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PHOTOS: Royalty joins for Glacier Nordic Club's Carnival Classic

KELSEY EVANS | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 5 months, 3 weeks AGO
by KELSEY EVANS
Whitefish Pilot | February 8, 2026 7:00 PM

The Grand Parade had commenced and the Sunday morning pancakes had been eaten, but there was one final quest remaining for the Whitefish Winter Carnival royalty come Sunday afternoon: the quest for snow.

Despite the astonishingly warm temperatures, there was still fun to be had at the Carnival Classic, a community ski day hosted by Glacier Nordic Club, on Sunday, Feb. 8. 

    Prince Frey Rafe Miller joins for the Carnival Classic community ski day at Glacier Nordic Club on Sunday, Feb. 8. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)  
    Duchess of Lark Katie Akey joins for the Carnival Classic Nordic ski day. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)  
    Prime Minister Zak Anderson attending the Carnival Classic community ski day on Sunday, Feb. 8. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)  
    Whitefish Winter Carnival royalty visits Glacier Nordic Club's golf course trails for the Carnival Classic community ski day on Sunday, Feb. 8. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
 
 
    Princess Freya, Saige Smith tries out a DREAM Adaptive Nordic sit ski on Sunday, Feb. 8. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
    King Ullr Dave Grady tries out a DREAM Adaptive Nordic sit ski at the golf course trails on Sunday, Feb. 8. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
 
 
    Whitefish Winter Carnival royalty visits Glacier Nordic Club's golf course trails for the Carnival Classic community ski day on Sunday, Feb. 8. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
 
 
    Whitefish Winter Carnival royalty visits Glacier Nordic Club's golf course trails on Sunday, Feb. 8. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
 
 

 
 


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