About This Activity
Description
Join us and Blue Ridge Adaptive Snow Sports for some fun in the snow at Ski Liberty Mountain for an adaptive skiing clinic. Participants will choose from sit down ski or stand-up ski lessons.Stand-up Ski: Participants must be able to support their own body weight and have the physical capabilities to stand and ski for a 2-hour period. This event is geared to individuals with physical and developmental disabilities. Participants will get the opportunity to learn the basics of stand-up skiing with the help of two trained volunteers. Adaptive snow sports allow people with disabilities to enjoy the outdoors and freedom of movement.
Sit-down Ski: This is geared to individuals who are non-ambulatory with advanced forms of cerebral palsy, spinal cord injuries, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, etc. In this clinic participants will get the opportunity to ride in an adaptive sit- down ski, as a member of Blue Ridge Adaptive Snow Sports pulls the participant up and down the slopes, allowing them to enjoy the outdoors and freedom of movement.
Participants must be able to provide personal care independently or with assistance from a caregiver who is onsite.
Fee includes: 2-hour instruction, Lift Ticket, Helmet, Goggles, Skis. All equipment provided.
Participant will need to provide appropriate winter clothing.
Participants must arrive at least 30 minutes early to receive gear.
Transportation must be provided.
Once registered participants must provide in advance: weight, height, shoe size, and head size in preparation for equipment and fill out an AIR Health and Skills forms.
To learn more about Adaptive Skiing and Blue Ridge Adaptive Snow Sports, please visit: Blue Ridge Adaptive Snow Sports - Home (brasski.org).
Advanced Registration Required
Registration Deadline: 4:00pm on January 13
Level 1-4
Activity Secondary Category
Outdoor Adventure- hiking, fishing, camp
Location
Ski Liberty. 78 Country Club Trl, Fairfield, PA 17320
Map & Direction
Frederick County Parks and Recreation
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355 Montevue Lane Suite 100
Frederick, MD
21702
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