As fun as this looks, Ben Beholz needs a booty and gloves sponsor ASAP. Slicing tracks across virgin ice like a hockey team warming up on a fresh sheet looks absurdly fun but the stabbing pain of feet and hands thawing out afterward is not enviable. What a cool way to spend a spring day in the mountains:

 

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