Senior SKI PROGRAMS
Silver Ski Clinics
It's all about fun!
Designed for wiser, more experienced skiers
ages 50 and older, who are at a skill level of lower
intermediate to advanced, and are interested in the
new movement patterns used with shaped skis, and/or
improving their skiing techniques.
It’s never too late to have more
fun.
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$10 /session
| $100 unlimited |
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Clinics are conducted by Senior Instructors.
Participants
will leave with new skills, new acquaintances and an
appreciation of the mountain.
Contact Mt Rose Ski School at (775) 849-0704
for more information.
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Meets Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays*
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December 14 - March 26 |
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Continental Breakfast (meet at Timbers)
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8:30 - 9:30am |
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| On Mountain Training |
9:30-11:30am |
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| Cost |
$10
Participants must have a lift ticket or Season
Pass |
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Program does not meet during
holiday periods: December 19-Jan 3; MLK, Monday, January 18; Presidents
Week, February 15-19.
 The Silver Lining - 3 day Senior SKI CAMPS
Three-day Senior Seminar for select seniors ages
50 and over. Led by Rusty Crook, Program
Director.
Includes: three days of instruction, complimentary
breakfast in Timbers, video analysis, and an individual
personalized video with audio ski commentary for each participant.
Reservations required. Reservations can be made at Guest
Services - Mt. Rose main lodge.
Program dates subject to change or cancellation without notice.
A
little about our Silver Ski instructors:
Rusty
Crook – program coordinator, has been teaching skiing since 1956 and
became certified in 1957. He has been teaching at either Slide Mt.
or Mt. Rose every year for the past 52 years. He has coached athletes
who have been on the US Ski Team, won national and international competitions. He
is currently serving as the Chairman of the Professional
Ski Instructors of America-Western Division Senior Committee.
Linda Good – started
her teaching career in the Aurach bei Kitzbuhel Ski School in 1965. She
spent 25 years at Mammoth Mountain as well as stints at Chateau Tongariro Ski
School in New Zealand, Boreal/Soda Springs Ski School, Northstar at Tahoe Ski
School, and the last 8 winters at Mt. Rose. Linda also helped develop and
start the Women’s Ski Clinics last season at Mt. Rose.
Jim Pittman – started
teaching at Alta, Utah for Alf Engen in 1965. He received full certification
with PSIA in 1969 while working at Boreal Ridge. Jim was the Assistant
Director of the Mt. Rose Ski School in 1970. After a career as a pilot
for Western Airlines, Jim returned to Mt. Rose in 2007.
Dede Goodnight – Dede
learned to ski right down the road at Sky Tavern when she was 12. She later
returned to Sky Tavern as an instructor and trainer. She began teaching
at Mt. Rose in 2001 and has since become certified by PSIA. Dede has also
received her Children’s Specialist II and Senior Specialist accreditation
from PSIA.
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