The school ski season is from mid-November through mid-February. 

Practices are scheduled from Monday through Friday 4 pm – 6 pm and on alternating Saturdays (and every Saturday beginning in mid-January) between 9 am – 11/11:30 am or 3 – 5 pm (check Coach Cran's weekly e-mail  (usually on Sunday) for actual times).

A. Prior to snow:

• Monday through Friday practice at South Campus from 4-6 pm 

• There is no shuttle bus for the middle school skiers, so they will need to be driven to practice during the first few weeks. 

  • If need assistance to connect with other parents for carpooling, please email Peggy (yapx0002@umn.edu).

• For the North Campus skiers, there is a daily shuttle to South Campus. 

• Middle schoolers will join the high schoolers when they arrive (hopefully, by 4:30 pm). 

B. When on snow:

1.  Mondays (with a couple exceptions) and Fridays:

   1. • 9-12th grade skiers will depart South Campus prior to 4 pm.

      • Middle school skiers can either get a ride/car pool to practice and ride home with the team or take the day off. 

2.  Tuesdays/Wednesday/Thursdays: are either race days or practice days.

*Check Coach Cran's weekly e-mail (usually on Sunday) that will specify which day(s) will be race versus practice day(s).*

• • Race days: 

    • The team bus will pick up the North, Central and Sunrise skiers and then arrive at South Campus. (Coach Cran will specify the bus pick-up times in the weekly e-mail or a day or two before each race.)

  • Practice days:

    • Middle schoolers will ride with the team to practice.

    • The bus will pick up the Central skiers at 4 pm, the Sunrise skiers around 4:15 pm and then the South skiers and head out to the practice venue.  

    • Practice will end at 6 pm and we should be back to South Campus by 6:30 pm.

C. Saturday practices:

1.  Plan to practice every other Saturday (up until January) and then every Saturday as we move into the last phase of the season. 

2.  May alternate the Saturdays between morning and afternoon practices. 

3.  9-12th grade skiers are expected to practice on Saturdays and the middle schoolers are certainly welcome as well. 

4.  No buses are available for Saturday practices. 

5.  When the weather allows for snow-making, the team will meet at Battle Creek Recreation Center site (due to the availability of lighted trails).

(The parking lot for Battle Creek Recreation Center is located on 75 Winthrop Street South, St Paul MN 55119 and is just south of Upper Afton Road in St. Paul. This is not the 2300 Upper Afton Rd, Maplewood location)

6.  Must have the Ramsey County Ski Pass - contact Coach Cran if any questions.

7.  Depending on the weather conditions, it may be skiing for an hour or a little more and then head up into the hills for some balance and bounding drills.  

8. If you left your skis at school, swing by on the way to Battle Creek and there should be a custodian to let you into the ski room (custodians are available typically Monday through Friday until 9 pm, and Saturday from 7am - 3pm, except holidays?).

January 3 – Battle Creek – CL 

Mass Start January 6 – Mesabi East Invite – Giants Ridge 

January 10 – Battle Creek – Team Sprints FS 

January 15 – MLK races – TBD 

January 18 – Lake Elmo - CL 

January 25 – Battle Creek - FS 

January 30 – Conference Prelims – Battle Creek - FS 

February 1 – Conference Finals – Battle Creek 

February 8 – Section 4 Meet – Battle Creek 

February 14 & 15 – State Meet – Giants Ridge

To race or not to race – that is a good question… 

• You race when you feel that you are ready to and want to race. 

• If a skier chooses to just practice and not to race, that is their choice and it will be honored and respected.