On March 14th we completed another successful Powder Keg. With the new race venue and course, there was no shortage of work in getting everything ready.
We had another set of phenomenal sponsors this year. Brighton Ski Resort, Voile, Black Diamond, Bluehouse Skis, Backcountry Magazine, and Patagonia all stepped up as major sponsors. We had a full page add in Backcountry Magazine and tons of great prizes included 3 pair of skis, 3 bindings, 3 skins, 3 ski packs, and much more. We had over 100 items that we raffled off. We had around 130 registered racers and close to 120 started the race. We thought that we had put together a hard course, but Jared Inouye proced us wrong with a finishing time of under 2 hours. Next year we will need to make it harder!
As always, our volunteers were great. We had ~45 people on race day helping on the course and at the finish line. We also had 5 people helping set the course for the 3 days before the race. We had about 150 hours into course setting!
Check the wasatchpowderkeg.com website for photos and results.
Here are a few fun course setting photos
Droping the knee with 8 foot bamboom on your back.
Putting in the booter to Mt Millicent
And a couple race photos
The lead group of racers climbing up to the top of Millicent Express lift.
Scott and Sallie having fun at Checkpoint 11.
PCTV (Park City Television) also came up and put together a
short video about the race. It turned out real good.