The weekend marked the Big Green's 13th straight carnival win.
While the alpine teams returned to the hills at the Dartmouth Skiway, the Nordic teams were forced to host their events at the Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, Vt., because there was not enough snow on Dartmouth's Nordic trails at Oak Hill in Hanover.
Now entering the second half of the season, the Big Green remains undefeated and has only two more carnivals remaining before this year's NCAA Championships, which will be hosted by the University of Colorado.
Ending Friday's races in the lead with 473 points, the Big Green was trailed closely by the University of Vermont, who had 450.5 points.
Vermont finished second in the Dartmouth Carnival after hosting its own carnival last weekend.
The Big Green concluded Friday with only one individual taking first place in an event women's Nordic captain Ida Sargent '11 but still managed to win both the men and women's Nordic 20-kilometer and 15-kilometer classic races, respectively. The team took second in both the men and women's alpine slalom races.
At the Skiway, the men's and women's alpine teams showcased their familiarity with the courses, as they picked up 459 points for the Big Green.
The men's alpine team found its first victory this season, placing first in the giant slalom event.
The last time the men's alpine team secured a victory was in the giant slalom event at the Bates Carnival in 2008.
Ace Tarberry '11 nabbed first place in the event with a total run time of 1:47.00, while Trevor Leafe '12 and Luke McLaughry '12 followed in third and fifth, respectively.
In the slalom events, Tarberry produced the best combined result for Dartmouth, placing third with a total time of 1:31.12. Braden Long '12 followed in fifth, while McLaughry was in a distant twelfth.
In the women's slalom, Annie Rendall '13 placed fourth, while also racing the second-best time of the race with her first run, clocking in at 49.62. The Catamounts' Megan Ryley was the only skier to beat Rendall's time, posting a time of 49.23.
Co-captain Tina Roberts '10 followed Rendall in fifth, while Kelsey Roddick '11 trailed in seventh place.
Courtney Hammond '11, who has usually produced the best times for women's alpine this season, came up short this weekend, finishing 11th in the giant slalom. She did not place in the slalom due to an unfinished second run.
Roberts said these results could be partly due to equipment issues, as many skiers have struggled this season with breaking skis.
Meanwhile, the site of last weekend's Nordic events at the Vermont Carnival the Trapp Family Lodge was again used for this weekend's classic races and freestyle relays.
"We skied the same courses [as last weekend] and it was kind of disappointing because it's where [Vermont] trains so they definitely have the advantage there," Sargent said. "We usually have the advantage at Oak Hill, but the conditions were really awesome [in Stowe]."
Middlebury College took first in Saturday's men's 3x5-kilometer freestyle relay, but one of Dartmouth's two teams consisting of captain Patrick O'Brien '10, Nils Koons '11 and Eric Packer '12 followed in second. The Big Green's second team placed sixth, allowing Dartmouth to edge out the second-place Catamounts by 10 points.
While no Big Green athletes in the men's Nordic 20-kilometer classic placed in the top three, a sequential fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh finish from O'Brien, Koons, Packer and Sam Tarling '13, respectively, won Big Green the event and 117 points.
Capturing first in the 15-kilometer classic, the women secured 131 points, thanks to Sargent's first-place finish, which alone garnered 50 points.
Rosie Brennan '11 was the next Dartmouth finisher in third place, while Katie Bono '10 followed in sixth.
In Saturday's women's freestyle relay, the Big Green was in control, producing the top-two finishes and winning 116 points.
"The girls went one and two [in the relay] and that was really exciting, especially for our own carnival," Sargent said. "There was a little problem in the classic race because the waxing was trickier and the snow was icy, but we still pulled through."
With this year's NCAA Championships drawing closer, Dartmouth is currently the highest-ranked team on the East Coast. There is no added pressure as the teams approach next weekend's Williams Carnival, however, according to Sargent.
"We focus on skiing races for the carnival and don't really pay close attention to qualifying for the NCAA," she said. "We were undefeated last year. I think for me and the team, we want to do it again and it's something we know we can do."
