Race Report: Albosaggia & Alpiniski World Cups

A little race analysis. On this quick trip to Europe, I managed to sneak in two World Cup races. The first in Albosaggia, Italy, and the second in Les Marecottes, Switzerland. The Italian race featured an Individual and a Sprint event. The Swiss race also served as the European Championships and so featured a Vertical,[…]

World Championships – Vertical

I qualified to race two of three possible races at the World Championships – the Vertical and the Teams. The vertical race is pretty far from actual ski mountaineering in it’s true sense however it is the race I was most likely to perform well in. Racers ascend moderate slopes (think blue groomed run) from[…]

Canadian Skimo Nationals

This weekend was the Canadian Skimo National Championships at Kicking Horse Resort in Golden BC. Last year it was a great event and I finished 2nd behind Scott Simmons. This year was a bit of a different story. The previous organizer took a step back so Stano and I took on the challenge of organizing[…]