Week 7 is coming fast.  At week 7, we have a lot of different awards.  See below how these awards are figured!

Team Awards
The team in each league with the most points accumulated after the last race is declared Champions of that league and awarded a team trophy.  Medallions are awarded to 1st , 2nd and 3rd  place team members, ribbons to 4th and 5th.  In the event of a tie, we will compare points of the 7th racer, then 8th, then 9th.  After the 9th racer we will go to bonus points.  Bonus points are determined by how much you get your medal by for your age and gender.

Individual Awards:
Members must have participated in at least 4 of 7 weekly races to qualify for individual awards such as Fastest and Most Improved of the league or for their team.

• Fastest of the team is based on your rated handicap (dropping the best and worse and averaging the remaining).
• Fastest of the league is based on the average of all the handicaps you earned for the season.
• Most Improved of the team and league is more subjective.  We try and look at point and percentage improvements.  We also look at participants who show a continued improvement throughout the season and who have had good attendance.
• Most Valuable of the league is based on medal average (Usually platinum racers), bonus, and attendance.  Only one person per league gets this award.

For Adult + Kids leagues, both kids and adults will be honored separately for Fastest and Most Improved of the league.  All age leagues will combine kids and adults for awards.  Most Valuable of the league will go to one person.  This could be an adult or kid.  It will not be separated out for kids and adults.

Divisions have been set for our Team Championships at Giants Ridge.  We still have some teams that are undecided.  Some teams will not have full teams of 10 and some divisions have quite a few duplicate racers.  So, the total amount of teams per division will not reflect the total amount of racers.

LIST BY DIVISION

DIVISIONS LIST OF ALL TEAMS

Running orders and seeding of teams in each division will come out after Week 7 racing is complete.

Saturday:  Divisions 1, 3, 5
Sunday:  Divisions 2, 4, 6
Race times coming soon.

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The Alpenhof’s history goes back to the very beginning of Teton Village, which in 1965 first established Jackson Hole as a big-mountain destination ski resort, with an aerial tram to the top of Rendezvous Mountain. Developer Paul McCollister envisaged a European-style village like Switzerland Verbier at the base of the mountain, with a half-dozen owner-occupied-and-operated lodges.

The Alpenhof is all that remains of McCollister’s original vision. The inn was built by the widely traveled New Jersey ski enthusiasts Dietrich and Anneliese Oberreit, who dreamed of running a lodge sensitive to their Swiss and Bavarian roots. Alpenhof opened in time for Christmas 1965 with 30 rooms –the first lodge in Teton Village. Over the next 20 years, the Oberreits added 10 more rooms and a ski shop. Peter Stiegler, brother of Teton ski school director Pepi Stiegler, served for a time as maitre d’hotel.

Alpenhof literally means mountain residence…in the case of Jackson Hole, a four-story magnification. Dominating the Alpenhof’s exterior are pitched roofs and balconies embellished with ornate balusters commonly seen on the classic hotels of Kitzbühel and Garmisch. Inside, the rooms are festooned with carved headboards, the bed tops puffed up with down comforters.

The Alpenhof is within walking distance of the Aerial Tram, Gondola and Teton Village Square.  The warm inviting atmosphere makes this an awesome place to stay!

The Alpenhof has partnered up with The Ski Challenge once again this year to offer our members a fabulous discount on rooms.  Go to the Ski Challenge Website for more information or look for the ad in this newsletter.

CLICK HERE FOR GREAT DEALS FOR SKI CHALLENGE MEMBERS

Jackson Hole Mountain Resort has been a long time Ski Challenge Sponsor.  They have hosted our December Race camp for many years and offer Ski Challenge members a great deal on lift tickets.

Jackson Hole opened to the public in 1964.  Before 1961, the area that would become the resort was the Crystal Springs Girl Scout Ranch. Paul McCollister purchased the ranch and formed the Jackson Hole Ski Corporation in 1963 with partners Alex Morley and Gordon Graham. Construction of the ski resort began a year later, and Apres Vous mountain opened with two double chairlifts. The original tram opened on July 31, 1966; carrying 52 people, it took 10.5 minutes to reach the summit elevation of 10,450 ft. The resort officially opened in December 1966.

1964 Olympic gold medalist Josef “Pepi” Stiegler of Austria was hired that same year as ski school director. Jackson Hole hosted World Cup ski races in 1967, 1970, and 1975.

Mountain Characteristics

• Terrain: 2 mountains, Apres Vous and Rendezvous
• 2,500 acres of in-bounds terrain
• Vertical drop of 4,139 feet
• Base elevation: 6,311 feet/1924 meters
• Summit elevation: 10,450 feet/3185 meters
• Uphill capacity: 17,833 skiers per hour
• Open backcountry gate system accesses over 3000+ acres

Runs

• 133 Named Trails on the map
• 50% expert
• 40% intermediate
• 10% beginner

Other fun facts

Jackson Hole Mountain Resort has the longest continuous vertical rise of any ski area in the U.S rising 4,139 feet from the valley floor to the top of Rendezvous Mountain! Grand Teton National Park was created in 1929 and greatly expanded in 1950 due to the determined efforts of John D. Rockefeller, who purchased and then donated a great deal of the land that is under protection today. Jackson Hole was originally named Jackson’s Hole for Davey Jackson, a mountain man who trapped in this area during the late 1800’s. “Hole” was a term used in that day to describe a high mountain valley.

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What are the Championships at Giants Ridge?

The Championships are fun filled weekend where all the teams from all 14 leagues come together to compete against each other.  This event is optional.  Teams compete in a division against other teams similar in ranking.  There are six divisions with Division 1 consisting of teams with the highest medal scores and Division 6 consisting of teams with the lowest medal scores.  It makes for a fun time where every level of team can have a chance to win their division.  All Team Division races will be held on Innsbruck.

Friday at Giants Ridge we have a practice available for those racers who just want to run gates before the races begin.  We also have an Innsbruck Open Team race.  This is a fun race that anyone can participate in, even if you aren’t a current Ski Challenge Member.  Teams consist of six racers.  Great prizes can be won!

New this year is a Helsinki Open Individual Race.  Since all team racing is now on Innsbruck, this gives racers who enjoy racing on Helsinki a chance to participate on a race on Helsinki.  This race will be open from 1-2 pm on Saturday and will be a “Jamm” format.  This means that between 1 and 2 pm you can race any time to get your two runs in.  Prizes for specific age groups will be awarded.  As well as an overall award.  More details to come.

For more information about all our weekend events and to register CLICK HERE

Team Photos are usually taken at the bottom of the race run between first and second runs.  Photos will be posted online for sharing or downloading by week 7.

We do our best to avoid the SIA show and Superbowl weekend.  Please encourage all of your team members to be present on Team Photo day.

BUCK HILL

• Monday – Week 5 – February 6
• Tuesday – Week 5 – February 7
• Wednesday DAY and PM – Week 5 – February 8
• Thursday – Week 5 – February 9
• Friday – Week 5 – February 10
• Saturday – Week 6 – February 11
• Sunday AM & PM – February 12

WILD MOUNTAIN

• Wednesday – Week 5 – February 8
• Friday – Week 5 – February 10
• Sunday AM & PM – Week 6 – February 12

This Saturday, January 21 Beginner Clinic is postponed due to the weather forecast and the many events scheduled at Buck Hill over the weekend.

The 3rd and last clinic will be held on Saturday, January 28 from 12-1 pm.  For more information on the Beginner / Try-it Clinic CLICK HERE

The Events Calendar on our website is temporarily down.  We will get it up and running as soon as the developer fixes the problem.

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The staff at Hoigaard’s has always been the key to their success. They love the outdoors like you do. Many of the Hoigaard’s staff participate in Ski Challenge themselves and can pass on their knowledge for equipment and tuning onto you.

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