What We Do
What We do
Whether at Mount Hood, or Vail, Colorado, our training day begins early. In order to take advantage of special lane space, our training day will typically begin at 8:00AM. The world class resorts of Timberline and Vail are serviced by state-of-the-art lifts. On an average day, a racer can expect to achieve 15 20 quality gate-training runs. This translates to more gates, more practice and more learning. We divide our enrollment into groups based on ability. We aim to achieve a ratio of 8-10 skiers per coach. Each group develops from fundamentally based exercises with directed free skiing and gate drills and rapidly progresses into full-on gate training. You can expect to have training mates of your caliber and/or often ones who challenge you to set your sights higher than your present level. Typically, we have racers attending our camps form all over the United States, Canada, and Europe.
Our coaches can cut it — showing you the way
(pictured above Rowena Bright, Olympian – AUSTRALIA)
Dryland Training
We will have a variety of dryland training activities; among them include: running, swimming, sport games (such as soccer) and a variety of calisthenics and exercise (such as circuit & core strength training). We are, however, primarily concerned with getting down to the intricacies of technical skiing and skill acquisition. Therefore, our activities regarding dryland training will be dictated by our needs on the ski hill (i.e. after a long day on the slopes.)
Typical Summer Daily Schedule
5:30 am
Wake Up!
6:10 am
Breakfast/stretch
6:30 am
Leave for Hill
7:00 am
Lifts open
10:00 am
Mid-training Break
10:30 am
Training continues
12:30 pm
Depart Hill - Varies
1:00 pm
Lunch/Demo Centers
2:30 pm
Hotel-Mandatory Quiet
Time/VIDEO
4:15 pm
Dryland
6:10 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm
Meeting/Video
10:00 pm
Lights Out!
Thanksgiving Daily Schedule
5:30-6:30 am
Wake: Varies to training selected
5:45-12 am
1st Training - varies
11am-1pm
Lunch - varies
12am-4pm
2nd training - varies
2pm - 5pm
Video - varies
6pm - 7pm
Dinner - meeting
9 pm
Bed
What to Bring
- Ski Equipment: slalom/giant slalom skis and poles (if you have both) and ski boots. Helmets-both SL and GS-required for training and freeskiing.
- Goggles (required for gate training), sunglasses, sun-block, lip-block.
- Racing gear–helmets are required for GS training, mouth and/or face-protecting head-gear is required for slalom training. Shin-guards and hand-guard protection are also required for slalom training.
- Regular clothing: temperature and weather can vary dramatically in the mountains. Be prepared for quite cool days/nights especially in Colorado (sweaters, long pants, jackets), warm days could demand shorts and t-shirts and occasional rain gear (especially in Oregon).
- Other Stuff that you might not have thought of: Small back-pack for extra clothing, snacks, water while on the mountain. Soft-sided lunch box if you want to pack snacks for the mountain, water bottle (double size or liter works best), extra set of gloves, running shoes and work-out clothes for dryland/physical training, swimsuit, alarm clock (each room has a radio/alarm clock and wake-up calls ––but some may need the extra alarm as a backup!).