Life-Link Ski Mountaineering

Race Series Point System

There are 6 races in which competitors can accumulate points towards the overall race series championship, the five races in the Life-Link race series and the Black Diamond Powderkeg in Utah on March 17th. 

Only your best 4 race finishes will be used to comprise your series points total.  The only race that is mandatory is the North American Championship in Jackson Hole, Wyoming on March 24. So if you entered all 6 races only your 4 highest point scores would go toward your overall series point total.

Points in each race will be awarded as follows; first place will receive 30 points, second place 25 points, third place 22 points, fourth place 20 points, fifth place 19 points, sixth place 18 points and so on until 23rd place. From 23rd to last place (excluding DNF’s) will receive one point each.

All races will follow the above point system with the exception of the N. A. Championship in Jackson Hole. The N. A. Championship finishers will receive double the points of all the other races.

Points will be totaled at the end of the N. A. Championship Race in Jackson Hole, Wyoming on March 24th. We will then crown the winner of the Life-Link Ski Mountaineering Race Series by virtue of the number of points they have earned in their four best races. If there is a tie the tie will be broken by the order of finish in the Jackson Hole Race of those involved in the tie.

The winner of the N. A. Championship (Jackson Hole Race) will be determined by order of finish.