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October 19, 2005
AVSC Gearing Up for Winter Season
It's funny how Fall in Aspen gets overshadowed by both Winter and Summer, but there's something really fantastic about this time of year. My name is Alan Cole, and I work in marketing and fundraising for the Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club (AVSC). I drove into work today as the rain down in Carbondale switched to snow up in Aspen looking at the low fog marking the line between the fall foliage at the base of the mountains and the snow above. It's great for two reasons. It's beautiful outside and with the chill in the morning air there's more snow ahead and we're all thinking about the upcoming season. AVSC provides ski and snowboard programs to over 1,700 kids throughout the Roaring Fork Valley and communities as far away as Rifle and New Castle on the I-70 corridor. Kids start at 3 and 1/2 years of age with our learn to ski programs and we recently had one of our snowboard athletes, Jordan Karlinski of Snowmass Village, make the U.S. Snowboard Team. Our mission is to create opportunities for youth to engage and excel in winter sports. With enrollment going on right now, things are busy where I work.
At the Club, we're already getting our older ski and snowboard athletes in shape for the season with a wide and ecclectic variety of dryland training. Rock hopping in the Roaring Fork River, sand skiing down at Sand Dunes National Park near Alamosa, and no-holds-barred Ultimate Frisbee between our Freestyle and Snowboard Teams. Three of our top alpine skiers, Toby Lamar, Alice McKennis and Paul Britvar travelled to Hintertux, Austria for training with some world-class talent. You can read more about them here.
Thanks to Stay Aspen Snowmass for the opportunity to post here and as the snow starts to fly I'll have more news from our Club and our athletes.
Posted by at October 19, 2005 01:25 PM
