Thanksgiving Break Camp

We finished up our 5 day camp on Tuesday and despite the battle with the weather we had a very productive camp. Thanks to the great snowmaking at Sunday River we were able to get 2 days of GS free skiing and 3 days of SL training in. It was great to have the team together for 5 days with out the usual hassle of traveling out west.

I would like to thank Maryanne and Michael Forbes and Sharon McAllister for hosting the team at their respective homes and thanks again to Sharon for also cooking dinner for the team each night. This camp provided us with a great base as we continue to train at Sunday River (one of only two ski areas open in the east) through the end of the semester. It looks like snowmaking temps return this weekend so things should only get better.

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving.

1st Day of SL training

Great weekend of skiing!

Mother nature has not been on our side so far, but Sunday River has done a phenomenal job at providing us with great skiing.  Despite the inches of rain we received on Saturday night we have been able to continue to ski and will actually start training slalom tomorrow.  It also looks like cold temps are coming in so we should have even better conditions for the upcoming Thanksgiving break.  It's great to have the only ski area open in the east as our home base.

First day on snow for the team

This past Saturday we were able to get our first day on snow as a group.  There was plenty of snow and sun making it a great first day to have the team together and get used to new equipment.  With warm temps at the beginning of this week Sunday River will be closed again to help preserve the snow, but it looks like we may have a special training opportunity on Thursday and we will definitely be skiing again this weekend.

    

Snowmaking has resumed and the season has started

After a couple of weeks of warm weather the temps have finally dropped again and Sunday River has fired up the snow guns again.  It's looking good for us to start skiing this weekend, which will be welcomed by the team after a tough two months of conditioning.

This week marks the official start of our season and it was great to finally be working with the team again. The week began with testing and the team showed that they have been working very hard all fall, with everyone making huge gains in all aspects of their conditioning.   

Check back soon for updates as we get our first days of skiing in this weekend.