I grew up in Buena Vista, CO. I’ve been playing in the mountains my entire life; through running, skiing, and climbing I continue to explore high alpine terrain as much as possible. This is my fourth season competing in ski mountaineering. Coming from a ski touring/running background it has been...

Kelly is a mountain athlete based out of Ophir, Colorado. She has been competing nationally and internationally in Sky and Ultra running disciplines since 2016. From the desert of Phoenix, Arizona originally, it took some time for her to adopt a winter sport. Tired of running through winter in a...

Maria is a three time Olympian in the sport of Long Track Speedskating who decided to get serious about Skimo racing the winter of 2023-24. Some of the highlights of that season were becoming US and North American Champion in the Individual race at the Wasatch PowderKeg  and placing 16th...

Sienna Petersen is entering her 5th year skimo racing for the Silverfork Skimo Team in Utah, and 2nd year on the National Team. She has raced two Youth World Cups in previous seasons. Sienna is currently racing as a second year U18 and is anxiously training for the World Championships...

My name is McCall Birkinshaw. I am from Salt Lake City, Utah, and have been fortunate to ski in the Wasatch Mountains my whole life. I have been an athlete on the U.S. Ski Mountaineering National Team for 2 years. Around 7 years ago, I fell in love with skimo...

Hi, I’m John Rauen, and I live in Breckenridge, CO. I discovered skimo after college, and I was immediately hooked. My first race was a total struggle—during the event, I lost both of my skins and couldn’t get them restuck, so I ended up running the course with my skis...