Archive:Ski Mountaineering Races 2010

This page is intended to bring together people that are (or might be) interested in participating in a ski mountaineering race.

Training schedule

Running up the stairs at Wreck Beach (~75vm), starting sometime in the fall.

Weekday evenings at Seymour (and/or Cypress), usually doing laps from the upper parking lot to Brockton Point (~250vm), starting whenever there's snow (hopefully around Dec.).

Preliminary Race schedule

Race schedule as of Sept 8^th, from skintrack.com. Note that most links still direct to last years' events

December 5^th 2009 - Golden, BC

Tiki-Torch Dash at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort (KHMR)

February 6^th 2010 - Sunshine Village, AB

Sunshine 5000 race Arc’teryx Sunshine 5000 - Ski Mountaineering Competition

March 6^th 2010 - Nelson, BC

ROAM Randonnee Rally during the Kooteney Coldsmoke Powder Fest at the Whitewater resort.

April 3^rd 2010 - Golden, BC

Kicking Horse Rossignol Dogtooth Dash

Late April 2010 - Whistler, BC

Probably April 17^th or 24^th. North American Ski Mountaineering Championships, taking place during the Telus World Ski & Snowboard Festival

Links

Organizers

• Alpine Club of Canada: International Ski Mountaineering Competition (ISMC) or Skimo Canada webpage
• International Ski Mountaineering Federation webpage

Other races

• USA races
• World Championship 2010: Andorra (March 1-6, 2010), link
• European Ski Mountaineering Races, see skimountaineering.org
• International Ski Mountaineering Federation list of races (will be available Dec. '09)