Pica's Margarita Cup - Locals' Race League

2024 Dates:

Jan 22 - GS / Feb 5 - Dual GS / Feb 12 - Super G / Feb 26 - Dual GS

Offering for the 2nd year!!! : Optional Gate-training Sessions with JHSC Alpine Coaches

Come sharpen your racing skills with the best coaches in town! All proceeds from the training sessions support the Alpine Program.

Jan 19 GS & Feb 9 SG, 4-6PM on Snow King Mountain: $80 for 1 session

Didn't have time to get a Marg Cup Team together?? NO Problem, here is a way you can still participate! Grab your long boards, fast skis, speed suit and helmet! Come on out and have some fun and costumes encouraged.

You may not be on a team but your results will still show your best speed making you a hot commodity for next seasons Marg Cup Teams!

Pica's Margarita Cup - Is open for drop-in's

Event Info

The 14th Annual (2023) PICA’S MARGARITA CUP, Locals' Race League

The "Marg Cup" is a fun and social, locals' race league with a competitive spirit. Skiers and Snowboarders of all abilities are welcome to race for the Cup. The scoring has been designed to give even novice racers the ability to earn a high score and help their team win. Racers enjoy:

Professional racecourses
Huge weekly raffles
Live announcer and DJ IRVODY
Awesome Championship prize packages
...And just the right amount of friendly trash-talking!

Teams (4-6 people) can register as self-sponsored or as business-sponsored. Racers can run the course between 2-6pm each race day. All business-sponsored teams will compete for series championship title and prizes as well as the business championship title. We call it the "league within the league." This is a great way for local businesses to compete against one another and promote their business while supporting the athletes of the JHSC: 100% of the entry fees support the Club.

Registration

DON'T HAVE A SNOW KING PASS?

Snow King offers $30 racer tickets with Marg Cup bib sticker
All racers must have a valid pass or lift ticket to race

Results

2023 Pica's Margarita Cup Results

2022 Pica's Margarita Cup Results

2021 Pica's Margarita Cup Results

2020 Pica's Margarita Cup Results

2019 Pica's Margarita Cup Results

2018 Pica's Margarita Cup Results

2017 Pica's Margarita Cup Results

2016 Pica's Margarita Cup Results

2015 Pica's Margarita Cup Results

Volunteer

Volunteer Sign Up

Course & Venue

The course is accessible from Snow King's Cougar lift. Racing opens at 2:30pm and closes at 6:00pm under the lights.

For races with a combined-time format, racers must take two runs for a combined time result. For races with a fastest-time format, racers must take at least one run to get a result.

Racers must purchase a one-day Snow King lift ticket or a Snow King season's pass to participate in each event.

Snow King racer tickets $30 with Marg Cup bib sticker

Awards

MARG CUP SERIES PRIZES: (Full Prize Updates Coming Soon)

Rules & Regulations

Teams:

Racers must be 18+ years old
Each team consists of 4-6 racers
A Team's Racers are constant for the entire season and CANNOT BE SUBSTITUTED.
Racers CANNOT be substituted (it says it twice for a reason)
If a racer is injured, they may be replaced for the remainder of the season.
Substituting a racer for even ONE event run will result in the disqualification of the team's season ranking.
Team must be paid in full before race #1. Venmo is a great option for sharing payment on the back end.

Scoring:

Race results are scored by gender
Each racer will be assigned points descending from 20-1, beginning with 20 for first place. After every 20 places, the points “restart,” i.e. a racer finishing 21st, 41st, 61st, 81st, etc. gets 20 points - the same amount as the 1st place finisher, and so on.
The best 4 point-scoring racers will be used for each team’s weekly score
DNF and DQs will result in a score of zero
Hiking is permitted, and the time will post as long as the proper passage is made
Each team will receive a total score for each race that will count toward the overall series results

Ties:

Should any two teams within the top three overall tie in points, the following method will be used to break the tie: the fifth pointed team result within each race will be added to each race's calculation for a new, overall point total. The team with the higher amount of points wins. Should the teams still tie, the sixth pointed team result within each race will be added to each race calculation. Should the teams STILL tie, the winner will be decided by a good old-fashioned bare-knuckle brawl. ...just kidding!

Results/Posting:

Results will be posted to the Event page on the JHSC website following each race
Cumulative points for the entire series by the team will be used to determine winners.

Raffle:

Raffle is for registered racers in the Pica's Margarita Cup
Each race will have its own raffle
Some prizes will be drawn ahead of time and announced throughout the race - Winners need not be present to win
Some prizes will be held to the end of the race - Winners will need to be present for these prizes
The final event's raffle will include a grand prize
- Racers from the entire series will be eligible whether they previously won other prizes or not

Event Sponsorship

Interested in sponsoring The Pica's Margarita Cup?

Email Julieta Lyall, at jlyall@jhskiclub.org if you're interested in becoming a Pica's Margarita Cup Sponsor.

CLICK HERE if you are a business interested in sponsoring a business-class team.