Arctic Valley Ski Team

Tiny Ptarmigan Ages 4 – 8 (Never Evers)

Flying Ptarmigan 5-11 (Intro to Racing)

Laughing Ptarmigan: Ages 9 – 15 (Freeride / All Mountian)

Fighting Ptarmigan

Mondays & Wednesdays Nights at Hilltop

Holiday & Spring Break Camps

Ages 4 – 8
Beginners who are looking for first-time experience in skiing or not ready for the tbar just yet.
This is the group that will become the foundation upon which to build a lifetime love of skiing!

Starts JAN 11th / Saturdays 12-3 / $500

Athletes will have had little to no experience with skiing generally. Prioritizing all-mountain skill development with gates and an
introduction to racing as a secondary objective.

The goal is to incorporate the family into the program and introduce athletes to the sport of ski racing.

Must be able to ski tower 3 of the T-bar or unassisted off of Teds Express or Chair Lift at Hilltop.

Starts DEC 21st / 11-3:30

Flying Ptarmigan Ages 5-11 Saturday & Sunday : $900.00
Flying Ptarmigan Ages 5-11 Sunday Only: $500.00
Flying Ptarmigan Ages 5-11 Saturdays Only: $500.00

This is a dedicated Alpine Racing Program.

Athletes and families will have experience with the sport of ski racing. These athletes will have differing levels of commitment but are dedicated to developing racing specific skills and athletic abilities.

Saturdays/Sundays 10:30-4

Fighting Ptarmigan 1 Day Saturdays U12+: 1200.00
Fighting Ptarmigan 2 Day U12/U14 Sat/Sun: 1,700.00

ADD ON - Ages 10-21 MID WEEK TRAINING @ Hilltop

Monday & Wednesday

1-Day/wk Full Season: $300
2-Day/wk Full Season: $600

Coach Steve "Mash" has been coaching alpine ski racing for over 20 years. He has helped produce athletes that have gone on to race around the world.

Coach Andrew grew up skiing in Crested Butte, CO and raced for the University of Vermont on their nordic team. He has over 12 years coaching experience at the collegiate level starting at University Nevada-Reno, then Montana State, before taking the Head Nordic job at UAA. All three of his daughters participate in the AVSC program and he splits his time coaching these days between Jr Nordic and the AVSC Laughing Ptarmigan freeride group.

Coach Kara grew up racing in a midwestern league as well as USSA and FIS with Cascade Mountain in Wisconsin, and coached there as well. She raced for Colorado Mountain College in Steamboat Springs, CO and the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Kara was the head coach of a state qualifying High School team in WI. She is an Arctic Valley lifetime member, volunteer coach, and is excited to watch her two children become Flying Ptarmigan!

Coach Luke, I grew up ski racing at Alyeska, Arctic Valley and all over Colorado with Crested Butte Academy. My Grandma and Dad started skiing at AV in 1958... I founded AVST back in 2018 with 30 athletes, both of my daughters have skied for AVST and my oldest is now coaching the Tinys. We've grown from 30 athletes in 2018 to 98 in 2023/24. My love of speed and passion for skiing has kept my focus on making Arctic Valley a place for all skiers. Looking forward to another great season!

Coach Mark had a career in the marine corp where he had the opportunity to ski in several countries and many of the states, moved to Anchorage volunteered with Challenge Alaska at Alyeska, then moved to hilltop to volunteer with Special Olympics Was the hilltop ski area assistant ski school director for 2 years then became the ski school director for the next 13 years. While with hilltop he continued coaching and helping with Special Olympics. He became involved with ski racing when hilltop started a ysl ski program. Mark is also our official for us ski and snowboard the past 8 years.

MORE COACH PROFILES COMING SOON

We are a volunteer-based program. Interested in helping?

We need the following:

Paid Coaches (with ski racing experience) 1-4 days per week
Volunteer Coaches (with or without ski racing experience) 1-2 days per week
Parent Coaches (no racing experience needed, just a love to ski) 1-2 days per week
Volunteers In General (Lodge Moms/Dads, Admin, Parent liaisons) 1-2 days per week

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Please let us know if you have any questions!

Arctic Valley Ski Team avst@arcticvalley.org