Recreational Racing
This page is specific to our club. You can also visit the
PACRATS pages directly.
Need someone to ski with? We'll give you 9
companions for the season! Just sign up for a
10-person team. Any
intermediate skier or boarder qualifies. Beginner racers are as much needed
(and can contribute as much) as advanced racers. Everyone races within their
own category, of which there are 7, from beginner to elite. Watch your
results improve over time. It's the best deal in town.
The most fun for your money!
Five races per season, each
race followed by a party, with free food, drinks, and door prizes. At the
end of the season, there is an awards dinner party, named the "Rat Attack".
All this for just $85
for the whole season. On top of that,
each racer gets a discounted lift ticket on race days.
The PACRAT League ("Pacific
Northwest Area
Recreational
Clubs
Alpine Teams")
is separate from our club. In fact, it is the result of cooperation between
several clubs. Our club has participated from the very beginning, with at
least 4 to 6 teams each year. In the 2010 season, we have 13 full teams
(130 racers).
2010-2011 PACRAT Race Dates
Dates and
locations are still
only tentative, pending approval by
the ski areas.
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Jan. 2
Jan. 9
Jan. 23
Feb. 6
Feb. 27
Mar. 13
Mar. 20
Apr. 15
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Training day, just for fun. (TBA)
Race 1: Timberline
Race 2:
Mt. Hood Meadows
Race 3: Mt. Hood Skibowl
Race 4:
Timberline
Race 5:
Mt. Hood Meadows
Tentative
Make up race day
(to be held only if a
previous race gets cancelled)
Tentative date, yet to be confirmed
Rat Attack awards party
The Refectory restaurant
1618 NE 122nd Ave., Portland,
503-255-8545,
Starting at 7:00 pm.. Free for racers. Dinner included. Guests: $28. |
Click here to
see the Black Diamond Thunder collection of videos from Bruce Kuper's
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Even if you have never dreamed of being
a racer, give it a try. It's well worth it. It will enhance your
social life, and improve your carving skills! Teams are usually formed
by mid-November, so apply early! See instructions below. Also, click
here to see our
PACRAT
Racing video.
LATEST UPDATES
NOTE 1: All racers (and any newcomers) should contact a team captain,
and sign up for a specific team. See list of team captains below. Fill
out a signup form and a liability release form (see below) and mail it
to your team captain, preferably before our Membership Party in
November.
NOTE 2: All
post-race parties are open to guests, for a fee of $10, to cover the
cost of food and drinks. Small kids as guests: $5.
NOTE 3: Future
race dates will try to follow a standard pattern, as follows, but this
may not always be possible. It depends on whether the ski areas can
accommodate us on these dates:
1st race: 2nd
Sunday in January
2nd race: 4th
Sunday in January
3rd race: 1st
Sunday in February
4th race: 3rd
Sunday in February
5th race: 2nd Sunday
in March
Makeup: 3rd
Sunday in March (to be held only if a previous race gets cancelled)
Rat Attack: 2nd or 3rd Friday in April
(Awards dinner party)
How to find out more & join a team
(After viewing the documents below, hit the Backspace button on
your keyboard.)
1.
Click here to read more about PACRAT
racing. General description. Next Racing page.
2. PACRAT flyer
- print it, and post it somewhere, or send it to a friend!
3. PACRAT
Racing video. - See how
it's done, both the races and the apres-ski parties.
Also, check out this video about
World Cup Downhill Racing
(on YouTube), but keep in mind that out own racing is recreational and
nowhere near that gripping or that dangerous.
4.
Read this
year's instructions from our PACRAT President.
(PDF
file. 125KB)
Read this
year's instructions from our PACRAT President. (Word
doc. 282KB)
5. Contact our
Racing director or any Team captain to get your name on a team:
Remember, each team needs 10 people, preferably of varying abilities, so
beginner
racers, and those who never raced, please don't hesitate to
call us. We need you!
TEAM
Captains listed in alphabetical order of the team names:
MOUNTAIN HIGH RACING COORDINATORS
* Bruce Ellison
Racing Director
yuffiet@comcast.net
* Gordon Lusk
Race Training clinics
GordyLusk@hotmail.com
MOUNTAIN HIGH TEAMS
* Gary Gunderson "Avalanche Express":
ggunderson@sapiazza.com or 503-258-8051
* Elaine Bock "Drooling Moose" team:
SeawitchPdx@aol.com
* Stevie Viaene "Frosted
Flakes" team: stevie.viaene@gmail.com
* Bruce
Ellison "Infra-Rats" team
yuffiet@comcast.net
* Samy Fouts "Mixed Nuts" team:
Samy.Fouts@pdxtrans.org
* Emilio Trampuz "Mt Hoodlums" team:
info@mthigh.org
* Gary Gunderson "Psychothermia"
team: ggunderson@sapiazza.com
or 503-258-8051
* David
Schor "Rat Racers"
davidschor@davidschor.net
* Chris Wiley "Rattitudes" team: Chris2005@Yhuji.com
* Brad Carbaugh "Rats
R Us" team
carbaugh@canby.com
* Mike Weber "Rocket Dawgs" team: weberrider@verizon.net
* Bruce
Ellison "Rut Riders"
team
yuffiet@comcast.net
* McCoy Smith
"Schussing Shysters" team
McCoySmith@comcast.net
* Sheri Cansler "Vertigo Madness" team
SheriCansler@yahoo.com
To contact the "top brass", the PACRAT Chairperson
is:
* Barbara Pressentin,
PACRAT Chairman, 503-267-9522 ,
BP2Ski@Gmail.com
* Dale Parshall,
Timing and Results, dale.parshall@bankofthewest.com
Forms
To join a team, you need to print out these two forms and send them to
your team captain.
1. PACRAT
Team/Racer Entry form - Use it to
start your own team (optional), or fill out just one line and send it to
your team captain.
a)
Entry form
- PDF version (66 KB)
b)
Entry form
- Word document
(46KB)
2. PACRAT Liability Release. Every PACRAT racer
must sign one of these. We need to show this to the ski areas. Sign it and send it to your team
captain.
a)
PACRAT Release -
PDF version (60 KB)
b)
PACRAT Release - Word
document (38 KB)
3. PACRAT Insurance Waiver. Every racer must sign one of
these. It's for our insurance. Sign it and send it to your team
captain.
a)
PACRAT Waiver -
PDF version (128 KB)
b)
PACRAT Waiver - Word
document (35 KB)
Rules and Guidelines
1.
The Registration Guide (WHO does WHAT and WHEN) -
PDF file.
The Registration Guide
(WHO does WHAT and WHEN) - Word doc.
Especially useful for team captains.
2. Complete PACRAT Rules
All about: Eligibility, Teams, Classification, Scoring, Points
chart, Handicap system, and Categories.
PDF file
or
Word
document
Race Results
It's best to check the PACRATs official web site,
www.pacrats.org, or
go to the "Race Results" page on
our own club web site.
Click here if you need
Adobe Reader for PDF files.
Total visits from Oct.1, 2005 -- Sept. 30, 2006 was:
370.
Total visits from Oct.1, 2006 -- Sept. 30, 2007 was:
380.
Total visits from Oct.1, 2007 -- Sept. 30, 2008 was:
528.
Total visits from Oct.1, 2008 -- Sept. 30, 2009 was:
469
Total visitors since Oct. 1, 2009:
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