UPHILL/DOWNHILL CHALLENGE

Bringing Together the Weak, Strong and the Thirsty…

On Monday, January 30th, sixty-one participants formed teams of three for the 3rd annual Uphill/Downhill Challenge, which began at the SCARPA demo tent, continued through the Demo booth area up 1,700 feet to Winter Park’s Sunspot Lodge, where racers quaffed a beverage of choice and returned back down to finish at the base area. The male and female Individual Elite/COSMIC racers, that took an additional lap for a total of 2400 vertical feet, with the fastest time were Matteo Eydallin (45:52) and Sari Anderson (57:31). The winning team was Team Hagen (1:43:28) that included the winners of the individual one-lap fastest male and female Mike Hagen (30:54) and Eva Hagen (37:02). Team SCARPA (1:57:21) and team DYNAFIT (2:11:05) were the second and third place winning teams in the competition. This year’s Uphill/Downhill became an international event with the entry of the Italian Ski Mountaineering Team as Team SCARPA. The Uphill/Downhill Challenge’s primary goal was to raise funds for the US Ski Mountaineering Team.

“The race team concept is a perfect way to encourage camaraderie and collaboration more than competition, but let’s face it – some of us love to compete,” commented Kim Miller, SCARPA’s CEO.

SIA organized the Uphill/Downhill Challenge with support from a number of companies and individuals within the backcountry, randonee, and splitboard communities. The Uphill/Downhill Challenge is a fundraiser for the US Ski Mountaineering team. You can help support the team with a contribution in the USSMA-labeled jar at the SCARPA booth. 
 

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