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Wednesday Workout: Simi Hamilton’s 10’000 Foot View of Fun

Jason AlbertNovember 14, 2018

This post in our long-running Wednesday Workout series takes the 10,000-foot view — almost literally. The nuts and bolts of it are this: we’re posting Simi Hamilton’s training log from Monday, April, 3oth thru Saturday, June 9th. Hamilton needs no introduction to FasterSkier readers. In any case, here are Hamilton’s basics. Thirty-one-year-old sprint specialist who popped a 12th last season in Seefeld, Austria in a loaded 15-kilometer mass start freestyle. The seventeenth ranked sprinter on...

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Wednesday Workout: Redefining Endurance with Joe Howdyshell

Gabby NaranjaJune 21, 2017

You name it and Joe Howdyshell, director and founder of U.S. Ski Mountaineering national team. An average workweek for Howdyshell entails 40-60 hours for the SEA and another four to five hours for his national team coaching duties. His introduction to the U.S. Ski Mountaineering position and sport itself was in large part due to his background in cross-country skiing: he’s been nordic skiing since the age of 12, and he was previously head coach of the Summit Nordic Ski Club prior to...

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Liz ‘Hill’ Stephen Plans Her Foray Into Skimo

Harald ZimmerApril 1, 2017

Liz Stephen has made a name for herself as one of the best uphill climbers in the world on the cross-country World Cup circuit, frequently achieving her best performances of the season in the final stage of the Tour de Ski up the grueling Alpe Cermis climb on a ski slope in Italy. She placed second for the time of day up the climb again this year, her fourth time to do so. “I want...

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From Skinny Skis to Ski-Mo: Josh Smullin Goes Big on Verbier Haute Route

Jason AlbertMay 16, 2016

Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club coach Josh Smullin mixed it up at the end of the race season this March and ventured to Chamonix, France, where he took himself out of his comfort zone and into a ski mountaineer's dream trip along the Verbier Haute Route.

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Grand Traverse’s Fabled ‘Nordic Guys,’ Koons and Mallory Notch Fifth

Alex KochonApril 4, 20133

While most of the top contenders in the 2013 Elk Mountain Grand Traverse last Saturday ascended the point-to-point trek on backcountry racing gear, Ben Koons and Linden Mallory toughed it out on nordic skis. They finished fifth, the best result by two Aspen skiers in the race's 16-year history.

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First American to Win Ski Mountaineering Gold, Silitch Preps for Winter

Alex KochonSeptember 19, 20121

In late May, weeks after Nina Silitch finished her last race of the season, loads of her ski-mountaineering equipment still occupied more than half the space in her bedroom. Her husband, Michael, couldn’t understand why, after six months on the World Cup and international circuit, she wasn’t ready put it away. At 39, Silitch was coming off a career-best season in most respects – she became the first American to earn World Cup gold in...