Eleven's Terrain on Scarp Ridge in Irwin, Colorado Chosen as a Natural Selection DUELS Venue
Eleven to Offer Guests a VIP Bucket List Experience Including a Stay at Eleven Scarp Ridge Lodge with the Natural Selection DUELS Athletes and Front Row Competition Viewing
February 6-11, 2024
Crested Butte, CO – December 20, 2023 – Eleven®, the leading collection of global adventure lodges, is thrilled to announce that their exclusive terrain on Scarp Ridge in Irwin, Colorado, has been selected by the Natural Selection Tour, the world’s premier all-mountain snowboarding competition founded by pro-snowboarder Travis Rice, to host a YETI Natural Selection DUEL.
With over 1,000 acres of alpine bowls, tree skiing, and steep chutes, Eleven’s terrain at Irwin is the perfect addition to Natural Selection’s hand-picked collection of snowboarding battlegrounds. DUELS are designed to bring out riders’ creativity, skill and fortitude, which will be showcased through Eleven and Irwin Guides’ cat-accessed terrain, a place that averages in 429 inches of annual snowfall and is legendary for its deep powder.
The Natural Selection DUEL at Irwin will feature a head-to-head competition between two of the world’s top snowboarders, Red Gerard and Austen Sweetin, who will be staying at Eleven Scarp Ridge Lodge. Jamie Anderson and Emma Crosby, who will be competing at the neighboring DUEL competition at Crested Butte Mountain Resort, will also be staying at the lodge that week.
To celebrate this prestigious snowboarding event, Eleven is offering one lucky group the chance to join these four DUELS athletes for a stay at Eleven Scarp Ridge Lodge from February 6-11, 2024. This VIP experience includes front-row viewing at Irwin on the day of competition, and the chance to dine, hang, and cat ski with these pro riders, enjoying access to Eleven’s on-mountain outposts for chef-prepared lunches and fireside warm-ups. By night, guests will join the riders for après and a concert at Eleven’s downtown music venue, Public House.
Set in the heart of downtown Crested Butte, Scarp Ridge Lodge offers easy access to the mountains while also providing a host of comforts, from the indoor saltwater pool and rooftop hot tub, to comfy lounge spaces, a media room, and a full bar. Formerly the historic Croatian Hall, a saloon where miners would gather after a hard day’s work, Scarp Ridge Lodge is offering luxurious accommodations for up to 10 people from February 6-11, from $17,100 per night.
YETI Natural Selection DUELS will drop late February exclusively on Red Bull TV, with the winners announced within the shows. The winner of the Natural Selection DUEL at Irwin will join 18 returning and invited Natural Selection Tour riders for two, unique live event days in the March 10-17 competition window at the YETI Natural Selection Revelstoke and YETI Natural Selection Selkirk Tangiers.
For reservations, please contact Eleven’s team at [email protected] or call +1-970-671-7402. Visit elevenexperience.com/natural-selection-tour-scarp-ridge-lodge or contact Julia Kent ([email protected]) for more information.
For more information on Natural Selection, please contact Lora Bodmer, [email protected], 307.690.1630 or visit naturalselectiontour.com/duels/.
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Eleven® customizes guided adventures at their global collection of remote lodges around the world, delivering experiences as remarkable as the landscapes that frame them. Whether heli-skiing the untouched peaks of Patagonia, mountain biking along the waterfalls of the French Alps, or discovering a new sense of connection under Iceland’s Northern Lights, guests can expect local guides, extraordinary accommodations, and unique adventures in music to define their Eleven experience.
ABOUT RED GERARD
Red Gerard became the youngest person at 17 years old to ever win a gold medal in an Olympic Winter Games slopestyle event. He began in the amateur ranks seven years prior and quickly worked his way up to the pro circuit. Besides his gold medal at the Olympics, he’s also had four other top five results in the games as well as plenty of accolades in other competitions.
ABOUT AUSTEN SWEETIN
Austen Sweetin is an all-terrain destroyer from Seattle. Early in his career, the PNW rider turned heads in video parts in Forum’s Vacation and F*** It, as well as Transworld Snowboarding’s Nation. Though, it was his segments in Absinthe’s movies—including an impactful two-song opener in Heavy Mental—where Austen’s all-around abilities were truly on display. Austen has also been named one of Snowboarder Mag’s top 10 riders.
ABOUT JAMIE ANDERSON
Jamie Anderson is a professional snowboarder from South Lake Tahoe, California. Anderson won the gold medal in the inaugural Women’s Slopestyle event at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia and repeated the feat at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, making her the first female snowboarder to win more than one Olympic gold medal. She is also a 21 time X Games medalist.. Anderson has also won an ESPN ESPY.
ABOUT EMMA CROSBY
Emma Crosby is a slopestyle rider originally from Minnesota. She is a professional snowboarding athlete with Salomon and a part of their short film called FOYER.