So it’s all set. The new Power of Four race is officially “sold out” with 75 teams of two registered to start in the morning. I was out yesterday with Dirk and Pete Swenson, helping with the course marking between Snowmass and Buttermilk.
About 11,000 feet of vertical gain with ski descents of the Hanging Valley Wall, Highland Bowl and Silver Queen, all under forecasted sunny skies have it shaping up to be a good one.
I’ll let you know how it goes for us.
You can read the Powder piece here.
Kyle Skaggs is no fan of Camelbaks or, for that matter, any sort of accoutrement. (New Balance photo.) The lost interview with Kyle Skaggs, the 2008 Hardrock 100 winner and course-record setter.
Credit always go to the crew members that assist in the effort, and no one has been there more than Christy. This year she paced me from Chapman Aid Station at mile 82 to the finish. At the top of Dives-Little Giant, the first climb of[...]
I think Christy won a Melanzana pullover as the prize. Score! We skied Dyer Mountain, 13,855 ft., for a third time, as part of the course of the Father Dyer Skimo Race in Leadville.
Jen
GOOD LUCK, T & C! Mom and Dad and I will be cheering for you from MT!
Rod Nash/ Arlene Edwards
It’s a great day for the event. Expect you are top seeds; eager to get results. On our side (CB) of the Elks we have the 7 Hours of Banana today. Le Mans start how many lift-served runs of a 2200 vert. avalanche chute can you do. Last year two guys tied with 32 runs, but Wendy Fisher beat them both with 34. There is some gender revenge planned today. Jelly legs is the rule. Good luck to you. Rod Nash
We met in Aspen in 2000 and have been happily stuck in the rockies ever since, getting out in the mountains every day we can, in every season and by all means possible. Read More
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