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A GRAND GRADUATION ENTRANCE – FACT 36 of 50 Pomp and Circumstance and caps and gowns are synonymous with graduation at a traditional high school, but anyone who has attended graduation at GMVS knows that the annual ceremony is uniquely different. Graduating seniors are given ownership to determine the way in which they enter graduation […]

Jeff Lackie Joins GMVS as Senior Director of High Performance Sport Green Mountain Valley School (GMVS) is excited to announce that longtime U.S. Ski Team coach Jeff Lackie, who spent seven years as a key member of Team Shiffrin’s coaching staff, will be joining its alpine coaching team as its Senior Director of High Performance […]

TRAILS TRAINED ON AT SUGARBUSH – FACT 35 OF 50 The famed Kelly Brush Race Arena (KBRA) is home to GMVS training and racing today, but did you know that before KBRA had two dedicated training trails (Inverness and Brambles), GMVS athletes trained on numerous trails at Sugarbush.  At Mt. Ellen, athletes trained on Elbow, […]

GMVS AWARDED FOR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN ALPINE AND CROSS COUNTRY SKIING GMVS is thrilled to announce that it was recently presented with three awards for its outstanding performance in Alpine and Nordic programming. For its junior (Club) programming led by Lorant Gudasz and Sally Utter as well as its work with the Mad River Valley […]

GOLIATH THE GOAT, GLORIA THE CHICKEN, AND OTHER ADVENTURES IN PHOTOGRAPHY – FACT 34 OF 50 When was the last time you photographed a goat or a chicken? How about a cow? GMVS students have been photographing live animals year after year. What started with a dark room in the basement of Clark is now […]

THE MAGIC BUS – FACT 33 of 50 In the early ‘80s Spring Term at GMVS was packed with experiential learning opportunities, famously highlighted by the legendary four to six week western outdoor “Senior Trip.” For younger students, the spring schedule offered academic classes Monday through Thursday,  followed by three day adventure-based outdoor educational trips […]

Three GMVS Athletes Nominated to the Stifel U.S. Ski Team GMVS congratulates three athletes who have been nominated to the Stifel U.S. Ski Team: Sawyer Reed ‘23, Ben Ritchie ‘19, and Brian Bushey ‘21. Sawyer Reed, a senior at GMVS, has been nominated to the Stifel U.S. Alpine D-Team. Sawyer comes off a season of […]

The Hobartenkamm – Fact 32 of 50 Conceived by students for students, the Hobartenkamm was an evening competition where students (and coaches) would race down a narrow trail from the Hobarts’ home, about 500 feet above the GMVS campus, to the school, then leap over Moulton Road for a grand finish. The portmanteau name combined […]

IF YOU WILL THEN YOU CAN – FACT 31 of 50 Did you know that GMVS is home to Olympic champions in ski racing and beyond? Randy Will, Class of 1982, like many GMVS student-athletes, arrived with the ultimate dream to top the Olympic podium. Little did he know at that time that he would […]

The Green Mountain Valley School community is deeply saddened by the loss of Al Hobart, GMVS founder and long-serving leader in the ski racing community who guided the school through its beginning years and lasting institutional change since the school’s founding in 1973. Al passed away surrounded by loved ones in the comfort of his […]