Calendar NSAA Events listed in BLUE Other Events shown in GREEN OCTOBER 2017 1 – Sat NSAA Membership year begins. Event registration begins. 1 – Sat Biathlon Programs Online Sign up 1 – Sat Junior Nordic Online Sign up 1 – Sat Ski Jumping Online Sign up 1 – Sat Ski Train Tickets Go On Sale 27 – Fri NSAA Ski Swap – Drop-off gear 29 – Sun NSAA Ski Swap – Buy and Sell Gear NOVEMBER 2017 5 – Sun NSAA Season Kickoff 9 – Thurs Junior Nordic – Equipment Pickup 12 – Sun Junior Nordic – Equipment Pickup 13 – Mon Junior Nordic Session #1 Starts 14/16 Ski Jumping Session #1 Starts 24 – Fri NSAA Backcountry Tour: 20th Annual Turkey Day Shakeoff, Hatcher Pass DECEMBER 2017 1- Fri First Friday Winter Art and Beer Night – Resolution Brewery, Anchorage 2 – Sat ASD High School Freestyle Snowball Race – Hillside 3 – Sun Biathlon Race #1 8 – Fri ASD High School Lynx Loppet – Kincaid 9 – Sat ASD High School Lynx Loppet – Kincaid 9 – Sat NSAA Backcountry Tour: Iditarod Trail INHT from Eddies to Turnagain Pass 10 – Sun AMH Anchorage Cup – AMH Freestyle 15 – Fri NSAA Backcountry Tour: Friday Night Fun Ski 16 – Sat Besh Cup #1 – Fairbanks 17 – Sun Besh Cup #2 – Fairbanks 17 – Sun Solstice Tree Tour 21 – Thurs Biathlon Race #2 TBA Annual Speedskate/Skate Ski Duathlon Link 30-31 Mat-Su Icicle Double Link 31 – Sun UAA Friends and Family Relay Link JANUARY 2018 3-8 U.S. Nationals 6 – Sat Ski Jumping Competition: All Hills 9 – Tues Junior Nordic Equipment Return 10 – Wed Junior Nordic Equipment Return 13 – Sat Junior Nordic Equipment Pickup 13 – Sat ASD High School Chugiak Stampede – Chugiak 13-14 AWG Biathlon Trials – Kincaid 13-15 NSAA Backcountry Tour: Two overnights at Sheep Mountain Lodge, Mat Glacier 14 – Sun AMH Anchorage Cup – Hickok Duathlon 15 – Mon Ski Jumping Competition: All Hills 16 – Tues Junior Nordic Session #2 Starts 17 – Wed ASD High School Bartlett Relay – Bartlett 19 – Fri NSAA Backcountry Tour: Friday Night Fun Ski 20 – Sat Triflake Winter Triathlon Link 20 – Sat Besh Cup #3 – Homer 21 – Sun Besh Cup #4 – Homer 25 – Thu ASD Middle School Race – Kincaid 27 – Sat ASD High School Skiathlon – Kincaid 27 – Sat NSAA Backcountry Tour: Williwaw Lake and out Middle Fork 28 – Sun AMH Anchorage Cup – Pia’s Classic 30-1 NSAA Backcountry Tour: Catch the Lunar Eclipse January 31st! 31 – Wed ASD Middle School Race – Kincaid FEBRUARY 2018 3 – Sat Besh Cup #5 – Kincaid 4 – Sun Besh Cup #6 – TBD 4 – Sun Alaska Ski For Women 7 – Wed ASD Middle School Race – Kincaid 9 – Fri NSAA Backcountry Tour: Friday Night Fun Ski 9 – Fri ASD High School – Region IV Championships – Kincaid 10 – Sat ASD High School – Region IV Championships – Kincaid 11 – Sun Ski Jumping Competition: All Hills 11 – Sun AMH Anchorage Cup – Sprint 11 – Sun NSAA Backcountry Tour: Portage Lake and Pass 14 – Wed ASD Middle School Race – Kincaid 14 – Wed Biathlon Race #5 17 – Sat ASD High School Classic Relay – East 17-19 NSAA Backcountry Tour: Two overnights at Manitoba Huts – Tele/AT and Touring 18 – Sun AMH Anchorage Cup – Sven Johansson 21-24 Ski Jumping & Nordic Combined Junior Nationals 22 – Thurs ASD High School – State Championships – Fairbanks 23 – Fri ASD High School – State Championships – Fairbanks 24 – Sat ASD High School – State Championships – Fairbanks 24 – Sat Ski 4 Kids 25 – Sun Ski the Beach: Memorial race Erin K. Johnson – Link 28 – Wed ASD Middle School Race – Kincaid TBA NSAA Backcountry Tour: Denali National Park, McGonagall and Oastler Passes MARCH 2018 2 – Fri ASD Middle School Race – Kincaid 2 – Fri NSAA Backcountry Tour: Friday Night Fun Ski 2-4 NSAA Backcountry Tour: Denali View Chalet two overnights 2-3, F, S Biathlon State Championships 2 – Fri Tour of Anchorage Bib Pickup – APU 3 – Sat Tour of Anchorage Bib Pickup – APU 4 – Sun Tour of Anchorage 10-18 NSAA Backcountry Tour: Denali National Park, fly-in and out of Kantishna 10 – Sat Anchorage Junior Nordic Equipment Return – Bunker 19 – Mon Anchorage Junior Nordic Equipment Return – Bunker 20 – Tues Anchorage Junior Nordic Equipment Return – Bunker 24 – Sat Ski Train 18 – Sun NSAA Backcountry Tour: Skookum Glacier TBA Oosik Ski Race/Tour – Talkeetna 24 – 25 SKAN 24 Race 30 – Fri NSAA Backcountry Tour: Friday Night Fun Ski Apr 7 NSAA Backcountry Tour: Eddies AT/Tele-ski, Turnagain Pass