The Great Ski Race®
36th Anniversary, Sunday March 4th, 2012, 9:00 AM
Registration for the 2012 The Great Ski Race® is now open!
Some points of interest from 2011:
In the first time in a looong time, locals (we are considing Tav to be a local!) won both the
Men's and Women's overall title.
On that same note, locals (we're including Eli from Reno) filled the top 6 spots.
Ostensibly due to the sketchy weather forecasts, the race day turnout (667) was the
smallest since 1997.
Despite those sketchy weather forecasts, 50 young men under the age of 20 and 48 young ladies under the
age of 20 (including two 9 years olds) raced - 15% of all racers!
Carpool commuters of the day were the 6 racers coming from Anchorage, AK, and the 6 coming from
Bend, OR.
Tahoe Nordic Search and Rescue would like to thank the 790 registered racers for 2011.
We would especially like to thank the 593 folks who preregistered online; this really
does make things easier for the team (all of whom are volunteers). We hope to see you again in 2012.
Share your 2011 anecdotes and feedback on the TGSR Forum, for past and present
racers to participate in community discussions concerning all things TGSR.
The Great Ski Race® is the main fund raising event for the Tahoe Nordic Search & Rescue
Team, a non-profit all-volunteer organization. Team members, along with community
supporters, organize The Great Ski Race®, which continues to be one of the largest
Nordic ski races west of the Mississippi. Race proceeds are used primarily to purchase
equipment for the Team, and to support winter survival and avalanche education programs
sponsored and conducted by the Team.
The Great Ski Race® has gone from 60 racers being manually timed in 1977, to more than
600 racers with electronic timing in 1985, to more than 800 racers every year since 1999. In 2005 all
records were broken, with 1109 registered racers, 1029 finishers, and the fastest mens
and womens times yet!