting Nordic skiers this past weekend in Breckenridge, as more than 100 skiers came out for the first two-day Summit Roller Ski Festival.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Dozens of skiers from High Country clubs \u2014 such as the Summit Nordic Ski Club, Ski &amp; Snowboard Club Vail, Aspen Valley Ski &amp; Snowboard Club and Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club \u2014 descended on Breckenridge for Saturday\u2019s skate sprint and Sunday\u2019s classic races. Guest skiers from Loppet Nordic Racing in Minneapolis and the Casper Mountain Biathlon Club in Wyoming also turned out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The Casper Mountain club brought with them a pair of visiting elite Nordic skiers from Sweden, including Jenny Solin, the winner of the junior World Cup roller ski race in Solleftea, Sweden, and Simon Hallstrom, the 2018 Swedish national biathlon champion. Solin won Saturday\u2019s 200-meter skate sprint competition on the women\u2019s side. For the men, Hallstrom finished as runner-up to champion Noel Keefe, a U.S. Nordic Ski Team member and University of Utah student from Steamboat Springs who finished 12th in the sprint at this year\u2019s Nordic Junior World Championships.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Summit Nordic Ski Club head coach Olof Hedberg said Saturday\u2019s sprint competition was something new for the dozens of young High Country Nordic skiers who participated, as the competition took place with a one-on-one format after skiers earned seeds based on qualifying times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cHaving a U.S. Ski Team member go up and win that, that was as high a level of racing as you can get,\u201d Hedberg said about Keefe\u2019s win. \u201cYou really have a World Cup level of skiing coming down the streets of Breckenridge, and that was really cool.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Summit Nordic Ski Club athlete and local Peter Haynes joined Keefe and Hallstrom on the podium after a race day his coach described as the best of his life in any Nordic skiing style or discipline. Hedberg also highlighted Summit Nordic athlete Sam Thebeau\u2019s third-place podium finish during Sunday\u2019s 5K classic, which took roller skiers through Breckenridge\u2019s Highlands neighborhood, beginning near the Breckenridge Golf Club and finishing at the top of Discovery Hill, a point-to-point race that included a final 2.5 kilometers of steep, uphill climbing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cReally a breakthrough performance,\u201d Hedberg said about Thebeau.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Summit Nordic\u2019s Annabelle Pattenden also was a standout over the weekend, as she ended up on the podium both days, finishing in second place in the girls U-16 5K classic race Sunday after she took third place at Saturday\u2019s U-16 skate sprint.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThat was a big step for her, as well,\u201d Hedberg said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\"><a href=\"mailto:aolivero@summitdaily.com\">aolivero@summitdaily.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/nordic-skiers-from-across-u-s-sweden-descend-on-breckenridge-for-first-ever-roller-ski-races\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skiers take part in Breckenridge\u2019s first-ever Roller Ski Festival over the weekend.Courtesy Andrew Stabile Skiers take part in Breckenridge\u2019s first-ever Roller Ski Festival over the weekend.Courtesy Andrew Stabile Skiers take part in Breckenridge\u2019s first-ever Roller Ski Festival over the weekend.Courtesy Andrew Stabile Skiers take part in Breckenridge\u2019s first-ever Roller Ski Festival over the weekend.Courtesy Andrew [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2447032","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-24 06:32:22","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2447032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447032\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2447032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2447032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2447032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}