52-Degree Weather Shrinks Snow Cover, Shortens Birkebeiner; Hayward's Famed Ski Race Scales Back
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel › February 22, 2007
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Truckloads of snow and determination couldn't match sunshine and 52 degrees in Hayward on Wednesday, forcing American Birkebeiner officials to shorten their vaunted ski race from a marathon to a dash.
For the second time in the event's 34-year history, the Birkebeiner will end at Highway OO just outside Seeley, 23 kilometers from the start and 28 kilometers from the usual finish on Main St. in Hayward.See the full content of this document
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52-Degree Weather Shrinks Snow Cover, Shortens Birkebeiner; Hayward's Famed Ski Race Scales Back
The race, traditionally 51 kilometers, also was shortened to a Highway OO finish in 1998 and canceled in 2000 when rain washed away the ne...
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