Name: John Rauen Age: 26 Home Town: Yardley, PA Home Club/Team: N/A Sponsors: Arapahoe Basin Racing Accomplishments: Two top 20’s in 2025 WC Verticals Favorite US Skimo Race: Imperial Challenge in Breckenridge, CO Favorite Mantra: “Smiling shifts the effort” What inspires you? : Life is fragile and unpredictable. That’s all...
Name: Gwen Rudy Age: 31 Home Town: Leadville Colorado Home Club/Team: N/A Sponsors: N/A Racing Accomplishments: USA nationals – 2nd place relay, 2nd place sprint, 3 place vertical. Favorite US Skimo Race: Caldera burn Favorite Mantra: “Many little steps gets you there” What inspires you? : Being fit on any...
Name: Hali Hafeman Age: 33 Home Town: Evergreen, Colorado Home Club/Team: N/A Sponsors: N/A Racing Accomplishments: 2025: Nationals – 1st place Vertical & Mixed Relay; 2024: Nationals – 1st place Sprint & Vertical and 11th place at first World Cup Vertical in Andorra Favorite US Skimo Race;Wasatch Powderkeg & Vertfest...
My name is Bryce Ostermiller and this is my first season with the national team. I’m lucky to live in SLC where the skiing, hiking, mtn biking and trail running are epic and I’ve enjoyed great Skimo coaching for the past 2 years. I start my Jr year at west...
Tiernan Pittz is from Carbondale, CO, where he trains year-round on the Aspen Snowmass resorts and Sunlight Mountain. The 2024-25 season is his fourth season in competitive skimo, first year in the U20 category, and second year on the USSMA National Team. Tiernan’s favorite races on the National Cup calendar...
Though she grew up in the Bay Area, far from snow, Emmiliese got introduced to “uphill skiing” as a kid, during visits to see family in Austria. This early introduction to the sport involved heavy gear and a lot of sliding backward. At the time, Emmiliese didn’t understand the point...
Name: Arthur Whitehead Age : 29 Home Town: Frisco, Colorado Home Club/Team: N/A Sponsors: N/A Racing Accomplishments: Top ranked North American in the Sprint World Cup in 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons Favorite US Skimo Race: Lobo Loco/Wolf Creek Favorite Mantra: I eat ice cream every day
Name: Griff Briley Age: 19 Home Town: Park City, Utah Home Club/Team: Park City Skimo Sponsors: Atomic, ATK, Pierre Gignoux carbon ski boots Racing Accomplishments: 4x Junior World Champion Favorite US Skimo Race; Shoehorn, Montana Favorite Mantra: “all is possible” or “we arrive” What inspires you? : Adventure and Exploration of...
I first found Skimo after my fifth grade teacher who happened to be a world champion ski mountaineer, Nina Silitch, started a team and recommended the sport to me. I was humbled by my first race and decided to train much harder for the sport. I have raced Skimo for...
