Striking Gold With the Inaugural Ezakimak // Snowshoe Magazine
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“So this is what we do for fun in the mountains,” said the runner hopping up and down next to me, trying to stay warm. “Race UP the mountain.”
I laughed but it was true. Dubbed, “Ezakimak 11,053’ Pink Moon Challenge,” participants were heading more than three miles up the backside of Mammoth Mountain Ski Area in a brand new event.
Pronounced ‘e-zack-a-mack,’ the word is Kamikaze spelled backwards, and the new race is a twist on the ski resort’s famous mountain bike trail of that name. Kamikaze weaves down from the top of the resort along the backside of the mountain and finishes at the Main Lodge and is the namesake of Mammoth Mountain’s annual Kamikaze Bike Games held each fall.
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