- Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club
The Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club (SSWSC) is located in
Steamboat Springs ,Colorado . SSWSC has produced many Winter Olympians such as 1992 Bronze Medalist Nelson Carmichael, 2002 Silver Medalist Travis Mayer, Todd Lodwick, Caroline Lalive and many more.Steamboat Springs Winter Sports ClubLocation Steamboat Springs, CO Training Facilities Howelsen Hill andMt. Werner Established 1914 Executive Director Rick DeVos Number of Programs 49 Number of Kids in Club 1,100 Staff ~125 Club website http://www.sswsc.org/ Winter Sports training
The SSWSC is a multi-sport ski club located in Steamboat Springs Colorado that provides winter and summer athletic programming. This club is the oldest ski club west of the Mississippi River. Its home ski area is Howelsen Hill, owned and operated by the City of Steamboat Springs, a gem of an area that provides terrain for most of the winter sports and has lights for night operations. The Steamboat Ski Area provides the Club and its athletes much support on the slopes of its 4000 acreas. The SSWSC was selected by the US Ski Team as its national Club of the Year in 2007, 2004 and 1999.
There are four main types of skiing/snowboarding in the SSWSC.
Alpine Skiing/Racing
The
Alpine skiing branch of the sswsc is the largest branch with about 400 kids in it. The racers enrolled are split into development andcompetition racers when they are young. The SSWSCcoaching staff teaches fundamentals to the young racers. Approximately 60 coaches work with this program. These athletes train at Howelsen Hill and Mt. Werner.Freestyle
The SSWSC freestyle program is one of the best in the country. They have about 175 athletes ages 7 through adult, training in mogul skiing, aerials, half pipe, skier cross, freeskier and telemark skiing. 19 coaches handle the coaching duties and athletes train at Howelsn Hill and Mt. Werner at the Steamboat Ski area.
Nordic
The SSWSC Nordic Program includes cross country, special (Nordic) jumping, Nordic combined and biathlon. Approximately 160 athletes participate and are instructed by a staff of 23 coaches. This program has prduced a large number of national team members for the US Ski Team in their respective sports. They train at the Howelsen Hill ski area and have one of the most complete Nordic jumping complexes in North America. The Nordic Combined program was recognized as USSA's program of the year in the 06/07 ski season.
nowboard
The SSWSC Snowboard program was selected as the top program in the country in 06/07 and was awarded the Snoboard Program of the Year. The have approximately 170 athletes and a staff of 25 coaches. The program includes instruction in freestyle snowboarding, alpine snowboarding and boardercross. This group trains at Howelsen Hill and Mt. Werner.
External links
* [http://www.sswsc.org/ Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club]
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