Wy’easter Skimo Race Recap
We had all-time conditions for this year’s Wy’easter Skimo series on Mt. Hood. A storm system moved in Thursday evening, dropping 2-feet of cold snow, which made for very exciting race conditions. A huge shoutout to everyone that helped set the courses and keep the skin track in tip top shape. Saturday’s Vertical race at Timberline Lodge was no easy feat, with a few inches of fresh snow falling just before the start. The following day our Individual race at Mt. Hood SkiBowl featured a brand new course and gave racers a full tour of some of the best terrain SkiBowl has to offer. Great job to everyone and a great wrap up to our regular season of racing!
WANTED —YOU!
To volunteer at Kulshan Randonnée!
Now that our regular resort based skimo season is complete, all energy is focused on creating our ultimate PNW ski mountaineering race, the Kulshan Randonnée. Team spots are slowly disappearing (down to only 6 spots available!), but we also really, really need volunteers. Anyone who has helped out behind the scenes at an event of this scale can testify that volunteering is arguably more fun that actually racing! And you might even get to ride on a snowmobile.
Below is a short summary of positions we will need volunteers. Click on the button below to find out more details on all the positions and also to sign up. Come out and help make this race happen!
Thurs, 5/4: Course Setup Crew (skiing around putting flags out with assistance from snowmobilers. Need to be able to tour)
Frid, 5/5: Skills Check Off (In Concrete, manning skill stations and check in. Familiarity with glacial setups is helpful.)
Sat, 5/6: Checkpoints (Volunteers needed to man checkpoints, provide racer accountability/support. Need to be able to tour/snowshoe into position but might be able to have snowmobile transportation assistance.)
The two dudes behind Wy’easter Skimo Race, Matt Hasenohr and Eric Schmidgall
Meet Our Team
Have you wondered what all goes into organizing a skimo race? A lot! Creating a fun, challenging, and safe course, coordinating with resort staff and ski patrol, teaming up with brand partners, and then dealing with everything Mother Nature throws at you (a lot this season!) while trying to set a skintrack! Thankfully we have a super solid team of individuals who love putting these on. It takes a village to make these races happen, and we are all volunteers who are devoting our free time to helping our new nonprofit Skimo Northwest a success. Click below to learn more about our team and shoot us a note if you are interested in taking more of an active role in the organization.
