SHE SHREDS IS ALWAYS DOWN FOR SPREADING THE MESSAGE OF MOUNTAIN SAFETY. THE GOAL OF THIS EVENT IS TO TEST MOUNTAIN SURVIVAL PREPAREDNESS WITHIN THE SNOWMOBILE COMMUNITY. ON MARCH 14-16 2023 WE WILL BE HOSTING OUR SECOND ANNUAL SHE SHREDS MOUNTAIN CHALLENGE IN NELSON BC AND INVITING 4 TO 5 WOMEN SLEDDERS TO TAKE PART IN THIS EVENT.
WE WILL BE INVITING ADVANCED RIDERS WHO ENTERED THE WOMEN OF WINTER CONTEST THAT NADINE OVERWATER AND 509 (click for details on how to enter) ARE RUNNING SO MAKE SURE TO GET YOUR ENTRIES IN TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE SHE SHREDS MOUNTAIN CHALLENGE! DEADLINE TO ENTER THE WOMEN OF WINTER CONTEST IS MARCH 6 2023. WE WILL BE SENDING OUT INVITES TO THE CHALLENGE ON MARCH 8 - INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY!
LAYOUT OF THE EVENT:
Each sledder pitches $25 into a cash pot prize for the winner in the end. The lady with the least amount of points wins the Mountain Challenge. The Mountain Challenge is based at a cabin deep in the woods in the West Kootenays for 2 nights/3 days where each person needs to toboggan their supplies in.
Challenge #1 - Companion Rescue Challenge - 4 transceivers will be hidden in a make shift "avalanche site". Each lady needed to find all 4 in a timed fashion. The lady with the quickest recovery gets the least amount of points.
Challenge #2 - Survival Challenge - each lady needs to start a fire with what they have in their survival kit and what the woods can provide them for dead wood. The lady that keeps the fire going for 2 hours gets 0 points, the ladies that their fires go out during those 2 hours receive points depending on the time their fire went out
Challenge #3 - Navigation Challenge - Each lady is given 12 waypoints and need to track their route to the 12 waypoints. When returned to the cabin, they needed to show their route to the 12 waypoints and time it took them to complete the challenge. The lady that successfully gets to the 12 waypoints in the least amount of time gets the least amount of points.
Challenge #4 - Navigation RACE Challenge - Each lady is timed to re-do the 12 waypoint navigation challenge, this time as a timed race, dealing with all the bomb holes and ruts from Navigation Challenge the day before. The lady back to the cabin in the least amount of time gets the least amount of points. New track needs to be prooved that each rider got to the 12 waypoints.
The winner is the lady with the least amount of points in the end that wins the cash pot!
Note: each rider is responsible for their own food, paying their prize pot fee ($25) trail fee to Nelson SnoGoers Snowmobile Club ($20), cabin rental fee ($50).
Event is proudly sponsored by KLIM, POLARIS, Truckboss Decks & Avalanche Alliance!
Here is the full edit from last years challenge (shot by Allan Sawchuck):
