The Great Ski RaceTM

33rd Anniversary, Sunday March 1st, 2009, 9:00 AM

The Great Ski Race is the main fund raising event for the Tahoe Nordic Search & Rescue Team, a non-profit all-volunteer organization.

Conceived in 1976, the Team has over 100 members who fulfill many different functions in the organization such as rescuing lost alpine and cross-country skiers, locating downed aircraft, rescuing stranded hikers and climbers, educating the public about mountain safety, and many other support functions.

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 in 2001. In 2005 all records were broken, with 1109 registered racers, 1029 finishers, and the fastest mens and womens times yet!

Click on a year to see newspaper photos and articles from that year!

PAST WINNERS

Racers Registered Racers Finished Year Male Time Female Time
-?- 60 1977 Jan Bjorkheim 1:44:00 Melissa Duffy 3:05:00
-?- 96 1978 Borre Fossli 1:37:40 Carolyn Teirnan 2:12:46
156 147 1979 Lyle Nelson 1:43:11 Wink Luskin 2:32:48
185 182 1980 Borre Fossli 2:10:37 Wink Luskin 2:23:00
264 253 1981 John Talco 1:39:13 Susan Burak 1:59:32
467 440 1982 John Gailson 1:35:47 Holly Beatie 1:51:43
632 597 1983 Ron Barrett 1:58:23 Nancy Fiddler 2:10:37
729 679 1984 Mark Long 1:31:35 Nancy Fiddler 1:47:37
635 575 1985 Mark Long 1:44:40 Holly Beatie 2:04:31
617 563 1986 Lars Ohren 1:22:22 Nancy Fiddler 1:34:45
602 551 1987 Dan Mainka 1:22:59 Debbie Rhodes 1:36:46
599 536 1988 Dan Mainka 1:18:43 Nancy Fiddler 1:25:41
710 609 1989 John Downing 1:41:05 Cheryl Beaman 1:49:16
685 584 1990 Clint Roberts 1:19:32 Cheryl Beaman 1:33:34
-- -- 1991 ...no snow... ------- ...race cancelled... -------
743 667 1992 John Downing 1:25:25 Nancy Fiddler 1:34:56
783 723 1993 Justin Wadsworth 1:11:51 Nancy Fiddler 1:21:59
796 681 1994 Dave McLaughlin 1:21:34 Debbi Waldear 1:32:12
886 720 1995 Dave McLaughlin 1:25:22 Debbie Hakansson 1:38:30
-?- 863 1996 Ben Husaby 1:10:48 Debbi Waldear 1:23:04
-?- 618 1997 Adam Heaney 1:26:40 Debbie Hakansson 1:44:48
780 748 1998 Ben Husaby 1:12:12 Karen Radebold 1:22:56
820 739 1999 Cory Smith 1:13:37 Mary Hall 1:27:41
850 757 2000 Patrick Weaver 1:13:06 Kelly Schalk 1:23:39
-?- 680 2001 Stephane Passeron 1:30:02 Jeannie Wall 1:42:19
1022 948 2002 Patrick Casey 1:09:03 Brooke Baughman 1:15:16
994 886 2003 Patrick Weaver 1:13:16 Katerina Hanasova 1:18:47
1038 974 2004 Scott Loomis 1:10:06 Brooke Baughman 1:17:13
1109 1029 2005 Patrick Weaver 1:07:00 Brooke Baughman 1:14:03
810 719 2006 Patrick Weaver 1:19:08 Beth Reid 1:29:55
888 812 2007 Mark Iverson 1:13:20 Beth Reid 1:18:56
1032 978 2008 Marshall Greene 1:06:51 Abigail Larson 1:17:18

*Fastest male and female times

Tahoe Nordic Search & Rescue is a very active search team and is always looking for and encouraging new membership. Team meetings are held the first Monday of every month, October through May, 6:30PM at the Granlibakken Resorts Ski Hut. Please come and join this fun and diverse group. Tahoe Nordic Search & Rescue Team would like to thank all the participants and past sponsors of the Great Ski Race for enabling the Team to continue their life-saving efforts.

Have a Great Ski Race!

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