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Since 2017 the Kevin Murnane Scholarship has distributed $11,000 to North Tahoe High School seniors. These students have all had a close connection to our cross-country ski community and we are proud that contributions made in honor of Kevin have helped these students take a step towards reaching their life goals.

Tahoe’s cross-country skiing community is small, but mighty. Recently it produced two athletes that headed off to the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing: Hannah Halvorsen and JC Schoonmaker. Hannah grew up in Truckee, while JC is from Tahoe City (as were four generations behind him). They were both trained by a chain of local coaches, and heartily cheered on by the entire nordic community when they reached the big stage.

I’m sure I’m not the only person who spends a good deal of the winter at Tahoe XC that is addicted to skating. It’s my favorite sport, and as much as possible I like to be out there gliding around creating V’s in the snow. But there are times when even us skater fanatics need to stride…and I’ve discovered, we might even learn to like it.