PINEDALE, Wyo. — Defending Stage Stop champion, Anny Malo has won Stage Five of the Pedigree Stage Stop Race, a 35-mile out-and-back trail along the Upper Green River near Pinedale. This stage was postponed on Monday due to adverse weather conditions.
She averaged 15.5 mph; her time was 2:15:07. Alix Crittenden finished three and a half minutes later. Two minutes after her, Laura Bontrager stormed across the finish line with Donny Poulin and Cathy Rivest close behind.
The morning temperatures hovered around 0°F, very different from three days ago when headwinds and bitter cold kept teams off the trails.
From Pinedale the race heads to Alpine, Wyoming for Stage Six today and the final Stage Seven hosted by Driggs, ID on Saturday.
The Pedigree Stage Stop Race consists of seven individual stages on National Forest land trails which wind through the seven mountain ranges of western Wyoming and Idaho. Teams cover 30 to 35 miles per day on out-and-back courses.
The daily race schedule is as follows:
- Feb. 3 – Stage Six – Alpine, Wyoming
- Feb. 4 – Stage Seven & Final Banquet – Driggs, ID
