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Building Your Best Boulder

On December 13, Rick Kapala presented the first of three installments in the Sun Valley Speaker Series, designed to help ...
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Training Plans BMT 2025

Beginner Training Plan 2025 BMT Training Plan - BeginnerDownload intermediate Training Plan 2025 BMT Training Plan - IntermediateDownload Advanced Training ...
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2024 BMT Crowns Two New Champs

The 2024 Zions Bank Boulder Mountain Tour provided a proving platform of sorts for two entirely different reasons for this ...
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Garrott Kuzzy is the Ultimate Trip Advisor

In the 1965 Broadway hit, Mame, the titular character Auntie Mame pronounces the famous line, "Life's a banquet, and most ...
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BMT names Inaugural Rosso Recipients

Bailey Kurtz and Vivian Cunningham of the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation are the inaugural recipients of the Bob Rosso ...
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Sign ups to start for the 2024 BMT

Registration for the Zions Bank Boulder Mountain Tour opens Saturday, July 15. The annual cross-country ski race will observe its ...
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the 50th annual BMT: Awesome, with all the Fixins’

You could not have scripted a more perfect day for the 50th annual Zions Bank Boulder Mountain Tour. The sky ...
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Here It comes! 50th annual Boulder Tour on Tap

Hometown racers Peter Wolter and Mary Rose will both be wearing bib number 1 on Saturday, February 4 in the ...
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Training Plans BMT 2023

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“Coming together gives us all a lift.”

The Power and Purpose of Bob Rosso TR factor. It's facing all of us. It is just that not all ...
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50th annual BMT to honor Bob rosso

50 Years in the Making! The 50th annual Zions Bank Boulder Mountain Tour will take place in Ketchum, Idaho, on ...
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BACK WITH A BANG: 2022 ZIONS BANK BOULDER MOUNTAIN TOUR

BACK WITH A BANG: 2022 ZIONS BANK BOULDER MOUNTAIN TOUR Beautiful blue skies and a sunny day matched the mood ...
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BMT RACE FIELD ROUNDING INTO SHAPE

BMT RACE FIELD ROUNDING INTO SHAPE The 49th annual Zions Bank Boulder Mountain Tour cross country ski race is Saturday, ...
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UPDATED SAFETY PROTOCOL FOR 2022 BOULDER MOUNTAIN TOUR

UPDATED SAFETY PROTOCOL FOR 2022 BOULDER MOUNTAIN TOUR The safety of our participants and volunteers for the Zions Bank Boulder ...
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READ ALL ABOUT IT: 2022 ZIONS BANK BMT PROGRAM

READ ALL ABOUT IT: 2022 ZIONS BANK BMT PROGRAM Here it is, hot off the presses, the 2022 Zions Bank ...
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ONE GOOD TOUR DESERVES ANOTHER! 

ONE GOOD TOUR DESERVES ANOTHER! Registration for 2022 Zions Bank Boulder Mountain Tour Underway The 49th annual Zions Bank Boulder ...
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ZIONS BANK BOULDER MOUNTAIN TOUR COMING TO A TOWN NEAR YOU

ZIONS BANK BOULDER MOUNTAIN TOUR COMING TO A TOWN NEAR YOU Your trail. Your choice. Your Boulder. While many of ...
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TRAIN SMARTER (AND HARDER) FOR THE ZIONS BANK BOULDER MOUNTAIN TOUR

TRAIN SMARTER (AND HARDER) FOR THE ZIONS BANK BOULDER MOUNTAIN TOUR There are very few athletic accolades you could not ...
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FORMAT CHANGE FOR 2021 ZIONS BANK BOULDER MOUNTAIN TOUR

FORMAT CHANGE FOR 2021 ZIONS BANK BOULDER MOUNTAIN TOUR “Our Race, Your Backyard” is the rallying cry for the 48th ...
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REGISTRATION BEGINS FOR 2021 ZIONS BANK BOULDER MOUNTAIN TOUR

REGISTRATION BEGINS FOR 2021 ZIONS BANK BOULDER MOUNTAIN TOUR Registration for the 2021 Zions Bank Boulder Mountain Tour opens tomorrow, ...
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2020 ZIONS BANK BOULDER MOUNTAIN TOUR A GRAND SLAM

2020 ZIONS BANK BOULDER MOUNTAIN TOUR A GRAND SLAM The sun was shining on the 2020 Zions Bank Boulder Mountain ...
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BREAKING DOWN THE BOULDER: INSIGHTS FROM A BMT CHAMP

BREAKING DOWN THE BOULDER: INSIGHTS FROM A BMT CHAMP How does your BMT story begin? It may end in a ...
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VOLUNTEERS ARE THE LIFEBLOOD OF THE BOULDER MOUNTAIN TOUR

VOLUNTEERS ARE THE LIFEBLOOD OF THE BOULDER MOUNTAIN TOUR Every year, on the first weekend in February, hundreds of enthusiastic ...
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CONSISTENCY AND FLEXIBILITY ARE KEY TO SUCCESSFUL FALL TRAINING SCHEDULE

CONSISTENCY AND FLEXIBILITY ARE KEY TO SUCCESSFUL FALL TRAINING SCHEDULE Fall months for cross-country skiers can be rather challenging. Weather ...
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SUMMER TRAINING WITH MARY ROSE: DO WHAT YOU LOVE

SUMMER TRAINING WITH MARY ROSE: DO WHAT YOU LOVE After I retired from the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation Gold ...
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ZIONS BANK REMAINS TITLE SPONSOR OF BOULDER MOUNTAIN TOUR

ZIONS BANK REMAINS TITLE SPONSOR OF BOULDER MOUNTAIN TOUR The Boulder Mountain Tour is delighted to announce Zions Bank remains ...
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BOULDER MOUNTAIN TOUR CHAMPS SHARE THEIR TRAINING PLANS

BOULDER MOUNTAIN TOUR CHAMPS SHARE THEIR TRAINING PLANS 2019 Zions Bank Boulder Mountain Tour champs Erika Flowers and Peter Holmes ...
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THE BOULDER GIVES BACK

THE BOULDER GIVES BACK The Wood River Valley’s reputation for giving back and taking care of the people in our ...
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SLOAN STORY IS RACING AGAINST HUNGER

SLOAN STORY IS RACING AGAINST HUNGER Born and raised in Ketchum, Sloan Storey is using the Zions Bank Boulder Mountain ...
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COUNTING DOWN TO THE ZIONS BANK BOULDER MOUNTAIN TOUR

COUNTING DOWN TO THE ZIONS BANK BOULDER MOUNTAIN TOUR Race day for the 46th annual Zions Bank Boulder Mountain Tour ...
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RECIPES TO FUEL YOUR LIFE

RECIPES TO FUEL YOUR LIFE Boulder Mountain Tour stalwart Brooke Hovey shares some of her favorite power recipes with us ...
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FINE TUNE YOUR TRAINING FOR THE BOULDER MOUNTAIN TOUR

FINE TUNE YOUR TRAINING FOR THE BOULDER MOUNTAIN TOUR The Boulder Mountain Tour is a fun and unique ski marathon ...
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THE ENDURING LEGACY OF JON ENGEN

THE ENDURING LEGACY OF JON ENGEN Jon Engen will be remembered at the 2019 Boulder Mountain Tour as the 46th ...
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We have Toko Tech Team members in Ketchum who will be monitoring the conditions and testing. Additionally I will be in Ketchum and will test Thursday and again on Friday morning before coming to the expo. I'll be at the expo approximately from noon to close to talk about the wax recommendation, say hello, and answer any questions anyone might have. We have done our best to stock the local ski shops with what we expect will be the wax of the day, but this is never a sure thing and often the stores sell out. The current forecast shows overnight lows of around 15f and daytime highs of 38f until Thursday. Then Thursday night a low of 21 and high Friday of 35 with maybe a bit of weather Friday. They are currently forecasting 1.5 inches of snow Friday night with a low of 27f and then a high of 38f Saturday with maybe more precip or maybe it will have passed by then. In the last two hours, the forecast has changed and the incoming weather has changed to earlier. Two days ago, they were saying it wouldn't arrive until Saturday night and Sunday. For this reason, we are going to wait until Thursday morning to make our BMT race wax tip call. We don't want people waxing early and arriving in Ketchum with the completely wrong wax and no means of correcting it. It does look as though our base layers will be BP hot wax Red followed by HP hot wax Red for race day. Despite the forecasted air temperatures and precipitation, I am very reluctant to recommend mixing in Yellow as the BMT snow is notably dry and when there is precipitation, so often it falls dry or even in the form of graupel which acts super dry but most commonly falls at around 32-35f. We have to wait for the forecast to get more reliable before recommending HPLP or not or maybe adding Yellow to the Red hot wax. If it snows Saturday morning and then continues to snow during the race such that there is a hard base of snow with 1-2 inches of ungroomed snow on top, my recommendation is to go with a pair of skis that has a higher stiffer camber. Skis tend to run far better in such conditions when there is less contact of the snow on the base and this is the way to accomplish that. If these are the conditions, I expect flex of the skis (higher stiffer camber) to be the most important factor affecting ski speed. If it snows Friday and Friday evening and then they are able to groom the course overnight and in the morning such that the snow is set up and hard like it will be most of the week (but with more moisture in the air and snow), then "normal" skis will be great. See you at the expo and please look for our race wax recommendation on Thursday morning at around 10mst
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