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CraigieBurnerCraigieBURNER went off well this past Saturday. Due to 50cm of new snow in the days leading up to the race the course had to be greatly modified, which unfortunately meant the ski into Allen's Basin and climb up Broken River and back to Hamilton Peak was not included. Instead racers climbed the steep terrain on the skiers left of Craigieburn's 3 ski tows. The climb included around 50 kick turns and 2 small boot pack sections!

Clear skies, strong winds, slick skin tracks and steep skiing all made for an excellent final race of the SCARPA ski mountaineering race series, the Marmot CraigieBurner on the 15th of September.
As most are aware the CraigieBurner, a race between Craigieburn and Broken River ski areas that uses the tows to gain vertical is a regular fixture in mid September. This year seen the return of the “Classic Burner” as well as a new “Race” division that used no tows to gain the vert.

Looks like finally we might get some good weather for a race, Saturdays weather is looking good at this stage.
A few changes from what was earlier posted on the CraigieBurner page a few months ago.