U12

With an in-depth focus on racing skills and advanced skiing techniques, this program follows the Alpine Canada Long Term Skier Development Plan along with the Snow Stars Development Plan.

This age group has 4 scheduled AOA Races in their division. At away races, athletes will race in the morning and free ski with their coaches after the awards ceremony. A typical race day is 6 hours long and generally ends around 2:00pm.

Skiers entering the U12 program must be one of the following:

• Be an exceptional recreational skier that can independently ski all runs at Chicopee, confidently uses all lifts at Chicopee unassisted, and is comfortable with speed on a variety of terrain and snow conditions.
• Have successfully completed Advanced-1 (A1) in a Chicopee Snow School program
• Graduates of the U10 Program

Per Alpine Ontario regulations, program participants must be a Chicopee Member for the applicable race season and are required to wear a hard eared helmet. U12 SOD Cup athletes are required to register through AOA.

Please direct all race questions to racing@chicopee.ca

Included:

• Dryland Training: (Sundays) Sep 25 to Nov 20, 2022 from 10:00am to 12:00pm
  Please Note: There will be no Dryland Training on Sunday Oct 9, 2022 (Thanksgiving Weekend)
• Friday Night Gates: Jan 13 to Mar 3, 2023 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm
• Race Events: 4 Scheduled Races, dates TBD
• CARV Ski-a-thon: Mar 3,2023
• Club Championships: Mar 4, 2023
• Race Social: Mar 28, 2023 from 6:30pm to 9:00pm

Optional (additional costs):

• Tremblant Family Camp: Dec 11 to Dec 17, 2022
• Blue Mountain Mondays: Jan 16, Jan 23, Jan 30, Feb 6, Feb 13, Feb 27, 2023 from 9:00am to 3:00pm
• Chicopee Slalom Camp: Jan 4 to Jan 6, 2023 from 9:00am to 1:00pm
• Invitational Race Events: dates TBD