Summit County Citizens Voice

The Summit County Sheriff's Office ski team took some top spots during a recent competition at Vail.

Local lawmen post top finishes in annual peace officers event

By Summit Voice

SUMMIT COUNTY — For the second year in a row, the Summit County Sheriff’s Office team skied to a first place finish in the Annual Colorado Peace Officers Ski/Snowboard Race held Feb. 26 in Vail.

In addition to the first place advanced team finish, deputy Jeff Wilson, technician Mark Watson and detective Wes Mumford also posted impressive individual performances, with Wilson coming in winning the overall competition, followed by Watson in second place, and Mumford in sixth place.

About 120 participants and 23 teams participated in this year’s race. The event was founded in 1973 by former Vail Police Department officer (now Routt County undersheriff) David Bustos.  The event features a race on Vail’s Golden Peak, lunch at Mid-Vail and an awards pizza party at the bottom of Gold Peak at the end of the day.
The trophy, a slab of white marble from Marble, Colorado with a bronze skier, was designed by Vail jeweler Craig Cook in the early 1990s.

The award has traditionally been a traveling trophy; however, in recent years there was insufficient space to display all 37 years’ worth of plaques. This year, the Vail Police Department will be adding a large wooden base, and the trophy will be displayed in the Colorado Ski Museum. “Kind of like the Stanley Cup,” joked Eagle County Undersheriff Layman.

A special thanks goes out to Völkl Ski Company, for their donation of race skis for the SCSO team, and to the Copper Mountain Race Department for their training time and assistance.

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