Adaptive Sports Center Debuts Big Mountain Sessions:
Snowboarding Camp

(Crested Butte, CO)—Seasoned snowboarders won’t want to miss a new, four-day intensive adventure Snowboarding Camp offered by the Adaptive Sports Center March 20 - 23, 2009, which includes two full days exploring intermediate and advanced terrain at Crested Butte Mountain Resort, and an unforgettable journey into pristine backcountry in the nearby Elk Mountains on the snowboarder's backcountry essential, the splitboard.

Participants will walk away from Big Mountain Sessions: Snowboarding camp with a solid introduction to and experience with riding a splitboard, increased on-mountain skills and a broad knowledge of backcountry safety basics, including decision-making skills and an overview of safety equipment essentials (shovels, beacons and probes). Two days of on-mountain riding will culminate in a one-of-a-kind wilderness experience on Snodgrass Mountain, a beautiful backcountry setting with spectacular glades and powder stashes galore. The group will spend two days exploring Snodgrass, a local’s favorite for backcountry winter recreation.

The camp price of $595 includes all instruction, all equipment, lift tickets, a pre-trip conditioning regimen, airport shuttles, four lunches and one group dinner. Backcountry trip is dependent on conditions; intermediate to advance snowboarders only.

Snowboard Instructors:

Nicole Blaser

Nicole has been a snowboard instructor for the Adaptive Sports Center for three seasons, and has coached and instructed snowboarding since 1999. She is American Association of Snowboard Instructors: Level III certified, and was a sponsored, multi-event snowboard competitor who placed and qualified in the Subaru Extremes and Boarderfest. Nicole is an avid world traveler and adventurer who led a splitboard expedition on Mt. Logan, the highest peak in Canada, in 2003. She also climbed and snowboarded down Denali, the highest peak in North America, in 2002. She is a mountaineering and snowboarding instructor for the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS).

Cara Bosco

An avid outdoor enthusiast, Cara moved to Crested Butte in 2004 and began instructing at the Adaptive Sports Center. In 2005, she took her first avalanche course and began developing a repertoire of winter backcountry skills. She has been active on the Crested Butte Search and Rescue Team since 2004, and in the summer is an instructor for the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS). Whether it is a day of skinning up a mountain for some fresh turns, or a long cross country ski to enjoy the solitude of the Crested Butte wilderness, the outdoors is her preferred place to be.

Krista Powers

Krista was born and raised in Vermont and moved to Crested Butte in 1999. This is her 5th year working at the Adaptive Sports Center. She holds PSIA Adaptive Level 2 and Adaptive Snowboard Level 1 certifications, and has traveled extensively in the backcountry for the past eight years. Whether it’s climbing peaks, organizing hut trips, heading out on long Nordic tours, or competing in the Elk Mountains Grand Traverse, a grueling 40-mile backcountry ski race, Krista feels right at home in the wilderness.

Please contact Larissa Sigurdsen, Groups & Logistics Coordinator, at larissa@adaptivesports.org or 970.349.5075 ext.108 for more information or to register. Special thanks to Backcountry Access for providing equipment.