New England Nordic Ski Association
Website
Organization Location
P.O. Box 97 Lyme, New Hampshire 03768
Description
Our Purpose
The New England Nordic Ski Association (NENSA) is the umbrella organization for Nordic skiing events in the region. We are a member-supported service organization that promotes the culture of cross-country skiing by creating opportunities for youth, athletes, coaches, officials and skiers of all levels. NENSA provides the support structure necessary to bring cross-country skiers to their highest potential at regional, national and international events.
Our Vision
To be a vibrant cross country skiing organization that inspires and empowers lifelong learning, development and community-building through the sport of cross country skiing.
Our Mission
To share the joy of gliding on snow through educational, recreational, introductory and competitive programs to nurture and sustain an active cross country ski community for all ages and levels throughout the East.
Contact
Contact email - [email protected]
Phone - (802) 331-0762
Upcoming events
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- 12th Annual Quarry Road Opener (*NEW in 2025* Saturday & Sunday USSS Races!)
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- Speaker Series - The Master Skier: Balancing Life, Health, and Performance
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- Rikert FIS Openers: Jim Rodrigues Sprints & Tom Kendall Memorial Classic Race 2025
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- Speaker Series - The Beaver Dam Model of Club Development with Isabel Caldwell
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- 2025 Cheri Walsh Memorial Eastern Cup Opener Hosted by Holderness Nordic
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- 2025 Cheri Walsh Memorial Fischer Eastern Cup Opener Hosted by Holderness Nordic
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- 2025 Cheri Walsh Memorial Eastern Cup Opener Hosted by Holderness Nordic
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- The Race for Warmth at Craftsbury Outdoor Center 2026
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- 2026 US Cross Country National Championships
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- Bogburn Classic 2026
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- Gunstock Freestyle Race 2026
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- White Mountain Classic and Jackson Jaunt 2026
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- West River Wild Wings JO Classic
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- West River Wild Wings JO Classic
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- West River Wild Wings JO Classic
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- 2026 Roy Varney Memorial Fischer Eastern Cup at Quarry Road
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- 2026 Roy Varney Memorial Eastern Cup at Quarry Road
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- 2026 Roy Varney Memorial Eastern Cup at Quarry Road
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- 49th Annual Geschmossel Classic Ski Race - 2026
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- Putney BKL Sprints @ Prospect Mountain
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- NENSA Women's XC Ski Day
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- 35th Annual Flying Moose Classic 2026
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- Mansfield Nordic Skiathlon 2026
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- NENSA Women's XC Ski Day
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- Stratton Terrain Challenge 2026
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- Last Nordic Skier Standing
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- Last Nordic Skier Standing
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- West River Viking Night Race-Freestyle
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- Craftsbury Marathon Ski Festival 2026: Saturday Classic and Skate Sunday
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- West River Viking Night Race-Freestyle
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- West River Viking Night Race-Freestyle
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- The Race for Snow 2026
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- Woodstock Sweetheart Race
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- 2026 Henchey Memorial Eastern Cup and University of Vermont Carnival
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- 2026 Henchey Memorial Eastern Cup and University of Vermont Carnival
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- 2026 Henchey Memorial Fischer Eastern Cup and University of Vermont Carnival
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- Great Caribou Bog Classic Ski Race 2026
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- Silver Fox Trot 2026
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- Bill's Blastoff BKL Races 2026
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- Gunstock Paintball Biathlon 2026
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- Stowe Nordic: Tour de Stowe 2026
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- Ski the Beav 5k, BKL Race, & Concord Learn-to-Ski Clinic
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- 2026 Oak Hill Eastern Cup Finale
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- 2026 Oak Hill Eastern Cup Finale
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- 2026 L.L.Bean BKL Festival
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- 2026 NENSA Eastern High School Championships
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- Championnats Canadiens de Ski Nordiq Canada Ski Nationals
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- 2026 Eastern U16 Championships
Past events
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- Speaker Series - Patience, Insight & Leadership with Kris Freeman
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- USSS L100 Certification Assessment @ Dublin School – Dublin, NH (Part of NENSA's Fall Coaches Conference)
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- NENSA Fall Coaches Conference
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- 2025 Mt. Greylock Hill Climb - Rollerski Race
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- NENSA Fall Event Organizer & TD Seminar
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- 2025 Mansfield Fall Carnival Rollerski Race @ Camp Ethan Allen
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- Maine West Masters Fall Training Camp
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- Junior Rollerski Clinic with Mansfield Nordic Club's Pro Team
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- NENSA Rollerski Clinic in Bethel
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- 2025 Climb to the Castle - Historic Hill Climb up Whiteface Mountain Presented by NYSEF
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- 2025 Keys to the Castle Presented by ORDA/BKL Skills Zone Clinic Presented by NYSEF
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- Masters Rollerski Clinic with Mansfield Nordic Club's Pro Team
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- USSS L100 Certification Assessment @ Stratton Mountain School - Stratton, VT.
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- Dublin XC Summer Camp
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- Nonstop Nordic - Good Times Roll roller ski race
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- 2025 Eastern Regional Elite Group (REG) Camp
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- SMS Junior Camp
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- SMS BKL Camp
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- 2025 Ford Sayre New England Masters & Seniors Summer Camp
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- GMVS Summer Dryland Camp
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- Frost Mountain Rollerski Clinic 2025
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- Lost Nation Roll 2025 at Craftsbury Outdoor Center
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- Lost Nation Roll 2025 at Craftsbury Outdoor Center
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- Mansfield Nordic Mountain Camp
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- NENSA Community Day at Ford Sayre 2025
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- USSS L100 Certification Assessment @ Oak Hill - Hanover, NH
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- USSS L100 Certification Assessment @ Oak Hill - Hanover, NH
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- Sleepy Hollow Summer Camp
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- NENSA Regional Development Camp (RDG)
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- Gould Nordic Camp
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- Mountain Towns Get Down!
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- Cochran's Nordic Cross
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- CANCELED - Big Nansen Little Sprints
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- Nonstop Nordic: Maineia-X
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- CANCELED - Eastern Spring Series and NENSA Jamboree
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- Eastern High School Championships
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- Eastern High School Championships
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- Noah Dines talk and a Juniors/BKL Cabin Challenge ski
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- Chisholm End of Season - Tom Kendall Tour
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- Long Hall Loppet
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- Chisholm Satellite Women's Day
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- Mount Washington Cup
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- U16 Championships
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- Nonstop Nordic: Ski the Night Away
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- Nonstop Nordic: Born to Ski
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- 2025 Rangeley Loppet and Burt Kettle Classic Races
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- BKL Festival
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- Titcomb Starlight Sprint
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- Nonstop Nordic: It Takes Two
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- Stowe Derby
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- Viking Night Race
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- 2025 Dublin Winterfest: Ski Your Heart Out
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- 2025 Hard'ack Challenge
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- Downeast 25km Freestyle Loppet
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- Eastern Cup 4: Frost Mountain and Middlebury Carnival at Rikert Nordic Center
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- **CANCELED** Gunstock Paintball Biathlon
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- **Date Change** Ski the Beav 5k & Concord Learn-to-Ski Clinic
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- Vermont Qualifier
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- 34th Annual Flying Moose Classic
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- The Race for Snow
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- Woodstock Sweetheart Race
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- New Hampshire Qualifier (Coaches Series #2 - Classic)
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- **Date Change** Great Caribou Bog Classic
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- Sleepy Hollow Ski Club BKL Race & Fun on Skis!
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- Wild Wings Classic
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- Stowe Nordic: Tour de Stowe
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- Silver Fox Trot
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- Eastern Cup 3: Roy Varney Memorial at Quarry Road
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- 2025 Women's XC Ski Day
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- Eastern Cup 2: Lake Placid/St. Lawrence Carnival at Mt. Van Hovenberg
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- Eastern Cup 1: Henchey Memorial at Craftsbury Outdoor Center
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- WinterKids : Welcome to Winter
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- USSS L100 Certification Assessment Clinic at Quarry Road
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- USSS L100 Certification Assessment Clinic at Craftsbury Outdoor Center
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- Snowbound Expo
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- BKL Parent Leaders and Coaches Education
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- NENSA Youth Community Day
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- NENSA Youth Community Day
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- Mt. Greylock Hill Climb - 4th Annual Rollerski Race
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- The Maine Event: Rollerski Sprints
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- The Maine Event: Rollerski Sprints
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- NENSA Fall Symposium 2024 - Coaches, Officials, Organizers
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- FreeFall: A Rollerski Festival