Photos by Kevin Bruce, Courtesy of Wolf Creek Ski Area.
Wolf Creek Ski Area hosted the Easter Bunny Race on March 30 — the Final Fun Race of the series and season. There was a great turnout of 45 racers from around the area as well as Golden, Dallas and Austin. The course was groomed splendidly and the recent snowfall from earlier in the week as well as morning sunshine made for fun, soft conditions.
Colorado racers dominated the race with lightning fast speeds. The overall winner of the day, Cody Anderson from Windsor, came in with a race time of 25.32 and was the only racer in the men’s 26-30 group. Our second and third place finishers in the division were in the men’s 41-50 group & both hailed from Pagosa Springs. Justin Fay’s 27.49 race time was barely a second ahead of Matt Deguies’ 28.54 time making for a close finish in the group.
It was a strong race throughout the day and an honorable mention goes out to our boys 12-14 group skier, Rylan Soden of Pagosa Springs who was less than 3/10th of a second behind the 3rd place finisher with his time of 28.83 — way to go Rylan!
The Ladies race was also a fast one, with Girls 12-14 participant, Isabelle Ratcliff of Pagosa, finishing with a time of 26.81 – great job, Isabella. The Ladies 51-60 group was dominant, Michelle Kelble of Golden came in with a time of 28.67, with Lynn Robinson of College Station, TX right on her heels with a 30.61 time, finishing out the top three.
Wolf Creek Ski Area’s ski season is coming to a close, with April 7 being the closing date. But not all the fun is gone, we are hosting some great events this week, including Local Appreciation days for the remainder of the season and our “Super Fun”, Wolf Creek Ski Team Challenge Series Super-G race! The race will be Saturday, April 6 and will be located from the top to the bottom of Powder Puff. The race is open to skiers, boarders and telemark skiers in all age divisions.
Sign up will be at the Base Camp Lodge and sign up fees are based on age — check out the website, wolfcreekski.com for more information and we will see you for our Closing weekend – April 6 & 7.