Jones Snowboards is giving away $1,500 in cash to women who want to explore聽backcountry frontiers. They're also聽kicking in a new Jones splitboard, skins, and backpack.
The grant is offered in partnership with the , and only women qualify. It聽honors Liz Daley, a snowboarder and mountain guide who died in a 2014 avalanche while descending 7,000-foot Cerro Vespignani, in Argentinian Patagonia. The seeks to support women who share Daley鈥檚 passion for wilderness exploration.
Recipients must demonstrate a commitment to splitboard travel in relatively unexplored mountains. 鈥淎pplicants must be American Alpine Club members, and grant proposals will be considered based on objective remoteness, exploratory nature, carbon footprint, creativity, and overall significance,鈥 says Seth Lightcap, marketing and team manager for Jones Snowboards. 鈥淥bjectives may be a single line/peak or a tour/traverse of a wider region.鈥
The award聽is one of two grants that Jones Snowboards is offering with the AAC. The Jones Backcountry 黑料吃瓜网 Grant has the same application requirements and awards, but is open to anyone.
鈥淚t has been our goal for a while to find a way to lend support to motivated amateur athletes,鈥 says Lightcap. In 2016, Jackson, Wyoming, snowboarder , now sponsored by Jones, used Jones鈥 award to , Wyoming鈥檚 highest. The company also produced a video about the expedition, called .
To qualify for the Live Like Liz Award, applicants must target an objective within North America. 鈥淲e are looking to support logistically lean, high-adventure splitboard missions to a location relatively local to the grant applicant鈥攐r at least within the USA,鈥 says Lightcap. “Halina simply drove four hours from her house and started walking toward her goal into a very wild zone.鈥
Applications close January 30.聽