{"id":1306090,"date":"2019-03-19T11:41:15","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T17:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vaildaily.com\/?p=451583"},"modified":"2019-03-19T11:41:15","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T17:41:15","slug":"70k-in-one-day-how-this-snowboarder-hit-70000-vertical-feet-at-beaver-creek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/70k-in-one-day-how-this-snowboarder-hit-70000-vertical-feet-at-beaver-creek\/","title":{"rendered":"70K in one day: How this snowboarder hit 70,000 vertical feet at Beaver Creek"},"content":{"rendered":"

What:<\/strong> 70,848 vertical feet snowboarded in one day<\/p>\n

When:<\/strong> Friday, March 15<\/p>\n

Where:<\/strong> Beaver Creek Mountain<\/p>\n

Why<\/h2>\n
Day 102 on the season was a big one for the Vail Daily\u2019s Ross Leonhart, hitting 70,000 vertical feet on the EpicMix app.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I have always wanted to see how much vertical feet I could put up in a day at Beaver Creek. After snowboarding 101 days this season, I was looking for a way to keep things interesting heading into spring skiing. Previously, my most vert was around 30,000 \u2014 never full days. To be honest, why not go for it?<\/p>\n

I had the day off, no one to ride with and was on my own time.<\/p>\n

How<\/h2>\n

I started right at 8:30 a.m. For the first hour or so, I hit the Centennial Express chairlift five times (2,102), lapping a groomed Willy’s Face that is my favorite run on the mountain \u2014 also one of Mikaela Shiffrin’s favorites<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Birds of Prey chairlift nets you the most vertical feet on the mountain (2,159), so my plan was to spend the rest of the day over there.<\/p>\n

With 10,500 vert and the sun still coming up, I dropped over Red Tail trail heading for Birds of Prey. Outside of a 40-minute break for lunch at Talon’s, I proceeded to hit Birds of Prey \u2026 26 times in a row.<\/p>\n

Lapping the area became kind of a blur, but with spring breakers in town, I enjoyed riding the chairlift and making small talk with strangers. And when I scored the occasional solo chair, I embraced my time alone.<\/p>\n

Red Tail was really the only thing groomed top-to-bottom off Birds of Prey, so I decided to alternate between cruising underneath Cinch to Red Tail, hitting a fun tree run under Birds of Prey or cleaning up some leftover snow on Peregrine and Goshawk.<\/p>\n

When Birds of Prey closed at 3:30 p.m., I went back to Centennial for two more laps, catching my last lift at 3:52 p.m.<\/p>\n

I’ve been telling people that while I think I’m a good snowboarder, I’m not anything special \u2014 I just like to go fast. I think a lot of people could put up 70,000 in a day or more if they wanted to. I just happened to have the patience to do it, and seven and a half hours to kill by myself.<\/p>\n

By the numbers<\/h2>\n

33:<\/strong> Total chairlifts (26 Birds of Prey; 7 Centennial Express)<\/p>\n

8:30 a.m.:<\/strong> First ride up<\/p>\n

70,848:<\/strong> Total vertical feet<\/p>\n

2,159:<\/strong> Vertical feet from Birds of Prey chairlift<\/p>\n

To get to 70,000 vert, the Vail Daily\u2019s Ross Leonhart hit the Birds of Prey chairlift 26 times in a row, as well as seven rides on Centennial Express.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

EpicMix Pins<\/h2>\n

Livin’ on a Prayer:<\/strong> Earned for riding Birds of Prey 4 times in a row<\/p>\n

Creature of Habit:<\/strong> Earned for hitting the same lift 10 times in a row on the same day<\/p>\n

Millionaire:<\/strong> Earned for covering 1,000,000 feet this season.<\/p>\n

Assistant editor Ross Leonhart can be reached at 970-748-2984 and rleonhart@vaildaily.com<\/a>. Follow him on Instagram at colorado_livin_on_the_hill<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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