Soldier Hollow

Kids learn to ski right here in Heber Valley! Next Monday and Tuesday the 8-week Kickers and Gliders programs begins with an entry-level cross-country ski program for those ages 6-11. Both sessions are two days a week. The first session is on Mondays and Wednesdays, and the second session is on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  Soldier Hollow has a great snowpack with 5 kilometers of skiing on an 18-plus inch base, thanks to snowmaking operations.  The team has more coaching staff than ever this year to best meet the needs of all…

This past October marked my 20th year as a full-time resident and local businessperson of the Heber Valley. The changes over the past two decades in the Heber Valley will likely represent the most drastic pivot in our community’s history. With this milestone in mind, I find myself romanticizing the literal ‘History in the Making’ that I have observed during my time in the Heber Valley. In October 2003, the vibe in the Heber Valley was still a bit of a 2002 Olympic hangover. The community had expected a massive change in…

ABOUT TEAM SOHO Team Soldier Hollow serves XC Skiers and Biathletes from the Heber Valley and surrounding communities in Utah. Team Soldier Hollow is based at the 2002 Olympic and Paralympic Nordic Venue and now encompasses programs for ages 5 years and up. VISION Developing Champions in Sport & Life. MISSION Teach the sports of Nordic Skiing and Biathlon and develop regional, national and internationally competitive athletes, all while encouraging a life-long love of sport. ABOUT SOUP & SOHO Soup & SoHo…

Join us to cheer on the best Para Nordic skiers from around the world at this great event! Ski racing action will happen March 1 through 8, 2023. This event will feature Para Cross-Country and Para Biathlon skiing competition for athletes with both physical and vision impairment. Disciplines include individual start, sprint, sprint pursuit and mass start. Cheer on 65 of the best Para athletes from 18 countries including the United States, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Georgia, Great Britain, Italy,…

The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. The sport is rooted in the skiing traditions of Scandinavia, where early inhabitants revered the Norse God, Ull, as both their ski and hunting God. Initially, the combined skills of skiing and rifle marksmanship were developed for the region’s militaries during the 1700s. In 1776 the first recorded biathlon competition took place along the border dividing Norway and Sweden; it was between patrol companies. The first biathlon club, the…

Utah’s annual skijoring competition was held on Saturday at Soldier Hollow. Skijoring is an event where a skier or snowboarder is pulled by a horse and rider. The group races through a course including jumps, gates, and rings. Skijoring is not a new sport. Reindeer skijoring occurred in the Nordic Games of 1901, and it was used as transportation for hundreds of years before that. Skijoring behind horses made its way to North America in the early 1900’s. Brian Gardner and his friend, Joe Loveridge, had seen the sport in…