2020 Yellowstone Ski Festival Update

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November, 2020

IMPORTANT UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!
With the current pandemic situation becoming more serious each day in Montana, the Fall Ski Festival Committee feels that it’s in the best interest of our guests and athletes to cancel some of our activities this Thanksgiving including the FIS/WYSEF and West Yellowstone Altius Biathlon races and the Try-It Biathlon Clinic.
We want everyone to have a great ski experience but not at the expense of their own health or the health of
With sufficient snow the Rendezvous Ski Trails will be groomed.
*The educational clinics which will have limited athletes and students are still scheduled at this time.
We will be following all Covid protocols suggested by our local, state and county agencies.
Thank you for your understanding and patience during the pandemic.
We will focus our efforts on providing “First Tracks” for Nordic Skiers in November.
Thanksgiving week will be all about skiing!
Due to the pandemic and economic factors we will not have the on snow demos and the variety of off-snow expo activities.
Look to our website, Facebook page (@RendezvousSkiTrails) or Instagram (YellowstoneSkiFest) for continued updates.
Email: info@skirunbikemt.com with questions or call Freeheel & Wheel 406-646-7744
Thank you to all of the athletes, coaches, spectators, volunteers, vendors, sponsors and officials.
You are the reason our Yellowstone Ski Festival is so successful year after year!

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We are looking forward to kicking off the Nordic Season with you, here in West Yellowstone!
Yellowstone Ski Festival operates under a special use permit on the Custer Gallatin National Forest.

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History of Yellowstone Ski Festival
For over 40 years, cross country skiers from across North America and around the world have traveled to West Yellowstone, Montana’s Yellowstone Ski Festival to begin their Nordic ski season on the Rendezvous Ski Trails. The Yellowstone Ski Festival takes place during Thanksgiving week. The event's highlights include a series of Nordic skiing clinics, competitive races, Biathlon races, the On Snow Gear Demo, an Indoor Ski Show, and a variety of presentations, clinics, and classes.
Whether you are a beginning skier or an experienced racer, West Yellowstone is THE place to start your ski season. Each year, approximately 3500 skiers from around the United States and Canada travel to West Yellowstone for the Yellowstone Ski Festival. Where else can you participate in ski clinics coached by former Olympic athletes and lifelong Nordic skiers, try out and purchase the latest ski gear and accessories, and share the Rendezvous Trails with so many great skiers? The Yellowstone Ski Festival offers all of that and more!
We hope that we will see you at this years Yellowstone Ski Festival. Stay tuned to this website for regular updates as our planning progresses. Please support our local sponsors and the equipment manufacturers who come to West Yellowstone for Thanksgiving.