Canadian Ski Mountaineering Championships

Racing at Home!

This past weekend was our biggest yearly event in Canada for ski mountaineering. The dogtooth dash is not only our National Championship but also the best event in the circuit.

The previous day myself and Andrew went to help set the course and check the snow condition and refresh our memory. The course was almost identical to the previous year with over 6000’ of positive vertical gain.

On Saturday at noon sharp, racers gathered around the Eagle Eye restaurant for the start. After a quick run, we took a fast ski down on “it’s a 10” to Crystal bowl to get to the first check point and 1^st climb under the “Stairway to heaven “Chair. From there, we descended a couloir to climb up towards the Whitewall. A fast groomer then brought us to the top of Pioner Chair. Multiple switchbacks through the trees brought us back up to Crystal Bowl for our first bootpack and ridge walk up back to the Restaurant. From there we dropped into Bowl Over and climbed back up to T1. A fast descent on the south ridge of T1 and a climb up T2 brought us to our last descent. Then we reconnected with Bowl over for the last climb and bootpack back to the Eagle Eye.

It was a really fun race, being close from home, it was great to see familiar faces and have spectators cheering. Result wise, it’s always great to see how people are getting faster every year!

On the Elite side, Reiner Thoni finished 1^st for it’s 4^th consecutive title. He covered the course with an impressive 1:49 minutes. Worth noting are also Andrew McNab in 2^nd place with a time of 2:05 and Steve Sellers with a time of 2:18.

On the ladies side, I covered the course in 2:15 finishing 1^st place with Julie in second place and Katie French in 3^rd.

The event was really fun, myself and an other racer Erich from Montana were racing back and forth having a great time suffering together!

On the Enduro Course, Igor Bernas was first, Dominic Unterberger second and third were Brad Lorrimar and Ken Macdiarmi.

On the ladies side Katarina Kuba was first, Amber Steed second and, Sheena Johnson third.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7cLVQM5mpY&feature=player_embedded

Results: http://goldenskimo.wordpress.com/2012/02/12/2012-dogtooth-dash-results/

On the sunday was a fun sprint which was a lung burner ... 2 climbs, 2 descents, a bootpack and a skate ski. Each team of 2, 3 or 4 racers had to cover the course 4 times. The Columbian Connection finished 1st (Andrew McNab, Niall Gleeson and Kevin Weir), The Ladies in Red were second (Carla McKirdy, and myself) and the Knightruse were 3rd (Peter and Bill Knight).

Results: http://goldenskimo.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/2012-sunday-sprint-race-winners.pdf

Next stop, Nelson for the Coldsmoke Festival Feb 25-26!

Single Track Love!

The Gearjammer is another fabulous event part of the Hells of a Series in the Sea to Sky Corridor. This is the event that started it all for me…! Friends have been telling me about mountain bike racing and fun it is and back in 2008, I decided to enter my first ever mountain bike race. I did not start with the easiest one that’s for sure since the Gearjammer is a point-to-point 47 kms race (now 52 kms point-to-point). What makes it event more special is the fact that the milage is mainly covered on single tracks!!! YAAA now that’s what I’m talking about!

Since 2008, religiously it seems, I've been following the tradition and making yet an other trip to the Coast to get a “Gearjammer” fix. Crankworx was also a great reason to go on a road trip and be part of the excitement.

The weather on the Coast has been the same as here in Revelstoke, rainy, cold and wet. Fortunately, to day of the race the sky was blue and the sun was shining. At around 10 am, racers started to show up at the start area near Alice Lake Provincial Park. It seemed like the attendance was lower this year then in previous years. After racing at the Test with 800 fellow mountain bikers, 250 seems slightly quiet… I’m still wondering why is it that the Test is more popular the Gearjammer but that another matter altogether! The race started at a slower pace, which was quite surprising. This race has just the perfect start, from the Highway, racers made their way up the pavement all the way to a double track. From there, there are en

dless opportunities to pass and be pass. The double track goes back to logging road, where, if you are a slow starter, you can start hammering and if you are someone who explode from the start and quickly die, by that point you already fall back. The endless single track goodness start after about 20 minutes of wide road and keeps you going till the end! Some of the trails were Ed’s bypass, Dead End Loop, Bob MacKintosh’s fast descent, Mike’s Loop, Track from Hell, Then back up to Rock & Roll and connecting to Skookum & Power Smart. With all the rain, Skookum and Power Smart were a bit challenging but it was nothing compares to Recycle!!! By that point, the body is starting to feel tired and more then adequate balance was required in order to conserve energy for the remaining of the race! Amazing Pseudo Tsuga was next, wow the work that got put in this trail is just amazing! It’s a nice flowy descent with great burms, a few jumps and technical sections! Wow! Then back on the FSR to climb up to the ever so slippery Plunge. Still alive and on survival mode, we climbed into Crumpet woods for some steady climbing. To our surprise, we took an early right before the powerline climb into a new single-track section that was pretty challenging. By that point, the legs are just about to give in and when looking up, that only thing I could see was more and more climbing… of well. First thing we knew, we were on top of the powerline, and connecting to the last section of the racecourse. A fast rip through the subdivision and down the climbing area brought us to cross the finish line at Rose Park.

Congrats to all the races who completed the event in difficult trail conditions. Thank you to all the volunteers and to my favorite waterboy ever; Michael who gave me an extra bottle full of magic fuel.

As for the results, well check out the following links:

http://testofmetal.com/media/Results/GearJammer/2011GearJammerCatResults.pdf

http://www.squamishchief.com/article/20110724/SQUAMISH0101/110729991/-1/squamish/kindree-collects-gearjammer-win

Picture credit: Simon Chester Fotographique

Nimby 50 Report

Last weekend in Pemberton BC was an event worth driving 6 hours for; the Nimby 50. It has been a while since being on the Coast so it was also a great opportunity to visit friends and enjoy some of the finest Sea to Sky mountain bike trails.

My friend Amy and I left on Friday in order to check out the course a bit before the race. We rode a bit of the first part of the race but we certainly wanted to check out “Overnight Sensation” a typical Pemberton trail with steep, loose and technical sections. It was good see the best lines down before actually racing! We then fueled up with at one of the restaurant you can’t avoid when in Whistler… Sushi Village! It may have not been the best pre-race food but it certainly was “golden” for the soul! And it was also a great opportunity to catch up great friends (Thx Karine & Carl!).

Race morning, we took our time driving to Beautiful Pemberton. Te weather was ideal for a race… sometimes Pemberton can get smoking HOT but the day was overcast and actually a bit on the cold side early morning! The excitement was rising as the cars were pilling up near the industrial park. Racers were doing last adjustments to their bike then riding back and forth on the highway to North Arm Farm in order to warm up! Again, seeing familiar faces and catching up with friends almost took away the stomach butterflies we always have before an event! We lined up in the field at the farm for an 11 am start. The fire department conducted the riders for the first 2 kms of the race on the highway, then onto Pemberton Farm Rd. That section was pretty cool…. No need to rush, just keep on following the peloton…all we could hear was the music of the tires on the pavement and the sound of the wind made by almost 300 riders. As soon as we got to the logging road, things changed pretty quickly. The long and at times steep climb up to “Radio Tower” was enough to spread out the pack. A quick section of single track brought us back down on a loose gravel road and then started the ever so long CLIMB...! We took the Happy trail up which is not technical but has many switchbacks. Then we kept going on the Waco Connector, a nice flowy trail a little more flat. It was the only down time really before the climb up the Nimby… nothing less then 101 switchbacks up and up… I did not remember the climb being SO long! When we had the feeling we were getting close, we just had to look up to see the racers lining up going back and forth in the forest to realize that we still had a long way to go. Finally at the paragliding launch, we started to go down on a logging road section to gain Overnight Sensation, a great downhill trail. I would say that the trail is AWESOME on a 5” travel bike and bigger, but on a 4” you really had to watch it! It was challenging and a great experience. Also while racing you don’t really have the chance to stop and look at the line so it was more a “Oh I hope this is the right way? Here we go!” kinda dialog in my head! After the descent, the

racers were brought over to the Mosquito lake trail network for some steep climbing. By that point, the legs were starting to be a bit punched but the riding was amazing, specially on No ERR, great trail of endless slippery rock slab, roots & mud in thick west coast forest! Another trail where if it’s your first time riding it, you just hope it goes, hang on to your handle bar and let the bike rip down! We finally lapped back up one more steep climb before getting into other challenging descents Ramble Down, Moby Dick & Dark Forest. A fast rip on the gravel road, back to the highway and back at the farm for an amazing after party! Western Promises provided us with amazing after food and the ambiance was amazing with Mt Currie just above us.

As far as results, congrats to Neal Kindree, who finished 1^st, Kevin Calhoun 2^nd & Greg Day 3^rd. Also big massive congrats to my friend Michael Robinson who has been training like a mad men and finished with a really great 5^th place in the Pro Elite Category! Amy also did very well with a 10^th place in her age group! Good work girl!!! On my side, it was my first time racing pro elite and I would lie if I said that I was not having a bit more stress then usual at the start of the

race. Things went very well as I finished 2^nd in the pro elite cat and 3^rd over all! Big congrats to Ann Yew who got to the top of The nimby 1^st. Congrats to Jennifer Shulz for her 1^st place and Megan Rose for 3^rd place. Cathy Zeglinski also had a great race finishing 1^st of her category and 2^nd overall.

We enjoyed a great night of catching up with friends (Happy B-day again Rose) after the race and went back for more in Squamish the following day. My pedal broke halfway in the ride… fortunately, it did not happen the day of the race! Next will be the Famous Test of Metal on June 18^th! Also, this week, the 2^nd toonie race in Revelstoke!

Full Results at: http://www.nimbyfifty.com/race-details/results/

Salty Dog Race Report

After spending 2 weeks ski traversing, nothing better then a 6 hours enduro bike race to put you back in summer mode. Last Sunday was the 10^th edition of the Salty Dog, a popular enduro race in Salmon Arm BC. Since I registered back in January, I was kinda committed to it plus I was looking forward to getting the first long ride of the season under my belt.

More then 400 racers showed up for the event with a growing number of female attendances! The race course was the same as usual with a mix of dirt road and single tracks covering just over 10 kms.

Just after 10 am, the race started with a Leman start in a park near the South Canoe trail network. We ran around on grass for a while before retrieving our bikes and off we went! The weather was ideal for the event…I’d say better then last year since it was not too warm. There was a lot of spectator on the course particularly near the finish/start area, which is always great especially in the last hour of riding.

With that long of a race, you just hope your bike will stay intact with a minimum of mechanical. Thx to the guys at Skookum, my blue machine was working just fine!

Result wise, Correy Wallace had an amazing performance completing 10 laps in 6:15 minutes!

There was also a fair amount of people from Revelstoke doing the race solo and in team and everyone did amazing and most importantly had a great time! On my side, I was going for a consistent race hoping to have a better overall time then last year… and it worked! Despite double leg cramps after the 5^th lap, I kept on fueling and tried to think about something else while completing 3 extra laps. You can find the full results here:

http://www.zone4.ca/results.asp?id=3944

As well, here’s a video showing what the race course is like!

http://vimeo.com/23918780

Thx to all the volunteers and organizers who were out there on race day!

Also, I’d like to share a link to a new bike movie produce and directed by two of Andrews great friend! Kevin Landry is an amazing upcoming rider and so his movie (and Tyler Loughran’s ) deserve to be watched!

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/you-like-this-full-movie-2011.html

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/Scion-Presents-You-Like-This-teaser-2011.html

Ken Jones Classic Race Report

AHHHH Already the last race of the winter! It was quite the season once again for our National Ski Mountaineering Team. Some of our racers competed in 15 different events over the last 4 months anywhere from Canada, the US, Italy and France. The last stop of our busy season was last Saturday at Lake Louise. We received confirmation of the race only two weeks before the event but it had nothing of a last minute race. With nothing but amazing snow conditions in the forecast and new terrain to explore, the small crowd of racer was really excited to take part in this event.

We woke up to a snowy but mild day on Saturday morning and gathered near the top of the Glacier Chair for a quick warm up. At 8:30 sharp, all 15 racers made their way towards the top of White Horn Chair. As we gained the ridge, the wind started to strongly blow, which literally took our breath away. At the top of the Summit Platter Chair, we descended the steep “F Gully” in pretty low visibility… but the snow was amazing! Thanks to the red flags, we could get a bit of definition and scope the next turn! Then we climbed to “Bare Assed” pass to undertake a really long bootpack up and across a rocky ridge. At the top of the climb, it was a bit unclear if we needed to traverse on the flat by foot or put our skis back on. Walking was hard since we were either hitting rocks or sinking in deep facetted snow. As it turns out, we needed to walk and not ski and unfortunately, 2 people received a 5 minutes time penalty for doing so. Following the ridge walk we skied down “Steep Run” all the way to Temple Lodge. That’s where the last uphill transition was but we were far from being done at that point! We climbed in the trees above Temple Lodge to gain “Purple Bowl” through a long traverse and some meadow features. The wind was quite strong at that point, which started to cover the skin track between racers and the traveling was becoming hard at times. Finally at the top, we skied the “Elevator Shaft” in amazing snow conditions to get back in the busy inbound terrain skiing through a mix of moguls, trees and finally long cat track all the way to the bottom. The 1650m of positive gain course was quite challenging but really fun to race. Result wise, Reiner Thoni took the lead of the race from the start and had an amazing performance even with penalty at the ridge walk section! Congrats bud for a great race and a great season. Ian Gale came in second place and also had a great race all the way to the bottom of the Elevator Shaft descent where his Ski Trab decided to give in and brake! Poor Ian was single leg skiing along the cat track to gain the finish line. Peter Knight finished 3^rd and Jeff Colvin came just behind him. Congrats Jeff for a nice strong race!

On the Ladies side, well, I’m sorry Ian, but I finished behind Reiner, passing the broken ski a few minutes before the finish line…Julie Matteau came in 2^nd, Lisa Wilson came in 3^rd and Martha Burley came in 4^th. It was also great to see some new faces at the event (Congrats Christina for her first race and to Nathan and Ian from the Biathlon team).

Congratulations to all of the Ski Mo Racers who followed the circuit around this season, people that attended a few events and also the ones that traveled overseas. Now for me is Active Recovery Time. Today, I treated myself to a bit of lift access skiing with great friends. RMR was sunny and powdery! We often forget how nice our backyard is!!! Then to top the best recovery day ever, we headed to “La Baguette” for a French Canadian Spring Tradition; La Cabane a Sucre (Sugar Shack Party). Olivier Dutil and Sonia Ratte, the owners, baked Maple Sirop goodies end even did the hot toffee on snow. Hmmm, how could I almost forgot how good it tastes!

Dogtooth Dash Race Report

For the 3^rd season in a row, the Canadian National Ski Mountaineering Championship was at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in Golden. As racers, we are always really excited to finish the season with the best event in our calendar.

There are many reasons why this event is so special to us. First, the course is always quite challenging and takes the racers all around the resort. Second, it always seems to be in great snow condition and on a clear nice day. Third of all, this is a really spectator friendly event so there is a lot of cheering happening and also the event is very well organized. Put all those elements together and you can’t really go wrong in creating a successful event. Oh and I almost forgot, the prizes for all categories are all really sweet and the “Gala” at the eagle eye restaurant after the race is simple amazing.

New this Season at KHMR,

T2 Ridge, our second last climb and Descent

A few things were a bit different this year with a full weekend of action. On Saturday march 26^th was the individual race where athlete could pick between 2 categories, the Enduro (4000 ft of climbing) or the Elite (close to 6000ft of climbing). At noon, and as per the traditions, we ran around the Eagle eye restaurant, skis in hand and transitioned to descent mode at the start line. From there, a quick skate and descent brought us to the bottom of our first climb under the “Staiway to Heaven Chair”. We then climbed up to the ridge and dropped in Feuz Bowl for the 2^nd climb. The snow was really

nice and powdery with 9 cm of fresh overnight! A quick descent brought us to a longer climb up Crystal Bowl, which included a bootpack with a fix rope. That climb brought us back to the eagle eye restaurant and the start/ finish area but the race was just getting interesting from there!!! We then dropped down into Bowl Over for a nice walk up a nice lower angle track with steep switchback near the headwall. Halfway in, there was another bootback which took the racers all the way to the top of Terminator Ridge. From there, we skied a new section of terrain for KHMR this season to the moraine and then climbed back up steep switchbacks and up onto the T2 ridge. From there, we skied back down and around to the same point where we skied before in Bowl Over and climbed the same headwall to sprint along the ridge and gain the finish line. 4 Bootpacks, exciting ridge walks, technical switchbacks, this is what I call a “Euro Like Race”!

One of the 4 Bootpack of the Course

I think it’s fair to say that everyone had a great time and people were giving it all on the course all the way to the end. There was bindings broken, people falling, skins ripping, water bottle falling… all sorts of things happening on course. Freshly back from Europe, Reiner Thoni had a great race from the start and crossed the finish line first. Andrew McNab was not far behind with a great second place. Ian Gale was the 3^rd male to cross the finish line. As for the ladies go, I came in just after Andrew, Julie was 2^nd women to cross the finish with Billie in 3^rd place.

For full results: http://goldenskimo.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/dogtooth_dash_2011_final_day1.pdf

Congratulations to all the racers and specially our new juniors in the circuit, Dominic Unterberger and Kirill Dubrovsky for a 1^st and 2^nd place. On the Sunday, march 27^th was the relay race which was a Euro like team event. Teams of 2 and 4 toured around a set course of 400ft of vertical gain and lost. Each team had to go around the course 4 times. This was an other spectator friendly event with all the action taking place on Stairway to Heaven side of CPR Ridge. We all had a great time racing this really friendly event. Thx to KHMR, Ian Gale and the volunteers!

Next and last stop of the season will be at Lake Louise this weekend with a new event to our calendar. It should be a lot of fun!!!

Podium Picture from:

http://skitheory.blogspot.com/

1St World Cup Experience

The last Sunday was the 4^th edition of the Marmotta Trophy in Martell Italy and for the first time, the event was part of the World Cup Series. It sure was a beautiful day out there, ideal for a race actually.We woke up really early in order to get ready for our 1^st World Cup event. As the sun was slowly rising over the impressive peaks of Martell, we made our way up the narrow and twisty road to get to the end of the valley where the start/finish area, which was actually near Hotel Paradiso, an abandon establishment from the 1900’s. There was different categories forthe event. The ISMF (World Cup) women, junior and cadets were the first to ski the course with a challenging 1362m of positive gain, followed 30 minutes later by the ISMF senior men. Then all the other athletes (from different European Ski Associations) lined up at the start only 5 minutes after the ISMF athletes.The course was really fun, one of the nicest events we raced in I would say. The first ascent was steady through the trees for it’s first section but was quickly opening up to

great alpine bowls since we started at 1770m of elevation. The climb brought us up 500m higher where we transitioned for our first descent down a nice wide gully feature. Then skins back on for about 100m and bootpack with fix rope for about 200m. The rest of the 450m climb was done on icy steep switchbacks to finish on a nice knoll under the sun. A quick ski down a rocky corridor brought us to our 3^rd transition where we traversed a flatter meadow section. This is where the men took a different route to add close to 400m of climbing to their course… looking up at the terrain, they had to climb at least 40 switchbacks in order to get to the top and then ski down a narrow passage through the rocks, contour just above the Marteller Hutte where we previously stayed and gain the junction to come back on the women course. From there, a bit of technical skinning and some kick glide traversing brought the athletes to the 2^nd boot pack up a nice long couloir. We thought at first that crampons would be required for this section but at our greatest surprise, they were not necessary. From the top, a quick skin brought us to the highest section of the race just below 3000m of elevation. It was then skins off for an amazing 815m of descent. The first section of descent was fairly flat and somewhat bumpy but the middle

section was where the fun was! We had to ski as fast as we could down a narrow couloir to end up in an open meadow, back down in the trees for some fast out of control turns and then, to add to the race, we had to put our skins back on for an additional 15m of sprinting to the finish line.On the men side, Reiner had a great performance taking the 18^th place followed minutes later by Andrew who took the 24^th place. James also had a solid race taking the 26^th place. The race went well on my side even if affected a bit by the elevation and the end of a sinus flue. I still had a great time. It was an amazing experience to line up once again with the fastest women in the sport. It truly is motivating and inspiring to ski along them. I took the 9^th place just behind Veronica from Austria… we battled till the end but I dropped my ski at the last transition trying to put my skins on as fast as I could… it was funny we hugged and laughed at the finish line! We all had big smiles on our face after the race as we drove down to one of the restaurant to have our post race meal… yes of course pasta again!!! We wondered back to the race for the award ceremony and catch a bit of sun before taking the road back to Landeck, Austria.

Great food and a night of rest later, we drove back down to Venice for the last leg of our trip. We cleaned our little Panda car and left it behind to catch a bit of the Venice Carnaval action. First thing we knew, we were in the air, direction Canada. It sure was a great month full of excitement and emotions. We all learnt a lot once again and we take great memories back with us.

World Championship Report

It sure was a week full of great emotions here in Italy. After the sprint race of Wednesday was one of our favorite event of all, the individual race. This is where the stronger racers of each country battle over a course of around 1300m of vertical gain for the women and 1500m for the men. The race usually starts with a longer first climb and has at least 3 descents and a bootpack section. Well this race was no exception. We woke up on Thursday to perfect weather for our individual race. We warmed up going to the start line skinning about 300m…then we all warmed up to a faster pace, trying to focus on the job ahead and not get intimidated by one another. The men started at 10am and right from the beginning, carbon poles were braking, bindings were exploding, bodies were stumped over…it was war!!! Then, 10 minutes later the ladies took position on the start line. We had to go up on a logging road for about 200m before merging in the forest on a double track, which finally broke in the open where a crowd was awaiting cheering with large cowbells at the first transition point. A quick 100m descent/skate took us to the second transition. From there, a steeper climb with switchbacks took us to flatter terrain. We then gained the alpine and traversed a meadow. We could see the transition point from afar but it just seemed at that point in time that it kept on being further and further away… At that point, team Canada supporters were really encouraging and helped keeping the focus. A nice descent in the meadows and bumps took us to the 3^rd transition point. From there, 130 m of climbing took us to the bootpack section and ridge walk, We then had to down climb a ladder attached on a fix rope and ran for a while in deep facet. We put the skis back on of another 190m of climbing… wow, that section felt long. The men kept going for an extra 100m to the top of the ridge as the women course turned around just before an additional bootpack. The last descent was a pure blast. We were zigzagging in thetrees, moguls, sharp corners. We then met with a long logging road that was just line a bobsled track…. SO FAST and so narrow!!!

Our Nation was well represented with Reiner taking the 30^th place, then Andrew right at his tale was 36^th. Then James and Alex finished 59^th and 60^th respectively. On the ladies side, the race was close till the end as I managed to pass an Austrian girl on the skating part just before the finish line to end up in 10^th position. As for Julie, she took the 24^th place. Big congrats to Janelle from the USA who had a great race finishing in 9^th place.

Following the individual was the relay race. We unfortunately did not compete in the race since we needed a 3^rd woman. The men (Reiner, Andrew, Stano and James) did very well with an 11^th place. The battle was hard with a really fast field. It was amazing to watch! We took a day to catch up on some sleep and relax a bit then took the rode to Martello, a beautiful valley in Italy close to the Austrian border. We have been enjoying some of the culture while spending 2 day in an alpine hut at 2610m and climbing up the local peaks.

http://www.martellerhuette.com/

We are resting before the next event, the Marmotta Trophy this coming Sunday!

Vertical Race in Calgary

This past Saturday was the first event of the Canadian Calendar for Ski Mountaineering. We traveled to Canada Olympic Park (COP) in Calgary for a 3 hours vertical race. We all knew that the race would be as hard as we wanted it to be and we knew it would be a great way to kick off the season and also work on transitions… since in fact we had to do quite a few of them!

The race had different format, Solo, Team of 2 and Team of Four. Close to 100 racers took part in the event which was amazing and unexpected considering it was the first edition of the Vert 180.

The course was pretty simple, with a start/ finish line just outside the Cafeteria. Then of course we had to climb to the top the hill, take our skis off for a short bootpack and then straight line the “Alpine Pitch” to do it again and again and again….

I was a really fun event because it felt like we were all skiing together. People were shearing each other, kids, parents, friends teamed up for the event. It was really different then our typical Ski Mo Race. It was also kind of nice to be doing a ski race under the spotlight and looking at the city! Event if COP is not the highest mountain out there, trust me, it was still a challenge getting to the top of it, specially close to the 3 hours mark!

The whole Canadian team did very well!

Here are some of the results:

Reiner Thoni, Solo Category: 1^st with 18 laps

Andrew McNab, Solo Category: 2^nd with 18 laps as well

Alex Wigley, Solo Category: 3^rd with 15 laps

Julie, Billie, Lindsey and Dusan, Team of 4 Category: 1^st with 18 laps

Ian Gale & Steve Sellers, Team of 2 Category: 1^st with the record amount of lap of the evening!!! 20 Laps! Great job guys!

On my side, I burned 17 laps in the Solo Category and finished 1^st woman.

Congratulations to all the racers, it was a really challenging race at many levels!

After a nice meal and some time to come down from such energy output, we crawled into bed to get some rest before driving back to BC for a nice ski off Video Peak @ Rogers Pass on our way home! Next stop will be Golden Alpine Holiday next weekend with the Selkirk Classic Ski Mountaineering Race!!! Something to look forward to as well!

For Full Results of the Vert 180 Check Out:

http://goldenskimo.wordpress.com/2010/11/29/vert180-results/