0
Screenshot 2024-12-12 at 7.10.17 PM

Dewa Ilg (photo right; with her Dad/Coach) nabbed 2nd Place in Women’s Overall as her Dad took a strong step to defending his 60+ podium at season opener “WinterStart 5k Classic” at Grand Mesa Nordic Ski Area last Sunday *** According to Durango native and author of THE WINTER ATHLETE,  Coach Steve Ilg,  “For a […]

Continue Reading

0
IMG_3845

Kamala posted this and as ilg struggles to attempt to find words to console Dewa (17, very proactive female rights, and ally of the LGBTQ community, earth wise, POW, etc) – I found this helped… a true LEADER regardless of her skin color or gender…those of you that follow ilg on my social know well I […]

Continue Reading

0
Screenshot 2024-07-31 at 7.23.45 PM

Dewachen Ilg, #178, an incoming senior for Durango High School surges 400 meters into the start the first climb of the National High School Trail Championships to maintain contact with the lead group of 25 led by returning National Champion, Ella Hagen of Summit High School. screen capture/Steve Ilg YouTube   7/27/24 Salida, Colorado – The course […]

Continue Reading

0
Screenshot 2024-04-01 at 10.31.36 PM

  Dear Editor, Our hamlet beneath the Diné Sacred Peak has and is suffering chronic, unmitigated murdering to everything sacred to us few remaining native winter athletes. How many recall our 3 Nordic Jumps (5m, 10m, 15m), on Chapman Hill? Only land scars and timbers remain. Purg? Not worthy of the nickname. Please rebrand as […]

Continue Reading

0
It’s Poetry Month…Here’s An Ilg Classic…

  Untitled Most of us are not calm neither outside not inside nor any or everywhere Most of us refuse our invitation to this space/place where sun lingers and is soft and within her angles there is love, serene and moving. But you start here, you feel the warm sky, and the silence which stills […]

Continue Reading

0
IMG_0206

    SO, Dewa with only 3 weeks removed from scoring Nordic Ski Racing Herstory at her final 2023/24 race of the season – the 40th Annual Snow Mountain Stampede – took to the Track missing 3 meets and only one real week of Track Racing did an incredible job of being a part of […]

Continue Reading

0
Screenshot 2024-03-23 at 9.48.33 PM

  so, Dewa was busy winning Nordic races until last week, then, she took a well earned vaca to MEXICO with her boyfriend and her boyfriends parents for 6 days… so, Dewa has missed all the Track Meets of her Junior year at DHS so far but WILL return to the track for the Pine […]

Continue Reading

0
Screenshot 2024-03-11 at 8.32.56 PM

Winter Park, CO –  The Snow Mountain Stampede at Snow Mountain Ranch Nordic Center just north of Winter Park, Colorado is one of the most iconic Nordic ski races of the western United States, dedicating one day per weekend for both Nordic cross country disciplines.  This year, Nordic racers travelled from Idaho, California, Wisconsin, and even […]

Continue Reading