Inside Edge: SARS hosting youth ski races this weekend

Schweitzer is loading up! The storm cycles simply hold rolling in (simply in case you hadn’t seen whereas shoveling your driveway). Actually, the groomers are being challenged simply to maintain up. However they’ve been doing an awesome job.

Race season hits full swing — U16 and older racers will congregate at Crystal Mountain in Washington this weekend for the opening occasion of the Northwest Cup. This weekend options two slalom races.

In the meantime, the Schweitzer Alpine Racing Faculty (SARS) can be internet hosting the Emerald Empire Youth Ski League (ages 11 and below) on Loop Gap on Saturday and Sunday for big slalom competitors. Come watch the way forward for ski racing on the mountain!

Independence Junior Race Collection — Competitors kicks off this Friday. Racers report back to registration within the Lakeside Lodge at 5 p.m. to fulfill your coaches. There can be no same-day registration.

World Cup — Mikaela Shiffrin missed the races at Lienz, Austria, final week after testing optimistic for COVID-19. Paula Moltzan positioned twentieth in slalom and twenty second in big slalom.

The ladies then moved to Zagreb, Croatia, for 2 slalom races. Shiffrin, who was cleared to compete Monday, took second within the first occasion Tuesday, adopted by Moltzan in eleventh. The second occasion was rescheduled on account of climate.

Potpourri — We’ll report outcomes from the Northwest Cup races at Crystal Mountain and the Youth Ski League right here at Schweitzer subsequent week. Any feedback, suggestions or contributions to this column could also be despatched to Shep Snow by e mail at shep@thesnowschool.com. Damaging suggestions ought to be despatched to another person.