Sylvan Ellefson (r) and Tad Elliott of Ski & Snowboard Club Vail/Team HomeGrown make their way up Hermod’s early in the men’s 30 k freestyle mass start at U.S. nationals at Soldier Hollow.

Lander Karath

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.