Melanie Bernier
Martha Burley
Stano Faban
Peter Knight
Andrew McNab
Michelle K. Roberts
Steve Sellers
Brad Schalles
Reiner Thoni
Melanie Bernier
Birth Date: April 27th
Currently Residing: Revelstoke
Profession: Residential Designer
Top 5 Skimo racing achievements:
- 4th pierra menta 2013
- 5th World Cup Alp3 Italy 2013
- 11th World Ranking 2013
- Sprint Continental champ 2012
- 4 times National Champ
Top 5 other ski mountaineering achievements:
- Skied from the top of Mt Blanc spring 2013
- Southern Icecap Traverse (South America) 2009
- Cerro Cathedral Traverse (South America) 2009
- Avy corridor #9 First Descent, Rogers Pass spring 2012
- Speed record for Wapta Traverse Spring 2012
Favourite training session: Skiing powder with the race skis until my legs can’t take it can’s anymore
Favourite race format: Indiv
Hobbies and other sports: Mountain Bike, Trail Running
Website / Blog: http://inthetrails.blogspot.ca
Sponsors: Vega, G3, Suunto, Rab, Helios Physiotherapy & Performance
Martha Burley
Birth Date: 11 Sept
Currently Residing: Fernie, BC
Profession: I make yummy food
Top 5 Skimo racing achievements:
- Patrouille des Glaciers
- World Championships 2013-9th in Team Race with Carla McKirdy
- 6th in relay with Melanie Bernier and Carla McKirdy
- Winner: Coldsmoke, Dogtooth Dash (North American Champs), Ken Jones Classic, Canadian Cup 2013
Top 5 other ski mountaineering achievements:
- I’m not very extreme…
- Making it off the Capps glacier on one leg
Favourite training session: Outside on skis in powder
Favourite race format: Long and adventureful, from place to place up and over a few mountains, with some abseiling in between
Hobbies and other sports: Telemark skiing…and I’m on a mission to discover mountain biking this summer
Website / Blog: www.marthaburley.com
Sponsors:??Scarpa, Intuition, Flylow, Gregory, Fernie Physiotherapy
Stano Faban
Birth Date: Sep 14, 1982
Currently Residing: various places in British Columbia
Profession: web designer & developer, entrepreneur
Top 5 Skimo racing achievements:
- 2013 Overall Canadian Skimo Cup Champion
- Wins and podiums in various Canadian and US races
- 2x racing at World Championships
- 1x racing Pierra Menta
Top 5 other ski mountaineering achievements:
- Summiting and skiing Muztagh Ata 7546m (China)
- Fastest known time for “Joffrey Enchantment” (BC, Canada)
- Completed various multi-day traverses in Coast and Columbia Mountains (Canada)
- Skied various steep lines in Coast and Columbia Mountains (Canada)
- Wapta Traverse in a Day – Peyto Lk to Hwy 1
Favourite training session: Pretty much anything on skis
Favourite race format: Long & technical + team & individual
Hobbies and other sports: running, road riding & mtb, soccer, tennis, mountaineering, constant learning, reading, blogging
Website / Blog: www.Skintrack.com
Sponsors: Clif Bar
Peter Knight
Birth Date: December 5, 1989
Currently Residing: Edmonton, AB
Profession: Mechanical Engineer in Training
Top 5 Skimo racing achievements:
- 3rd, 2013 Gore Tex North American Championships
- 39th in Sprint and 42nd in Individual race at 2013 World Championships in Pelvoux, France
- 3rd 2013 SMCC Cup Overall
- 1st 2011 Vert 180
Top 5 other ski mountaineering achievements:
- 1st descent of BMT (Big Mountain Tuck), Edmonton River Valley Range
- Wapta Traverse in a Day – Peyto Lk to Hwy 1
- Various “medium” sized lines in the Rockies
Favourite training session: Doing lots of vertical
Favourite race format: Individual, obviously…
Hobbies and other sports: Mountain biking
Website / Blog: www.knightisright.blogspot.ca
Andrew McNab
Birth Date: April 1984
Currently Residing: Revelstoke, BC
Profession: Tree Planter, Trail Builder, Christmas Light Installer
Top 5 Skimo racing achievements:
- 12th in the Sprint Race at the World Championships 2013, France
- 15th in the Pairs Race at World Championships 2011, 2013
- 2nd in the Sprint Race as the North American Championships 2012
- 6th overall at the Tenura Altitoy Open in the Pyrenees, France
- 15th overall at the 28th Pierra Menta, 2013 Beaufort France
Top 5 other ski mountaineering achievements:
- Winner of the inaugural Atomic Waymaker Backcountry Skiing Challenge, Austria 2013
- Winner of the King of the Coldsmoke, Whitewater BC, 2012
- First descent of the north face of Mt Wolverine, the Diagonal Gully (WI 4) on Mt MacDonald in the Selkirk Mountains BC
- First descent of the NE couloir on Mt Thor in the Monashee Mountains, BC
- Photos published in Powder magazine and Ski Canada
Favourite training session: Climbing peaks and shredding powder
Favourite race format: Teams, specifically Grande Course style
Hobbies and other sports: Mountain Biking, Climbing, Alpine Running
Website / Blog: thujacollaborative.wordpress.com
Sponsors: Atomic Skis and Strafe Outerwear
Michelle Katchur Roberts
Birth Date:??October 6, 1983
Currently Residing: Canmore AB
Profession: Education
Top 5 Skimo racing achievements:
- Second place female Canadian Skimo Cup, 2102-2013 Season
- Second place female, Dogtooth Dash North American Continentals, March 2013
- Second place female, Castle Mountain Race, January 2013
- Third place female, Whitefish Whiteout, January 2012
Top 5 other ski mountaineering achievements:
- Thirteen Pass Route Traverse, Alberta 2012
Favourite training session: Power lifting because the powerclean is so much fun!
Favourite race format: Long hill climbs and multiple boot packs
Hobbies and other sports: Climbing, Mountain Running, Cycling, Reading, and painting
Website / Blog:??http://stixnstonz.wordpress.com
Steve Sellers
Birth Date: really a long time ago!
Currently Residing: Canmore AB
Profession: Canadian Nat???l Sports Centre Sport and Faith Coach
Top 5 Skimo racing achievements:
2 world championships, 1 Euro championships, 3rd at Canadian Nationals 2012 (also competed in XC world cup and in USA Biky Elite wave for over 20 years)
Top 5 other ski mountaineering achievements:
Favourite training session: Anything really long with good powder
Favourite race format: Individual long distances
Hobbies and other sports: Mountain running, guitar playing, all other forms of skiing
Website / Blog: www.skitrainingcentral.blogspot.com
Brad Schalles
Birth Date: September 14, 1985
Currently Residing: Squamish, BC
Profession: Ski tech / Domestic Engineer
Top 5 skimo racing achievement:
- Represented Canada at World Championships in Pelvoux France 2013
- Canadian National team member 2011-2014
- 1st 2013 Ken Jones Classic
- 3rd 2013 Whitefish Whiteout
- 4th 2013 North American Championships
Top 5 skimo achievements:
- Full Spearhead FKT 2013 6:42:58H
- Fitzsimmons North Face ski descent 2013
- One day Garibaldi Neve 2013 – 5:32 hrs
- One day Wapta – Bow Lake to Hwy 1
Favourite training session: Deep powder skiing
Favourite race format: Individual
Hobbies and other sports: Trail running and climbing
Website / Blog: http://westcoastskimo.blogspot.ca
Sponsors:??Millet my clothing, Julbo my eyewear, Challenge by choice my gym
Reiner Thoni
Birth Date: Aug 22 1984
Currently Residing: Valemount B.C. Canada
Profession: Forestry
Top 5 Skimo racing achievements:
- ISMF North American Sprint and Individual Champ 2012
- ISMF 19th Andorra WC vertical 2013
- 15th Pierra Menta 2013
- 1st place US and Canadian Skimo Champs 2011
- 1st place Canadian Champs 2009, 2010, 2012
Top 5 other ski mountaineering achievements:
- 2x ski descents of Mt. Robson – Canadian Rockies
- Atomic Way Maker – Winning team – Dashstein Austria
- NF Auther Meagan – Cariboo Mt.
- NF Albreta – N. Monashees
- San Jose “Directo Couloir” 5840m – Central Chile
Favorite training session: Depends on the day.
Favorite race format: Individual off piste 1500-2000m w/ cruisie uphill heading into steep boot pack, nice chalky steep decent fanning out into 1000m breakable crust down hill finish.
Hobbies and other sports: Gardening, berry picking, alpine climbing and photography.
Website / Blog: theoutsideout.blogspot.ca
Sponsors:??Wild Mountain, Garden of Life, North Face