The yearly coolest sled event on snow brrrraaaaped to Snow King this past weekend...Yep, the World Championship Hillclimb. It's the "grandad" of all the hillclimb's on the circuit. Even if you have never thrown your leg over the seat of a sled, after a day at the HC you will leave with nothing but awe and pure amazement with how good these guys ride a sled!
Keith Curtis, former "King of Kings" winner standing on the throttle and getting some toward the top. And yea, Snow King is about 45 degrees steep right here!
Keith Curtis, former "King of Kings" winner standing on the throttle and getting some toward the top. And yea, Snow King is about 45 degrees steep right here!
The beer gardens were a flowin.....
Chels doesn't love the HC nearly as much as I have over the years, but she is always a good sport and comes out to watch one day of the festivities.
When "hill help" can't catch a sled that starts a tumblin, $20,000 worth of high end sled and sled parts come rumbling down into the catch net. It's so freaking awesome!
Snow King in all it's HillClimb Glory!
By Sunday the track gets pretty gnarly. Trenches are at least 3 feet deep complete with stumps and rocks. These dudes are insanely, unbelievably badass!
Sledding has a lot of the same principles as skiing. You have to put the track up on it's side for the edge to catch and for the turn to hook up. This dude is hammering toward the top with the hill help looking on.
The 2012 "King of Kings" winner, Russ Tapio on an Arctic Cat.
Watching from the lift can be the best view of the loud and frenzied action.
Always has been and still remains one of my favorite weekends of the year here in the valley.
Scope this video that Arctic Cat put out about the HC....it gives you a cool background on it...
Scope this video that Arctic Cat put out about the HC....it gives you a cool background on it...
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