World Record Skier Aims To Clock Up 10 Million Vertical Feet (3,048,000m) in Season

An American skier has passed the 8,000,000 vertical feet skied in a year mark and is hoping to pass the 10,000,000 vertical feet mark by the time the 12-month period ends.  

Utah-based Thomas Hart has already nearly equalled his own Guinness World Record for "Greatest vertical distance skiing downhill in one year (male)" which he set last year having skied 8,513,340 feet (2,594,866m) between Nov. 30, 2023, and Nov. 30, 2024.

Last weekend Hart had reached 8,232,320 vertical feet and is aiming to have skied 10 million vertical feet by May 31.  He says his first target though is 9 million vertical feet.

In an interview with the Standard-Examiner Hart credited the short lift lines at his home resort of Snowbasin for the amount of terrain he’s able to ski, noting he has no special loading privileges to queue jump.  He also noted good conditions this season and his own good health as contributing factors.

Snowbasin has now closed for the 24-25 season so Hart is now skiing at another Utah area, Snowbird, and plans to then ski Mammoth Mountain in California and Arapahoe Basin in Colorado.

Photo credit: Snowbasin Resort