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Top cross-country skiers from across America compete for national titles and opportunities to represent U.S.A. on elite teams around the world at the U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships 2025 from January 2-7 at Kincaid Park in Anchorage.
Co-hosted by NSAA and Anchorage Parks and Recreation, this event is the premier U.S. racing series of the season. These races determine all U.S. National Champions and competitors include top club racers, foreign skiers, and members of the U.S. Ski Team.
Save the dates for this schedule of USXCNationals2025 action: all races at Kincaid Park!
- Thursday, January 2: 10km Interval Start Free Technique
- Saturday, January 4: 1.4km Classic Sprint
- Sunday, January 5: 20km Open Men & Women, 10km U20 Men & Women Classic Mass Start
- Tuesday, January 7: 1.4km Free Technique Sprint (U.S. SuperTour)
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Click cover for the official program of the 2025 U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships.
Event Media Coverage
- January 7 — Brushing off the rainy Monday blues, APU’s Earnhart takes win at Super Tour sprints (Anchorage Daily News, Chris Bieri and Marc Lester)
- January 7 — Michael Earnhart, Mariel Merlii Pulles win SuperTour Skate Sprint in Anchorage (Nordic Insights, Gavin Kentch)
- January 7 — Earnhart gets a sprint victory and skiers get a wild swing in weather as championship series wraps up at Kincaid Park (Alaska Sports Report, Beth Bragg)
- January 6 — Presenting the American Teams for 2025 World Juniors and U18 Scando Trip (Nordic Insights)
- January 6 — Alaskans claim victory at U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships. (Alaska Public Media, Ava White)
- January 5 – U.S. Nationals, Day 3: Kramer thrills Anchorage crowd with first Alaskan win at Kincaid Park (FasterSkier, Nat Herz)
- January 5 — John Steel Hagenbuch Holds Off Luke Jager for National Championship in 20km Classic. (Nordic Insights, Gavin Kentch)
- January 5 — Fairbanks’ Kramer strikes gold for her first national championship (Alaska Sports Report, Beth Bragg)
- January 5 — UAF’s Kendall Kramer wins classic mass-start race at U.S. ski championships to claim her first national title (Anchorage Daily News, Josh Reed)
- January 5 — He’s 24 years old and just won two U.S. championship races. Here’s why he could retire at the end of the season. (FasterSkier, Nat Herz)
- January 5 – Photo Dump: U.S. Nationals Classic Sprint (Nordic Insights, Gavin Kentch, Anna Engel)
- January 5 — John Steel Hagenbuch Holds Off Luke Jager for National Championship in 20km Classic (Nordic Insights, Gavin Kentch)
- January 4 — Luke Jager leads all-Alaska podium in classic sprints at national ski championships (Anchorage Daily News, Chris Bieri)
- January 4 — Luke Jager Tops All-Alaska Domestic Podium in U.S. Nats Classic Sprint (Nordic Insights, Gavin Kentch)
- January 4 — Erica Lavén Wins U.S. Nats Classic Sprint; Sammy Smith Takes National Title (Nordic Insights, Angie Kell and Gavin Kentch)
- January 4 — Anchorage skier Jager leads an all-Alaska podium finish at the national championships (Alaska Sports Report, Beth Bragg)
- January 4 — Photos: 2025 U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships in Anchorage (Anchorage Daily News, Marc Lester)
- January 4 – US Nationals Day 2: Jager stops chasing his friends and breaks through, while multi-sport Smith takes women’s title (Faster Skier, Nat Herz)
- January 4 – The National Championship Ski Race Was Set for Kincaid Park – Then the Moose Showed Up (Faster Skier, Nat Herz)
- January 3 – 2025 US National Championship – 10 k Individual Start Freestyle – from the Lens of Tobias Albrigtsen (Faster Skier, Tobias Albrigtsen)
- January 2 – Anchorage’s Luke Jager leads quartet of Alaskans in top 10 of 10K freestyle on Day 1 of U.S. ski championships (Anchorage Daily News, Josh Reed)
- January 2 – Montana State’s Kate Oldham wins 10K freestyle skiing national title at Kincaid Park; UAF’s Kendall Kramer is 2nd (Anchorage Daily News, Chris Bieri)
- January 2 – Kate Oldham Wins Nationals 10km Skate in First Race of Season; Kendall Kramer, Luci Anderson Follow (Nordic Insights, Angie Kell and Gavin Kentch)
- January 2 – John Steel Hagenbuch Wins U.S. Nats 10km Skate; Walker Hall, Luke Jager on Domestic Podium. (Nordic Insights, Adele Haeg and Gavin Kentch)
- Jan 3 – Days before he turned 37 in 1990, Fairbanks skier Audun Endestad swept the gold medals at US championships (Alaska Sports Report, by Beth Bragg
- Jan 1 – U.S. Ski Championships Taking Place at Kincaid Park (Alaska News Source)
- Jan 1 – The U.S. cross-country championships are back at Kincaid Park, where more than 350 skiers and 200 volunteers are poised to put on a show (Alaska Sports Report, by Beth Bragg)
- Dec 31 – Despite relatively low snow, Anchorage is ready to host U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships (ADN.com, by Chris Bieri)
- Dec 31 – U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships to kick off in Anchorage (Alaska Public Media, by Wesley Early)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 19, 2024
Contact: Ida Gullett, Event Co-Chair, racing@anchoragenordicski.com
Kikkan Randall, NSAA Executive Director, kikkan@anchoragenordicski.com
Anchorage hosting 2025 U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships;
America’s top skiers hit Kincaid Park January 2-7
ANCHORAGE, AK – Top cross-country skiers from across America compete at the 2025 U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships from January 2-7 at Kincaid Park. Co-hosted by NSAA and Anchorage Parks & Recreation, and fueled by lead sponsor ConocoPhillips Alaska, this event is the premier U.S. racing event. These races determine all U.S. national champions and competitors, including top club racers, foreign skiers, and members of the U.S. Ski Team.
Alaska is a hotbed for cross-country skiing, and past U.S. Championships in Anchorage have attracted large fields and past and future Olympians. Anchorage most recently hosted the event in 2018. The upcoming competitions feature two freestyle and two classic events for men and women. The top American in each race will be crowned national champion.
A live stream of the events will be shown on the event’s Facebook page: www.facebook.com/USXCNationals2025. Find more information and follow the events at https://usnationalsanchorage2025.com/ and www.facebook.com/USXCNationals2025.
2025 U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships
All races at Kincaid Park; schedule subject to change
Thursday, January 2: 10km Interval Start Free Technique
11 a.m.-1 p.m.: Men’s 10km Interval Start
1-3 p.m.: Women’s 10km Interval Start
Saturday, January 4: 1.4km Classic Sprint
10-11:30 a.m.: Qualification (Women then Men)
12:30-4 p.m.: Finals (Women/Men, U20 Women/Men)
Sunday, January 5: 20km Open Men & Women, 10km U20 Men & Women Classic Mass Start
11 a.m.: Open Men
12:30 p.m.: Open Women
2 p.m.: U20 Men
2:30 p.m. U20 Women
Tuesday, January 7: 1.4km Free Technique Sprint (U.S. SuperTour)
10-11:30 a.m.: Qualification (Women then Men)
12:30-4 p.m.: Finals (Women/Men, U20 Women/Men)