U16

The U16 program continues to refine overall skiing, racing, and performance on demand skills.

This age group will participate in 4 races in the Collingwood area scheduled by Alpine Ontario. At away races, athletes will race in the morning and do some technical free skiing with their coaches after the awards ceremony. A typical race day is 6 hours long and generally ends around 2:00pm.

Skiers entering the be U16 program must be one of the following:

• Be an exceptional dynamic parallel skier that is confident on a variety of terrain and snow conditions, and comfortable skiing with speed
• Have successfully completed Advanced-2 (A2) in the Chicopee Snow School programs
• Graduates of the U14 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 with an FIS label affixed at the back.

Equipment strongly recommended for racers includes slalom and giant slalom event specific skis, back protectors for speed races, and slalom gear for clearing gates.

U16 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