Whitefish Schools and Whitefish Mountain Resort to Offer Ski Academy

WHITEFISH, Mont. – Whitefish Mountain Resort, in conjunction with Whitefish School District 55 and the Flathead Valley Ski Education Foundation (FVSEF), announced today that all three entities have cooperated to create the Whitefish Alpine and Freestyle Ski Academy for middle and high school student athletes for the 2008-2009 school year and ski season.

Flathead Valley Ski Education Foundation president Richard Kramer has worked closely with the three groups in creating the program. “The creation of the Whitefish Alpine and Freestyle Ski Academy has been a goal of FVSEF since our inception in 1973,” said Kramer. “Now our children can achieve world class on-snow training while remaining in the Whitefish School District. This is a real windfall for our Valley. No longer will elite athletes have to move away from their families in order to train. Kids as young as eleven years old can now live, train, and go to school in their home town.”

For more information on the Whitefish Alpine and Freestyle Ski Academy and other competitive team programs, contact Roy Loman at royl@skiwhitefish.com or (406) 862-2912. You can also visit the Whitefish Mountain website page for the Ski Teams.

For the complete story, see the online magazine Ski Racing, The Journal to Ski Racing Competition. You will find it under their Top Stories.

Our story has also been covered by:

• KXMC Sports, a Minot, ND News and Sports coverage site
• SAM - the Ski Area Management Magazine website
• First Tracks!! Online Ski Magazine
• The Flathead Beacon
• Ski Press World.com
• Sports.MyLot.com
• NewsEro.com
• All About Skiing.info (from the Billings Gazette)