Tag: SkiMo

It’s the eve of the Grand Traverse, a classic backcountry skiing race from the bottom of Crested Butte Mountain Resort to the bottom of Aspen Mountain. The course travels the Elk Mountains Range with around 8,000 feet of climbing over 40 miles. As a sponsor of the Grand Traverse and fanatic of the sport, we asked UD ski mountaineering ambassadors for advice on how to…

“Skimo" - the word is now part of the ultrarunning lexicon. Killian has always done it, many ultra runners have taken it up, Mike Foote and Rob Krar are on their National Teams, it’s the coolest new thing … so what the heck is skimo anyway? Here is the best answer possible:  some of the top people in the sport will tell you all about it,…

by: Eric Carter Looking back in my training diary, it is interesting remembering some of my early-season training sessions and realizing that they feel like they were so long ago. We were incredibly lucky this season to have snowfall in early October. It wasn’t long before we were able to ski down to the valley and by the end of October, ski training was in…

Written by MAX TAAM Living in Aspen it's hard to not know about the Grand Traverse. I race the biggest skimo races in the world in Europe but when I am at home everyone is always asking about the Elk Mountain Grand Traverse. It's a one of kind race and on many Colorado (and beyond) residents bucket lists. The Elk Mountain Grand Traverse is a backcountry…

[caption id="attachment_2515" align="aligncenter" width="584"] Photo: Myke Hermsmeyer / @mykehphoto / mykejh.com[/caption] Well, that was worthwhile. It’s not like I’m realizing anything groundbreaking here—in fact, mountain and ultrarunners crossing over to skimo in the winter months is treading perilously close to the tipping point of being cliche—but holy shit, what an absolutely fantastic sport! If you like moving quickly and efficiently* in the mountains, this style and…