Gasherbrum II ski Winner!

Congratulations to John Henson in winning the Gasherbrum II ski raffle. No doubt John will be running around at The Tour with the Gasherbrums on his feet.

A big thanks to everyone who supported SkiMoNZ and the 2010 NZ team that will race at the World Ski Mountaineering Champs in Andorra.

2009 'Burner

The 2008 CraigieBurner winner and organizer of the 2008 Ohau Backcountry Blast, DuncanSherratt, will be organizing the '09 Burner.

The word from Duncan-

"The Scarpa Craigieburner ski mountaineering race will be taking place this year on the 5^th of September at Craigieburn Valley Ski Area. As the oldest race of it’s kind in New Zealand it is certainly unique. Competitors will have the chance to use the lifts or their own steam to race around the mountain. It is

essentially a day’s ski touring or club field skiing condensed into

about 1-2 hours. The event has a really good vibe as only you could get at a club ski field in New Zealand.

Gary Mac getting his Burn on

We’re again lucky to have awesome support from Scarpa, Marmot and Craigieburn Valley. Scarpa have generously offered two pairs of Scarpa ski boots for prizes. As they say you have to be into win so we hope to see you all there on the 5th of September. The ski boots will be given away as spot prizes. So all the more reason to turn up and ski quite quickly (up and down).

The scene at the finish line of the '08 Burner

The race will be kicking off at 10am. We’ll be up there from 8.30am taking registrations. We’ll have a few beers and laugh about the day later on in Koroheke Lodge.If you have any questions about the event check the blog, www.craigieburner09.blogspot.com. The blog will be updated with information, course details and entry information closer to the event."

Cheers Duncan

THE TOUR- entry open!

Entry for The Tour Backcountry Ski Race is now open!

Click HERE for the entry form.

Expect the young fellow in the white & red suit in the photo above to be near the front of the pack at The Tour