{"id":15405,"date":"2026-07-07T21:40:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T21:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/?p=15405"},"modified":"2026-07-07T21:40:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T21:40:16","slug":"ultimate-mountain-athlete-episode-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/?p=15405","title":{"rendered":"Ultimate Mountain Athlete: Episode 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"justify-start\">\n<nav class=\"align-left col-span-full mb-base\" data-pom-e2e-test-id=\"breadcrumbs\"\/>\n<p>The theme is speed: first skiing uphill in a test of endurance, then pointing \u2018em down to see who will have the grit to go all-gas, no brakes  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-body\">\n<p>Published July 7, 2026 12:51PM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In Episode 3, the athletes get to know Silverton Mountain from all angles. This southern Colorado mountain is renowned among backcountry skiers for its wild, technical terrain and unruly weather. It\u2019s the ultimate alpine setting to help determine the Ultimate Mountain Athlete.<\/p>\n<p>The episode starts with a sheer test of endurance, as the athletes complete the first ski mountaineering event: a lung-busting climb. Who can push through the pain\u2014and thin air\u2014to finish first? Then it\u2019s down, down, down in a race of speed, style, and nerve.<\/p>\n<p>The only thing certain: watching these athletes go head-to-head, it\u2019s easy to see why Outside and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article-content-link text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" rel=\"sponsored\" data-afl-p=\"2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.toyota.com\/trucks\/\">Toyota Trucks<\/a> teamed up to launch this unprecedented competition. What\u2019s not easy to see is who will prevail and be crowned Ultimate Mountain Athlete. With eight elite athletes\u2014four male and four female\u2014vying for $40,000 in prize money, every point counts.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outsideonline.com\/outdoor-adventure\/snow-sports\/ultimate-mountain-athlete-episode-3\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The theme is speed: first skiing uphill in a test of endurance, then pointing \u2018em down to see who will have the grit to go all-gas, no brakes Published July 7, 2026 12:51PM In Episode 3, the athletes get to know Silverton Mountain from all angles. This southern Colorado mountain is renowned among backcountry skiers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wild-living"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}