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Announcement: Boulder Nordic Sport to host Wednesday Night SkiMo series

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Boulder Nordic Sport – one of the stores that has a great selection of skimo racing gear – will be hosting an evening ski mountaineering race series starting on January 15th!
bns-cosmic-seriesThe series will consist of three races that will be held on these Wednesday nights:

  • January 15
  • January 29
  • February 12

The “Boulder Nordic Sport Wednesday Night SkiMo” series will be the first of its kind in many ways. Most importantly the series represents the first time the rapidly growing sport of Ski Mountaineering has been contested on the Front Range. Ski Mountaineering, or SkiMo, racing have seen an exponential increase in popularity over the past three seasons.
This race series aims to give skiers in the Front Range and the Denver Metro area easy access to SkiMo racing and introduce new skiers to the sport and equipment via product demos and clinics. Also the series will be unique in that it will be held in the evening, under the lights of the Front Range Ski Club giving racers easy post work accessibility and the rare experience of racing at night.
Race entry information can be found here: http://www.prerace.com/races/event/46028/Boulder-Nordic-Sport-Wednesday-Night-Skimo
Known as Ski Mountaineering, SkiMo, Randonee, Alpine Touring, AT, Ski Running, or uphilling, this form of racing is essentially moving quickly through the mountains. Using climbing skins skiers run or power hike up a “skin track” to a given point where they transition by removing (stripping) the skins, step into their binding and alpine ski downhill. This process is then reversed and the skiers skin back uphill. Races are set over courses usually consisting of a loop of 3-5000 feet of vertical ascent and taking 1-5 hours per race. The Boulder Nordic Sport Wednesday Night SkiMo series will consist of three ascents and two descents or a skin-ski-skin-ski-skin format.
Ski Mountaineering is very popular in Europe and a truly global sport with a very good chance of being included in the 2018 or 2022 Winter Olympics.
Boulder Nordic Sport is the largest Nordic ski shop in North America and a leader worldwide in Nordic skiing and all products involved. Boulder Nordic Sport entered the Ski Mountaineering segment last season and is excited to be part of the fastest growing segment of the ski industry.

$5,000 prize purse: The Power of Four Skimo Race set for March 1st, 2014

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Registration just opened for one of the most popular events on the North American skimo calendar and here is the official press release with all the details:
The Power of Four Ski Mountaineering Race – one of the most challenging events in Aspen/Snowmass – is back and will test the endurance of athletes as they race in teams of two across all four area mountains. The course covers approximately 25 miles and more than 12,000 vertical feet of climbs. A two mountain category is also an option, covering ground on Aspen Highlands and Aspen Mountain.
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The race is on Saturday, March 1, 2014 starting at 6 a.m. in Snowmass Base Village and will continue into the afternoon where athletes will finish at the base of Aspen Mountain. The summer version of this race tested mountain bikers as they raced up and down all four mountains or two mountains in one day.
New this year, the race will offer a $5,000 prize purse – largest in North America – split evenly between men and women. The first place team will take home $1,500, second place will go home with $700 and third place takes $300.
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Sport Race Course:
Teams will start in Snowmass Village and skin up to the top of Elk Camp. Then racers will traverse from Elk Camp to West Buttermilk. Once at West Buttermilk, racers will ski down to the bottom of Tiehack. From there, athletes will cross the bridge by the Aspen Recreation Center and head to Aspen Highlands Village. From there skiers will skin to the summit of the Highland Bowl and ski down to Castle Creek Road via the Congo Trail off of the Grand Reverse. Teams will then cross Castle Creek and head up Midnight Mine Road until they reach The Sundeck. In the final descent of the race, athletes will ski down Aspen Mountain, ending in Gondola Plaza.
Recreational Race Course:
There will also be a half race starting at 8 a.m. following the same course on Aspen Highlands and Aspen Mountain, finishing on Gondola Plaza. This race is perfect for recreational uphillers looking for a new challenge.
More Details:
There will be four categories of racers: Vets, Men, Women and Coed teams. Only the Men and Women categories are prize eligible, Coed and Vet categories are for time comparison only. Coed teams will be grouped into the Men’s category for prize purposes. Alpine Touring (AT) gear, Telemark gear or snowboard Splitboard gear is required.
Registration is now open at www.aspensnowmass.com/poweroffour.
Registration is $225 per team if registered before January 5, 2014.
Call for Volunteers:
Volunteers are still needed for the event. Those interested in volunteering should contact Brendan Collins at bcollins2@aspensnowmass.com.
More info
More information on the race series and maps of the course, please visit www.aspensnowmass.com/poweroffour or call 970/925-1220.

Intro To SkiMo Night: 6:00pm Thursday, November 14 @ BNS Boulder, CO

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Colorado seems to have the fastest growing SkiMo community in all of North America so it’s great to see that a store such as Boulder Nordic Sport is putting on “a night of video and discussion about how to get into the sport, the Colorado SkiMo race scene, training and gear talk.”

bns-website-300pxWhy should you go?

Because there will be couple of members from the Crested Butte Ski Mountaineering Team and the US National Team on hand to get all of your questions answered!
For BNS address and more info about the event visit this page or click on the image to the right.
Put it in your calendar and GO!