2025 Vertical Cure Overview for Scleroderma Foundation of California

2025 Vertical Cure Overview

1. Event Overview
Vertical Cure 4630 Marloma Drive, Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274 310.750.6228 Email: [email protected]

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.
•Vertical Cure 2025 will be our 24
th
Anniversary

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

5. Event Overview
Some highlights of Vertical Cure include:
•Vertical Cure has donated over $660,000 to the Scleroderma Foundation of
California!
•In 23 years, our Vertical Cure Team has skied 21,140,640 ft (over 4,000 miles)
•Local Mammoth resident Joey Merten is 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 Chris Corman who has skied in every event
for 1,207,991 total Vertical feet (229 miles) in support of the cause

6. +$660,000 in Donations!
Vertical Cure participants can be proud to have made a difference. To date, our Vertical
Cure Team has raised over $660,000 for the Scleroderma Foundation of California

7. Vertical Cure has been held at Mammoth
Mountain every Spring since 2002.
2002 Vertical Cure 2003 Vertical Cure
2004 Vertical Cure 2005 Vertical Cure

8. “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

9. 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.

10. 2015 Vertical Cure2014 Vertical Cure
Over the past 22 years, we have now raised over $625,000
for the Scleroderma Foundation of California
2016 Vertical Cure 2017 Vertical Cure

11. Vertical Cure has had 406 unique participants who
have helped raise awareness of Scleroderma.
2018 Vertical Cure
2019 Vertical Cure
2021 Vertical Cure 2022 Vertical Cure

12. Our Vertical Cure Team has skied 21,140,640 feet to
create money and awareness of Scleroderma
2023 Vertical Cure
2024 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. Great people creating awareness and raising
donations to find a cure for Scleroderma

20. Fun times for those both young and
those less young ☺

21. Past Champions

22. All Time Top 50

23. Top 100 Personal Best

24. A special thanks to our Sponsors