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04/22/2026
Fairbanksan Kendall Kramer reflects on her awesome season, including skiing in the World Cup and the Olympics, in this Alaska's News Source interview.
Fairbanks skier Kendall Kramer reflects on Olympic season, reaching the highest level Kendall Kramer is one of the biggest names in Alaska skiing, having recently competed at both the Winter Olympics and the World Cup.
04/22/2026
As we head into the off-season, here's a review of two cross country skiing movies that you might want to check out.
Jessie Diggins and Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Walk Into a Theater: Movie review, ‘Threshold’ and ‘Klæbo’ This is a reader-funded website. Virtually all of my income — for perspective: I took home less than $5,000 from Nordic Insights last year after paying staff — comes from reader contributions, whic…
Here's a video that shows you what it's like to volunteer for Skiku.
04/22/2026
The University of Alaska Fairbanks is seeking nominations for its Hall of Fame. Nominations close on April 30. Can you think of anyone from past ski teams to nominate?
--To be considered, student-athletes must have been out of competition at the University for a minimum of five years. Teams, coaches, athletic administrators, athletic staff, and boosters must not have been active in their role for at least five years preceding being nominated.--
Nanook Hall of Fame Nomination Period Ends in One Month - University of Alaska Fairbanks Athletics Nomination Link Guidelines (PDF) Selection Criteria (PDF)
04/21/2026
Birch Hill Grooming Report
by Trails Coordinator | Apr 21, 2026 | Club News, Grooming, Trails
Alright, here we go! Post-storm sun-soaked corduroy and tracks on: All lighted Loops, top loop of North Forty, Competition, Blue Loop, Upper House, South Tower and Tower Direct, White Cub and Zoomer, and White Bear to Hill Top. Enjoy!
Pic by Roy Earnest
04/21/2026
Our tour in the Olnes Pond area took advantage of the great crust skiing we've been having. Others have been having fun with it, too. One guy did a circumnavigation of Wickersham Dome. Others have had fun creating Strava art at places like Smith Lake, the T-Field, and the Potato Field. One person spelled out "Yahoo". Another drew a picture of a car. Fun times!
See the tour report here.
https://www.nscfairbanks.org/2026/04/21/olnes-pond-area-tour-takes-advantage-of-crust-skiing/
04/21/2026
A new addition to the 'Nooks. Gabe is from Colony High School in Palmer. Welcome!
Nanooks Skiing Announces Signing of Gabe Black - University of Alaska Fairbanks Athletics FAIRBANKS - The Nanooks Nordic skiing team has announced its first signing ahead of the 2026-27 season in Gabe Black. Black joins the Nanooks from Colony High School in Palmer, Alaska.
04/18/2026
The 2026/2027 year-round and summer programs for NSCF-FXC start June 1, the first full week after FNSB school district schools are out. The program also offers sessions in fall and winter. Registration is open now. Find out more, including how to register, here.
Sign Up Now for FXC Summer and Full Seasons; Two-Week Free Trial Offered - Nordic Ski Club of Fairbanks FXC seeks young skiers and athletes who want to be challenged. The 2026/2027 year-round and summer programs for NSCF-FXC start June 1, the first full week after FNSB school district schools are out. The program also offers sessions in fall and winter. Registration is open now. To register go to the....
04/18/2026
Celebrate Kendall Kramer's Olympic debut ~ Friday, May 1st, 5:30-6:30pm in the FNSB Birch Hill Ski Center.
Meet Kendall, have her sign your poster, and enjoy light refreshments while we reminisce about Kendall's extraordinary cross country skiing career.
04/17/2026
Susan Sugai, aka Mother SCUM, skied the 30K version of the Denali State Bank Sonot Kkaazoot this past March and wrote an essay about the experience. She battled the cold with chemical hand-warmers and battled other skiers for the red lantern. Read her essay here.
https://www.nscfairbanks.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Susan-Sugai-2026-Sonot-back-of-the-pack.pdf
The Nordic Ski Club of Fairbanks has been in existence for more than 50 years. Initially much of the club’s activity, and most of the cross country skiing in Fairbanks, took place in the area surrounding the University, where Ivar Skarland developed a trail system that now wends its way through several subdivisions and neighborhoods north of the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) campus.
Since the mid-1970s the focus of much of the club’s efforts has been Birch Hill. The Birch Hill trails were originally created by the late Jim Whisenhant and the Lathrop High School Ski Team (of which Jim was the coach). These trails were the site of the 1977 USSA Junior National Championships, the first major national event held in Fairbanks.
With funding from the Fairbanks North Star Borough, there was a major upgrade to the facility in preparation for the 1982 Arctic Winter Games, during which time the trail system underwent a major reconfiguration. Floyd Reishus, former Eielson HS Ski Coach and former UAF Assistant Ski Coach, is the person who designed and laid out the new trail system.
In 1984, the US Ski Association awarded NSCF the Paul Bacon Award, emblematic of excellence in race organization, to recognize our efforts in organizing a highly successful FIS World Cup event on only two weeks notice. The switch in venues from Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, was necessitated by a lack of snow there.