Snowbird Wins Tram-Off
Snowbird, Utah - A team of four women skied and snowboarded a record 30 Snowbird Trams Tuesday logging a team total of 348,000 vertical feet and claiming the title of Tram Off champions. The margin of victory was a combined 324 vertical feet. Jackson's team logged 347,676.
By catching every blue Tram car of the day, the Snowbird team covered 75 miles on the groomed Chip's Run between 9 a.m. and 3:45 p.m. - normal operating hours with the public aboard. Each Snowbird athlete skied/rode 87,000 vertical feet compared to 86,919 vertical feet (21 Trams) by each of Jackson's athletes.
Snowbird's team - Sarah Clemensen, Nora Pincus, Kasha Rigby and Shannan Yates - were assisted by two Cliff Spa massage therapists providing rubdowns on every Tram ride of the afternoon.
"I had the best time skiing with all these ripping women," said Snowbird team member Shannan Yates.
Prior to Tuesday, Snowbird's record for Trams in a day was 27.