If you noticed less endurance athletes out training in Summit County last week, that is likely because a good amount of them were participating in the GoPro Mountain Games in Vail from Tuesday, June 7,.
From Feb. 25-27, several Summit based ski mountaineering athletes competed across three events as part of Vail’s 2022 Winter Mountain Games. The competition served as the USA Skimo National Championships for the Senior, U23, and.
On Sunday, Feb. 6, six Summit County athletes took part in the Heathen Challenge ski mountaineering race at Sunlight Mountain Resort near Glenwood Springs. The Heathen Challenge is the longest continuously run Colorado ski mountaineering.
After hosting qualifying races at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area from Dec. 11-12, the U.S. Ski Mountaineering Association named 24 athletes to the 2021-22 national team that will compete across the globe this winter. Among the.