We appreciate your support and skills in making this event a great experience for skiers, coaches, organizers and the community.
Congratulations to all skiers representing the Midwest The U.S. Ski & Snowboard Junior National Championships being held at Mt. Van Hoevenberg in Lake Placid NY March 11-16th and 2024 Nordiq Canada Ski Nationals in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada!
CXC Junior Cup, Youth Cup & Adaptive Cup event series.
Endurance United welcomes you to Saint Paul and the Battle Creek Winter Recreation Area for the Midwest JNQ #3 on the race calendar. We’re really looking forward to hosting some great racing on an exceptional set of race courses. The courses are FIS Homologated making the course safe and fair for all whether it’s for racing, training or the sheer enjoyment of skiing in the east metro. Ramsey County Parks & Recreation has continued to make great venue improvements in only the second full year of snowmaking and grooming. Battle Creek Regional Park is on its way to becoming one of the premier Nordic ski destinations in the Midwest. Welcome from John Richter, Executive Director and the organizing committee and the entire EU Nordic community.
Endurance United is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based out of Saint Paul, Minnesota. EU promotes living a healthy, outdoor lifestyle through a combination of endurance sports. Endurance United is also a community steward of this lifestyle, through partnerships with local non-profits, strong representation of our community, and a willingness to work tirelessly to give endurance sports a voice within our region.
The JNQ series is governed by Central Cross Country Skiing (CXC) and encourages young athletes from U10 to U23 age divisions to enjoy cross country skiing and develop their skills, whether they are new to the sport High School skiers, aspiring junior skiers who hope to compete at the top national and international levels, or are somewhere in between. Adaptive racers will be fully integrated into the age divisions with the exception of sit skiers who race a specific sit-ski course.