Stowe Derby

20km Long Course, Freestyle & Classic

– 6km Short Course, Freestyle & Classic

The 2019 Stowe Derby will be held on Sunday, January 13th! We have will have the traditional date of February 24th as a contingency plan if January 13th does not happen. Bib pickup, après party, and awards ceremony at the Town & Country, where we’ll enjoy chili, beer and raffle prizes.

The Stowe Derby is one of the oldest and most unique ski races in North America. It started in 1945 as a personal bet between two amazing skiers: Sepp Ruschp, an Austrian, and the head of Stowe’s new ski school, and Erling Strom, a world famous mountaineer from Norway. Their challenge was simple: a race from the top of Mt. Mansfield, Vermont’s highest peak to the historic village of Stowe, on a single pair of skis. The ultimate test of a skier’s ability. Ruschp was the winner of the first Stowe Derby.