Vail’s Mike Kloser continued his dominance of the Colorado endurance sports scene with a winning time of 1 hour, 24 minutes and 43 seconds in the annual Imperial Challenge at Breckenridge on Saturday. The race includes a 6-mile bike ride, a 3,000-foot climb up the Breckenridge Ski Area and a 3,000-foot ski descent. Kloser, who holds the course record of 1:22.5, won for the sixth time, defeating Mike Hagen of Colorado Springs by 2 minutes, 21 seconds. Kloser’s Team Nike adventure racing teammate, Sari Anderson of Glenwood Springs, was the women’s champion, finishing in 1:42.54.
Bargains in Aspen. Skiers and snowboarders may never see as good a bargain in Aspen as they will this weekend, when lodging starts as low as $38 a night and lift tickets for the closing weekend at Aspen Highlands drop to $39 a day for adults, $25 for kids. Anyone who shows up at the ticket window with a current season employee pass rides the lifts for only $12.
For a complete list of lodging deals, visit . Frontier Airlines inaugural flights from Denver to Aspen also begin Saturday, with roundtrip airfare starting at $93.
Best in Beijing. Canada’s Pierre-Luc Gagnon won the skateboard vert event and Brazil’s Sandro Dias won the skateboard vert best trick competition Saturday at the AST China Invitational, the Action Sports Tour’s first international event held at Beijing International Stadium.
Gagnon, 27, of Canada, executed a nearly flawless, technical run to earn a score of 91.75. Andy Macdonald of Boston was second with an 89.50 score.
