Saturday’s Simapalooza party at Mount Sima ski resort would have been hard to imagine a year ago.
Celebrating the mountain’s renaissance after a terrible—if not nonexistent—season last year, skiers and boarders were treated to a party on snow, featuring live DJs, a barbecue, a beer garden, maple syrup treats as well as skier-cross, boarder-cross and even downhill mountain bike races. There were also some family activities on the bunny hill.
“It was probably the best day of the season,” said Guillaume Rochet, area manager at Mount Sima. “Next year I’d like to have a band playing.”
The following day Snowboard Yukon hosted its third and final Slopestyle snowboard event of the season.
Mount Sima’s final day of the season is Easter Monday.
Results
Skiercross junior
1. Sara Burke-Forsythe
2. Nick McDougall
3. David Ducharme
Skiercross youth
1. Miguel Rodden
2. Jason Zrum
3. Anatole Tuzlak
Skiercross open
1. Daniel Ashley
2. Laurent Avril
3. Urs Schirmer
Snowboardercross Jr.
1. Alidas Jamnicky
2. Sam Schirmer
3. Tim Schirmer
Snowboardercross youth
1. Max Melvin
2. Patrick Parker
3. David Drinnan
Snowboardercross open
1. Jesse Koeller
2. Chris Cann
3. David Pharand
Snow bike race
Men
1. Rory Schalko
2. Matthew Ireland
Women
1. Kirsten Hogan
2. Kristy Kennedy
Sunday’s Slopestyle
Open male
1. Sam Ferguson
2. Max Melvin
3. Alexander Chisholme
Master
1. Jed Leenders
2. Gisli Balzer
Junior
1. Gary Drinnan
2. Noah Hutchinson
3. Tyler Koenen
Contact Tom Patrick at
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