{"id":794368,"date":"2019-03-31T16:24:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-31T22:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/smith-kelly-win-grand-traverse-ski-mountaineering-race-brecks-larochelle-zander-take-womens-race\/"},"modified":"2019-03-31T16:24:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-31T22:24:00","slug":"smith-kelly-win-grand-traverse-ski-mountaineering-race-brecks-larochelle-zander-take-womens-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/smith-kelly-win-grand-traverse-ski-mountaineering-race-brecks-larochelle-zander-take-womens-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Smith, Kelly win Grand Traverse ski mountaineering race; Breck\u2019s LaRochelle, Zander take women\u2019s race"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery\" readability=\"6.9664825046041\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-363812-427\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Anna Stonehouse \/ The Aspen Times | Grand Traverse team members Eric Broecker and Kurt Sorensen from Frisco transition at the last check point on Saturday at the top of Aspen Mountain.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"6.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Traverse team members Eric Broecker and Kurt Sorensen from Frisco transition at the last check point on Saturday at the top of Aspen Mountain.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Grand Traverse team members Eric Broecker and Kurt Sorensen from Frisco transition at the last check point on Saturday at the top of Aspen Mountain.<\/strong><br \/>Anna Stonehouse \/ The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Dean Krakel | At exactly midnight Friday, participants in the Grand Traverse ski race between Crested Butte and Aspen start the 40-mile long race across the West Elk Mountains.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"7\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-1.jpg\" alt=\"At exactly midnight Friday, participants in the Grand Traverse ski race between Crested Butte and Aspen start the 40-mile long race across the West Elk Mountains.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>At exactly midnight Friday, participants in the Grand Traverse ski race between Crested Butte and Aspen start the 40-mile long race across the West Elk Mountains.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Dean Krakel<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Anna Stonehouse \/ The Aspen Times | Cam Smith fist bumps Tyler Newton, center, after Newton and partner Scott Archer, left, finished the Grand Traverse race in fourth Saturday morning in Aspen. Cam Smith and his partner Rory Kelly took first overall.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"9\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-2.jpg\" alt=\"Cam Smith fist bumps Tyler Newton, center, after Newton and partner Scott Archer, left, finished the Grand Traverse race in fourth Saturday morning in Aspen. Cam Smith and his partner Rory Kelly took first overall.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"13\">\n<p><strong>Cam Smith fist bumps Tyler Newton, center, after Newton and partner Scott Archer, left, finished the Grand Traverse race in fourth Saturday morning in Aspen. Cam Smith and his partner Rory Kelly took first overall.<\/strong><br \/>Anna Stonehouse \/ The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-3-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-3.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Dean Krakel | Racers line up for an avalanche beacon check in the Ballroom of the Lodge at Mountaineer Square during the mandatory pre-start beacon check and Spot distribution before the start of the Grand Traverse ski race between Crested Butte and Aspen on Friday.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"7\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-3.jpg\" alt=\"Racers line up for an avalanche beacon check in the Ballroom of the Lodge at Mountaineer Square during the mandatory pre-start beacon check and Spot distribution before the start of the Grand Traverse ski race between Crested Butte and Aspen on Friday.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Racers line up for an avalanche beacon check in the Ballroom of the Lodge at Mountaineer Square during the mandatory pre-start beacon check and Spot distribution before the start of the Grand Traverse ski race between Crested Butte and Aspen on Friday.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Dean Krakel<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-4-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-4.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Dean Krakel | The names of Owen Green of Aspen and Michael Goerne of Carbondale were printed on the bibs of racers participating in the Grand Traverse ski race between Crested Butte and Aspen. Green and Goerne were killed in an avalanche on Death Pass in February while training for the 40-mile race.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"7.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-4.jpg\" alt=\"The names of Owen Green of Aspen and Michael Goerne of Carbondale were printed on the bibs of racers participating in the Grand Traverse ski race between Crested Butte and Aspen. Green and Goerne were killed in an avalanche on Death Pass in February while training for the 40-mile race.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><strong>The names of Owen Green of Aspen and Michael Goerne of Carbondale were printed on the bibs of racers participating in the Grand Traverse ski race between Crested Butte and Aspen. Green and Goerne were killed in an avalanche on Death Pass in February while training for the 40-mile race.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Dean Krakel<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-5-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-5.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Dean Krakel | The names of Owen Green of Aspen and Michael Goerne of Carbondale were printed on the bibs of racers participating in the Grand Traverse ski race between Crested Butte and Aspen. Green and Goerne were killed in an avalanche on Death Pass in February while training for the 40-mile race.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"7.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-5.jpg\" alt=\"The names of Owen Green of Aspen and Michael Goerne of Carbondale were printed on the bibs of racers participating in the Grand Traverse ski race between Crested Butte and Aspen. Green and Goerne were killed in an avalanche on Death Pass in February while training for the 40-mile race.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><strong>The names of Owen Green of Aspen and Michael Goerne of Carbondale were printed on the bibs of racers participating in the Grand Traverse ski race between Crested Butte and Aspen. Green and Goerne were killed in an avalanche on Death Pass in February while training for the 40-mile race.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Dean Krakel<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-6-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-6.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Dean Krakel | Racers get ready at the base of Crested Butte Mountain Resort in Crested Butte before the start of the Grand Traverse ski race between Crested Butte and Aspen on Friday.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"6.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-6.jpg\" alt=\"Racers get ready at the base of Crested Butte Mountain Resort in Crested Butte before the start of the Grand Traverse ski race between Crested Butte and Aspen on Friday.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Racers get ready at the base of Crested Butte Mountain Resort in Crested Butte before the start of the Grand Traverse ski race between Crested Butte and Aspen on Friday.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Dean Krakel<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-7-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-7.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Anna Stonehouse \/ The Aspen Times | Rose Abello of Snowmass Tourism hands Grand Traverse racer Thomas Jaussi a piece of banana bread at the last checkpoint of the race from Crested Butte to Aspen on Saturday morning. The Snowmass Tourism team put the station together to honor their coworker, Owen Green, and also his race partner Michael Goerne that passed away earlier this season training for this race. Green always enjoyed his banana bread with a view according to his coworkers.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"8.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-7.jpg\" alt=\"Rose Abello of Snowmass Tourism hands Grand Traverse racer Thomas Jaussi a piece of banana bread at the last checkpoint of the race from Crested Butte to Aspen on Saturday morning. The Snowmass Tourism team put the station together to honor their coworker, Owen Green, and also his race partner Michael Goerne that passed away earlier this season training for this race. Green always enjoyed his banana bread with a view according to his coworkers.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"12\">\n<p><strong>Rose Abello of Snowmass Tourism hands Grand Traverse racer Thomas Jaussi a piece of banana bread at the last checkpoint of the race from Crested Butte to Aspen on Saturday morning. The Snowmass Tourism team put the station together to honor their coworker, Owen Green, and also his race partner Michael Goerne that passed away earlier this season training for this race. Green always enjoyed his banana bread with a view according to his coworkers.<\/strong><br \/>Anna Stonehouse \/ The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-8-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-8.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Anna Stonehouse \/ The Aspen Times | Julie Harding of Snowmass Tourism hands Grand Traverse racer Jeff Wanner a piece of banana bread at the last checkpoint of the race from Crested Butte to Aspen on Saturday morning. The Snowmass Tourism team put the station together to honor their coworker, Owen Green, and also his race partner Michael Goerne that passed away earlier this season training for this race. Green always enjoyed his banana bread with a view according to his coworkers.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"8.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-8.jpg\" alt=\"Julie Harding of Snowmass Tourism hands Grand Traverse racer Jeff Wanner a piece of banana bread at the last checkpoint of the race from Crested Butte to Aspen on Saturday morning. The Snowmass Tourism team put the station together to honor their coworker, Owen Green, and also his race partner Michael Goerne that passed away earlier this season training for this race. Green always enjoyed his banana bread with a view according to his coworkers.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"12\">\n<p><strong>Julie Harding of Snowmass Tourism hands Grand Traverse racer Jeff Wanner a piece of banana bread at the last checkpoint of the race from Crested Butte to Aspen on Saturday morning. The Snowmass Tourism team put the station together to honor their coworker, Owen Green, and also his race partner Michael Goerne that passed away earlier this season training for this race. Green always enjoyed his banana bread with a view according to his coworkers.<\/strong><br \/>Anna Stonehouse \/ The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-9-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-9.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Anna Stonehouse \/ The Aspen Times | Roaring Fork Valley locals Tyler Newton, right, and his race partner Scott Archer, finished the Grand Traverse race in fourth Saturday morning in Aspen.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"8\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-9.jpg\" alt=\"Roaring Fork Valley locals Tyler Newton, right, and his race partner Scott Archer, finished the Grand Traverse race in fourth Saturday morning in Aspen.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"11\">\n<p><strong>Roaring Fork Valley locals Tyler Newton, right, and his race partner Scott Archer, finished the Grand Traverse race in fourth Saturday morning in Aspen.<\/strong><br \/>Anna Stonehouse \/ The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-10-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-10.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Anna Stonehouse \/ The Aspen Times | Ross Herr, right, and Eric Sullivan share a laugh at the base of Ajax after completing the Grand Traverse on Saturday morning.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"7.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-10.jpg\" alt=\"Ross Herr, right, and Eric Sullivan share a laugh at the base of Ajax after completing the Grand Traverse on Saturday morning.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><strong>Ross Herr, right, and Eric Sullivan share a laugh at the base of Ajax after completing the Grand Traverse on Saturday morning.<\/strong><br \/>Anna Stonehouse \/ The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-11-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-11.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Anna Stonehouse \/ The Aspen Times | The Snowmass Tourism team cheers on a racer Saturday morning at the last checkpoint for the Grand Traverse. The Snowmass Tourism team put the station together to honor their coworker, Owen Green, and also his race partner Michael Goerne that passed away earlier this season training for this race. Green always enjoyed his banana bread with a view according to his coworkers.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"8.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-11.jpg\" alt=\"The Snowmass Tourism team cheers on a racer Saturday morning at the last checkpoint for the Grand Traverse. The Snowmass Tourism team put the station together to honor their coworker, Owen Green, and also his race partner Michael Goerne that passed away earlier this season training for this race. Green always enjoyed his banana bread with a view according to his coworkers.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"12\">\n<p><strong>The Snowmass Tourism team cheers on a racer Saturday morning at the last checkpoint for the Grand Traverse. The Snowmass Tourism team put the station together to honor their coworker, Owen Green, and also his race partner Michael Goerne that passed away earlier this season training for this race. Green always enjoyed his banana bread with a view according to his coworkers.<\/strong><br \/>Anna Stonehouse \/ The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-12-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-12.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Anna Stonehouse \/ The Aspen Times | The Snowmass Tourism team put the station together to honor their coworker, Owen Green, and also his race partner Michael Goerne that passed away earlier this season training for this race. Green always enjoyed his banana bread with a view according to his coworkers.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"8.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-12.jpg\" alt=\"The Snowmass Tourism team put the station together to honor their coworker, Owen Green, and also his race partner Michael Goerne that passed away earlier this season training for this race. Green always enjoyed his banana bread with a view according to his coworkers.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"12\">\n<p><strong>The Snowmass Tourism team put the station together to honor their coworker, Owen Green, and also his race partner Michael Goerne that passed away earlier this season training for this race. Green always enjoyed his banana bread with a view according to his coworkers.<\/strong><br \/>Anna Stonehouse \/ The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-13-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-13.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Anna Stonehouse \/ The Aspen Times | The Snowmass Tourism team cheers on a racer Saturday morning at the last checkpoint for the Grand Traverse. The Snowmass Tourism team put the station together to honor their coworker, Owen Green, and also his race partner Michael Goerne that passed away earlier this season training for this race. Green always enjoyed his banana bread with a view according to his coworkers.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"8.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-13.jpg\" alt=\"The Snowmass Tourism team cheers on a racer Saturday morning at the last checkpoint for the Grand Traverse. The Snowmass Tourism team put the station together to honor their coworker, Owen Green, and also his race partner Michael Goerne that passed away earlier this season training for this race. Green always enjoyed his banana bread with a view according to his coworkers.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"12\">\n<p><strong>The Snowmass Tourism team cheers on a racer Saturday morning at the last checkpoint for the Grand Traverse. The Snowmass Tourism team put the station together to honor their coworker, Owen Green, and also his race partner Michael Goerne that passed away earlier this season training for this race. Green always enjoyed his banana bread with a view according to his coworkers.<\/strong><br \/>Anna Stonehouse \/ The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-14-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-14.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Anna Stonehouse \/ The Aspen Times | Todd Cassan and teammate Steven Phillips out of Boulder fist bump in the final leg of the Grand Traverse race on Saturday morning.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"6.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-14.jpg\" alt=\"Todd Cassan and teammate Steven Phillips out of Boulder fist bump in the final leg of the Grand Traverse race on Saturday morning.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Todd Cassan and teammate Steven Phillips out of Boulder fist bump in the final leg of the Grand Traverse race on Saturday morning.<\/strong><br \/>Anna Stonehouse \/ The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-15-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-15.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Anna Stonehouse \/ The Aspen Times | Cam Smith packs up his gear after completing and winning the Grand Traverse race with his partner Rory Kelly on Saturday morning.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"6.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-15.jpg\" alt=\"Cam Smith packs up his gear after completing and winning the Grand Traverse race with his partner Rory Kelly on Saturday morning.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Cam Smith packs up his gear after completing and winning the Grand Traverse race with his partner Rory Kelly on Saturday morning.<\/strong><br \/>Anna Stonehouse \/ The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-16-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-16.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Anna Stonehouse \/ The Aspen Times | Grand Traverse racers on Richmond Ridge on Saturday morning.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"6\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-16.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Traverse racers on Richmond Ridge on Saturday morning.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>Grand Traverse racers on Richmond Ridge on Saturday morning.<\/strong><br \/>Anna Stonehouse \/ The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-17-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-17.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Anna Stonehouse \/ The Aspen Times | Left to right, Erin Young, Andrew Hickok, Julie Hardman, and Kathy Fry cheer on Grand Traverse racer Doug Stenclik of Carbondale at the last checkpoint of the race on top of Aspen Mountain on Saturday.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"9\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-17.jpg\" alt=\"Left to right, Erin Young, Andrew Hickok, Julie Hardman, and Kathy Fry cheer on Grand Traverse racer Doug Stenclik of Carbondale at the last checkpoint of the race on top of Aspen Mountain on Saturday.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"13\">\n<p><strong>Left to right, Erin Young, Andrew Hickok, Julie Hardman, and Kathy Fry cheer on Grand Traverse racer Doug Stenclik of Carbondale at the last checkpoint of the race on top of Aspen Mountain on Saturday.<\/strong><br \/>Anna Stonehouse \/ The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-18-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-18.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Anna Stonehouse \/ The Aspen Times | Grand Traverse racers on Richmond Ridge on Saturday morning.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"6\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-18.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Traverse racers on Richmond Ridge on Saturday morning.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>Grand Traverse racers on Richmond Ridge on Saturday morning.<\/strong><br \/>Anna Stonehouse \/ The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-19-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-19.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Anna Stonehouse \/ The Aspen Times | Grand Traverse racers on Richmond Ridge on Saturday morning.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"6\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-19.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Traverse racers on Richmond Ridge on Saturday morning.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>Grand Traverse racers on Richmond Ridge on Saturday morning.<\/strong><br \/>Anna Stonehouse \/ The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-20-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-20.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Anna Stonehouse \/ The Aspen Times | The Snowmass Tourism team put the station together to honor their coworker, Owen Green, and also his race partner Michael Goerne that passed away earlier this season training for this race. Green always enjoyed his banana bread with a view according to his coworkers.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"8.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-20.jpg\" alt=\"The Snowmass Tourism team put the station together to honor their coworker, Owen Green, and also his race partner Michael Goerne that passed away earlier this season training for this race. Green always enjoyed his banana bread with a view according to his coworkers.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"12\">\n<p><strong>The Snowmass Tourism team put the station together to honor their coworker, Owen Green, and also his race partner Michael Goerne that passed away earlier this season training for this race. Green always enjoyed his banana bread with a view according to his coworkers.<\/strong><br \/>Anna Stonehouse \/ The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-21-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-21.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Anna Stonehouse \/ The Aspen Times | Grand Traverse racers on Richmond Ridge at the final checkpoint on Saturday morning.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"6.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/grandtraverse-atd-033119-8-21.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Traverse racers on Richmond Ridge at the final checkpoint on Saturday morning.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Grand Traverse racers on Richmond Ridge at the final checkpoint on Saturday morning.<\/strong><br \/>Anna Stonehouse \/ The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/sports\/smith-kelly-win-grand-traverse-ski-mountaineering-race-brecks-larochelle-zander-take-womens-race\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/sports\/smith-kelly-win-grand-traverse-ski-mountaineering-race-brecks-larochelle-zander-take-womens-race\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText DropCap\">Only a couple weeks ago, Cam Smith and Rory Kelly were representing the United States at the ski mountaineering world championships in Switzerland. As incredible as that may have been, getting to come home and compete in one\u2019s own mountains is equally as fulfilling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt\u2019s different in a lot of ways, for sure,\u201d Smith said. \u201cIt\u2019s more of a community event and a celebration of spring, instead of people racing for their careers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Racing together for the first time, the two partnered to win Saturday\u2019s 22nd annual Grand Traverse ski mountaineering race with a time of 7 hours, 22 minutes, 30.8 seconds. The roughly 40-mile race began at midnight in Crested Butte and ended later Saturday at the base of Aspen Mountain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">It was only the third time in six years the race \u2014 organized by Crested Butte Nordic \u2014 actually finished in Aspen because of conditions. In 2014, 2016 and 2018, the race was a \u201creverse,\u201d where it began and ended in Crested Butte. Prior to 2014, the Grand Traverse had only been a reverse once, way back in 1999, its second year of existence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Smith, who lives in Crested Butte, won last year\u2019s reverse alongside Carbondale\u2019s Sean Van Horn. While the reverse option provides him with some convenient luxuries, having the chance to win the race in its true and complete form was nice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt is logistically easier just to stay at home, because I can just go back into my bed in the afternoon,\u201d Smith joked of the reverse. \u201cBut it\u2019s a lot more fun to finish in Aspen because that\u2019s what we\u2019re all here for. What makes the Grand Traverse cool is it\u2019s a unique traverse. It\u2019s not necessarily the coolest course or the coolest race and you can\u2019t even see it because it\u2019s all in the dark, but what makes it really unique is you get to go from one mountain town to the other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Smith had originally planned to compete alongside noted runner and ski mountaineer Mike Foote of Montana but only a few days prior to the race had to bring in a backup in Kelly after Foote was forced to pull out because of injury. While Kelly currently calls Boulder home, he grew up in the Roaring Fork Valley and still has family in the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt\u2019s funny. I was a snowboarder growing up, so it wasn\u2019t really on my radar,\u201d Kelly said of the Grand Traverse. \u201cBoth of us were talking about it earlier \u2014 it\u2019s a race that got both us into skimo. It\u2019s the classic you hear about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The pair won Saturday\u2019s race by about 10 minutes over Crested Butte\u2019s Billy Laird and Jon Brown. Laird, alongside Brian Smith, won the 2017 Audi Power of Four skimo race, while Brown also was a member of the U.S. national team this season. Finishing third in 7:36:03.2 was Aspen\u2019s Eric Sullivan and Jack Linehan. Linehan was on the national team this winter as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cYou never really feel super comfortable,\u201d Kelly said. \u201cYou always have that fear that someone is about to sneak up on you. After maybe the first hour, there were still a bunch of us together. It took a while to get that separation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Absent from this year\u2019s race were Aspen\u2019s John Gaston and Max Taam, who set the Crested Butte to Aspen course record back in 2017 (6:37:38.6). Both are veteran members of the U.S. national team and won Aspen Skiing Co.\u2019s Power of Four skimo race, a race they\u2019ve long dominated, earlier in March.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Winning the women\u2019s side of things Saturday at the Grand Traverse were Breckenridge\u2019s Nikki LaRochelle and Kate Zander, who, yes, are members of the U.S. national team. LaRochelle won the Power of Four earlier this month alongside Aspen\u2019s Jessie Young.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">LaRochelle and Zander finished in 8:24:14.3, nearly an hour in front of second-place finishers Lyndsay Meyer of Aspen and Montana\u2019s Michela Adrian. In third among women were Crested Butte\u2019s Hannah Smith and Emma Lohr.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Ross Herr and Jill Seager won the co-ed race by about 45 minutes over Crested Butte\u2019s Stevie Kremer and Dan Loftus. Denver\u2019s Ben Corwin and Laura Stamp were third.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/sports\/smith-kelly-win-grand-traverse-ski-mountaineering-race-brecks-larochelle-zander-take-womens-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grand Traverse team members Eric Broecker and Kurt Sorensen from Frisco transition at the last check point on Saturday at the top of Aspen Mountain.Anna Stonehouse \/ The Aspen Times At exactly midnight Friday, participants in the Grand Traverse ski race between Crested Butte and Aspen start the 40-mile long race across the West Elk [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-794368","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-14 06:18:26","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=794368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794368\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=794368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=794368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=794368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}