BMT Race Week Calendar

Thursday, January 30

NordicTown USA Sprints 

Simplot Lot, 2nd Avenue & Fourth Street, Ketchum 

The NordicTown USA Sprints pit teams of two in a head-to-head freestyle relay format on a 400-meter oval. The event features elite racers from the field, adaptive skiers, as well as top juniors from the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation. Cash prizes to the top teams. Come join the fun as a participant or spectator. Day of race signup only. Hot drinks and cookies will be provided by Sun Valley Community School. Details, Rick Kapala (208) 726-3899. 

  • 3:30 p.m. Registration and bib pick up 
  • 4:15 p.m. Welcome/Instructions 
  • 4:30 p.m. Youth mass start – 1 lap 
  • 4:45 p.m. Youth mass start – 2 laps 
  • 5:00 p.m. Adaptive class – 4 laps (If enough racers) 
  • 5:15 p.m. Elite class – 6 laps 

Friday, January 31

Race Bag/Packet Pickup and BMT Expo

10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at The Argyros , Main Street, Ketchum 

All racers should plan on picking up their race bag and packet at the BMT Expo. Each racer receives a souvenir bib, timing chip, race-day details, an custom-designed Sauce race hat, and goodies. The BMT Expo features event sponsors, industry insiders, and local vendors. Want to get the lowdown on trails, temps, wax, and equipment from the pros? This is the spot to do it. 

Saturday, February 1

Boulder Mountain Tour 

10 a.m. Harriman Trail, Sawtooth National Forest  

The 52nd annual Boulder Mountain Tour launches at 10 a.m. on the Harriman Trail. A field of 800 racers will challenge themselves over 34 kilometers. Spectators can catch the elite class finish shortly after 11 a.m. at the end of the Harriman Trail located across from SNRA Headquarters. The 15k Charley Course Half-Boulder begins at Baker Creek at noon.

Saturday, February 1

BMT Awards Celebration

5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at The Argyros Theater, Main Street, Ketchum

Cash prizes will be given to the top three men and women overall, preem winners, and adaptive racers. Commemorative prizes will be presented to the top three males and females in each age class in the Full Boulder, wave champs, and Oldest/Youngest racers. Most Improved skiers will receive the Jon Engen Award given to the man and woman who improve their time the most from the 2024 BMT. Half Boulder prizes go to the fastest skiers overall and class winners. The whole town – and, of course, race participants – are encouraged to celebrate the BMT, cross-country skiing, and our vibrant community at our penultimate party. Food and beverage trucks, awards, and a good time will be highlighted. Party tunes, a huge raffle with great prizes from our generous sponsors and supporters. You must be present to win.

Sunday, February 2

Demo Day

10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Sun Valley Nordic Center

Free trail passes to all participants. Food and beverage available. Try out the latest and greatest gear from our great industry representatives and local businesses.

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TOKO
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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