United States Ski Mountaineering Association

It's a full weekend of skimo racing in Wyoming January 7th-8th.  The USSMA National Championships at Jackson Hole Mt. Resort are open for registration at: jacksonrandoneerace.blogspot.

On Sunday, the racing moves to the other side of the Tetons for the USSMA Ski Mountaineering Classic at Grand Targhee. Registration at: grandtargheeussma.

The US ski mountaineering racing season begins December 10th at CS Irwin Lodge in Colorado. A number of events have confirmed their 2012 dates and the USSMA calendar will continue to update event dates this Fall.

Two significant new events for 2012: The Teva Mt. Games presented by Eddie Bauer in Vail Colorado has North America's richest prize list of $5,000 and Crested Butte Mt. Resort in Colorado is hosting the ISMF North American Championships with a new, more technical course.

The US team of nine men and four women just competed in a week of racing in Claut Italy. Highlights of results included Janelle Smiley with two top-ten finishes in the singles and vertical race and a top 15 placing for Greg Ruckman in the vertical race. The ISMF has produced a 8 min wrap-up video of the event here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP_aRdJ_FaA

The US team is in process of collecting all of our considerable video and photos of the event, we'll have all compiled on a Picasa album in the coming week. We'll post the info as soon as it's ready.

For complete results of the competition, see the event website at: http://www.claut2011.org/en/