5:40 a.m., the skin track. 2:10 p.m., the first tee. There is a kind of athlete who refuses to choose — who reads avalanche reports and green speeds in the same morning, and drives the gravel road between them with wet gloves drying on the dashboard.
We built KATAN for that drive. The same merino base that climbed 1,200 meters before breakfast walks the back nine without complaint. The Gale Windbreaker that cut the summit wind fits in a golf bag’s ball pocket. Nothing needs to be explained in the clubhouse, because nothing on it shouts.
This series will follow people who live in that in-between — ski patrollers who play off scratch, greenskeepers who ride before their first mow, guides who treat the course as recovery. First profile runs this fall, when the season splits in half and the interesting people split with it.
Know someone who lives between the slopes and the course? Write to hello@katan.co.