"This record run relied heavily on Snowbasin Resort, where Hart logs the majority of his laps, but it also included stints at Snowbird, Brighton, Mammoth Mountain in California, and a two-month trip to Chile during the Southern Hemisphere winter. That Chile trip came together organically after time spent skiing with friends at Mammoth, including the woman who is now his girlfriend. Together with friends from both resorts, Hart continued chasing winter while most skiers were putting their gear away for the summer."
""I skied a total of 285 days, which included 54 days in South America in Chile, which was definitely the most fun summer of my life," Hart wrote in an email to SnowBrains. Hart, a retired real estate broker, has spent the past several seasons building toward this moment. Last year, he eclipsed 11 million vertical feet, already a number that defied comprehension. Rather than slowing down, he kept skiing, traveling across hemispheres and stacking vertical well into fall."
Thomas "Racer Tom" Hart, 64, of North Ogden, Utah, set a new Guinness World Record for the greatest vertical distance skied downhill in one year, certified December 19, 2025. Between November 30, 2024 and November 30, 2025 he skied 16,038,376 vertical feet. Hart skied 285 days, including 54 days in Chile during a two-month Southern Hemisphere winter trip. He relied heavily on Snowbasin Resort and also skied at Snowbird, Brighton, and Mammoth Mountain. The total more than doubles his first record-setting effort two years earlier. He traveled across hemispheres, skied open to close for weeks at a time, and stacked vertical well into fall, cementing what he considers an untouchable mark.
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