Team mates Bryan Wickenhauser and Jon Brown, racing for Ski Trab/CAMP, took 2nd and 3rd respectively. Bryan finished 2nd at Sunlight, 3rd at Aspen, Loveland and A-basin & 7th at Silverton. Jon Brown finished 3rd at Sunlight and Silverton, 4th at A-basin, 5th at Aspen and 7th at Loveland to take 3rd in the season long series. Jari Kirkland, also racing for Ski Trab/CAMP, took 2nd in the Women's Division with 3rd place finishes at Sunlight and Snowmass and 4th at Loveland and A-Basin. Jari, Bryan and Jon are in their first full season of racing, we look forward to seeing them on the podium more in the future!

Ethan has delivered a solid performance all season long with 6 wins and a 2nd place finish in the 7 races he has entered. In addition to winning the Life-link USSMA series, he also leads the COSMIC race series in Colorado. He took 1st in the highly competitive Wasatch Powderkeg last week and just missed winning the National Championship race this weekend in Jackson, finishing 2nd in a close race. Ethan also anchored the Trab team that won the inaugural Powderkeg relay race, the 1st ever ski-mountaineering relay in North America.

Scott Coldiron took 3rd in the season long series, while Pete Swenson finished 5th, Zahan Billimoria 8th and Grant Guise 10th. Scott has come on strong this season, winning the Mad River Glen race and taking 3rd at Alpental. Look for him to do even better next season. Pete amazingly managed podium places in 2 of 3 races while racing on the mid-fat Duo Sint Aero, finishing 2nd at Crested Butte (missing 1st by only 3 seconds!) and 3rd at the Powderkeg. Between organizing COSMIC and coaching the Trab team, Pete has had minimal time to train and race this season, not too mention he was the only top athlete to compete on non-race skis. Grant finished in the top 10 while only doing 2 races. Visiting from New Zealand, he had planned on 3 races; however the canceled Kirkland race left him with time for only the Powderkeg and the Jackson Hole National Championship, where he came in 4th just missing the podium by 20 seconds. Zahan had a conistent overall season, capped by a 3rd place finish in the Skin to Win race at Bridger Bowl.

Ethan has dominated this entire season, going 4 for 4 by winning all the races he has entered. He currently leads both the COSMIC series with wins at Snowmass and Sunlight; and the Life-link Ski-Mountaineering series with wins at Banff and Crested Butte. Pete came on strong in his 1st competition of the year, racing on the Trab Duo Sint Aero; the mid-fat version of Trab's famous Duo Race ski. Fulfilling the role of team coach and organizing the COSMIC series has kept Pete from more actively racing this season compared to his 2006 North American Championship season, nice to see he's still one of the fastest skiers in the U.S. and ranked 3rd in the overall standings. Jari is currently 3rd in the COSMIC series, getting on the podium for both the Snowmass and Sunlight races.

On the Ski Trab Citizen's team, Bryan Wickenhauser is 2nd in the COSMIC series, with a 2nd place finish at Sunlight and a 3rd at Snowmass. Bryan missed the Crested Butte Race due to illness. Bryan's team mate Jon Brown is 3rd in the COSMIC series with a 3rd place finish at Sunlight and 4th at Snowmass. Eric Sullivan, also jointly racing for Team Crested Butte/Ski Trab, finished 2nd in the men's solo division of Sunlight. He did an amazing 46,565' of vertical ascent in 24 hours! Brian Harder won the Duo Pro category of the 24 hours of sunlight while racing on the mid-fat Duo Sint Aeros. With his coed partner Dina Mishev, the team climbed a total of 49,566'! Fellow citizen team member Dawes Wilson currently leads the vet men's (50+) category of COSMIC, winning his division at both Sunlight and Snowmass. He even placed in the top 5 overall at Sunlight!

Salt Lake City, UT Announcing the 2007 Ski Trab Citizens Race Team. Bryan Wickenhauser, Eric Sullivan and Jon Brown, all part of Team Crest Butte; along with Dawes Wilson of Vail, Colorado; will race on Trab's famous Duo Race Aero, the standard for ski mountaineering competitions. Molly Zurn, of Reno, NV; will race on Trab's light weight mid-fat ski, the Piuma FreeRando.

Team Crested Butte is an elite adventure racing team competing in multi-sport events across the U.S. and around the globe. The co-ed team of four (Jon Brown, Jari Kirkland, Eric Sullivan, and Bryan Wickenhauser) live and train in majestic Crested Butte, Colorado. The team's focus is on winning and helping aspiring athletes and adventure enthusiasts enjoy the challenges of multi-sport adventure racing and the rewards of multi-sport activities in the outdoors. Team Crested Butte started out placing 11th in the 2003 Primal Quest, one of the premier races in the world. The breakout success provided momentum which carried the team into 2004 racking up a tight win at the season opener of the Adventure Xstream series in Moab, Utah and a 4th place finish at the Appalachian Extreme in Maine. Their success has continued with winning the 2006 Huairasinchi, Ecuador International race and placing 8th in the 2006 Raid World Championships Team CB also placed 5th in the 2006 Primal Quest and 8th in the 2006 Australia Raid Qualifier.

Dawes Wilson won the Mt. Man Winter Triathlon twice and has been on 3 U.S professional mountain bike teams. He won the Colorado Coureur des Bois Ski ultra marathon and the Owl Creek Chase. Dawes has won his solo class of the 24 Hrs. of Moab 3 times and has finished in the top three at Montezuma's Revenge 3 times. At 53 he now focuses on age group competition, finishing 2nd in the 2006 Xterra Nationals, 5th at Breckenridge Imperial Challenge and 4th at Arapahoe Grind last year. Dawes coaches for and runs the Vail Nordic Ski Club, an adult race group. Dawes has been AT skiing for 47 years, starting out on cut down Army surplus skins from his father's 10 Mt. Division days.

Bryan, Eric, Jon and Dawes will race on the popular Duo Race Aero, an 825g carbon fiber race ski that dominates the UIAA ski mountaineering race circuit. Ski Trab, of Bormio Italy; manufactures high quality touring skis that use carbon fiber and other proprietary modern technologies to save significant weight without sacrificing performance.

To learn more about Team Crested Butte or to partner as a sponsor, call Bryan Wickenhauser at (970-641-0848) or visit the Team's website at www.teamcrestedbutte.com

Pete Swenson, the 2006 North American Series Champion, will both coach and race this season on the Trab Duo Sint Aero, a mid-fat version of the famous Duo Race. Pete dominated the 2006 series with wins at the Wasatch Powderkeg, Jackson Hole and Kirkwood. He finished 3rd at the Crested Butte race and 4th at Whistler. Pete also represented the US at the 2006 Cuneo world championships where he was the top US finisher in both the vertical race and the team race. Pete has been busy over the off-season starting the new COSMIC series of mountaineering races, this year he will more casually compete while coaching the team and organizing the new race series. Pete is a former pro mountain biker, having raced for RLX Polo Sport, Specialized and the Sobe/Cannondale teams.

Ethan, one of the more accomplished racers in the US, won the 2004 Wasatch Powderkeg and the 2004 North American championship at Jackson Hole. He also won the 2003 and 2004 Silverton races along with the 2006 Crested Butte race (where he placed 2nd in 2004). He finished 3rd in the overall point standings for the 2004 season even though he only participated in 3 of the 6 races, reaching the podium in all 3 races. Ethan narrowly missed the 2006 Powderkeg podium by a scant 37 seconds; he also finished in 4th place at the 2006 National Championships at Jackson Hole. He spent 2005 representing the US on the European Randonee race scene, where he finished 25th in the grueling Pierra Menta out of a field of 160 racers. Ethan has been a long time ski patroller for Crested Butte Mountain Resort and spends the off season racing mountain bikes.

Jari Kirkland will co-race for the Trab/Arva team and Team Crested Butte, an adventure racing team from Colorado. Jari has an extensive history of winning in a variety of adventure related sports, including the co-ed team division of the Elk Mountain Traverse where she posted the fastest time ever for a woman in the 2006 race. She has also won the overall women's title for the Crested Butte Nordic series, the 24 hours of Moab mountain bike race (where she set a new course record), Montezuma's Revenge and the Pro Women Summit Mountain Challenge series. Participating with Team CB she finished first at the Huairasinchi International Adventure race in Ecuador earlier this year, 5th at Primal Quest Challenge in Moab and 8th in the Raid World Championships in Australia.

Zahan Billimoria began racing the US Ski Mountaineering circuit in 2006 and finished 7th overall that year. He finished 2nd at Alpental, 8th at Crested Butte, 9th at the America's Cup event in Jackson Hole, and 10th at the Powderkeg. During the summer Zahan is a competitive Teton area trail runner. He won 20-29 age category winner at the Grand Teton Mountain Marathon in 2005 and finished 4rth overall in 2006. He finished 3rd at the Snow King Runner's Hill climb in Jackson Hole in 2006 and 6th at the Rendezvous Hill climb the same year. Professionally Zahan works as a Ski Guide and avalanche educator for Yostmark Backcountry Tours. He also owns and operates Z Language School, a foreign language school in Driggs, Idaho

Grant Guise finished 2nd at both the June Mountain and Kirkwood, CA races, along with a 7th place finish at the Powderkeg and 6th at the Jackson Hole national championships. He finished the season ranked 4th overall. Grant is the director of snow safety at the Arthur's Pass resort and has been a supervising ski patroller at Northstar ski area in Lake Tahoe.