Love The Up! As much as you can…

There’s nothing like a good challenge to give you a kick in the pants at the start of summer, which is why we decided to launch our June Vert Challenge on Strava! Going uphill is a cornerstone of mountain sports training regardless of whether you’re a skier, runner, cyclist or whatnot; it offers a great muscular endurance and strength training effect, allows for easy adjustment with effort, and if you’re lucky enough to be doing so outside, can get you high up in the alpine!

But sometimes the simple glory of accumulated thousands of feet isn’t enough to slake your thirst for victory, so we’ve partnered with local Methow pizza joint Lucky Grouse, the finest pies around, to hook you up with discounted pizza every Friday when you show your progress, and the overall vert winners at the end of the month will receive gift certificates for free pizza! We’ve also got prizes from our friends at Skratch Labs and Goat’s Beard Mountain Supplies, so what’re you waiting for! Virtual vert is accepted (treadmills, bike trainers) and we’ll take your ups in any form: climbing, hiking, cycling, skiing, running, crawling. If you’re inclined, so are we (Dad jokes).

To jump in, first you gotta be a Cascade Endurance Strava club member (which is easy!): follow the link below to join us, then leave a comment that you want to participate in the VERT CHALLENGE and we’ll sign you up!

Now get climbing!