Whitefish YSL competitors traveled to Great Divide Ski Area near Helena Montana for a 3 day tournament that contested Slalom, Giant Slalom and Kombi on Feb 19, 20 and 21.
The slalom, held on the Belmont Bowl course was a challenging event on a held on a cold and blustery day. The Whitefish group held well against the odds and Pixie Moore and Kristin Van Everen were 6th and 7th respectively in their age categories. Jacques Eve finished 13th giving up some ground in the first run and coming back strongly with a solid second run.
The GS, starting very near the top of the Belmont Bowl course offered much better weather conditions and Pixie Moore responded with a 6th in her age group followed closely by teammate Kristin Van Everen in 9th. Jacques Eve responded with a very near podium finish 4th place.
Monday the Kinder Kombi challenged the Whitefish bunch and they responded well to the challenge for some great results. The Kombi, a fairly new event combines the characteristics of Slalom and Giant Slalom. The one run nature of this race demands perfection combined with speed and truly rewards those who inspect the course with accuracy and execute well in that run.
Kristin Van Everen finished 6th in category, followed by Pixie Moore, 7th less than 3/10 of a second behind.
Colter Upton, from Whitefish, roasted his completion winning his age group by 5+ seconds. Upton’s time would have finished 2nd in the next age category.
The next stop on the YSL tour is a March 5, event at Discovery Mountain near Anaconda, MT. Discovery will host 2 Giant Slalom Races and their venue is considered to be one of the most interesting GS trails on the circuit.
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