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  • Store-wide savings!

Skier's Open House

Join us for our annual season kick-off where we celebrate the approaching winter wonderland over libations, snacks, expert gear advice, and store wide discounts!  If you are hunting for the biggest discounts come between 1pm and 4pm.  Our Bill Koch League Jr ski program will benefit from your $10 early entry fee and you will benefit from 20% off storewide!  Big Day Brewing will be here after 4pm and the entire store goes to 10% at that time.  Choose your shopping strategy wisely…

  • Package discounts
  • Door prizes / raffle to benefit our local kids Bill Koch ski league
  • Up to 30% off all Swix grip wax
  • Discounts on Season Passes
  • Free wax service for all Nordic skis dropped off night of event!   (one pair per skier)


Snacks and drinks available. Think SNOW!

  • Friday November 21, 2025
  • 1:00 - 4:00 pm OR 4:00 - 7:00 pm
  • 8-week race series

Nordic Meisters

Great Glen is THE place to race

Three decades of Nordic racing! Ski, Snowshoe, Fatbike—or do all three! Timed or untimed, join the camaraderie of skiers, runners, and riders in this fun and engaging race series.

  • Tuesdays, January 6 - March 3, 2026
  • 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
  • All kids in grades 1-8 welcome

Bill Koch League

Kids Ski Club

We emphasize having fun, making new friends, and learning and improving skills all while sliding on snow.

  • Sundays, Jan 5 to Mar 9
  • 1:30-3:30 pm
  • small group instruction

Women's Winter Escape

Learn from the best

Featuring a variety of activities with other women in small groups, providing for personalized attention from expert instructors.

  • January 17, 2026
  • 8:15 am
  • 20% off storewide

Fischer Demo Day

Free Demos with Trail Pass

Nordic Demo Day features Fischer representatives with the latest in skis, boots, and poles. Demo gear is included with the purchase of a Great Glen Trails pass. Plus 20% off all in-stock items in the Outfitters Shop.

  • Saturday, January 10, 2026
  • 10:00 am - 3:00pm

M. W. Otto Rhode Memorial Skin & Ski

Skin and ski the Auto Road

A fundraiser for the Granite Backcountry Alliance, this is the ONLY day in the calendar year when you can skin up and ski / snowboard down the legendary Mt. Washington Auto Road.

  • Saturday, January 24, 2026
  • 11:30 am
  • Organized by the Granite Backcountry Alliance
  • FREE TO ATTEND

Snow Sculpting Competition

Teams from across the Northeast

Come see how sculptors take an 8 foot high by 4 foot cylinder of compacted snow and create incredible art frozen in time.

  • Friday, Jan 30 to Sunday, Feb 1, 2026
  • Free to attend
  • Organized by the Jackson Chamber of Commerce

Ski, Shoe, Fatbike to the Clouds

North America’s Toughest 10K

Pick a discipline! Nordic ski, snowshoe, or fatbike on this challenging race course that uses 4k of the Great Glen Trails system, and then 6k on the snow covered Mt. Washington Auto Road, gaining 2,200 feet of elevation!

  • Sunday, February 22, 2026
  • 10:00 am