US Snowboarding Grand Prix Venue at Bear Mountain

US Snowboarding Grand Prix Venue at Bear Mountain

This weekend, Killington hosts the US Snowboarding Grand Prix at Bear Mountain. The resort is expecting 100 world champions and olympic calibre snow boarders to participate in this years event.

Vermont natives Kelly Clark and Hannah Teter are scheduled to compete. Clark is returning as the Grand Prix champ going into this weekends event.

The resort has Bear Mountain prepared to greet competitors. The Superpipe on Lower Dream Maker was reshaped with considerable effort over the last 2 weeks. The pipe is 430 feet long with 22 foot high walls to meet olympic specifications. Prize money for pipe competitors totals $56,000 with $14,000 going to both the men's and women's champion.

Lower Sky Burst is set up for the Paul Mitchell Progression Session Slopestyle competition. The event, which features competitors performing on rails, boxes, and numerous large and small jumps sports a purse valued at $30,000. The top prize for the men's and women's competition in $7,500.

The U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix at Killington is sponsored by Sprint. Competition starts today with halfpipe qualification this morning. On Saturday, the Paul Mitchell Progression Session slopestyle qualification begins at 9 a.m. Assuming the weather forecast for a beautiful sunny day holds true, the halfpipe finals will take place at 1 p.m Saturday. The slopestyle finals will take place Sunday at 1 p.m. American ska band Reel Big Fish is scheduled to perform at 3:45 p.m. on Saturday at Bear Mountain to provide late afternoon entertainment.

With lots of snow for skiing and riding at the rest of the resort, it should make for a fun weekend at Killington.... Let it snow!