Name: Sienna Petersen Age: u20 Home Town: Salt Lake City, Utah Home Club/Team: Silverfork Skimo Sponsors: Neversecond Racing Accomplishments: 3rd in Sprint at 2025 World Championships. 10th in U20 mixed relay at World Championships. 2nd in individual, 2nd in Sprint, and 3rd in U20 mixed relay at Powderkeg 2025. 4th...
Name: Helen Desmond AgeCategory: u20 Home Town: Santa Fe, New Mexico Home Club/Team: Silverfork Skimo Sponsors: N/A Racing Accomplishments: 6th at the ISMF World Championships- Vertical Race 4th place in the ISMF Youth World Cup Final- Vertical Race Throughout the 2025 season, I placed in the top 10 in 6 out...
My name is McCall Birkinshaw. I am from Salt Lake City, Utah, and have been fortunate to ski in the Wasatch Mountains my whole life. I have been an athlete on the U.S. Ski Mountaineering National Team for 2 years. Around 7 years ago, I fell in love with skimo...
Name: John Rauen AgeCategory: 26 Home Town: Yardley, PA Home Club/Team: N/A Sponsors: Arapahoe Basin Racing Accomplishments: Two top 20’s in 2025 WC Verticals Favorite US Skimo Race: Imperial Challenge in Breckenridge, CO Favorite Mantra: “Smiling shifts the effort” What inspires you? : Life is fragile and unpredictable. That’s all...
Name: Gwen Rudy AgeCategory: 31 Home Town: Leadville Colorado Home Club/Team: N/A Sponsors: N/A Racing Accomplishments: USA nationals – 2nd place relay, 2nd place sprint, 3 place vertical. Favorite US Skimo Race: Caldera burn Favorite Mantra: “Many little steps gets you there” What inspires you? : Being fit on any...
My name is Bryce Ostermiller and this is my first season with the national team. I’m lucky to live in SLC where the skiing, hiking, mtn biking and trail running are epic and I’ve enjoyed great Skimo coaching for the past 2 years. I start my Jr year at west...
Though she grew up in the Bay Area, far from snow, Emmiliese got introduced to “uphill skiing” as a kid, during visits to see family in Austria. This early introduction to the sport involved heavy gear and a lot of sliding backward. At the time, Emmiliese didn’t understand the point...
Name: Arthur Whitehead Age : 29 Home Town: Frisco, Colorado Home Club/Team: N/A Sponsors: N/A Racing Accomplishments: Top ranked North American in the Sprint World Cup in 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons Favorite US Skimo Race: Lobo Loco/Wolf Creek Favorite Mantra: I eat ice cream every day What inspires you? :
Name: Griff Briley Age: 19 Home Town: Park City, Utah Home Club/Team: Park City Skimo Sponsors: Atomic, ATK, Pierre Gignoux carbon ski boots Racing Accomplishments: 4x Junior World Champion Favorite US Skimo Race; Shoehorn, Montana Favorite Mantra: “all is possible” or “we arrive” What inspires you? : Adventure and Exploration of...
