Get your team together now and make a difference doing something you love. Our 2nd annual ‘Hope on the Slopes’ fundraiser for the American Cancer Society is Saturday, March 5.  The object of this fun competition is to see how many laps you can make in one day AND how many donations you can get for cancer research.

Teams and individual participants compete for awesome prizes like K2 skis and snowboard, a Go Pro camera and a $100 Brundage gift certificate.

All ages and ability levels are welcome. You can register for the event AND get a full-day lift ticket all for the low price of $50! (Yes, that includes your lift ticket!)

Each participant will have a personal website they may customize with a message and photos for fundraising.

Lots of fun activities are planned through out the day, like a scavenger hunt and card run.  Participants are invited to enjoy a delicious mealand cash bar during our awards ceremony at the end of the day. Click here to register and plan for a festive day supporting a worthy cause.

Here are some memories from last year’s event, when a friendly rivalry between different groups of Brundage employees brought a little extra excitement to the day. 

Many participants were riding with a particular loved one in mind.

Others were focused on raising money for the cause.

Proceeds raised support and fund research that leads to improved treatments, patient care and services, and education through the American Cancer Society. But the serious nature of the cause didn’t detract from the fun format of the event.

Participants were given electronic trackers that beep every time they pass one of the ‘orbiters’ at the bottom of the BlueBird or Centennial.

From there, it’s all about putting in the time and energy to rack up the vert. The Smoky’s team was off to a great start…

(With a colorful indoor fan club rooting them on).

And the #10 Pinkies (it’s a fly fishing thing?) were out in force, showing their dedication to the cause through the fog and soggy conditions.

Lap…

After lap…

After lap.

In the end, Team Andy and Kenzie (below) swept first place in both the vertical challenge and the fundraising competitions. This team logged more than 243,000 vertical feet and raised $1875.

The winner of the individual vertical challenge was Renee Roberts, who carved 46,680 vertical feet and won a Brundage Season Pass. (She was also our second highest individual fundraiser, with a total of $400 raised).

In addition to the friendly competition, we also took some quiet moments to plant some memory flags in the snow in honor of loved ones lost and those still courageously fighting the battle.

Local cancer patient and four-time Olympian, Lyle Nelson, shared some inspirational words before the group set out for an official ‘remembrance run’.

This run is dedicated to those who are no longer with us, to the survivors who have won the fight, for those who are fighting cancer now, and for their caregivers.

For the first time that day, the sky opened up with a little brightness during the remembrance run.

We dedicated our first Hope on the Slopes event to Vern Loveall, a beloved local man who left us in May 2014 after a brave 4 1/2 year fight with brain cancer.

Vern was the longtime owner of Crusty’s Pizza in McCall and his wife, Kathy, is part of our Brundage Mountain team.

Vern’s motto: ‘Love one, Love all’ seemed the perfect sentiment for our first Hope on the Slopes event.

We hope you’ll be inspired to join us this year as we ski and ride (and love) for a cure!