Please note that late registration is now open and will close on Thursday, February 26th at 4:00pm. Day-of registration is available in the race office on site on Saturday and Sunday. 

 

Jackson BKL and the Jackson Ski Touring Center look forward to welcoming friends from all across the Northeast onto their beautiful trails for the 2026 LLBean Bill Koch Youth Ski League Festival! They are planning many fun activities and exciting races over the course of the weekend with the theme FrontCountry and BackCountry. 

* Read all about the FrontCountry and BackCountry theme HERE *

Event Registration Options

Nordic Adventure Entry (non-timed events): Includes the parade, mini-marathon, terrain park, laser biathlon with US Biathletes, story book ski, snow painting, an autograph session with Bill Koch, and more. For Grades K-8.

**Nordic Adventure events are included with race entry (details below)**

Lollipop Race Entry: Includes the mass start untimed lollipop race and the Nordic Adventure activities. For Grades K-2.

**Children Grade 2 and younger can sign up as Lollipop participants or if they are in 1st or 2nd grade and wish to participate in the 1k pair start race and relay race, they can sign up for the Grades 1&2 Race Category (details below).**

Race Entry Grades 1-8: Includes the Saturday classic relay race (which is a paired team race), the Sunday pair/individual start freestyle race (finish order posted and awards for all grades, times only included for Grades 5-8, pair start for Grades 1-6, individual start for Grades 7&8), and all Nordic Adventure activities. 

All registration categories include an event t-shirt and you can pick your size during checkout. Participants who register on or before January 15th are guaranteed a festival t-shirt. Goody bags will be distributed in order of registration date and are not guaranteed to later registrants. 

 

NENSA Membership
A current NENSA Membership is required to participate. Click here to join or renew your NENSA membership. 

Cancellation Policy

 Thank you to the 2026 LLBean BKL Festival Sponsors!