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A Letter From the Executive Director

As we head into the holiday weekend Team Summit is wrapping up a productive week. But if there's one take-a-way from this week it's flexibility.  Since my last email, we have had two great meetings with Copper Mountain. The main take-a-way is they value Team Summit and they are making accommodations for our programs this season. It is exciting to know and we have begun working internally as well as with resort on both training and competition plans. We are finalizing the details on our MOU over the next few weeks and then we will be ready to begin issuing pass vouchers and other...

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A Dusting of Snow – A Letter from the Executive Director

  Dear Team Summit Families, As the sun came up this morning on Summit County we welcomed a dusting of snow across the peaks! The countdown to snowmaking is now under 30 days. As we begin the transition from summer to winter, the spirit of Team Summit Colorado and it’s athletes is gaining momentum. Our programs this summer gave me confidence in our leadership to form an amazing experience for all our young athletes. Chris Hughes orchestrated one of the most successful dryland training regiments. The number of athletes who participated in our summer programs more than doubled...

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Executive Director's Desk – Passes and COVID

Today Vail Resorts announced that they will be using a reservation system to ski or snowboard at their North American resorts this season. https://www.epicpass.com/info/reservation-details. Team Summit has been in contact with all of our resort partners through the summer regarding potential operational scenarios at the resorts. We have several ideas on how we can operate in the RSVP system. Now that Vail Resorts has made this position public we are collaborating with the resorts to finalize plans. I know this creates uneasiness as you make decisions regarding what your family will...

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Whole Community – A Letter from the Executive Director

Our Whole Community  Team Summit Families, As of the end of June 2020, at Team Summit we find ourselves leading our industry in training during the burden of Coronavirus restrictions. Thanks to the exceptional support of our resort partners, particularly Copper Mountain Resort, we have had successful on-snow training for our Alpine (with SkierX) and Mogul programs. Starting July 13 our Snowboard and Park & Pipe programs will get their turn with 2-3 weeks of on-snow training. Summit Middle School has allowed us to begin strength training using their parking lot and fields so we can...

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