COLORADO
Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club
These camps aim to improve technical and tactical SL and GS racing skills through personal coaching, written skill evaluation, and video analysis. Ski equipment testing will be provided on a limited basis at each camp.
Location: A-Basin, CO
Dates: June 11 - 16
Cost: $400
Age: J5 - J3
Contact: 970-879-0695, ext. 109, www.sswsc.org, e-mail: werner@sswsc.org
MONTANA
Red Lodge International Racing Camp
The camp works on improving basic technique and speed, concentrating on freeskiing and gate drills. SL and GS are eventually incorporated. Dry-land training includes activities like special seminars and tuning clinics, as well as hiking, swimming, and tennis. Austrian trainers make up the majority of the staff with guest coaches including 1998 Olympic Bronze winner Thomas Sykora and Austrian National Team Member Michael Tritscher.
Location: Red Lodge, MT
Dates: June 3 - 10, June 10 - 17, June 17 - 24, June 24 - July 1
Cost: $889 per session, $849 two or more sessions per family.
$75 per day, $440 per session without food and lodging, $25 round trip airport transportation.
Age: 9 - adult
Contact: 828-898-9391, www.skisugar.com/redlodge, e-mail: kim@skisugar.com
VERMONT
Eliteam 2000 Conditioning Camps
These programs strive to be fun while teaching the important concepts of sports physiology, psychology, and nutrition. Outdoor activities, land training, and relaxation fill off slope time.
Location: Waitsfield, VT
Dates: July 19 - 22 (Europa Cup), July 24 - 29 (World Cup 1), July 31 - August 5 (World Cup 2)
Cost: $295 (Europa Cup), $495 (World Cup 1 & 2)
Age: 8 - 11 (Europa Cup), 11 - 16 (World Cup 1 & 2)
Contact: 802-496-3278
Stowe Summer Sports Festival
These dry-land ski-racing camps focus on developing young skiers technical skills through in-line "skate-to-ski" drills, plyometic training, dry slalom, and other relative activities. Most training programs feature video analysis. Having fun and learning in a non-competitive environment remain paramount in all sessions.
Location: Stowe, VT
Dates: July 16 - 21, August 6 - 11, August 13 - 18
Cost: $575 (family discounts available)
Age: grades 3 - 9
Contact: 800-344-1546, www.RoundHearth.com/sportscamps/summercamps.htm, e-mail: rndhearth@aol.com
