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Hovland, a 1952 Olympian, was an icon in the Duluth cross-country skiing scene.
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Sam Cook, for the News Tribune | 8:26 am, May 13, 2021 ×
George Hovland stands next to a trailhead sign at Snowflake Nordic ski center on Feb. 8, 2016. (Bob King / News Tribune)
Several days a week this past winter, Duluth’s George Hovland would get in his car and drive to Spirit Mountain to downhill ski for a few hours. He was 94.
Nobody who knows Hovland would be surprised by this. For the kid who grew up within walking distance of Chester Bowl, downhill skiing, ski-jumping and cross-country skiing, moving about on skis seemed as natural to him as walking.