A perennial highlight of the grabaseat Mountain Mayhem, the Suitcase Race saw 20 foolhardy souls hurl themselves down the mountain on a range of cases as they took on the hard and fast course.
Best Dressed winner Will Oswald, dressed as ‘Scuba Steve’ declared it to be “ the best fun I have had in a long time.” Hayley Stevenson was the first female home and Nigel Lloyd won the Male category.
The title for winner of the Dash for Cash was hotly contested as a 30 strong field, made up of locals and visitors skied down the main M1 trail and ran back up the course to claim the coveted $1500.00 prize pool. Marine Prevoteaux from France was first female home, local Mark Spence first in the Masters category and Ben Ruer also from France won the Open section.
Musical Chairs saw 80 entrants, a Winterfest record, with Gabriel Hurford winning the Open section and Lucy Mortimer kept her chair to win the Children’s section.
Back downtown, the Lindauer Jazz Night (Saturday 3 July) saw the Skyline Gondola packed to capacity with a bunch of very happy festival goers dancing the night away.
Jazz and music lovers were treated to the seductive jazzy blues sounds of Vanessa Kelly on arrival, while upstairs featured the legendary LA Mitchell and the brilliant acoustics of Coast. Downstairs the dance floor was packed and pulsing to the beats of dance extraordinaire Sola Rosa and DJ Spikey Tee kept things humming along during the breaks. Eru Dangerspeil capped off a fantastic night’s entertainment.
Sunday (July 4) will see plenty of action at Coronet Peak with the Budget-Rent-A-Car Mountain Bikes on Snow followed by the Jim Beam Closing Concert featuring dDub. The on-mountain ‘wrap’ party also heralds the first night skiing session of the season.
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