WILMINGTON, N.Y. — Saturday’s Climb to the Castle was a success for both organizers and participants. Despite strong winds, the weather held and skiers were able to ski a challenging 5-mile climb on roads that had been paved just the day before. Take a look at our photo gallery to see the race for yourself.
The women’s start of the 2014 Climb to the Castle.
The women’s start of the 2014 Climb to the Castle.
The women’s start of the 2014 Climb to the Castle.
The men’s start of the 2014 Climb to the Castle.
The men’s start of the 2014 Climb to the Castle.
The men’s start of the 2014 Climb to the Castle.
Susan Dunklee (USBA) leads a chase pack of Annelies Cook (USBA), Jessie Diggins (USST/SMST2), Erika Flowers (SMST2), Katharine Ogden (SMS), Mary Rose (SVSEF), and Sophie Caldwell (USST/SMST2).
Susan Dunklee (USBA) leads a chase pack of Annelies Cook (USBA), Jessie Diggins (USST/SMST2), Erika Flowers (SMST2), Katharine Ogden (SMS), Mary Rose (SVSEF), and Sophie Caldwell (USST/SMST2).
Liz Stephen (USST/Burke) sporting pink lightening bolts on her socks as she rockets her way to her fourth Climb to the Castle win in four years.
Liz Stephen (USST/Burke) sporting pink lightening bolts on her socks as she rockets her way to her fourth Climb to the Castle win in four years.
Liz Stephen (USST/Burke) rockets her way to her fourth Climb to the Castle win in four years.
USST women’s coach Matt Whitcomb takes a picture as his athletes ski by in the 2014 Climb to the Castle.
The view from roughly three miles up the Whiteface Memorial Highway.
Caitlin Gregg (Team Gregg) en route to second place.
Caitlin Gregg (Team Gregg) en route to second place.
Erika Flowers (SMST2) leads the chase pack. She is followed by Annelies Cook (USBA), Jessie Diggins (USST/SMST2), Susan Dunklee (USBA), Katharine Ogden (SMS), and Mary Rose (SVSEF).
Erika Flowers (SMST2) leads the chase pack. She is followed by Annelies Cook (USBA), Jessie Diggins (USST/SMST2), Susan Dunklee (USBA), Katharine Ogden (SMS), and Mary Rose (SVSEF).
Erika Flowers (SMST2) leads the chase pack. She is followed by Annelies Cook (USBA), Jessie Diggins (USST/SMST2), Susan Dunklee (USBA), Katharine Ogden (SMS), and Mary Rose (SVSEF).
Erika Flowers (SMST2) leads the chase pack. She is followed by Annelies Cook (USBA), Jessie Diggins (USST/SMST2), Susan Dunklee (USBA), Katharine Ogden (SMS), and Mary Rose (SVSEF).
Sophie Caldwell (USST/SMST2) on her way to a ninth place finish.
Tim Burke (USBA) competing in the 2014 Climb to the Castle. He went on to win the race by over 40 seconds.
Tim Burke (USBA) competing in the 2014 Climb to the Castle. He went on to win the race by over 40 seconds.
Tim Burke (USBA) competing in the 2014 Climb to the Castle. He went on to win the race by over 40 seconds.
Russell Currier (USBA/MWSC) skiing to a second place finish.
Annie Pokorny (SMST2) earned a tenth place finish.
Andy Newell (USST/SMST2) just past the three-and-a-half mile marker. He finished fourth in the five mile climb.
Caitlin Gregg (Team Gregg) approaches the misty finish. She crossed the line in second position.
Caitlin Gregg (Team Gregg) approaches the misty finish. She crossed the line in second position.
Caitlin Gregg (Team Gregg) approaches the misty finish. She crossed the line in second position.
The finish was both misty and windy and the 2014 Climb to the Castle.
Erika Flowers (SMST2) finishes the 2014 Climb to the Castle in fourth place.
Erika Flowers (SMST2) finishes the 2014 Climb to the Castle in fourth place.
Erika Flowers (SMST2) finishes the 2014 Climb to the Castle in fourth place.
Mary Rose (SVSEF) and Russell Currier (USBA/MWSC) ski side by side into the finish.
Susan Dunklee (USBA) finishes in eighth position.
Welley Ramsey (MWSC) pushes to the finish to earn the last spot on the men’s podium.
Welley Ramsey (MWSC) pushes to the finish to earn the last spot on the men’s podium.
Lowell Bailey (USBA) crosses the line in fifth.
Ben Lustgarten (SVSEF) placed seventh.
Liz Stephen celebrates her win in the finish area of the 2014 Climb to the Castle. Stephen clocked her fastest climb yet despite a strong headwind and exhaustion from the U.S. Ski Team Lake Placid Training Camp.
Lander Karath is FasterSkier's Associate Editor from Bozeman, Montana and a Bridger Ski Foundation alumnus. Between his studies at Middlebury College in Vermont, he is an outdoor enthusiast and a political junkie.
