Bretton Woods 3-9,3-10

This past weekend at Bretton Woods we helped put the nordic marathon into action. On Friday we were introduced to Pete, the head of the nordic center. From that point on we shoveled, a lot. There were multiple points on the cross country race course that were running low on snow, so with the magic of our several shovels we moved and compacted as much snow as we could on several stretches of the course. This work took our entire first day at Bretton Woods, but hopefully it was going to be worth it for the racers the next day.

Saturday was the day of the nordic marathon and we had a lot of work to do to set up for it. I dug a shallow valley across the finish line so that a wire could be run through to track finishers times. We set up all the fencing in the finishing area as well to keep spectators out of the way and so the racers would know where to go once they finished. After that we carried the PA system from the starting line to the finish line, it was really really heavy. While the races were running we set up and re-stocked the refreshment table for the racers as they came in through the finish. After the racers were finished up we cleaned up the food table, PA system and fencing around the finish area. Even though it wasn't glamorous work it gave us a better understanding of what goes into hosting an event like this at a ski area. Everyone needs to help even if it's outside of their general duties in order to best prepare for something like this.