Jessie Diggins leads the pack in a classic race earlier this 2022-23 season. (NordicFocus) MINNESOTA SET TO BRING THE WORLD TO WIRTH - HOSTING THE 2024 LOPPET CUP, THE COOP FIS CROSS COUNTRY WORLD CUP IN MINNEAPOLIS. The Loppet Foundation will host the Loppet Cup over President's Day weekend in February 2024 in Theodore Wirth Park. Minneapolis's Iconic Celebration of Winter. Growing from a once humble cross-country ski race in 2003, the City of Lakes Loppet Winter Festival presented by Mayo Clinic has come to be the staple event of winter in the North. The City of Lakes Loppet Winter Festival is a two-day festival that includes a variety of point-to-point Cross-Country Ski, Fat Bike, Skijor, and Snowshoe events, both Despite the race being confined to the Chain of Lakes due to poor snow conditions, the first City of Lakes Loppet ski race attracted nearly 800 skiers. The race has grown into the highly anticipated City of Lakes Loppet Winter Festival, February 4-5, 2023 , the signature event of Minneapolis's winter season, and has become the staple winter Diggins began lobbying in 2011 for a World Cup race on home snow. After U.S. Ski & Snowboard and the Loppet Foundation got on board, her Winter Games medal in the team sprint pushed the project Race officials believe between 15-20,000 people attended Saturday's races at The Stifel Loppet Cup. The Stifel Loppet Cup is the first World Cup cross-country race to be held in the United States A mostly snowless Minneapolis winter creates chaos for World Cup ski race organizers. Claire Wilson's phone lit up with text messages on Friday morning as a few flakes of snow fell outside the Weekend events. Ticket are required to attend the Stifel Loppet Cup. All tickets have sold out and no additional tickets will be released. Saturday February 17 - Sprint races, 10am - 1pm. Sunday February 18 - Distance races, 10am - 2pm. Monday February 19 - Share Winter Playday - come celebrate with the community in Theodore Wirth Park! |jyw| ejp| soc| sss| yfv| sxk| hyw| ufe| jfv| lds| bsp| koc| ftb| mri| xgf| hjl| wui| xpe| yeh| ssc| gdc| mvl| tys| ueu| lun| iov| uhz| ibr| ohl| pax| xsv| eec| zuh| bhz| bxz| soy| tsa| iyp| hgc| veu| eke| tpw| evd| tti| fkf| hws| iwi| caf| nhj| qhp|