2012 North American Ski Mountaineering Championship

The 2012 North American Ski Mountaineering Championship was the first edition of a North American Championship of Ski Mountaineering.

The 2012 Crested Butte Ski Mountaineering Race, supported by the United States Ski Mountaineering Association (USSMA), held in Colorado from 27 to 29 January 2012 was billed as the North American Championship of the International Ski Mountaineering Federation (ISMF). Participants were competition ski mountaineers from Canada and the United States.^[1] Some competitors from other continents (italic in the ranking lists below) also participated in the Crested Butte Ski Mountaineering Race events, but appear only in the World ranking and not in the North American Championship's ranking (abbreviated NAC in the lists below).^[2]

Results

Sprint race

Event held on January 28, 2012

List of the best 10 participants by gender:

Women

NAC	participant	total time	World
	Melanie Bernier	05' 39"
	Janelle Smiley	05' 57"
	Sari Anderson	06' 28"
––––––	Gemma Arró Ribot	06' 41"	4
4	Lyndsay Meyer	07' 11"	5
5	Julie Matteau	07' 14"	6
6	Stevie Kremer	07' 49"¹⁾	7
7	Jari Kirkland	08' 42"	8
8	Jen Gersbach	08' 53"¹⁾	9
9	Sarah Stubbe	09' 23"	10
10	Lindsay Plant	08' 42"	11

¹⁾ includes 5 penalty seconds

Men

NAC	participant	total time	World
––––––	Manfred Reichegger	04' 48"
	Reiner Thoni	05' 99"
––––––	Lorenzo Holzknecht	05' 10"
	Andrew McNab	05' 19"	4
––––––	Jan Koles	05' 24"	5
	Travis Scheefer	05' 27"	6
4	Andrew "Andy" Dorais	05' 36"	7
5	Marshall Thomson	05' 39"	8
6	Jared Inouye	05' 44"	9
7	Jon Brown	05' 53"	10
8	Brian Smith	05' 54"	11
9	Simon Gilna	05' 57"	12
10	Mike Schilling	05' 58"	13

Single race

Event held on January 29, 2012

List of the best 10 participants by gender:

Women

NAC	participant	total time	World
	Janelle Smiley	02h 39' 42"
	Sari Anderson	02h 44' 03"
	Stevie Kremer	03h 00' 24"¹⁾
––––––	Gemma Arró Ribot	03h 12' 24"	4
4	Melanie Bernier	03h 13' 51"	5
5	Jari Kirkland	03h 15' 52"	6
6	Julie Matteau	03h 36' 20"	7
7	Lindsay Plant	03h 46' 43"	8
8	Lyndsay Meyer	03h 50' 17"	9
9	Jen Gersbach	03h 52' 23"	10
10	Andrea Koenig	04h 20 58"	11

¹⁾ includes 1 penalty minute

Men

NAC	participant	total time	World
––––––	Manfred Reichegger	01h 58' 35"
––––––	Lorenzo Holzknecht	02h 02' 06"
	Reiner Thoni	02h 07' 38"
	Luke Nelson	02h 13' 32"	4
	Jason Dorais	02h 18' 20"	5
4	Marshall Thomson	02h 21' 04"	6
5	Jared Inouye	02h 23' 53"	7
6	Andrew McNab	02h 26' 55"	8
7	Travis Scheefer	02h 29' 45"	9
8	Andrew "Andy" Dorais	02h 28' 54"¹⁾	10
9	Jon Brown	02h 30' 47"	11
10	Brian Smith	02h 35' 05"	13²⁾

¹⁾ includes 1 penalty minute
²⁾ 12th in World ranking was the Slovakian runner Jan Koles.

Total Ranking

(total time of the sprint and the single races)^[2]

List of the best 10 teams by gender:

Women

NAC	team	sprint	single	total time	World
	Janelle Smiley	05' 57"	02h 39' 42"	02h 45' 39"
	Sari Anderson	06' 28"	02h 44' 03"	02h 50' 31"
	Stevie Kremer	07' 49"¹⁾	03h 00' 24"²⁾	03h 09' 14"
––––––	Gemma Arró Ribot	06' 41"	03h 12' 24"	03h 19' 05"	4
4	Melanie Bernier	05' 39"	03h 13' 51"	03h 19' 30"	5
5	Jari Kirkland	08' 42"	03h 15' 52"	03h 24' 35"	6
6	Julie Matteau	07' 14"	03h 36' 20"	03h 43' 34"	7
7	Lindsay Plant	09' 51"	03h 46' 43"	03h 56' 34"	8
8	Lyndsay Meyer	07' 11"	03h 50' 17"	03h 57' 27"	9
9	Jen Gersbach	08' 48"¹⁾	03h 52' 23"	04h 01' 16"	10
10	Andrea Koenig	10' 28"	04h 20 58"	04h 31' 27"	11

¹⁾ includes 5 penalty seconds
²⁾ includes 1 penalty minute

Men

NAC	team	sprint	single	total time	World
––––––	Manfred Reichegger	04' 48"	01h 58' 35"	02h 03' 22"
––––––	Lorenzo Holzknecht	05' 10"	02h 02' 06"	02h 07' 16"
	Reiner Thoni	05' 09"	02h 07' 38"	02h 12' 47"
	Luke Nelson	06' 39"	02h 13' 32"	02h 20' 11"	4
	Jason Dorais	06' 38"	02h 18' 20"	02h 24' 58"	5
4	Marshall Thomson	05' 39"	02h 21' 04"	02h 26' 43"	6
5	Jared Inouye	05' 44"	02h 23' 53"	02h 29' 37"	7
6	Andrew McNab	05' 19"	02h 26' 55"	02h 32' 14"	8
7	Travis Scheefer	05' 27"	02h 29' 45"	02h 35' 12"	9
8	Andrew "Andy" Dorais	05' 36"	02h 28' 54"¹⁾	02h 35' 30"	10
9	Jon Brown	05' 53"	02h 30' 47"	02h 36' 40"	11
10	Brian Smith	05' 54"	02h 35' 05"	02h 40' 59"	13²⁾

¹⁾ includes 1 penalty minute
²⁾ 12th in World total ranking was the Slovakian runner Jan Koles.

External links

US Ski Mountaineering National Championships, YouTube
Climbing the clouds Virtual exhibit of British Columbia mountaineering

References

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