Valley skiers and riders place in Junior Regional Freeride Competition

Landry Neufeld of Center/Hooper boards down a slope to take 1st place in the Snowboard Female under 12 age bracket. Photo courtesy Monarch Image Makers Courtesy photo

MONARCH MOUNTAIN - Continental Divide Freeride Team skiers and riders competed at the International Freeskiers & Snowboarders Association 2020 Monarch Junior Regional Freeride Competition Feb. 22 and 23. This two day event included runs on High Anxiety and Mirkwood Bowl for each skier or snowboarder. Continental Divide Freeride (CDF) brought four snowboarders and five skiers to the event from Del Norte, Center/Hooper and Pagosa Springs. CDF team members placed as follows:

Snowboard Female U12
Landry Neufeld (Center/Hooper)    1st Place
Audrina Smith (Pagosa Springs)    2nd Place

Snowboard Male U12
Kife Mashburn     (Del Norte)        5th Place
Eric Smith (Pagosa Springs)        7th Place

Ski Male U12
Noah Bellina (Pagosa Springs)    18th Place
Ryan Rich (Pagosa Springs)        25th Place

Ski Male 12-14
Corbin Horrocks (Del Norte)        3rd Place
Summit Mashburn (Del Norte)    4th Place
Aiden Mashburn (Del Norte)        6th Place

For more information about how to be a part of Continental Divide Freeride or how to support our athletes please contact Liz Callard at [email protected].