ConGratz to Brandon Chalk for bringing home a gold medal in the Winter Mountain Games at Vail this past weekend! OpenSnow was the official forecaster for the games, so we sponsored Brandon's entry fee as he's a good friend of OpenSnow and a heckuva athlete. In fact he's our first sponsored athlete...and he didn't let us down! Read his story here, which includes getting creative with his gear to cover nearly 2,500 vertical feet over two miles in 46 minues and 3 seconds. He's an uphill speed demon, I tell ya. Here's the full story and a Tweet to celebrate the achievement!

- JOEL GRATZ

Brandon is on the left with his gold; me on the right.