Races
All races take place in the breathtaking terrain in Big Cottonwood Canyon, just outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. Racers will be treated to views of the Heber Valley, Mt Nebo, Mt Timpanogos, and dozens of other named peaks in the vicinity.
To participate in the race divisions you will need a current a USA Skimo License. Vertical and Sprint races are the same distance for all divisions.
Mixed Relay
The Mixed Relay Olympic format. Consists of 2 ascents and 2 descents per lap.
Racers start with an individual time trial with 1 lap around the course. Time trial results will then seed racers into the final heats. Racing pairs will be determined by time trial results. (ie. 1st place Women will race with the 1st place Male, 2nd place Female with 2nd place Male and so on.)
The top 1-12 teams will compete head to head in the A Final - with each team member doing 2 laps, alternating with the women starting first. The A Final will compete for the podium. Athletes ranked 13-24 will race in the B Final. Recreational and u14 athletes will complete a final heat of 1 lap per team member.
| Total vert: | 450 ft |
| Climb 1: | 200 foot skin |
| Decent 1: | Gates |
| Climb 2: | 230 foot skin |
| Descent 2: | Gates with jump |
| Climb 3: | Short skin to handoff/finish line |
Sprint
The sprint race is a short-format event consisting of a skin section, a booting section, and a clearly marked gate descent.
| Total vert: | 200-230 ft |
| Descent: | Gates with small jump |
As the title implies, this is a very fast race, and is based on completing the total course in approximately 3 minutes for the fastest racers. The total ascent and descent is about 100m, with athletes starting and finishing in almost the same point. The first round is an individual qualification with athletes starting one after the other every 20 seconds, after the qualifying round athletes face each other in heats of 6.
Although the ascent is usually on well packed snow, the descent is supposed to be fun and can be off-piste, with gates and with small jumps.
Sprint races typically have qualifying phases, quarter- finals, semi-finals and a final round. Races have a maximum of six athletes per heat.
Individual
Long course
Course map coming soon!
Short course
Course map coming soon!
Vertical
The vertical race will take place at Solitude and will be 1650 feet for all racers and categories.
Pint
For the little ones!
A fun introductory skimo course for those 10 and under.
Contestants will need a chaperone, touring skis with skins, to complete the Solitude and Powderkeg waivers, and signup
