{"id":2454835,"date":"2020-02-20T23:04:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T06:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/skico-to-offer-free-nastar-racing-next-week-of-ahead-of-nationals\/"},"modified":"2020-02-20T23:04:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T06:04:00","slug":"skico-to-offer-free-nastar-racing-next-week-of-ahead-of-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/skico-to-offer-free-nastar-racing-next-week-of-ahead-of-nationals\/","title":{"rendered":"Skico to offer free NASTAR racing next week of ahead of nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.604347826087\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-321310-474\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/nastar-atd-022120-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/nastar-atd-022120-1-1024x768.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times | A skier comes down the NASTAR course on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020, on Aspen Mountain. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"11\">\n<p><strong>A skier comes down the NASTAR course on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020, on Aspen Mountain. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/>Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/nastar-atd-022120-1-1024x768.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"A skier comes down the NASTAR course on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020, on Aspen Mountain. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/nastar-atd-022120-1-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/nastar-atd-022120-1-1-1024x768.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times | A skier comes down the NASTAR course on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020, on Aspen Mountain. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"11\">\n<p><strong>A skier comes down the NASTAR course on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020, on Aspen Mountain. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/>Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/nastar-atd-022120-1-1-1024x768.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"A skier comes down the NASTAR course on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020, on Aspen Mountain. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/nastar-atd-022120-1-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/nastar-atd-022120-1-2-1024x682.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Dave Camara\/ Camara Photoraphy | A skier competes in the 2019 Liberty Mutual NASTAR Nationals at Squaw Valley in California.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>A skier competes in the 2019 Liberty Mutual NASTAR Nationals at Squaw Valley in California.<\/strong><br \/>Dave Camara\/ Camara Photoraphy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/nastar-atd-022120-1-2-1024x682.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"A skier competes in the 2019 Liberty Mutual NASTAR Nationals at Squaw Valley in California.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/skico-to-offer-free-nastar-racing-next-week-of-ahead-of-nationals\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/skico-to-offer-free-nastar-racing-next-week-of-ahead-of-nationals\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText DropCap\">While the return of NASTAR nationals to Snowmass is still a month away, Aspen Skiing Co. is ready to start the celebration a bit early. Beginning next week, there will be a brief window where guests can take to the area\u2019s two NASTAR courses for free and see how they stand against the rest of the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Racing will be free for guests on Aspen Mountain beginning Monday and going through March 1. The NASTAR courses on Snowmass will be free for racers from Wednesday through Feb. 29.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The Aspen Mountain course is open daily from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., while the Snowmass course operates from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays. Racers are asked to register and create a NASTAR profile ahead of time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe are excited to open the NASTAR race courses for everyone to experience for free while they\u2019re on the mountain,\u201d Skico director of event development Deric Gunshor said in a statement. \u201cWe are excited to celebrate ski racing this spring at Aspen-Snowmass with two big events, are looking forward to the energy it brings to our resort and the sport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Snowmass will host NASTAR Nationals from March 24 to 28, an event that is being paired with the return of the U.S. Alpine Tech Championships from March 28 to 31 at both Snowmass and Aspen Highlands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">NASTAR stands for National Standard Race and is a public, grassroots racing program that operates out of more than 100 resorts and clubs across the country. A handicapped system with numerous levels, it allows all kinds of different skiers to compete against each other regardless of location.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Originally founded in 1968, NASTAR\u2019s current championship format began in 1998, with those races being held in Snowmass. Snowmass last hosted the NASTAR National Championships during a three-year stretch from 2013 to 2015.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cNASTAR is a social network,\u201d NASTAR director Bill Madsen told The Aspen Times. \u201cIt\u2019s a way to tie like-minded people together with a common scoring system so they can see where they stack up with their family, their friends, their peers, and then really how they are doing against people within their own ability group.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">This will be the first time in 60 years that Aspen has hosted a U.S. Alpine Tech Championship event. Aspen recently hosted the 2016 Nor-Am Cup finals, which was used as a test event for the 2017 World Cup Finals. Aspen also hosted the 1950 World Championships as well as numerous World Cup races over the decades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Both events are free and open to the public, although a lift ticket will be required to access with race venue at Snowmass without hiking. The races at Aspen Highlands can be viewed from the base.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWhen they came to us with an opportunity to bid on it, it was kind of in tandem with this discussion around the U.S. Ski Team tech championships,\u201d Gunshor previously told The Aspen Times. \u201cTheir vision is really to bring the two sides of racing together and we were excited to be able to offer a unique combination of venues so the two events could overlap.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Aspen-Snowmass also will be host to a few other racing opportunities next week, including the Mother of All Ascensions uphill race \u2014 a non-Skico event \u2014 on Tuesday and Skico\u2019s annual Power of Four ski mountaineering race, which is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 29.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\"><a href=\"mailto:acolbert@aspentimes.com\">acolbert@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/skico-to-offer-free-nastar-racing-next-week-of-ahead-of-nationals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A skier comes down the NASTAR course on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020, on Aspen Mountain. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times A skier comes down the NASTAR course on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020, on Aspen Mountain. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times A skier competes in the 2019 Liberty [&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":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2454835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-18 14:18:19","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":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2454835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454835\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2454835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2454835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2454835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}