Gateway Disabled Ski Program
Presented by: Disabled Athlete Sports Association
Yes,
We Are Skiing Tonight 1/26/2012
Due To Lack of Snow at Hidden Valley We Are rescheduling the start date of GDSP/DASA skiing from the first week in January
to the second week in January.
If you are a Monday Night Volunteer or Athlete your ski starting night will
be January 9th.
If you are a Tuesday night Volunteer or Athlete your ski
starting night will be January 10th.
If you are a Thursday Night Volunteer or Athlete your ski starting night will be January 12th.
The January 3rd and 4th Volunteer free ski instruction
provided through Hidden Valley’s School is cancelled as well. The Rescheduling dates TBD.
Volunteers still are needed to come the second week of skiing in January
even though on-hill trainings are not until later in January. Volunteers will get experience and some training hands on that
first week of skiing in January.
The On-Hill trainings have been
changed to January 11th and January 18th: 6:30-8:30PM. January 11th is Adaptive Equipment training for those volunteers that
are volunteering on Monday nights. January 18th is for those volunteers that come on thursdays and work with individual with
Visual impairments, blind, hard of hearing, deaf, developmental disabilities, and special olympics team. Please contact Josh
Pennington and re-sign up for these 2 new training dates. (636)477-0716 joshp@dasasports.org.
Update on Ski Passes:
The Capability to purchase GDSP/DASA Hidden
Valley Ski Pass Online is up and ready for you to go and purchase your pass for the 2011-12 season. To purchase your pass please log on to www.hiddenvalleyski.com. At the bottom of the home page
is a button, Ski & Ride Club Login, click on that button the next screen it will ask for Club Name it is GDSP then the password is dasa then choose Go Shopping. Then your pass options will be available.
Choose the pass you would like and purchase it through the shopping cart. It is very simple. Any questions
636-938-5373 press 0. ALL
passes must be purchased ONLINE this season.After purchasing on-line you
may go to Hidden Valley to pick up your pass beginningNovember 21st from10am-4:30pm.
PLEASE DO NOT SEND CHECKS IN TO HIDDEN VALLEY IN THE MAIL THEY WILL BE RETURNED.
The checks Hidden Valley currently have will be processed but an others received will be returned. Even If you fill out and purchase your Hidden Valleey Pass
with Hidden valley You will still need to register as a volunteer or athlete with me. The passes cost, but if you as a volunteer are consistent 80% of the ski nights you will be reimbursed
at the end of the ski season.
Pass Cost: Through Hidden Valley
-Monday-Thursday GDSP Pass Only- $50.00, Lift Only
-Monday-Thursday-GDSP Pass with Rental- $75.00, ski equipment rental
-Monday-Thursday-GDSP
Anytime Pass- $300.00 Unlimited Skiing.
Add Rental to Anytime Pass: $125.00.
Everyone needs a pass to ski at hidden Valley. As volunteers we greatly appreciate
your time, but ask if you are going to volunteer that you understand the commitment is for at the least 80% of the skiing
nights that we will be having. You will need to purchase the pass yourself and then if you make at the
least 80% of the time commitment you will be reimbursed the $50.00 or $75.00 at the end of the year for the pass. We will
not reimburse for the full cost of an anytime passes. We will reimburse only $50.00 of the anytime pass.
This year we will be skiing on Monday Nights, Tuesday Nights, and Thursday Nights.
Monday Evenings= Skiing
for those with Physical Disabilities, Veterans ski night.
Tuesday Evenings= Skiing for The Duty Bound Kids Program.
Thursday Evenings= Those with Visual Impairments/Blind, Developmental
Disabilities, Special Olympics, Hearing
Impairments.
Athletes: Fittings
and Time/Equipment Slot Sign Ups
Athletes, new and old, need to come for pre-season fittings. These fittings are also sign up times for the
ski season time slots for the ski season. If you do not come to the fittings and sign up for your time/equipment slot you will have
to sign up later and the slots will be minimal. Your first ski night you will have to be fitted and may not get to ski due
time it takes to fit.
Fitting dates: You
must RSVP and sign up for a fitting slot for these dates. RSVP to DASA office: 636-477-0716.
Athlete Fitting
Dates:
December 12th: 6:30-8:30PM at HV. Athlete Fittings for Equipment.
Athletes must RSVP to DASA office for time to come.
December 13th: 6:30-8:30PMat HV. Athlete Fittings for Equipment.
Athletes must RSVP to DASA office for time to come.
There will be trainings that all volunteers are required to attend.
Volunteers
are ask to attend one of the dry land trainings and one of the on-hill trainings not all the training dates. I need to know
the nights you will be able to make the trainings in order to help in planning.
Schedule For The Pre-Season/Season
January
2nd: Cancelled Due To Lack of Snow/Weather
January 3rd: Cancelled Due to Lack of
Snow/Weather Duty Bound Ski Night
January.
3rd/4th: Cancelled Due to Lack of Snow/Weather. Free Skiing Instruction
from Hidden Valley Ski Instructors. If you are a skier that needs more instruction.
Must RSVP to DASA office if you are interested in attending.
January
5th: Cancelled
January 9th: 6:30-8:30PM First Monday Skiing
January 10th: 6:30-8:30PM First
Tuesday Night Skiing/Duty Bound Program
January 12th: 6:30-8:30PM First Thursday night Skiing
January 11th:
6:30-8:30 On-Hill Training Adaptive Equipment.
January 18th: 6:30-8:30PM On-Hill Training VI,DD, hearing impairments, Special Olympics.
January 24th: 6:30-8:30PM On-Hill training
Dep. On weather Pre-season trainings.Vi,DD,hearing imp.,
Special Olympics.
January
28th Delta Gamma Ski Camp for Kids.
February
11th Ranken Jordan Ski Camp for kids.
February
16th 7:00-8:00PM at HV. End of Year Party for all athletes/Volunteers to Attend.
End of February into
March is end of Ski season Depending on Weather.
We cannot wait to get the Ski season Going! If you have any
questions please call me, Josh Pennington, 636-477-0716. If you are interested in skiing as a participant
or volunteering or doing both please call the DASA office, 636-477-0716 or email me at joshp@dasasports.org.Thank YOU!