course
maps -
new for 2007
Individuals
Race - Saturday, March 17
- Start and finish at Alta.
- The bumps are back! Get your
technical skinning game on ‘cause it’s
not a Nordic race. For the Competitive division,
the first 1,200’ are through moguls as big
as yer Mama.
- Everyone gets The Boot. There
is a shared booting section for both Race & Rec
courses.
- The course is shorter, but more
technical.
- Navigation counts. Paying
attention and staying on track will be fastest.
New
for 2007 Individual Race Rules:
- Helmets are required for everyone.
- The end of the booting section
will have two finish variations – Direct & Daring
or Round-About & Relaxed. You can do
either one.
- Skis must be securely carried
on a backpack for the booting section.
- The existing rules still apply
(skis, skins, beacon, shovel, pass through all
control points, yield to overtaking skiers, be
a good sport).
Relay Race – Sunday,
March 18
This is the first Ski Mountaineering
Relay Race in America! Relay races are fun,
fast paced events consisting of teams of four racers. Each
racer does two laps on a short (450’ vertical)
course consisting of an uphill skinning section and
a downhill section through speed control gates. A
baton is passed between team members after two laps
and the first team to finish wins.
Relay Race
Rules
- Teams will consist of four people,
or which at least one must be of a different gender. (Cross
dressing does not count.) The race organizers
will assemble ad hoc teams if interested racers
don’t have organized teams. One team of less
than four racers will be allowed to race, but will
not scored. Everyone gets to race, including
anyone over 18 years old, husbands, wives, supporters,
pit crews, boyfriends, girlfriends, pros, hacks,
senior citizens, democrats, republicans and Canadians.
- All control gates must be passed
through.
- All racers must wear helmets
and use climbing skins for the ascents. No
beacons, shovels, probes or backpacks are required.
2007
PowderKeg - March 17, 2007
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