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UPDATE 1/14 3:30PM – EVENT IS CANCELED! Due to sketchy traffic due to the storm, Hitomi is canceling the event tonight. There will be more ladies’ nights though!

Let’s gather to skin up Brighton Tuesday January 14th at 6 PM! This is a voluntary, low-key event and the first timers are welcome. We will stay on piste only. We plan to have a social time after a little workout!

If you are the first timer and need to rent gear, please contact Hitomi at 801-897-4070. You can get free demo skis from Skimo.co for the women’s night, you just need to have boots. If you need to rent boots as well, Skimo.co has rental boots for $30 (quantities are limited).

Let’s meet at Brighton center (main ticket counter building) 1st floor at 6:00pm. For anyone needing gear, let’s meet at the Skimo.co shop: 2477 E Fort Union Blvd Salt Lake City, UT  84121 at 4:30pm. Please call or text Hitomi by Monday 1/13 if you need gear!

Since this event is NOT an official Utah Skimo event, all participants will be attending at their own risk.

Tuesday night is coming so its time to go run around in the dark again! This week is a points based circuit. There is a small loop, which is easier but worth fewer points and a big loop worth more points. The bigger loop will be longer and have off-piste skiing. This is a choose-your-own-adventure, which means pick up as many points as you can in hour by doing whatever loops you want. Start and finish will be at the bottom of the Great Western chair. Start time is promptly at 7pm.

A couple of reminders:

1. Helmet and Headlamp are mandatory.
2. Sign both the waiver for Brighton and the Utah Skimo waivers for either adults or  kids before you come up for faster check-in.
3. If you have not bought a membership do it now and support the series and Utah Skimo! You can even pay for the one night online and not worry about bringing cash. 
4. Please park at Milli chalet and walk over to GW chair for the start.

This week we will be going inside at Alpine Rose for a raffle and food. Brighton is hosting us for free so show your gratitude by coming up to the Rose and buying some food and beverages. We have some great raffle prizes from our sponsors. You do not want to miss this!

Check out all the swag Utah Skimo has to give away! The gargantuan pile of gear in the photo will be given away after the races this season. Come out to the race next Tuesday (1/7) at 7:00pm and stick around for the raffle afterward. You’ll have a chance to win some fantastic products from Dynafit, Smith, Ascend Nutrition, Voile, Ortovox, Julbo, Uphill Athlete, Baabuk, Skimo.co as well as massages by Jenna Baker.

So many thanks to our sponsors for hooking up all this good stuff!

Time to get your spandex dusted off, charge your batteries, and come run around in the dark on your skis! Tuesday’s race will start and end at the bottom of the Great Western chair at Brighton Resort.

The course will consist of a climb up to Elk Park ridge with a short ski down the face, then another short skin and end with a ripper of a downhill down a groomer back to the bottom. The course will be 670 feet per lap. Folks on race gear will do three laps while folks with other gear will do two laps of the course.

Race will start promptly 7pm. Remember a helmet and headlamp are mandatory because we race on unlit portions of the mountain. NO EXCEPTIONS! 

A few reminders for the season: EVERYONE needs to have signed BOTH the Utah skimo waiver and Brighton waiver. Please sign them before you come up to Brighton to make check in faster for you and our volunteers. Also, make sure to park by the Milly Chalet and walk across the parking lot to Great Western. Remember – sign BOTH waivers!

We have partnered with Black Diamond to kick off the season with a killer raffle. How it works: 1. Sign up with a membership for the 19/20 season, 2. Follow both utahskimo and blackdiamond_snow on Instagram, 3. Come race on Tuesday night. Winners will be announced on Instagram. Black Diamond will also have a van with all sorts of cool toys to demo. Make sure you leave enough time to if you want to demo gear before the start.

See you up there!

Our first race is happening next Tuesday 12/10 at 7pm and we still need a few good women and men to make it happen.

Do you like to run around in the woods on skis with your friends and do things like boot up slopes and set skin tracks? Of course you do, why else would you be coming to the skimo race?!

Check out the sign up sheet and see if there is a job on there that you could do. See you at the race!

Get the Crowbar backcountry skimo race on your calendars – its happening once again this year.

The race will be held Saturday, February 8th in beautiful Logan Canyon at the Swan Flat trailhead. The race starts early, and parking is limited but there checkout the carpool arrangements here.

This race is always a wild and wooly affair, and you’re guaranteed a big day in the backcountry. See you there!

Updated Date: Tuesday, December 3rd at 6:00 PM

From Hitomi: Need excuse to get up off the couch? Need buddies to protect you from wild animals? 

Let’s gather to skin up Brighton Tuesday December 3rd at 6 PM! This is a low-key event and the first timers are welcome. We will stay on piste only. This is a voluntary event!

If you are the first timer and need to rent gear, please contact Hitomi at 801-897-4070. You can get free rental skis from Skimo.co for the women’s night, you just need to have boots. If you need to rent boots as well, Skimo.co has rental boots as well for $30 (quantities are limited).

Let’s meet at Brighton center (main ticket counter building) 1st floor at 6:00pm. For anyone needing gear, let’s meet at the Skimo.co shop: 2477 E Fort Union Blvd Salt Lake City, UT  84121 at 4:30pm. Please call or text me by Monday 12/2 if you need gear!

Since this event is NOT an official Utah Skimo event, all participants will be attending at their own risk.

We’ve gotten approval from Brighton to hold races there again this winter. Here are the dates:

• December 10th
• January 7th
• January 21st
• February 4th
• February 18th
• March 3rd

Many thanks to Eric Bunce for making this happen! We’re currently searching for sponsors for the post-race swag, as well as volunteers to help put the races on. Sign up here. Keep training and getting stoked because the races will be here soon!

If your weary powder legs can handle a little more vert, we have one more race for you this Tuesday night 3/5. This week’s course will have 2 loops for you to ski around for a points-based race. The race will start at the first big flat area as you are heading up the Great Western lift. The right hand loop will be punchy while the left hand loop will be a little longer and feature more off-trail skiing. See how many points as you can rack up in an hour.

Please remember to park at Milly Chalet and walk over to check in near the base of a Great Western lift. The start will take about 10-15 minutes to skin to so allow your self some extra time. Start time is 7pm sharp!

As always, there will be prizes and a raffle at Alpine Rose afterwards. You don’t want to miss this one; we will be raffling off a pair of Dynafit Speedfit 84 skis!

Make sure you park over by Milly chalet and that you have signed the waiver for Brighton and the Utah Skimo waivers for either adults or  kids.  While you’re at it, become a member. If you want to pay for just one night ($15) you can either pay online before or at the check-in tent. Please bring exact change. The race starts promptly at 7. Don’t forget your helmet and headlamp!

This week we will be back on Western where we have a shorter multi loop course. We will do two “dog ear” loops which will equal 1 lap. The race is any many laps as you can do in the hour. Afterwards, we will be going to Alpine rose for food and awards. It s going to be a cold one so bring extra skins and layers.

Make sure you park over by Milly chalet and that you have signed the waiver for Brighton and the Utah Skimo waivers for either adults or  kids.  While you’re at it, become a member. If you want to pay for just one night ($15) you can either pay online before or at the check-in tent. Please bring exact change. The race starts promptly at 7. Don’t forget your helmet and headlamp!