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2 Race Courses
Mountain Storm 2008 - ski mountaineering race - will be raced over two challenging race courses:• Crazy - for advanced • Sane - for novices » Race courses details |
Winner & Draw Prizes
Total value of all prizes will be more than $2500.
Cash prizes for top 4 men and women over the Crazy course: 1. $200, 2. $150, 3. $100, 4. $50 » Learn more |
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2008 Race Results + Photos
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Sponsors & Supporters
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History and Background of Ski Mountaineering
Ski mountaineering (or randonnee) is a winter sport that combines skiing and mountaineering skills of an athlete in order to travel long distances and conquer high peaks.
Ski mountaineering randonnee races introduced a new dimension to this beautiful sport in Europe few decades ago. Athletes use alpine touring, telemark, or split-board equipment to gain altitude and subsequently ski down challenging slopes. Some technical sections may require boot packing. The races begin with a mass start. The winner is the one who crosses the finish line first. Thus, results are determined by time.
The sport enjoys a great popularity all over the world with rapidly growing community in North America lately. People that participate in such events are skiers, snowboarders, telemark-skiers, backcountry enthusiasts or simply the ones who seek an ultimate challenge.
Some of the ski mountaineering races around the world are organized in a world cup circuit. Some of them are just stand-alone events that provide great athletic challenge to anyone. There is also a growing support for the sport to be included in the Olympics in the near future as the sport was part of this great event in 1930's.