The 50th Once-a-year Zions Financial institution Boulder Mountain Tour will get spot Saturday, Feb. 4, on the Harriman Trail. The to start with wave will get items started off at 10 a.m.
The area characteristics Environment Cup-caliber racers to cross-place fans who embrace the “Tour” factor of the 34km “Full Boulder” and the 15km 50 percent functions. All ages are welcome. Racers are divided by waves, such as Elite Men, and Elite Ladies, seeded by preceding race periods in the Tour or equivalent marathon-distance races.
“We have a industry of some of the very best skiers in the US as well as lots of returning and new faces, all completely ready for a fantastic day of snowboarding on an incredible program,” Chief of Start off Rick Kapala explained in a statement.
There are seven waves in the Complete Boulder. This 12 months, the in-man or woman race subject will be capped at 800 skiers for the full race and 200 skiers in the half.
Just after 50 yrs, Boulder Mountain Tour President Paddy McIlvoy claimed that the event has introduced the local community with each other with the really like of cross-country skiing and has produced Solar Valley into “Nordic Town United states.”
“This race was born from the incredible initiatives of passionate men and women who wanted to ski the most lovely mountain valleys on the planet,” McIlvoy said. “They manufactured this Nordic Town United states. We have experienced 50 good BMT’s so much I just can’t wait around to see how astounding the upcoming fifty are.”
Wolter is a graduate of Middlebury College, and recent member of the SVSEF Gold Staff. It is his first Boulder Mountain Tour.
No stranger to the Boulder, Mary Rose, 31, was runner-up to Leah Lange by .01 seconds in 2022. Rose was 3rd in 2017, her final year devoted to really serious racing as a member of the SVSEF Gold Group. That yr, she logged 12 best 10 finishes at the NorAm and Tremendous Tour degree and 5 podiums.
Numerous in the men’s top rated 10 are no strangers to the Harriman Trail. Jack Hegman, 3rd area in 2022, will dress in bib No. 2, followed by Nick Electricity in bib No. 3. Tucker McCrerey, Matt Gelso, Cole Morgan and 4-time Olympian Andy Newell are also envisioned to contend for robust finishes.
2019 champion Erika Bouquets is section of a broad-open up women’s occasion with earth-class rivals Annika Landis, Julie Davenport, Sarah Armstrong, Felicia Geisor, Alexa Turzian, Mariah Bredal, Hannah Russ and Jaime Bronga.
Publish-race, the BMT Block Occasion and Awards Bash will be from 5-7:30 p.m. at Ketchum Town Square. Food items and beverage vans, awards, songs are slated for the event. Raffle prizes include skis, boots, poles, garments, luggage, and schooling aids from sponsors and supporters. 
