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THE EVOLUTION OF CAMPUS — FACT 4 OF 50 GMVS, originally known as the Mad River Valley School (“Mad Acad” to the students), had a modest start in November 1973 in two buildings that are right up the hill from the present campus in Fayston on Bragg Hill. That year, four boys lived in two […]

GMVS ATHLETES GET A CUTTING EDGE ON EARLY SEASON TRAINING WITH INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL Ski camps are an integral aspect of today’s GMVS experience, providing athletes an invaluable opportunity to accumulate time on snow in a highly focused environment. But a look back through history shows that through the ‘80s virtually all training was done at […]

50 YEARS OF GMVS — A THROWBACK TO REACH THE PEAK For 15 years (beginning in 1991), GMVS students celebrated the end of the school year and took on a 250+ mile relay race from the center of campus to the summit of Mt. Washington (New England’s highest peak) and back.   Beginning and ending […]

50 YEARS OF GMVS — HONORING AL HOBART 50 years ago, a young man with a deep passion for ski racing had the courage to follow his dreams.  The man? Al Hobart – a self-taught Masters racer from New York City.  His dream? A school where competitive ski racers could develop the skills to become […]

Green Mountain Valley School (GMVS) wrapped up a successful school year of academic and athletic excellence. The end of the year finished off with final exams, both girls’ and boys’ lacrosse playoffs, an all-school prom at the Mad River Barn, and a celebratory senior dinner on campus. As usual for a typical year, the week […]

Congratulations to the newly named All-Americans Ellie Curtis ’17, and Hannah Utter ’17 of the Dartmouth Ski Team (Shown in the photo above with Dartmouth Assistant Coach Abi Jewett ’18). After a full season of collegiate racing across the country, the fastest athletes competed at the NCAA Championships in Park City and Soldier Hollow, Utah […]

On the heels of the 2022 Beijing Olympic events, the 2022 FIS Junior/U23 World Ski Championships kicked off on Tuesday, February 22, 2022. The week-long event was originally scheduled to take place in Zakopane, Poland, but due to construction work near the skiing venue, the cross-country skiing events were moved to Lygna, Norway. The championships […]

Whiteface Mountain was host to the USCSA Nationals March 7-12, with 26 teams and 278 alpine racers competing from across the country. USCSA has become very competitive over the past few years, hosting many racers with NCAA-level FIS profiles. Congratulations to the following GMVS alumni who attended Nationals, many of whom placed in the top […]

Congratulations to Thomas Walsh ’13 who won Team USA’s first Para-Alpine medal at the 2022 Winter Games. Walsh skied to silver, earning his first career Paralympic medal, after placing fourth three days earlier in the Super Combined. The 2022 Paralympics Games were held in Beijing, March 4-13. Among the athletes selected to represent Team USA […]

Congratulations are in order for GMVS alumna Ali Nullmeyer ’16 who competed in the 2022 Beijing Olympics. Ali, a 23 year-old Middlebury College student, manages the rigors of training and racing throughout the world while also balancing college academics. Throughout the 2021-22 season, she was racing among the world’s best when she finished fifth in […]