North America's largest ski marathon takes place around Hayward, Wisconsin. It's story reveals a history of medieval survival ...

Rochester Lourdes graduate Anna Peikert has won some prestigious cross-country ski races in recent years. She added another excellent finish to her skiing resume on Feb. 21, when she finished as the ...

Excitement is in the air in northern Wisconsin with the 52nd annual American Birkebeiner underway.

This hasn't been the winter the organizers of the American Birkebeiner cross country ski race had hoped for as they prepare for the 50th annual competition. A warmer than usual December that included ...

The American Birkebeiner is one of Wisconsin's biggest sporting events. The cross-country skiing event, inspired by Norwegian lore, draws tens of thousands of spectators and competitors each year to ...

The American Birkebeiner pulls thousands of visitors to our region every February. But, it's not just the skiers who feel the ...

The 50th American Birkebeiner and its associated cross-country races will be skied next week ‒ albeit under less than ideal conditions. Forty-foot-tall hills of stockpiled snow held up through ...

Matthew Liebsch of Maple Grove and Rebecca Dussault, skied to victory at the 36th anniversary American Birkebeiner Skate Race sponsored by Becker Law. Liebsch captured the championship title today ...

CABLE - In a landscape of brown grass void of its typical February snow cover, four men wearing American Birkebeiner race bibs were running on the shoulder of U.S. Highway 63 on Saturday morning ...

Several Rochester and area skiers are entered in the 38th annual American Birkebeiner Classic on Saturday, which starts from Cable and winds up in Hayward, Wis. Amy Rowley (Birkebeiner skate); Robert ...

Mar. 3—This is not going to be a cross-country ski season that Rochester native and 2022 Winter Olympics hopeful Ian Torchia will look back upon with fondness. Except for the final part. And even that ...

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - Three people from Wausau will be this year’s mascots at the American Birkebeiner in Hayward. Beth and Jon Oestreich and Mike Cavanaugh will dress as Inga and the warriors ...