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About Ski Mountaineering Competition |  |
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National Team 2013 | ||
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Canada Rankings 2013  |
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SMCC 2013 Race Calendar
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Saturday 01 December 2012 – VERT 180 | ||
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We kicked off the ski mountaineering competition season with this hugely popular evening sprint/relay/enduro event at Canada Olympic Park. More than 100 skiers tried out their legs and tested new gear. We saw shop and regional and ‘cultural’ teams, and more than a few one-man wolf packs. Thanks Kylee and Niall for another great edition. Info and race results here: vert180.blogspot |
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Saturday 12 January 2013 – CASTLE Mountain Resort | ||
SKI MOUNTAINEERING RACE presented bySECURE ENERGY SERVICES |
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A brand new event on the calendar, and a chance for all – elite racer, or touring skier – to hit the Castle Mountain Resort backcountry on a technical course. Feature racing fun for all classes and categories – easy to access, cash prizing, and a fresh course! Advance registration through the Alpine Club of Canada office via or 403 678 3200 ext. 108, with info, maps, and forms online soon. ‘Day of’ registration possible at the hill. Tech meeting 9 a.m. Race start 10 a.m. Contact Brent Harris to ask questions or volunteer. |
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9 - 15 February 2013 – ISMF World Ski Mountaineering Championships |
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They’re waiting for us in Pelvoux, France. Stay tuned to all the usual social media outlets as the races go down mid-February. Our team will outdo itself this year. |
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Saturday 23 February 2013 – ROAM Randonnée Rally |
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An SMCC ranking event is always a central part of the annual Cold Smoke Powder Festival at Nelson, BC. Whitewater hosts. So much snow last year that we lost half the course flags overnight. Info and registration, as it becomes available, here: www.coldsmokepowderfest.com |
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In partnership with the Alpine Club of Canada and the US Ski Mountaineering Association, Kicking Horse Mountain Resort will be hosting for the first time the North American Championships. This year, Gore-Tex will be presenting the event. Not just a race for the Elite athlete – this event is a bucket list occasion available to all competition categories and ability levels, with Individual course on the Saturday and Sprint / Relay fun on the Sunday. Ian Gale has designed and created one of the most challenging and scenic races on our calendar. Teaser video here: www.youtube.com |
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Saturday 23 March 2013 – KEN JONES CLASSIC |
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| Click here for race details | Read the report from 2013 Ken Jones Classic | ||
Complete the Registration Form 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. Always great prizing! This year will be an ‘assessment race’ for consideration as an ISMF World Cup event in 2014. Familiarize yourselves now! |
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More – USSMA, ISMF, the BIG CLASSIC |
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Don’t forget our sister hoedowns south of the border on the USSMA Calendar. Nor our Canadians who will be resident on the circuit in Europe for the whole winter. Let’s make this season a memorable one! |
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6 tips to get you ready for your first ski mountaineering race
| National Team 2013 | ||
The Canadian National Ski Mountaineering Competition Team was selected for 2013 based on interest, potential, and ranking over 2012 races, they are: |
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Reiner Thoni |
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Team training has been in progress for months, with dryland sessions, outings to The Pass, and employment (in vain effort to finance all of that travelling and racing). In this World Championships season, we will have a full team attending in Pelvoux FR, with several of the members planning extended European campaigns for the whole of the ISMF calendar. Track their results via http://www.ismf-ski.org or the good gossip on www.skintrack.com Thanks to team partners Rab and The Alpine Club of Canada for their help and donations to the cause. |
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Line up with rampaging locals, Canada's National Team and a whole bunch of backcountry fun hogs for an evening of short race events. These are for everyone who knows which side of their skins goes on the snow and are designed to party us into the big winter ahead. Let's get everyone's blood pumping. Wax 'em up and come on out!
Through the rest of the winter, the Canadian National Ski Mountaineering Cup will build momentum and enthusiasm with more events in Alberta and British Columbia.
Not only for our elite National-level skiers and competitive Open Category athletes, these international format races all share a strong connection to local community and enthusiasm. Each event will award prizes for ‘recreational’ or ‘introductory’ classes over a reduced course - perfect for those who like to keep the fun quotient high, or are new to ski mountaineering competition. All rules, race formats, and course descriptions will be posted at the event websites, listed above.
Register for SMCC races via the form at the top of this page. Information for each event can be found at the dedicated event websites as they come on-line over the next weeks.
If you are interested, but don’t know if you can – or want to – race, why not volunteer? Every race needs personnel for starts, finishes, time-keepers, photographers, and course marshals. Contact us. Many of our supporters and sponsors work as hard as the athletes to make the events successful. Many of our supporters and sponsors ARE the athletes.
The race series for 2013 is set and organized by groups led by the Alpine
Club of Canada, and run under slightly relaxed ISMF rules – a competition
format that highlights ski skills on both the ascent and the descent,
employing skins and Alpine Touring, Telemark, or split Snowboard gear.
Snowshoe categories are being considered as associated events. Competitors
carry necessary backcountry safety equipment such as avalanche transceivers,
probes, and shovels, as well as supplementary clothing and emergency
supplies over a course of more than 4000 feet of elevation gain and loss.
Numerous changes in terrain reward technique and versatility equally
with fitness and downhill ski skills.
Full result details, times, and current national rankings will become available on this website after each race. Rankings count toward the Canadian Cup championship and are considered when the National Ski Mountaineering Team is chosen each year.
Come out for the contest, the party with your friends, or just to learn more about this exciting and challenging new kind of ski racing. See you all at the races!
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David Dornian, Chair
Ski Mountaineering Competition Canada/ Competition de Ski Alpinisme Canada
The Alpine Club of Canada / Le Club Alpin du Canada
Media & direct enquiries:
Contact: David Dornian ddornian (at) agt.net
Phone: 1-403-969-9673
Contact: Ryan Johnstone ryan (at) ortovox.ca
Phone: 1-403-813-6495
Registration information:
Contact: Sheila Churchill at the ACC
Phone: 403 678 3200 ext. 108
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