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Vertical Cure Skiathon

Fun Event Facts

  • In 8 years, Vertical Cure has raised over $165,000 for the Scleroderma Foundation.
  • In 8 years, Vertical Cure participants have skied  8,566,890 feet (1,629 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 487,100 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.
  • Corinne Newton holds the snowboard record of 71,860 ft in 2005.
  • In the Under 10 Category, Davis Corman (6 yrs) and Mathew Berry (7 yrs) skied an amazing 34,740 ft as well as collectively raised over $2,000 during the 2008 event.

To donate to Vertical Cure please visit our fundraising page at http://www.firstgiving.com/verticalcure

To sponsor an individual participant click here and select their individual fundraising page.