Potato Cup Results Posted!
Results for the 2025 Potato Cup are up at https://pokyxc.org/races-events/potato-cup/ Thank you racers and volunteers! See you in 2026!
January 26, 2025
The Pocatello Cross Country Ski Foundation (PXCSF) is a non-profit organization committed to promoting and improving Nordic skiing for all levels of experience in Pocatello. We believe that a quality ski experience for novice and expert skiers depends on well maintained trails with excellent grooming. PXCSF assists the City of Pocatello to operate Mink Creek Nordic Area with volunteer labor and equipment for trail maintenance and grooming. PXCSF also promotes local skiing through events such as the Potato Cup race, Fun Race Series and fall Trail Runs with volunteer work days. We also support both masters and junior ski programs based on interest.
Results for the 2025 Potato Cup are up at https://pokyxc.org/races-events/potato-cup/ Thank you racers and volunteers! See you in 2026!
Today is the last day to register online for the Potato Cup! You have until midnight to go to https://register.hakuapp.com/?event=fb6469380b8cfc196501 to register for only $35.
Thank you to all the businesses that donated prizes for our awesome raffle at the Potato Cup! They are what make our race great.
Thanks to Ron Gill for his pictures that he took from the last Community Ski and Race. I’ll post any others I get here.
7 Responses
Groomed all trails and reset classic tracks. Perfect conditions tonight, the skiing should be great tomorrow. about 23 degrees and overcast when I left at 3am.
Sat. 3/15 – started grooming early this morning. Wanted to get a report up early. I’ve groomed lower trails, upper canyon, and race loop with classic tracks. It’s grooming really well, but it’s been snowing, heavily at times, since 4am, so 1-2 inches of snow is on top of the groom. Heading to upper trails now.
Groomed all trails and reset classic tracks tonight. Conditions were pretty tough on Fox Tail, the hairpin turn on Fox Tail gave out. I worked on fixing it the best I could but the outer edge is pretty rough, for safety measures I flagged the outer edge with green flagging. Because of this problem I was not able to reset classic tracks on Fox Tail. When I left at 4am, overcast skies and 23 degrees.
The skiing was surprisingly good tonight in spite of the warm temperatures we’ve been having! The grooming was a little tricky tonight but I did my best to smooth things out. I groomed the Race Loop, Creekside Connector, Mule Deer, Deer Trail, Screamer, Dailey’s and High Basin. The trails were firming up nicely when I finished around 10. Some sections never really softened up. I won’t say skiing will be great tomorrow but, depending upon when you get there and the timing of the storm that’s moving in, skiing should be pretty good tomorrow.
from Phil: Groomed everything except creekside, jack rabbit, and upper canyon. Should ski pretty good this morning
Groomed the race course, it was pretty icy in the steeps, temp was 33°f when I left. The Engine Hour gauge was not working.
groomed creekside, creekside connectors, ermine and race course. 36F and clear at 11pm