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Tahoe XC’s Trail Ambassadors and Ski Patrollers are a small group of individuals with a simple goal: Improving the ski experience for those heading out onto the Tahoe XC trail system. Here are the stories of a ski patroller and a ski ambassador.

Biathlon is a challenging and fascinating sport that combines cross-country skiing and target shooting. It requires both the aerobic capacity and muscle strength to be a cross-country skate skier and the delicate touch, eagle eye and quiet concentration needed to hit a small target. The sport is several hundred years old and originated in Norway as a means of training soldiers. Today it is an extremely popular sport in Europe that draws huge crowds.

A big crowd of North Tahoe’s close knit cross-country ski community came to Tahoe XC on a wet Wednesday evening to celebrate JC Schoonmaker’s World Cup success. JC is a fourth generation Tahoe City local who started skiing at Tahoe XC as a boy. He returned to town to tell the story of his recent World Cup racing experiences and pass on tips to the next generation of cross-country racers. He was joined by his girlfriend, fellow World Cup cross-country skier from Sweden, Emma Ribom.