New England Cross Country Skiing

Rollerski Season Ends with an Epic Mt. Greylock

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We’ve been extremely fortunate with the weather for Mt. Greylock Hill Climb rollerski race for two years in a row.  The event is possible because of the partnership of Massachusetts Department Conservation and Recreation and the volunteers of the Berkshire Nordic Club.  The Climb ascends eight miles to the highest point in the Bay State, winding through undulating terrain in boreal forest, making it an ideal venue for cross country skiers.  This year saw the largest participation to date and with 114 finishers it was our largest rollerski race of 2022.

Results
NENSA Event Video
Mt. Greylock Nordic Ski Team 360 Video

A pack of skiers midway through the 2022 Mt. Greylock Hill Climb. The southern auto road, reached from Lanesborough, Massachusetts provides an ideal setting for rollerski competition.

Greylock offers both long and short course options, with masters having the ability to choose between classic or freestyle skiing.  The short course is seven kilometers and skiers ages U14 through M10 took to the course at :30 second intervals from the Jone’s Nose gate.  The long course is twelve kilometers, starting at the Visitors Center, where skiers started in waves of five.  Mixed gender skiers were seeded by U.S. Ski & Snowboard points making for some fun and exciting starts with 90 skiers departing the base in ten minutes!  The top ten skiers of each gender used matched Swenor Alutech skis and over half the field was on the same brand and wheel speed.

Fin Bailey (Stratton Mountain School) held off a fast charging Tabor Greenberg (Green Mountain Valley School) to top the Men’s field at Mt. Greylock. Keelan Durham (Williams College) was the third fastest up the mountain.
Green Racing Project Skiers: Alex Lawson (1st), Margie Freed (2nd) and Michaela Keller-Miller (3rd) not pictured, swept the overall Women’s podium, taking home Cabot Cheese, Bread Euphoria, flowers and more!
The Junior Men’s podium: 1st – Aidan Jacobus, (Green Mountain Valley School), 2nd – Micah Bruner (Stratton Mountain School) and 3rd – Chip Freeman (Stratton Mountain School).
Junior Women’s Podium: 1st – Evelyn Walton (EMXC), 2nd – Elizabeth Graziani (Green Mountain Valley School), and Hayden McJunkin (Harvard), not pictured.
Chris Stock (EMXC) returned and successfully defended his 2021 Masters Men victory — taking home a check for $100 from Pastimes.
Greylock saw our first full Masters Women podium of the season. Jessie Donavan (Green Mountain Valley School / Frost Mountain) set an impressive pace, placing 8th overall, Rosalie Wilson (Ford Sayre) was second and Amy Dupuis (Holderness) skied to third.
Masters Freestyle Short Course: 1st – Evgeny Ivanov (EMXC), 2nd – King Milne (CSU).
Junior Men Short Course: 1st – William Walton (EMXC), 2nd – Matthew McIntosh (Green Mountain Valley School), 3rd – Calvin Collins-Knapp (EMXC).
Women’s Master Short Course: 1st – Dorothy Wallace-Senft (not pictured), 2nd – Erin Mahon-Moore, and 3rd – Mariah Cleveland.
Junior Women Short Course: 1st – Frances Tucker (EMXC), 2nd – Leigh Niedeck (EMXC), and 3rd – Ava Schneider (Green Mountain Valley School / Frost Mountain).
Rosalie Wilson and Sproule Love (Manhattan Nordic / NY Lynx) were our 2022 Allagash Masters. Skiers scored points based on their two best placements in the three hill climbs during the seven-race series. Rosalie had two victories and Sproule had a 1st and 2nd. Both took home some cool schwag from Allagash Brewing!
Paul Smith Bobcat’s, Diego Schillaci and Saylor celebrate at the finish of the 2022 Climb to the Castle. Paul Smith’s was the winner of the 2022 NENSA College Cup.