The Good Ski Guide’s USA editor Pietro Simonetti has reached new heights after breaking another world record. He and his team skied 28 Californian resorts in just four days, not only landing him another slot in the Guinness Book of Records, but also raising money to help two disabled athletes to compete in the 2010 Vancouver Paralympics.

In 2002, the Across the Atlas team skied 28 resorts in Colorado in less than 4 days, and so in 2007 they set themselves the challenge to ski all 28 Californian resorts in 4 days.

The team started the challenge in Shasta Cascade, before heading to the Lake Tahoe Area. By Day 3 they were hitting the Central Sierra Mountains before completing the challenge in Southern California and Mammoth Lakes – a total of 1,890 miles and over 43,000 vertical feet.

Not only did the challengers complete this epic task in 4 days, 10 hours and 7 minutes, but also battled what the weather forecasters called the ‘storm of the century’ in up to 11 feet of snow.