This gallery features race pictures from the individual and team sprints at the 2007 U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships in Houghton, Michigan, on Saturday and Sunday, January 6 and 7.

To view a gallery featuring the hard work of the race staff and volunteers, the general operation of the event, and the final awards ceremony, go to:http://billfink.smugmug.com/gallery/2299886.

A number of sequence shots are in here, especially at the lower turn of the course. To best appreciate them, activate the "slide show" function in the upper right. The pictures are in chronological order. (Well, mostly chronological -- seems that some pictures in a sequence are slightly out of sequence because the time stamp only goes down to whole seconds.) You may see the entire set of photos in the gallery by changing the "style" above to "all thumbs." This helps to quickly scan what is available.

If you set the "style" to "smugmug" you should have a screen with 15 thumbnails (3 across and 5 down) and one medium picture beside them. You'll see above the thumbnails a listing of "gallery pages." Using that pagination, Saturday's race highlights are on gallery pages 1 - 12. Sunday's team sprints begin on these pages:
Womens' Semifinal 1, starts on page 12
Womens' Semifinal 2, starts on page 15
Mens' Semifinal 1, starts on page 22
Mens' Semifinal 2, starts on page 29
Mens' Semifinal 3, starts on page 36
Womens' Final, starts on page 42
Mens' Final, starts on page 47

All images are copyright 2007, Bill Fink Communications, LLC. If used for publication, credit "Bill Fink, GalleryOnDaLine.com."

These pictures are available for free viewing, but downloading is restricted. The sizes you may view (medium and large) will likely have "the jaggies" because they have been reduced for viewing. The original images are used for prints. High quality prints may be ordered through this site, and downloads are available for a fee. Note to commercial purchasers: I do not have model releases.

Be sure to view Adam Johnson's race photos at http://www.brockit.com. Also, Jonathon Selkowitz, staff photographer for the U.S. Ski Team, will have event photos at his own web site, http://www.selkophoto.com, and at the U.S. Ski Team web site, http://www.ussa.smugmug.com.

Please tour the other galleries here at GalleryOnDaLine.com to see more of the life and times of the Keweenaw.