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Parsons Wins Whitefish Whiteout Ski Mountaineering Race
Kalispell skier conquers Big Mountain course
Niall Gleeson of Calgary and Joel Shehan of Kalispell hike up NBC at Whitefish Mountain Resort during the Whitefish Whiteout Ski Mountaineering Race on Jan. 21. - Photo by Jessica Downing/Whitefish Mountain Resort
Ben Parsons of Kalispell won the sixth annual Whitefish Whiteout at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Jan. 19.
Parsons conquered the course on Big Mountain in 1:26:57. The course featured four ascents and three descents totaling 4,800-vertical feet of skinning and skiing.
The event is based off the European Randonee tradition, where competitors skin up the slopes to the summit and then remove the skins and ski down.
Niki Kimball of Livingston won the women's division, clocking 2:00:46.
Here's a complete list of results.
Parsons conquered the course on Big Mountain in 1:26:57. The course featured four ascents and three descents totaling 4,800-vertical feet of skinning and skiing.
The event is based off the European Randonee tradition, where competitors skin up the slopes to the summit and then remove the skins and ski down.
Niki Kimball of Livingston won the women's division, clocking 2:00:46.
Here's a complete list of results.
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