Vertical Cure is an annual event held at Mammoth Mountain each spring to raise money and awareness for Scleroderma. Participants collect pledges based on the number of vertical feet they ski during the event. Over its 17 years, Vertical Cure has raised over $440,000 for the Scleroderma Foundation and seen over 15 million vertical feet skied. It was founded by Chris Corman and Phil Delurgio to honor their mothers who suffer from Scleroderma.

1. Event Overview
Vertical Cure 4630 Marloma Drive, Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274 310.750.6228 Email: Cormando@msn.com

2. Vertical Cure Background
• Vertical Cure is an event developed to create awareness of Scleroderma as
well as raise money to fund research for the rare tissue disease.
• Each participant is challenged to collect pledges based on the vertical feet
they ski during the event. To calculate the descents, Suunto altimeter
watches are provided to everyone participating.
• The event idea was created by Chris Corman and his close friend Phil
Delurgio while riding up a ski lift in Whistler, Canada. Both of their mom’s
suffer from the rare Scleroderma disease.
• Vertical Cure has been held at Mammoth Mountain every April since 2002.

3. What is Scleroderma?
• Scleroderma is a chronic, often progressive, autoimmune disease in
which the immune system attacks its own body.
• Scleroderma means “hard skin.” It can cause a thickening and
tightening of the skin. In some cases, it causes serious damage to
internal organs including the lungs, heart, kidneys, esophagus and
gastrointestinal tract. As scarring, or sclerosis, of these organs and
organ systems progress, they work less effectively, and can lead to
organ failure and death.
• Some medications and treatments can help with certain symptoms,
but there is no cure for Scleroderma. The disease affects about
300,000 people across the U.S. In comparison, approximately the
same number of people are affected by Multiple Sclerosis.
• There is no cure…yet

4. Scleroderma Foundation
The Scleroderma Foundation is the national organization for people with
Scleroderma, their families and friends. It was formed Jan. 1, 1998, by a
merger between the United Scleroderma Foundation and the
Scleroderma Federation.
The Scleroderma Foundation is headquartered in the metro Boston area
in Danvers, Mass. It is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization dedicated to
serving the interests of people living with Scleroderma. The Foundation
has a network of 23 chapters and 168 support groups committed to
carrying out the three-fold mission of support, education and research.
The Scleroderma Foundation funds an average of $1 million in new
grants each year to find the cause and cure for Scleroderma.
Three-fold mission of Support, Education and Research

5. In Memory Of
Annette Crayton
February 11, 1938 – September 7, 2007
The Inspiration for Vertical Cure

6. Event Overview
Some highlights of Vertical Cure include:
• Vertical Cure has donated over $440,000 to the Scleroderma Foundation!
• In 17 years, the Vertical Cure Team has skied 15,746,455 ft (nearly 3,000 miles)
• In 2006, local Mammoth resident Joey Merten was the Sponsor and Donation
champion by individually raising nearly $4,500 with 71 sponsors
• Mark Berry holds the individual descents record, skiing over 84,760 ft. (over 16.1
miles or 84 lift rides) in one day! By comparison, the average skier will ski
15,000 feet or 15 lifts in a day
• Steve Burkholder holds the snowboard descents record of 83,380 vertical feet in
2010
• The overall descents record is held by Joey Merten who has skied 932,080 Total
Vertical feet (176.5 miles) in support of the cause

7. +$440,000 in Donations!
Vertical Cure participants can be proud to have made a difference. To date, the
Vertical Cure Team has raised over $440,000 for the Scleroderma Foundation

8. Vertical Cure has been held at Mammoth
Mountain every Spring since 2002.

9. “Our goal is not only to raise money for the
Scleroderma Foundation, but we want to create
awareness of the disease”.
Founder - Chris Corman
2006 Vertical Cure 2007 Vertical Cure
2009 Vertical Cure2008 Vertical Cure

10. 2011 Vertical Cure
2012 Vertical Cure
2010 Vertical Cure
2013 Vertical Cure
Mission: Establish a fun, annual charity event that
will assist in developing a cure to the disease
Scleroderma.

11. 2015 Vertical Cure2014 Vertical Cure
In 16 years, the Vertical Cure Team has skied 16,141,952 ft
and donated over $400,000 to the Scleroderma Foundation
2016 Vertical Cure 2017 Vertical Cure

12. Vertical Cure has had 330 unique participants who have
helped raise awareness of Scleroderma.
2018 Vertical Cure

13. We have a solid group of fantastic people
that contribute every year. Vertical Cure is
making a difference!

14. A Great Time for A Great Cause!

15. Elevating Hope One Foot At A Time!

16. Creating Awareness of Scleroderma

17. Old Friends, New Friends

18. All Ages, All Levels

19. Past Champions
Year
Vertical Cure
Champion Vertical
Women's
Champion Vertical
Snowboard
Champion Vertical
2002 Joey Merten 52,710 Patti Neurenberg 28,860 Jimmy Delurgio 31,160
2003 Kurt Uyeda 65,890 Cathy Byrd 58,640 Jimmy Delurgio 36,400
2004 Kurt Uyeda, David Batrick 77,180 Corrine Newton 63,450 Corrine Newton 63,450
2005 Aaron Wilczek 83,440 Natile Hafland* 82,480 Corrine Newton 71,860
2006 Chris Corman, Kurt Uyeda 68,900 Corrine Newton 62,040 Corrine Newton 62,040
2007 Patti Neurenberg 67,050 Patti Neurenberg 67,050 Corrine Newton 57,110
2008 Mark Berry 74,660 Corrine Newton 65,150 Steve Burkholder 71,500
2009 Mark Berry* 84,760 Dana Brewer 63,255 Steve Chaky 71,430
2010 Steve Burkholder 83,380 Kathy Momaney 79,040 Steve Burkholder* 83,380
2011 Joey Merten 72,540 Dana Brewer 41,420
2012 Jim Delurgio 33,600 Dana Brewer 18,500 Jim Delurgio 33,600
2013 Mark Berry 73,980 Dana Brewer 52,390 Jim Delurgio 48,270
2014
Davis Corman, Chris
Corman, Matthew Berry
50,940 Dana Brewer 30,950 Jacob Miller 26,830
2015 Steve Burkholder 80,152 Elizabeth Mann 41,226 Steve Burkholder 80,152
2016 Chris Corman 80,349 Dana Brewer 51,070 Steve Chaky 32,493
2017 Chris Corman 30,870 Christina Rea 13,237 Stephen Elrod 25,270
2018 Joey Merten 40,920 Eileen Rooney 23,858 Steve Chaky 24,500
* Record

20. All Time Top 50
Name
Total
Vertical Miles
Personal
Best
26 Patti Neurenberg 157,690 29.9 67,050
27 Kathy Momaney 154,110 29.2 79,040
28 John Friberg 133,702 25.3 78,420
29 Aaron Wilczek 132,070 25.0 83,440
30 Nina Berry 124,688 23.6 33,560
31 Mike Fulkerson 122,560 23.2 69,000
32 Mike Braue 116,200 22.0 27,390
33 Stephen Elrod 113,293 21.5 32,707
34 Esther Delurgio 109,940 20.8 18,110
35 Ryan Mansour 99,200 18.8 48,430
36 Pete Moore 92,478 17.5 34,570
37 Becca Rosen 89,531 17.0 23,780
38 Holly Corman 87,318 16.5 18,120
39 Landon Corman 87,066 16.5 26,700
40 Greg George 85,090 16.1 31,900
41 Kevin Rooney 84,460 16.0 23,670
42 Jacob Miller 82,610 15.6 55,780
43 Natile Hafland 82,480 15.6 82,480
44 Jeff Bailey 82,000 15.5 82,000
45 George Pennington 80,230 15.2 25,570
46 Chris Veje 77,780 14.7 77,780
47 David Batrick 77,180 14.6 77,180
48 Ron Tanzman 75,541 14.3 75,540
49 Steve Rooten 73,070 13.8 73,070
50 Peter Gordon 70,510 13.4 70,510
Name
Total
Vertical Miles
Personal
Best
1 Joey Merten 932,080 176.5 82,355
2 Chris Corman 919,459 174.1 80,349
3 Marc Kawakami 827,506 156.7 70,750
4 Jimmy Delurgio 567,065 107.4 72,815
5 Brad Horn 453,972 86.0 61,000
6 Mark Berry 441,580 83.6 84,760
7 Davis Corman 418,279 79.2 64,320
8 Scott Rosen 416,100 78.8 59,860
9 Dana Brewer 390,576 74.0 63,255
10 Kurt Uyeda 356,990 67.6 78,810
11 Steve Chaky 355,153 67.3 71,430
12 John Crayton 341,556 64.7 44,000
13 Matthew Berry 331,112 62.7 55,570
14 Corrine Newton 319,610 60.5 71,860
15 Debbie Chaky 269,530 51.0 38,640
16 Steve Burkholder 235,032 44.5 83,380
17 Philip Delurgio Sr. 208,030 39.4 41,870
18 Nate Rosen 207,400 39.3 62,072
19 Chris Flanders 205,970 39.0 39,300
20 Ryan Utnehmer 200,940 38.1 61,000
21 Tim McEvilly 193,880 36.7 49,610
22 Phil Delurgio 175,721 33.3 57,630
23 Lynne Stevenson 171,820 32.5 49,580
24 Terry Teale 166,180 31.5 51,990
25 Ryan Gegman 163,960 31.1 61,480

21. Top 100 Personal Best
Name
Personal
Best
1 Mark Berry 84,760
2 Aaron Wilczek 83,440
3 Steve Burkholder 83,380
4 Natile Hafland 82,480
5 Joey Merten 82,355
6 Jeff Bailey 82,000
7 Chris Corman 80,349
8 Kathy Momaney 79,040
9 Kurt Uyeda 78,810
10 John Friberg 78,420
11 Chris Veje 77,780
12 David Batrick 77,180
13 Ron Tanzman 75,540
14 Steve Rooten 73,070
15 Jimmy Delurgio 72,815
16 Corrine Newton 71,860
17 Steve Chaky 71,430
18 Marc Kawakami 70,750
19 Peter Gordon 70,510
20 Doug Wadleigh 69,010
21 Mike Fulkerson 69,000
22 Patti Neurenberg 67,050
23 Travis Elenitsky 66,030
24 Davis Corman 64,320
25 Dana Brewer 63,255
Name
Personal
Best
26 Nate Rosen 62,072
27 Ryan Gegman 61,480
28 Brad Horn 61,000
29 Ryan Utnehmer 61,000
30 Scott Rosen 59,860
31 Cathy Byrd 58,640
32 Phil Delurgio 57,630
33 Asa Gitter 56,640
34 Jacob Miller 55,780
35 Matthew Berry 55,570
36 Dean Brown 54,300
37 Ned Ganz 53,860
38 Craig Rucker 53,080
39 John Buchanan 52,920
40 Terry Teale 51,990
41 Peter Gibbons 51,340
42 Jon Goettig 50,910
43 Dirk MeyerzuDrewe 50,070
44 Tim McEvilly 49,610
45 Lynne Stevenson 49,580
46 Ryan Mansour 48,430
47 Kathleen Rush 48,345
48 Cheryl Estrella 45,340
49 Peter Gandolfo 45,060
50 John Crayton 44,000
Name
Personal
Best
51 Mary Tucci 43,800
52 Lisa Ganz 43,700
53 Philip Delurgio Sr. 41,870
54 Elizabeth Mann 41,226
55 Andrew Dawdy 41,222
56 Bill Blaney 40,740
57 Russell Pihl 40,210
58 Mark Pihl 40,200
59 Ryan Hurley 40,000
60 Mark Momaney 39,880
61 Chris Flanders 39,300
62 Debbie Chaky 38,640
63 Kevin Brown 37,830
64 Aleksandr Emmanuel 36,040
65 Carlos Medina 35,860
66 Pete Moore 34,570
67 Nina Berry 33,560
68 Jacob Randall 33,000
69 Jeremy Randall 33,000
70 Tom Kerr 33,000
71 Stephen Elrod 32,707
72 Robert Sigal 32,450
73 Debra Eskra 32,198
74 Dan Mullin 32,020
75 Mark Randall 32,000
Name
Personal
Best
76 Greg George 31,900
77 Jimmy George 31,000
78 Barb Sherwood 30,790
79 Monette Lopez 30,000
80 Ani Stevenson 29,950
81 David Rosenblum 29,720
82 Bob Delurgio 29,080
83 Sven Alwerud 29,060
84 Dan Ramirez 29,050
85 Charles Lairibeaudiere28,280
86 Mark Delurgio 28,040
87 Eric Therrien 27,630
88 Kevin Darcy 27,440
89 Mike Braue 27,390
90 Tim Anderson 27,390
91 Bill Cullen 26,770
92 Landon Corman 26,700
93 Darren Kmicinski 26,410
94 Jonathan Yeh 26,310
95 Rachel Rosen 25,640
96 George Pennington 25,570
97 Jason Horowitz 25,400
98 Garret Utnehmer 25,050
99 Mike Freeman 25,000
100 Friend Alwerud 24,920

22. A special thanks to our Sponsors