Back in 2006, when I decided to pursue a ski racing career with the goal of competing in the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, I knew that earning a spot on the US Olympic Team would not come overnight. I set the goal of competing on the Europa Cup circuit in 2007, the World Cup in 2008 and the World Championships in 2009. If I could achieve those goals, I was confident that I could make the team and ski in the 2010 Olympics. There were plenty of “thrill of victory and agony of defeat” moments in those four years, but in the end, I achieved each of those goals along the final steps of the journey to becoming an Olympian.
In launching Lumi’s first Olympic trips, I feel a similar arc to the journey. The first Lumi trip ran in 2018 to the Seefeld World Cup, where guests cheered on Jessie Diggins and Sophie Caldwell to back-to-back World Cup victories on one weekend, just weeks before Jessie and Kikkan Randall teamed up to win Gold at the 2018 Olympics in Korea. Including that first Lumi trip, we have run several World Cup trips annually, plus trips to World Championships in Seefeld 2019, Planica in 2023 and an upcoming trip to the 2025 Trondheim World Championships. Now we are ready for the Olympic Games in Trentino, Italy!
Lumi has been building relationships and running trips to Cavalese, the gateway village to the Olympic cross country skiing events, for the Marcialonga Ski Marathon since 2019. We have 10 trip leaders who have led trips to Cavalese over the past 5 years and who know the village even better than I do. This is an ideal venue for a Lumi Olympic Experience.
We’d like to extend a special invite to you for our upcoming
Lumi 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic Trips
Please visit the link to learn more, express interest and even reserve your spot by Sunday, December 15!
Even if an Olympic trip isn’t on your list, fill out the form on the Olympic page for a special thank you discount and first access to non-Olympic trips in 2026 too.
I hope you’ll join Lumi for a once-in-a-lifetime trip to the Olympics and look forward to following up with more 2026 trip details to everyone who fills out the form in the special link above.
See you on the trail!
Garrott
