Amid the stress of conditions that are anything but winterlike, planners of the Birkie cross-country ski races have decided to scale down and reconstruct the event, which begins next week. Organizers ...

HAYWARD, Wis. — On a normal year, the snow-packed main street of Hayward, Wisc., is packed with thousands of people watching the finish of the American Birkebeiner cross-country ski races. This year, ...

As with many events this winter, our minimal snowfall put the 51st American Birkebeiner Race course in question. However on Monday, organizers announced that the race will finish on Main Street thanks ...

Birkie Fever” is a phrase describing the passion many competitors have for the annual American Birkebeiner, a marathon cross-country ski race from Cable to Hayward that started in 1973. It’s also ...

This hasn't been the winter the organizers of the American Birkebeiner cross country ski race had hoped for as they prepare for the 50th annual competition. A warmer than usual December that included ...

It was on the first hill, locked in a tight formation with hundreds of other skiers, all clad in matching purple jerseys and assorted skin-tight racing gear, our skinny nordic skis chunking in ...

HAYWARD, Wis. (WSAW) - After a low-snow winter threatened the traditional Cable to Hayward course of the 51st annual American Birkebeiner Ski Race, organizers have announced a Main Street finish ...

CABLE & HAYWARD, Wis. — In the tiny town of Cable, Wisconsin, there are signs of American Birkebeiner pride everywhere. "More than just the prestige of having the event and having that recognition, ...