The Great Ski Race® is the main fundraising event for the Tahoe Nordic Search & Rescue Team. Celebrating its 40th year, the Great Ski Race is a Tahoe-Truckee tradition, bringing competitive and not as competitive skiers together for this challenging 30k Trek from Tahoe City to the Cottonwood Hilltop Lodge in Truckee.
Team members, along with community supporters, organize The Great Ski Race®, which continues to be one of the largest Nordic ski races west of the Mississippi. Race proceeds are used primarily to purchase equipment for the Tahoe Nordic Search & Rescue Team, and to support winter survival and avalanche education programs sponsored and conducted by the Team.
Due to the large number of participants, pre-registration is highly encouraged. Racers start in waves according to bib number, starting at 9:00 am.
There are two hot soup stations along the route and the race ends with a hot lunch and party, including local blues band, The Blues Monsters, at Hilltop Lodge outside of Cottonwood Restaurant in Truckee.
