2026-27 Masters Ski Program registration opens Sept. 1st!
Stowe Nordic Master’s Training Program, 2026-2027
Dates: September 14, 2026 – March 15, 2027
Times: Weekly, Mondays, 4:00-5:30 pm (3:30-5:00 after time change)
Where: Trapp Family Lodge Outdoor Center
Program Costs: The Stowe Nordic program fee is $200. Participants must also be members of Stowe Nordic ($30 individual; $50 family) for the current year.
Trail Use Fees: All participants must also purchase a trail pass from Trapp’s. The 2026-2027 prices are listed here and will be available to purchase beginning Sept 8. You should purchase the pass at the early season discounted rate (10% off before October 31). This will cover all Stowe Nordic Monday training sessions during the fall, and full winter ski season use. You can purchase in person at the Trapps Touring Center (please don’t go at peak times) so photo and pass can be made and you will not pay a service fee.
We thank the Trapp Family Lodge Outdoor Center for hosting the Stowe Nordic Master’s Training Program and for offering an early season discounted rate of 10%.
Program Description:
The Stowe Nordic Master’s Training Program is for men and women, ages 30 plus. This program is for intermediate to advanced skiers with the goal of improving fitness and ski technique, both classic and skating. A good level of fitness is required for the program. The program will be Mondays 4:00-5:30 pm (until the time change, then 3:30) at the Trapp Family Lodge Outdoor Center. We will begin on Monday, September 14 meeting weekly with dryland training, and as soon as there is enough snow, ski training. You will have rotating coaches each with their own focus: Trina Hosmer (interval training), Dave Hosmer (technique, video), and assistants Carol VanDyke, Leigh Mallory and Robyn Anderson. Weekly emails will be sent out before each session informing you of the type of training planned (e.g., classic or skate technique).
Every other week during the Fall dryland training, Molly Lauridsen (professional trainer) will be our leader for a strength, balance and agility session This will be an hour-long session of quick movements, balancing and strength exercises.
The program will be capped at 50. Questions about the program may be addressed to Trina Hosmer (hosmer@oit.umass.edu).
Our Coaches:
Trina Hosmer
Trina has been cross-country skiing and racing for over 50 years. She was on the first international U.S. women’s team that went to the World Championships in 1970 in Vysocke Tatry, Czechoslovakia, the 1972 Olympic Team in Sapporo, Japan and 1974 World Championship team in Falun, Sweden. Since then, she has competed in several World Master’s Championships and won numerous age group medals, AND she is still passionate about cross-country skiing. Trina is also the founder of Stowe Nordic’s Women’s Ski Program and the New England Women’s XC Ski Day.
Carol Hillman Van Dyke
Carol grew up in Stowe downhill skiing with MMSC. Her first nordic foray was on cross country wooden skis in 1973 at the von Trapp Outdoor Center. Since then the sport has been a constant in her life. She worked at the Mansfield Touring Center in 1980 and has returned to teach skiing there since 2007. She has been Event Director for many Stowe Nordic events at the von Trapp Outdoor Center. Carol had three kids that all went through the Stowe BKL program where Carol was a BKL Coach from 1996 to 2002. She is a former president of Stowe Nordic Club and the Stowe High School Nordic ski coach from 2001 to 2018. She is also a US Ski and Snowboard Level 2 certified coach, a Level 2 Technical Delegate and a masters competitor with diminishing speed. Carol loves to share with others her enthusiasm for skiing and being outdoors in the winter woods.
Leigh Mallory
Leigh started and coached the first Colchester High School Nordic Ski Team in 1978. He coached the team for 32 years. During that time he had several state championship teams and individual state medalists, one who went on to ski for the US Biathlon Team at the Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Leigh coached numerous New England J2 and Eastern HS Championship teams. He was very active in ski racing on the Masters Circuit up until 2021 and attended several World Masters Championships upon retiring from teaching.
Dave Hosmer
Dave has been skiing cross-country since high school when he also did ski jumping. He skied on the University of Vermont Ski Team for four years and by his senior year a regular top 10 finisher in the Eastern Collegiate Carnival circuit. Dave and wife Trina were active racers in New England for the Putney Ski Club for more than 30 years. After moving to Stowe in 2005, both promoted a weekly nordic ski training group which grew into the Stowe Nordic Masters Training Program. Now retired from the University of Massachusetts as a Professor of Statistics, Dave enjoys teaching a new set of students how to ski more efficiently.
Robyn Anderson
Robyn grew up skiing in the Stowe Bill Koch program (thank you to Carol Van Dyke & Stowe Nordic!) and went on to ski for Middlebury College and at two NCAAs. After college she worked at the von Trapp Outdoor Center teaching skiing and coaching a local running and xc-skiing program while continuing to race the regional ski marathons as well as a few world loppets over the years, including team favorite: back-to-back marathons at the Gatineau Loppet. Now she enjoys getting out in the backyard mountains on her 3-pins, early morning skis at the von Trapp Outdoor Center, and helping out with the Stowe Nordic Masters program!
A Stowe Nordic membership for the current year is required for all programs. If you are not a member already you can join here during program registration.
Questions about registration and payment may be addressed to registrar@stowenordic.org