Race team · USSA-sanctioned

Twenty-two weeks. Real points. Real coaches.

The Summit Pass Race Team is a competitive alpine program for skiers ages 8 to 18 chasing USSA points. Try-outs every November. Two practice sessions per week plus weekend race travel. Coached by former NCAA athletes with podium-finish records and current USSA Level 200 certification.

Season length

22 wksNov - April

Active racers

68U10 - U18

Sessions / wk

2 + raceTue + Sat + travel

USSA points

14 eventsregional series

Age groups

Five groups. One progression.

Athletes move up by birth year and demonstrated technical readiness. Coaches do internal evaluations every December and March — moving up mid-season is rare but possible.

U10

Ages 8-9 · birth years 17-18

Foundational gates and free-skiing. Two coached sessions per week, no overnight travel, only local USSA-sanctioned events.

Group · 14 racers

U12

Ages 10-11 · birth years 15-16

Slalom and giant slalom in earnest. Begins out-of-state day-trip events. Foundation strength and conditioning twice a week.

Group · 16 racers

U14

Ages 12-13 · birth years 13-14

Full speed series — slalom, GS, and intro to super-G. Overnight race travel, dryland, and weekly video review.

Group · 14 racers

U16

Ages 14-15 · birth years 11-12

Full speed event series, regional and divisional championships, and college-prospect line-of-sight. SAT-prep travel days.

Group · 14 racers

U18

Ages 16-17 · birth years 09-10

Highest-level group. National team development pathway, college recruitment support, summer dryland in Colorado.

Group · 10 racers

Sample week

Two practices. Saturday races. Sunday travel days.

Time

Mon

Tue

Wed

Sat

Sun

3:30 PM

tech · gatesSlalom + GS panel

race dayUSSA event

travelDrive home

5:30 PM

drylandStrength + plyo

drylandMobility + core

post-raceVideo review

8:00 AM

course inspectFirst run · 9:30

free skiRecovery laps

Race day Dryland Technical / travel

Race coaches

Ex-NCAA. USSA L200. Podium records.

Three full-time race coaches, all USSA Level 200 certified, two with NCAA Division I race experience and one former US Development Team athlete.

Holden Brink

Head race coach · USSA L200

Former NCAA Division I athlete (Dartmouth, 2008-12). Twelve seasons coaching at Summit Pass. Heads the U16 + U18 program and runs all video review.

Annika Brand

U10-U14 lead · USSA L200 · PSIA L3

Former US Development Team athlete. Heads the U10, U12, and U14 program. Designs the dryland curriculum and the early-season foundation block.

Soren Heid

Speed events · USSA L200 + AASI L2

Former NCAA II race captain. Heads the speed events block — super-G and downhill — for U14 and up. Also leads the summer dryland camp in CO.

Summer dryland

Six weeks in Colorado. Glacier camp + strength block.

Every July the U14, U16, and U18 groups travel to Mount Crested Butte for a four-week glacier camp paired with a two-week strength and conditioning block at our Boulder partner facility. Travel and lodging packaged in one fee.

Programmed by Holden and Soren. Daily on-snow sessions in the morning, lift cycle for free-ski recovery, and afternoon strength + plyo. Weekly Friday video review and a Saturday athlete-mentor talk.

4 weeks on-snow · glacier camp
2 weeks strength + plyo block
Lodging + travel included
Weekly video review sessions
Athlete-mentor speaker series
End-of-camp time trial

Apply for summer camp

Try-outs

Three days in November. Bring your bib.

Try-outs run the second weekend of November every year. Athletes ski two timed GS runs and one free-ski evaluation. Coaches review with parents on day three and place every athlete in a group. New athletes register through the booking page.

Day 1 · timed runs

Nov 14Sat · 9 AM start

Day 2 · evaluation

Nov 15Sun · 9 AM start

Day 3 · placement

Nov 21Sat · individual mtgs