Looking to make a breakthrough in your skiing before the season begins? Consider joining a GMVS Junior Development camp. Throughout the year, GMVS offers several camps for aspiring ski racers who want to gain important technical and tactical skills, or experience GMVS first hand. We offer a variety of opportunities throughout the year when you can visit the GMVS campus, train at our amazing facilities, and/or travel with our coaches and racers.
2024-2025 Camps
November Race Camp
Camp Dates: November 20-26, 2024
Open to U10s and older, this camp is designed to provide early season, on-snow mileage focused on technical free skiing and gate training. The goal of this camp is to get athletes back on snow and work on fundamental skills including fore/aft balance, carving, and pole plants (among other skills). Athletes will stay with their families each evening. For more information on the camp, housing, flights and registration, click the link below.
Tentative Daily Camp Schedule
The first two days (21st and 22nd) we will free ski and technical free ski at Copper or A-Basin. Athletes will be on-snow with coaches from 9am-3/3:30pm, with a snack and lunch break. After skiing we’ll watch video and do some light activity including stretching and agility, etc. The day will wrap up at 4:45pm.
On the 23rd-25th we will technical free ski in the morning and ski gates in the afternoon. We’ll be on-snow 9am-4pm with a snack and lunch break, and wrap up the day around 4:45pm.
Holiday Race Camp
Camp Dates: December 18-20, 2024
Location: Sugarbush, VT
This three-day high-volume training opportunity is open to U.S. Ski and Snowboard and Alpine Canada registered U12 and U14 racers and will be focused on technical free skiing, as well as Slalom and Giant Slalom drills and exercises.
The daily schedule is packed with activities that will jumpstart the young ski racer’s season. Each day will include a technical free ski block and a gate-training block on the famed Kelly Brush Race Area. After skiing, campers will go to the GMVS campus for physical conditioning , video analysis, and tuning clinics in the Racing Performance Center (GMVS’ world-class athletic facility).
The Holiday Race Camp coaching staff is primarily made up of full-time GMVS coaches.
We will follow the Holiday Race Camp experience with the Hobart Memorial Open U12/U14 race on Saturday, December 21. Stay tuned for further details.
Tentative Daily Camp Schedule
8:30am – 3:00pm: On snow at Sugarbush Resort’s Mt. Ellen
3:00pm – 6:00pm: Evening activities including goal setting, guest speakers, SkillsQuest, regen, and more.
6:00pm Camper pick up
Camp Cost:
$750 – Does not include lift tickets or food.
Race entries for the Hobart Memorial Open are not included in camp cost.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: October 15, 2024
Power Race Camps
Multiple Sessions Available — Registration Coming Soon!
Camp Dates:
January 14-16, 2025 (SL Focus)
February 4-6, 2025 (GS Focus)
March 11-13, 2025 (SL Focus)
These three-day camps are designed to be intense training periods, focusing on one discipline at a time, aligned with the NVC race schedule. Camps run 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day and include a comprehensive technical progression with video analysis and timing. These camps are designed for U12 and U14 athletes. U10s may be accepted with coach’s recommendations. For possible housing for these camps, please Megan Mikell ([email protected]).
2023-2024 Camp Cost: $600 – Does not include lunch or lift ticket
Les Deux Alpes Summer Race Camp 2024
June 17-26, 2024
If you are interested in participating in this camp, please contact Megan Mikell.
- On-Snow Time: Six days on snow with one off day. Three days of technical free skiing and three days in a gate environment. Daily afternoon activities.
- Discipline: Giant Slalom (GS)
- Estimated Cost: $3,000 per participant
- Details: Transportation arrangements entail flying from either Montreal (YUL) or Boston (BOS) to Geneva (GEN), with an estimated flight cost of $1,100. This will be a supervised camp, with participants traveling and staying with coaches.
- All participants must be current members of U.S. Ski & Snowboard
BigSnow Indoor Skiing
Camp Dates 2024: July 18 – 19, August 8 – 9 (Stay Tuned for 2025 dates!)
Open to U14s and under, these indoor summer camps are designed to provide SL training opportunities in a constraint-based environment. Our goal for these high mileage indoor private training blocks is to establish and develop the fundamentals of skiing including fore/aft balance, carving, and pole plants (among other skills), as well as a SL skill sets in a variety of gate training elements.
- Each session will run for the duration of the 2-hour training block.
- Families are responsible for their own transportation, and room and board.
- All participants must be current members of U.S. Ski & Snowboard.
Camp Cost:
- Camp registration fee: $550/camp. Non-refundable. The camp fee is based on 30 participants.
- The price for the camp is subject to change, if fewer than 30 athletes register.
Daily Camp Schedule:
8:30 am Meet at BigSnow (outside the parking lot entrance)
9:30 – 11:30 am On-snow session
11:30 am – 12:30 pm Lunch break
12:30 pm – 1:15 pm Dynamic stretching, agility, and core
1:30 pm Athlete pickup
Meet Our Junior Development Program Director
Megan Mikell
Junior Race Program Director
Megan joined the GMVS staff in the fall of 2008. She grew up in Derby, VT and fell in love with ski racing as a member of the Jay Peak Ski Club. Megan holds B.A. degrees in Recreation Management and Business Administration from Lyndon State. She’s done a variety of things during her time at GMVS in addition to being a part of the alpine staff including coaching soccer, teaching an elective and dorm parenting for nine years. Megan now lives in Warren, VT with her husband, daughter Zula, dog and chickens. She enjoys hiking, gardening and traveling.