Glacier Nordic Club

Glacier Nordic Club member Jesse Opel wins the Woman’s 60-64 year old age group division at the 2012 American Birkebeiner. The “Birkie Classic” , the largest cross country ski marathon in North America, is a point to point 54 kilometer race from Cable, WI to Hayward, WI.

Jesse began nordic skiing in Colorado in the 1970′s. She was introduced to her first long distance race in tracks by former Olympian Dick Taylor. She trained for this years race on the Big Mt Nordic Trails, and at the Glacier Nordic Center in Whitefish. She described this years event as a “perfect blue wax day”. Congratulations Jesse to a job well done!