NAME: Hannah Whitney

HOME MOUNTAIN: Alta, UT from Crested Butte, CO from Titcomb Mountain, ME...THAT'S RIGHT!!!

FAVORITE SKIS: Fav ski is the question?  Then you know The Answer!  Ok sorry, I know I'm not witty...just dorky.  BUT, the Answer is amazing in all conditions!  It charges, floats, slices and dices and puts a huge dorky grin on my face!!! 

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 

2009

US Extreme Freeskiing Championships, Crested Butte, CO - 8th

US National Freeskiing Championships, Snowbird, UT - 12th

North American Freeskiing Championships, Kirkwood, CA - 5th

Freeskiing World Tour Championships, Alyeska, AK - 10th

World Tour Standings - 7th

2008 

Telluride Freeskiing Open, Telluride, CO - 1st

Squaw Valley Freeskiing Open, Squaw Valley, CA - 7th

US Extreme Freeskiing Championships, Crested Butte, CO - 3rd

US National Freeskiing Championships, Snowbird, UT - 18th

Jackson Hole Freeskiing Open, Jackson Hole, WY - 9th

Freeskiing World Tour Championships, Alyeska, AK - 4th

North American Tour Standings - 2nd

World Tour Standings - 8th

2007 

Telluride Freeskiing Open, Telluride, CO - 9th

US Extreme Freeskiing Championships, Crested Butte, CO - 2nd

US National Freeskiing Championships, Snowbird, UT - 17th

Jackson Hole Freeskiing Open, Jackson Hole, WY - 4th

North American Freeskiing Championships, Kirkwood, CA - 4th

North American Tour Standings - 9th

World Tour Standings - 11th

SKIING: I am one of those east coast skiers who moved west to trade ice for powder.  I loved growing up in small town Maine, enjoying the ocean and the mountains, but I had to create my own adventure elsewhere, and what better time than college?  I moved to Colorado and studied ecology at Western State College of Colorado in Gunnison.  I spent most of my free times skiing or with the WSC Mountain Rescue Team...or anything outdoors.  It was there, skiing Crested Butte, that I discovered "extreme skiing" and realized how sheltered I had been about the world of skiing!  By my senior year in 2006 I decided to enter the Crested Butte Extreme Freeskiing Championships, and sure I ate it hard off body bag, but it spawned an addiction I have yet to conquer (and hopefully never will!).  Now I live the life of an aspiring pro skier, loving the days, working the nights.  I couldn't hope for more fun...as long as the snow keeps falling!

OTHER INTERESTS: As with many skiers, I have a general love for the outdoors.  I enjoy hiking, camping, and biking among other things.  If you ever go on a hike with me, I'll probably point out every wildflower I can identify and take photos of the ones I don't know so I can go home and figure them out.  I'll also share interesting tidbits of naturalist info that I've picked up along the way, which comes from my schooling, and also from volunteering with the Cottonwood Canyons Foundation give tours to 4th graders and resort guests.  I enjoy using my time to get others excited about the natural world so we can all work together to protect it.

SHOUT OUTS: Anyone who takes the time to give a friendly smile and words of encouragement has my sincere thanks.  I am grateful for my family any friends who have been and always will be there for me, and I for them.  I also wouldn't be where I am if not for companies like Blizzard taking a chance on this small town girl.  Thank you so much!

SPONSORS: Blizzard, Tecnica, Helly Hansen, Scott USA, Alta Ski Area, Colorado Freeskier