The first ever “12 Hours of Snowbird,” an endurance ski/snowboarding event, took place on February 18, 2011 at Snowbird and began at 7 pm. The race ended at 7 am the following morning. That's right, an all-nighter competition for the benefit of the Friends of the Utah Avalanche Center. The 75 entrants skied and rode in a full moon, beginning their pace setting lap from Hidden Peak to the bottom of Gadzoom. Gadzoom was then used utilized from 7 p.m. until midnight. Between that time and 1 p.m., participants headed over to the Alpine Room in the Snowbird Center for check in and flaik tag exchange, and after 1 a.m. Peruvian Express was the designated lift until the end of the race, on Saturday morning at 7 a.m.
When the powder settled and as a new day dawned on the exhausted and sleep-deprived participants, Matt Mullin was declared the winner with 125,643 vertical feet skied, followed by Ski Utah's boss, Nathan Rafferty at a very close 125,532 feet. The Utah record, Dirk Beal and JF Lanvers established in 2011 at 112,750 was shattered and next year's event is likely to deliver even more vertical!INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Matt Mullin, 125,643
Nathan Rafferty, 125,532
Scott Berry, 124,587
TEAM RESULTS
Kuhl Guys – Andy Hunter & Willy Mueller, 251,315
Viice Skis – Sarah Scott & Nelson Fortier, 249,274
Team WELD – Trevor Marsh & Jordan Marsh, 247,150
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