COSMIC - Colorado Ski Mountaineering Cup

CAMP Ski Mountaineering Race at Crested Butte - Jan. 18th update

Submitted by admin on January 18, 2010 - 8:15pm

The Colorado Classic is coming in just two weeks. COSMIC is pleased to announce that CAMP has assumed title sponsorship of Colorado's oldest event: the CAMP Ski Mountaineering Race at Crested Butte. Competitors can look forward to strong support of this favorite event with plenty of CAMP prizes.

At this time considering snow conditions it looks likely course will not be finalized until the night prior to the event. Snow is forecast for Crested Butte all week, so stay tuned. Whatever conditions bring us, CB will continue to be one of the most demanding courses in the COSMIC series.

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Early registration opens for The Five Peaks in Breckenridge

Submitted by admin on January 18, 2010 - 8:06pm

Location:

Breckenridge, CO

Start Date:

Apr 10 2010

Early on-line registration is now open for North America's longest randonee race on April 10th - The Five Peaks in Breckenridge. The projected field limit for the 10,000 ft. duo teams event is 90 teams. To register go to: active.com, for complete information and updates leading to the The Five Peaks event see cosmicski on Facebook as well as thefivepeaks.com.

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The Heathen Challenge Jan. 12th update

Submitted by admin on January 12, 2010 - 5:31pm

Sunlight Mt. has plenty of snow and the course will ski as marked on the maps. The race day forecast is mostly sunny with a high of 35 degrees. Pack the sunscreen, it'll be good day to ski race.

The skin-track portions of The Heathen course will be in this Thursday and completely marked by mid-day Friday. Don't forget the mandatory gear requirements for the Race/Heavy Metal division (helmet/beacon/shovel/probe/ski pack) as well as the required helmet for the Recreation category. We look forward to seeing you Saturday morning on the start line at 8 am.

COSMIC

SIA Snow Show Uphill/Downhill Challenge - February 1st Winter Park CO

Submitted by admin on December 13, 2009 - 6:31pm

The SIA Snowshow Uphill/Downhill Challenge starts at the center of the ski universe - the SIA On-Snow Demo at 2pm on Monday, February 1st.

Follow a marked 1,700' skin track up to the Sunspot Lodge, then descend a marked course via bumps, trees and few surprises back to the base area. Entry is free but we welcome donations to the USSMA. Call it a race, call it a FUN-draiser, grab two friends to make a team and come on out.

Teams of three from ski shops, ski companies and ski areas are welcome, but any combo of three people makes a team. Teams don't need to stay together during the race, at the finish the times of all three team members will be added together. The fastest individual will recieve a pair of Scarpa F1 Carbon boots!

All donations received go to the US National Ski Mountaineering team going to the World Championships in Andorra March 1st-6th 2010.

COMPLETE ENTRY AND INFO ATTACHED

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SIA 2010 branded Uphill_Downhill Challenge entry form FINAL.pdf	186.27 KB

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The Five Peaks at Breckenridge

Submitted by admin on November 28, 2009 - 3:48pm

The Five Peaks - North America's biggest ski mountaineering race with 10,000 feet of climbing is coming to Breckenridge Colorado on April 10th. Click HERE for early info on The Five Peaks.

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Thanksgiving skiing / skinning update

Submitted by admin on November 28, 2009 - 1:44pm

Yes there is snow in the mountains but much of it is artificial and on ski runs. If you're looking for some vertical, Breckenridge and Keystone are both friendly to people skinning up runs before the mountain opens. At Breckenridge, please call the winch cat hotline at (970) 547-5627 to learn what runs are not open to skinning due to winch cat operations. For Peak 8, take the black bus from the gondola base, for Peak 9 you can skin from the Maggie at the very base, or park at Beaver Run but note you must be out of the lot by 8:30. Keystone has a long front-side skin that is easily accessed from the base area. COSMIC thanks Vail Resorts for its accommodating uphill skiing policies this early in the season.

At these (and any ski area) it's always best to check in with patrol before skinning if you have any doubt as to what runs are open for skinning.

For easy access non-ski area skinning/skiing, the north side of Loveland Pass is reasonably well-covered: skin from the parking area on the lower switch-back. The woods are full of kickers, natural half-pipes and generally interesting skiing for not much snow. There IS decent skiing up high on the north/NE side of most things in the central mountains but it takes considerable hiking up and down to get to the snow.

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