Al Johnson Telemark Uphill/Downhill

This past weekend was the Al Johnson uphill/downhill telemark race. It consists of getting dressed up in crazy costumes - skiing
up to the top of a double diamond "Extreme" run and then telemarking down to the bottom - while the crowds cheer you on. It was Crested Butte at its finest. The costumes were amazing - Liz and mine were a bit ill-conceived being that we decided to compete in the race only the night before - (being that I don't really know how to telemark - I wasn't quite so sure about my fourth time ever being on a double diamond...) but we did it! It was a blast! Our friend Jesse won best female costume as a huge lizard - it was great. There was a pac man and ghosts - there was a fake finish line - there were so many creative costumes!!! The last picture shows the run we came down in front of the huge crowd...