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Vertical Cure Skiathon

Fun Event Facts

    • In 9 years, Vertical Cure has raised over $190,000 for the Scleroderma Foundation.
    • Collectively, Vertical Cure participants have skied 10,370,721 feet (1,972 miles).
    • In 2006, local Mammoth resident Joey Merten was the Sponsor and Donation champion by individually raising nearly $4,500 with 71 sponsors.
    • Chris Corman is the All-time Vertical leader with descents totaling 538,300 ft!
    • Mark Berry holds the individual descents record, skiing over 84,760 ft. in 2008. (over 16 miles or 84 lift rides) in one day!  By comparison, the average skier will ski 15,000 feet or 15 lifts in a day.
    • Steve Burkholder holds the snowboard record of 83,380 ft in 2010.
    • In the Under 10 Category, Davis Corman (7 yrs) skied 51,200 and Mathew Berry (8 yrs) skied 52,170 ft as well as raising over $2,000 for the event.

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