Grand Traverse Charity Profiles

Grand Traverse Charity Profiles

The Grand Traverse is a ski mountaineering race, from Crested Butte to Aspen. Beginning at midnight, racers ascend 7800 vertical feet and trek 37 miles... crossing the finish line at the base of Ajax. Ahead of the March 25th event, Aspen Public Radio’s Alycin Bektesh caught up with teams that are hoofing it for a bigger cause.

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20th Traverse slides into Aspen

The Grand Traverse backcountry ski race from Crested Butte to Aspen begins Friday at midnight. Two-person teams will make the overnight, 40-mile trek over…
Aspenites score Grand Traverse Gold

Finishing the race in six and a half hours, teammates Max Taam and John Gaston, of Aspen, took first place, crossing back into Crested Butte before…
Getting to know the Grand Traverse

WEB EXTRAThe Grand Traverse is a ski mountaineering race, from Crested Butte to Aspen. Beginning at midnight, racers ascend 7800 vertical feet and trek 37…
Team Race4Nepal

Through their “Race4Nepal” team, Snowmass Village residents Jeff Clark and Jack Linehan hope to raise twenty five thousand dollars to give toward…
Team Camp to Belong

Liz Onufer lives in Victor, Idaho, and is racing the Grand Traverse for Camp to Belong. She is an avid backcountry skier, but after losing a friend in an…
Team Generosity Feeds

Ron Klabunde began Generosity Feeds when he realized that, even in his wealthy community right outside of Washington D.C., there were children who didn’t…
Team Tuck it for Tyson

Kate Koons is racing this year for the Andy Tyson Memorial Fund. Andy was her friend. He and another friend AJ Linnell died in a plane crash this year.…
Giving it all to give back

The Grand Traverse is a ski mountaineering race, from Crested Butte to Aspen. Beginning at midnight, racers ascend 7800 vertical feet and trek 37 miles...…