# 2012 North American Ski Mountaineering Championship

The 2012 North American Ski Mountaineering Championship was the first edition of a North American Championship of Ski Mountaineering.
The 2012 Crested Butte Ski Mountaineering Race, supported by the United States Ski Mountaineering Association (USSMA), held in Colorado from 27 to 29 January 2012 was billed as the North American Championship of the International Ski Mountaineering Federation (ISMF). Participants were competition ski mountaineers from Canada and the United States. Some competitors from other continents (italic in the ranking lists below) also participated in the Crested Butte Ski Mountaineering Race events, but appear only in the World ranking and not in the North American Championship's ranking (abbreviated NAC in the lists below).

## Results
### Sprint race

Event held on January 28, 2012
List of the best 10 participants by gender:
| Women NAC participant total time World  Melanie Bernier 05' 39"  Janelle Smiley 05' 57"  Sari Anderson 06' 28" ––––––  Gemma Arró Ribot 06' 41" 4 4  Lyndsay Meyer 07' 11" 5 5  Julie Matteau 07' 14" 6 6  Stevie Kremer 07' 49"$^{1)}$ 7 7  Jari Kirkland 08' 42" 8 8  Jen Gersbach 08' 53"$^{1)}$ 9 9  Sarah Stubbe 09' 23" 10 10  Lindsay Plant 08' 42" 11 $^{1)}$ includes 5 penalty seconds | Men NAC participant total time World ––––––  Manfred Reichegger 04' 48"  Reiner Thoni 05' 09" ––––––  Lorenzo Holzknecht 05' 10"  Andrew McNab 05' 19" 4 ––––––  Jan Koles 05' 24" 5  Travis Scheefer 05' 27" 6 4  Andrew "Andy" Dorais 05' 36" 7 5  Marshall Thomson 05' 39" 8 6  Jared Inouye 05' 44" 9 7  Jon Brown 05' 53" 10 8  Brian Smith 05' 54" 11 9  Simon Gilna 05' 57" 12 10  Mike Schilling 05' 58" 13 |

### Single race

Event held on January 29, 2012
List of the best 10 participants by gender:
| Women NAC participant total time World  Janelle Smiley 02h 39' 42"  Sari Anderson 02h 44' 03"  Stevie Kremer 03h 00' 24"$^{1)}$ ––––––  Gemma Arró Ribot 03h 12' 24" 4 4  Melanie Bernier 03h 13' 51" 5 5  Jari Kirkland 03h 15' 52" 6 6  Julie Matteau 03h 36' 20" 7 7  Lindsay Plant 03h 46' 43" 8 8  Lyndsay Meyer 03h 50' 17" 9 9  Jen Gersbach 03h 52' 23" 10 10  Andrea Koenig 04h 20 58" 11 $^{1)}$ includes 1 penalty minute | Men NAC participant total time World ––––––  Manfred Reichegger 01h 58' 35" ––––––  Lorenzo Holzknecht 02h 02' 06"  Reiner Thoni 02h 07' 38"  Luke Nelson 02h 13' 32" 4  Jason Dorais 02h 18' 20" 5 4  Marshall Thomson 02h 21' 04" 6 5  Jared Inouye 02h 23' 53" 7 6  Andrew McNab 02h 26' 55" 8 7  Travis Scheefer 02h 29' 45" 9 8  Andrew "Andy" Dorais 02h 28' 54"$^{1)}$ 10 9  Jon Brown 02h 30' 47" 11 10  Brian Smith 02h 35' 05" 13$^{2)}$ $^{1)}$ includes 1 penalty minute $^{2)}$ 12th in World ranking was the Slovak runner Jan Koles. |

### Total Ranking

(total time of the sprint and the single races)
List of the best 10 teams by gender:
Women
NAC
team
sprint
single
total time
World
 Janelle Smiley
05' 57"
02h 39' 42"
02h 45' 39"
 Sari Anderson
06' 28"
02h 44' 03"
02h 50' 31"
 Stevie Kremer
07' 49"$^{1)}$
03h 00' 24"$^{2)}$
03h 09' 14"
 Gemma Arró Ribot
06' 41"
03h 12' 24"
03h 19' 05"
4
4
 Melanie Bernier
05' 39"
03h 13' 51"
03h 19' 30"
5
5
 Jari Kirkland
08' 42"
03h 15' 52"
03h 24' 35"
6
6
 Julie Matteau
07' 14"
03h 36' 20"
03h 43' 34"
7
7
 Lindsay Plant
09' 51"
03h 46' 43"
03h 56' 34"
8
8
 Lyndsay Meyer
07' 11"
03h 50' 17"
03h 57' 27"
9
9
 Jen Gersbach
08' 48"$^{1)}$
03h 52' 23"
04h 01' 16"
10
10
 Andrea Koenig
10' 28"
04h 20 58"
04h 31' 27"
11
$^{1)}$ includes 5 penalty seconds
$^{2)}$ includes 1 penalty minute :
Men
NAC
team
sprint
single
total time
World
 Manfred Reichegger
04' 48"
01h 58' 35"
02h 03' 22"
 Lorenzo Holzknecht
05' 10"
02h 02' 06"
02h 07' 16"
 Reiner Thoni
05' 09"
02h 07' 38"
02h 12' 47"
 Luke Nelson
06' 39"
02h 13' 32"
02h 20' 11"
4
 Jason Dorais
06' 38"
02h 18' 20"
02h 24' 58"
5
4
 Marshall Thomson
05' 39"
02h 21' 04"
02h 26' 43"
6
5
 Jared Inouye
05' 44"
02h 23' 53"
02h 29' 37"
7
6
 Andrew McNab
05' 19"
02h 26' 55"
02h 32' 14"
8
7
 Travis Scheefer
05' 27"
02h 29' 45"
02h 35' 12"
9
8
 Andrew "Andy" Dorais
05' 36"
02h 28' 54"$^{1)}$
02h 35' 30"
10
9
 Jon Brown
05' 53"
02h 30' 47"
02h 36' 40"
11
10
 Brian Smith
05' 54"
02h 35' 05"
02h 40' 59"
13$^{2)}$
$^{1)}$ includes 1 penalty minute
$^{2)}$ 12th in World total ranking was the Slovak
runner Jan Koles. :