Ski Mountaineering Competition Season
The Skimo season is upon us and the full detials are below thanks to the good folks at the Alpine Club of Canada, have a good read...
News Release
09 November 2011
SMCC 2012 Race Calendar
Saturday 03 December 2011 – VERT 180
Kick off the ski mountaineering competition season with this hugely popular evening sprint/relay/enduro event at Canada Olympic Park. Try out your legs. Test that gear. Get up a team, or come get assigned and ski with some new friends. (National Team members typically attach themselves to some first timers, so they don’t sandbag the field). Info and
registration here: http://vert180.blogspot.com/
Saturday/Sunday 11/12 February 2012 – DOGTOOTH DASH
These are Canada’s National Skimo Championships, featuring two days of racing for all classes and categories. Golden BC is the heartland of Canadian backcountry, and Kicking Horse Mountain Resort always puts on the highest profile event. Come party! http://www.kickinghorseresort......ort/events
Saturday 25 February 2012 – ROAM Randonnée Rally
An SMCC ranking event is always a central part of the annual Cold Smoke Powder Festival at Nelson, BC. Whitewater hosts. Expect a bigger field entering in this off-championship year. Info, as it becomes available, here: http://www.coldsmokepowderfest.com
Saturday 24 March 2012 – KEN JONES CLASSIC
Celebrating its namesake with big backcountry, this race rolls out of Lake Louise Ski Area and tours the heights. The Pro Patrol likes to show off their great terrain. Info TBA here: http://www.skilouise.com/things-to-
do/events and http://www.alpineclubofcanada......ismc/index
More – RED MOUNTAIN, SUNSHINE, USSMA
We’re still coordinating organizers and officials for possible races at Red (Rossland, BC), Sunshine (Banff, AB), and don’t forget our sister hoedowns south of the border on the USSMA Calendar. Make this winter
a big one! Info TBA here: http://www.alpineclubofcanada......a/ccc/ismc
TEAM
The Canadian National Ski Mountaineering Competition Team has been named for 2012. Selected based on interest, potential, and ranking over 2011 races, they are:
Reiner Thoni Melanie Bernier Ian Gale Billie Velisek Peter Knight Julie Matteau Andrew McNab Martha Burley Brad Schalles
James Minifie Stano Faban Steve Sellers Alex Wigley Niall Gleeson
Team training has already begun, with glacier sessions, outings to The Pass, and dryland work. Uniforms have been re-ordered - thanks to partners Rab and The Alpine Club of Canada. 2012 is an off-year for World Championships, but several team members are planning personal European visits for ISMF
calendar events. Out-of-country Team efforts this winter will focus on the North American Ski Mountaineering Championships in Crested Butte, Colorado toward the end of January. Here in Canada, you can see the CraZy suits out at any domestic SMCC calendar event. Cheer them on – they’re already gunning for a spot on the 2013 ISMF World Championships team.
RESULTS
See the complete results and national ranking of athletes over the winter of 2011 here:
http://www.alpineclubofcanada......a/ccc/ismc