The Cook County/Silver Bay Alpine Vikings traveled to the Section 7 Championship Ski Meet on Tuesday, February 2. Twenty-two teams and 242 racers from the Northland and North Twin Cities Metro including Stillwater make up section 7. Two teams and approximately 15 individuals of each gender were competing to advance to the State Ski Meet. Both our boys’ and girls’... READ MORE >
It was a near perfect winter day in Lutsen for the rescheduled Cook County Invite held on January 22. Bluebird skies, temps in the teens and breathtaking winter scenery greeted the racers and fans for two runs of exciting Slalom action on Koo-Koo. All eight teams from the Arrowhead Conference returned to Lutsen for a re-match of the Moose Mountain... READ MORE >
The Cook County Alpine Vikings hosted six teams from the Arrowhead Conference plus Brainerd at the Moose Mountain Invite held on Thursday, January 14. The weather for the longest slalom venue in the Midwest was cloudy with a high of 15 F with snow falling on and off throughout the day, sometimes heavy, sometimes light. Caribou had been recently prepared... READ MORE >
The Cook County Alpine Vikings traveled once again to Giants Ridge on Jan. 7 for the first race of the New Year. All seven teams from Arrowhead Conference plus Brainerd were in attendance for two exciting runs of Slalom racing. The low the night before the race was 27 degrees F and the clouds produced three inches of wet, heavy... READ MORE >
The Cook County Alpine Ski Team traveled to Giants Ridge for the first Arrowhead conference race of the season. Like other ski areas, “The Ridge” has been struggling to make snow this season. The only run open for the two SL run event was the headwall of Innsbruck with a traverse through the flats and a fast finish on lower... READ MORE >
The Cook County/Silver Bay Vikings Alpine ski season is under way with 22 great young people on this year’s team. They began on dry land back in November, hiking and running up and down hills in Grand Marais including everyone’s favorite, summiting the old city ski hill. The highlight of dry land was a team hike and jog up the... READ MORE >
High School Alpine Ski Teams from Duluth East, Brainerd, Hibbing and Virginia traveled north to battle it out with each other and the Cook County Alpine Vikings at the Moose Mountain Invite on Friday, January 23. The forecast did not look good for skiing two runs of Slalom on Caribou run— 33° F, under mostly cloudy skies, fog and a... READ MORE >
The fastest U-12 through U-18 alpine racers from the Central Division traveled to Lutsen Mountains on January 10- 11 for two exciting days of Slalom racing on Koo-Koo. Six Lutsen racers joined the competition. The weather was not kind to the field of 234 boys and girls, but ski racers are a hearty bunch and valuable life lessons are learned... READ MORE >
The Cook County Alpine Vikings traveled to Mont Du Lac ski area on January 19 for the Denfeld Invite. Due to the USSA races at Lutsen there is a smaller field at this race and it is always a blast! First up for the Vikings was three sport athlete and starting varsity football player, sophomore Jack Viren. Jack looked confident... READ MORE >
It is really busy for the Cook County Alpine Vikings this time of year. On January 8, the team traveled once again to Giants Ridge for the Hibbing Invite. It was pretty cold on the hill, -15F when we arrived and the daytime high only reached 3F. It snowed lightly throughout the whole race. We had been training hard on... READ MORE >
