Zach Gaudet

Lebanon / Sunapee, New Hampshire, United States | Active: 2017-2024 verified competition record | Known for: Slopestyle, rail jam, USASA Nationals gold, Mount Snow Academy, Park City Ski and Snowboard | Current: FIS profile listed not active

Copper Mountain When The East Coast Course Got Bigger

The rail jam at Copper Mountain felt larger than the East Coast setups Zach Gaudet knew. The course had size, altitude, and the kind of features young skiers usually watch older athletes hit first. In April 2022, Gaudet won USASA Nationals gold in the 15-22 rail jam and took bronze in slopestyle for 15- and 16-year-olds. That week gave his profile its clearest early shape: a New Hampshire skier, trained through Vermont winters, translating rail control and slopestyle rhythm onto a national stage.

Lebanon Roots And Whaleback Air Time

Gaudet’s early story runs through Lebanon, New Hampshire, and Whaleback Mountain. Valley News reported that he started skiing at age three, joined Whaleback’s Core Team, and trained under Evan Dybvig, a former U.S. Ski Team mogul skier and Olympian. The same 2019 profile described him winning the overall East Coast Junior Freestyle Championship at age 12, after finishing first in slopestyle, fourth in aerials and 21st in moguls at Sunday River. That mix matters because Gaudet’s later rail and slopestyle record did not appear from nowhere. It grew from a small-mountain program, air awareness, and repeated youth events.

Mount Snow Academy And The Southern Vermont Step

By 2022, Gaudet was splitting his school year between Lebanon High and Mount Snow Academy in West Dover, Vermont. That move placed him closer to Mount Snow, one of the strongest East Coast freestyle environments because of Carinthia Parks, snowmaking, rail density and long terrain-park history. Valley News reported that he trained with Mount Snow teammates before traveling to Copper for USASA Nationals. The academy structure gave him a more serious daily rhythm: online school blocks, training windows, coaches on site, and enough park access to push slopestyle full-time.

Southern Vermont Results Before The National Podium

Snowdyssey’s competition archive lists Gaudet out of Sunapee, New Hampshire, with 47 events, 18 wins, 13 second places, 6 third places, 4 Nationals top 10s and 3 Futures Tour top 10s. The record moves through Waterville Valley, Ragged Mountain, Okemo, Gore, Loon, Mount Snow, Park City and Mammoth. The 2021-22 season shows the shape of his strongest amateur run: rail wins at Ragged Mountain and Waterville Valley, slopestyle results across Okemo and Belleayre, a second place at Futures Tour Gore Mountain, then the Copper Nationals rail-jam win and slopestyle bronze.

FIS Markers At Gore, Mount Snow And Mammoth

Gaudet’s official FIS profile uses the name Zachary Gaudet and lists him as a U.S. freestyle skier, born in 2006, with FIS code 2537358. The results table is compact but useful. He placed third in freeski big air at Gore Mountain on February 16, 2022, then won a FIS slopestyle event at Mount Snow on February 1, 2024. One month later, he placed third in FIS slopestyle at Mammoth Mountain on March 5, 2024. Those results support an emerging profile, even though his FIS status is now listed as not active.

Park City Added A Later Training Label

FIS currently attaches Gaudet to Park City Ski and Snowboard, which gives his later record a western development link. Park City appears in Snowdyssey’s 2023-24 results as well: 11th in PCMR slopestyle and 2nd in a rescheduled PCMR rail jam on March 10, 2024. That Park City layer does not erase the New Hampshire and Southern Vermont base. It shows the usual movement of a developing American park skier: small home hills first, East Coast academy structure next, then western courses where speed, jump size and field depth increase.

Rails, Slopestyle And The Trick Learning Thread

The verified technical picture points toward rail jam and slopestyle rather than halfpipe or freeride. Valley News quoted Gaudet describing slopestyle as rails plus jumps, judged over full runs, while rail jam focuses on repeated tricks and overall rail performance. His results match that framing: USASA Nationals rail-jam gold, rail-jam podiums at Gore and Park City, and slopestyle wins or podiums at Mount Snow, Mammoth, Copper and Gore. The safe technical read is full-course park skiing: rail entries, switch control, speed checks, jump timing, grab discipline and the patience to build tricks through repeated attempts.

VULGUS365 And The Video Layer

Gaudet also appears in the video side of park skiing. The VULGUS365 upload “1000 on red” lists Zach Gaudet with Tucker Baribault and Andrew Herman, filmed and edited by Noah Woodford. That credit gives the profile a crew-footage layer beyond the results database. VULGUS365 sits naturally in the same lane as his strongest skiing: rails, park laps, short edits and skier-led footage. It should not be treated as proof of a personal sponsorship unless separately confirmed, but it does show Gaudet inside the modern park-video ecosystem.

The Current Record Is Strongest As A Development Snapshot

Gaudet’s profile should be framed carefully. He has verified youth and development results, a Mount Snow Academy background, a Park City Ski and Snowboard FIS listing, USASA Nationals medals, Futures Tour top 10s, and a small video footprint. He does not have verified World Cup starts, X Games results or an active senior-team profile. The clean editorial angle is an American park skier whose archive captures the East Coast-to-West development path: Whaleback beginnings, Mount Snow training, Copper Nationals pressure, Park City rail results, Mammoth FIS podium and VULGUS365-linked footage.