Posted by bmanthy on 1/23/2007 on bmanthy's blogHowdy everyone! I just completed my second race in the Colorado Ski Mountaineering Cup (COSMIC) series. If you are not from Europe, you are probably asking, "what is ski mountaineering?" Ski mountaineering is a sport that combines the techniques of skiing with those of mountaineering -- it's aerobic up hills, technical descents, and transitions involving attaching and removing climbing skins from the base of your skis.
This race ascended the Snowmass ski area in Aspen, traveled wicked back country terrain, then descended the double black diamond runs at the Buttermilk resort (also in Aspen). All told it was about 11 miles and 5000 feet of climbing. It took me about 4 hours.
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