SKIING NOTEBOOK
After a week off following the UNH Carnival the Catamounts are back in action this weekend at their home carnival in Stowe. The Nordic and alpine races will be Friday and Saturday. Nordic competition will take place at Trapp Family Lodge while the alpine races will be held at Mount Mansfield Ski Club at the Stowe Mountain Resort.
 
CARNIVAL SCHEDULE (All Times Subject to Change)
Friday, February 1
9 a.m. – Women's and Men's Giant Slalom 1st Run
10:00 a.m. – Men's 10k Skate
12 p.m. – Women's 5k Skate
12:30 p.m. – Women's and Men's Giant Slalom 2nd Run
 
Saturday, February 2
9 a.m. – Men's and Women's Slalom 1st Run
9:30 a.m. – Women's 15k Classic
11:30 a.m. – Men's 20k Classic
12 p.m. - Men's and Women's Slalom 2nd Run
 
NORDIC MEN DOMINATION
So far this season the UVM men's Nordic squad has won all four races. Bill Harmeyer earned the top of the podium at the UNH Carnival in the freestyle sprints and 20k Classic. At the St. Lawrence Carnival Ben Ogden finished first in the 10k Skate and 10k Classic. The Catamounts have claimed 10 of the 12 podium positions in the four races this season.
 
CATS LOOKING FOR REDEMPTION
Last season Dartmouth narrowly defeated Vermont 969-932 at the UVM Carnival. Since the UVM Carnival last year the Big Green have won five of the last six EISA carnivals.
 
OGDEN AND SUTRO PAINT FINLAND GREEN AND GOLD
Ben Ogden helped the United States win a gold medal in the 4x5-kilometer relay last Saturday in Finland on the final day of competition at the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships. Ogden's gold medal capped off a successful week of competition for the Landgrove, Vt. native. On January 20 Ogden was the top American skier in the Classic Sprint. He finished eighth overall with a time of 3:39.28.
 
UVM sophomore Lina Sutro competed for the United States in Lahti, Finland in the U23 World Ski Championships. Her best finish came in the women's 10k skate. She was one of four Americans to finish in the top-30. Sutro finished 18th overall in a time of 27:44.9.
 
MOLTZAN AND ST. GERMAIN HEAD TO SLOVENIA FOR WORLD CUP
Laurence St. Germain and Paula Moltzan will be away this weekend competing in the FIS World Cup slalom in Maribor, Slovenia. The slalom will be early Saturday morning in North America. The second run will be available live on the Olympic Channel beginning at 7 a.m. ET.
 
Following the race both UVM skiers will head to Åre, Sweden for the 2019 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships which run February 4-17.
 
2019 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE BACK IN STOWE
This March the University of Vermont will be hosting the NCAA Championships for the first time since 2011. Competition will run Wednesday, March 6 through Saturday, March 9. Like the UVM Carnival alpine races will take place at Stowe Mountain Resort while the Nordic races will be held at Trapp Family Lodge.

UVM ALUMNI SKI AND RIDE WEEKEND | Register Here
The UVM Alumni Association's annual Ski and Ride program will be held in conjunction with the 2019 NCAA Ski Championship March 8-10, 2019.
Join us on the hill by reserving your discounted ski voucher today. New this year- vouchers will be mailed out the last week in February (we will not be onsite-distributing vouchers).

Prices of tickets reflect a 20% discount off window prices. Unwind after a day on the slopes at Idletyme Brewing Company for our Aprés Ski Reception on Saturday, March 9, 2019 from 3-5 p.m. light appetizers and a cash bar will be available.