Huntsville, Utah- One passionate Snowbasin skier has likely broken a skiing world record.
Thomas Hart surpassed 7 million vertical feet skied this ski season today, which is a record. The sixty-three-year-old surpassed the current Guinness World Record holder weeks ago and will likely surpass 7 million vertical feet today. The Guinness World Record is currently held by Canadian Pierre Marc Jette, who skied 6,025,751 feet and 3.72 inches at Whistler during the 2014-15 season. As is typically the case, Guinness will certify the numbers for Thomas to achieve the World Record officially. Vertical feet is determined by subtracting the peak and base elevations of a chairlift that was ridden before the downhill run.
His stats are pretty remarkable. According to the Standard-Examiner, he started his season at Solitude and then skied at Snowbasin for most of his days this winter. At Snowbasin, Racer Tom has skied 148 of 149 days for their season, with him trying to go the full seven hours of lift operations every day. Snowbasin’s closing date is this Sunday, April 28th.
If there’s a place to be able to break the vertical drop record, Snowbasin is certainly one of the places to do it. Snowbasin has a vertical drop of 3015 feet, among the largest in the country.
For more information, check out the video report from KSL below.
Image/Video Credits: Snowbasin Resort, KSL
