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• Championship Season Is Around the Corner Alpine  •  February 27, 2026|||February tested everyone — We saw record warm temperatures force early cancellations, followed by long-awaited storms that delivered plenty of snow, just not always at the right time. As the saying goes, if you want it to snow, schedule a speed race. That held true at our home FIS events at the UOP and Snowbird. We closed out the month hosting large, strong fields, but three of six races were canceled due to a much needed storm. The snow arrived in force, then melted just as quickly and we were...
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• Freeski Finishing Strong Freeski  •  February 26, 2026|||The Freeski Crew is ready to finish strong. We love some slush park and we are wrapping up the regional comp season and looking forward to seeing who gets an invite to USASA Nationals.
  
  We have a crew battling the rain out in Tahoe for a Futures Tour event this week and March will kick off with the final USASA regional event of the season. For those not competing we want to finish the training season strong. Have your athletes come to training with any skills or goals they want to check off bef...
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• Freeride to the Finish line Freeride  •  February 26, 2026|||The Freeride team is in full in comp mode with a crew just getting home from Telluride, one competing at Snowbird this weekend and a few more in March! We are ready to finish the season strong. Have your athletes come to training with any skills or goals they want to check off before the end of the season so their coaches can help them reach those goals.
  
  Lastly PCSS has a big volunteer need over the month of march with many divisions hosting events. Our Freeride team is hosting an IFSA 2* eve...
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• Snowboard Team Training and Competing on the Road and at Home. Snowboard  •  February 26, 2026|||We are into March and the Snowboard Team is competing and training at home and on the road. Things are in high gear and the athletes are 'standing up' competition runs in Wyoming, Colorado, and California. The training sessions at Woodward and Park City Mountain are proving to be very productive and the coaches are pleased.
  
  Copper Mountain Colorado Futures Tour stop. Maverick Cox, Will Howard and Sadie Rifkin all rode great and made finals. Sadie Rifkin finished her 1st Futures Tour in 2nd plac...
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• Olympic Inspiration Runs Deep Ski Mountaineering  •  February 26, 2026|||Skimo fans and athletes across the nation are riding a high after the debut of our sport at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games . It was the first time Skimo made it into the living rooms of millions of viewers.
  
  The excitement of this debut, along with the added stoke from the U.S. team’s result (4th in the mixed relay!), has carried us through an equally “exciting” month. It’s been a whirlwind of never-end...
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• Always Adapting in February Cross Country  •  February 26, 2026|||Minimal snow, but lots celebrate at Park City Ski and Snowboard's cross country team. With a lot of pivoting for the uncontrollable, we have been able to run our programs, events and trips successfully. I've also made more carafes of hot cocoa than I can count in the past month to make sure kids have a smile on their face at the end of the day.
  
  Four of the six IMD races have been rescheduled or cancelled so far. It takes some thinking to remember where the upcoming practice or race is taking...
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• PCSS Aerials Flying High This Season Freestyle Aerials  •  February 24, 2026|||The elite aerials program performed at a high level in Lake Place as the first NorAm of the season gets underway in early February. We had nine athletes competing, representing a broad range of experience.
  
  The aerial team competed on all three jumps - singles, doubles, and triples - demonstrating the depth and versatility of the program. Head coach, Matt Saunders says, "I am encouraged by the progress the team has made and by their ability to adapt effectively to challenging weather and train...
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• PCSS Athletes Crushing It on the Competition Scene This Season Freestyle Moguls  •  February 24, 2026||| FIS update - Eleven athletes from the FIS team traveled to Apex Resort at the end of January for the first NorAm event of the season. With the Deer Valley NorAm cancelled due to a lack of snow, the team gained extra preparation time training on the Hyeway mogul course at the UOP. 
  
  Weather conditions at Apex were challenging and caused delays throughout the event, but the team stayed focused, prepared, and ready to compete as soon as conditions cleared and competition was able to continue...
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• Conditions May Be Low, But the FAS Vibes Are High Freestyle All Skills  •  February 24, 2026|||Our first round of Devo Series events went great at the UOP! Athletes showcased what they've been learning in our terrain park and small mogul course. Thank you to everyone that came to watch and participate! Our second and final round will take place toward the end of March: moguls on 3/25, slopestyle on 3/27.
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• Ski Jumping & Nordic Combined Popping Off at All Levels! Ski Jumping & Nordic Combined  •  February 24, 2026|||From the Olympics to our Friday Night Challenges and everything in between, February has been firing off. We kicked off the month with a successful Heckert Memorial at the Olympic Park and Soldier Hollow. In addition to competitions on all hills up to our 100 meter, this served as the final Junior National Qualifier for IMD & RMD.
  
  Just before the games kicked off, our second Friday Night Challenge of the season saw 30 local small hills athletes in attendance - the biggest turnout we've had in...
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• Freeski Comps Ahead Freeski  •  January 29, 2026|||Freeski is firing away and comp season is upon us. The park has been great and we've been lucky to have such great training with all the sunshine (sorry Freeride). We have a few crews on the road with a group in Sun Valley for USASA slopestyle and rail jams, a group headed to Okemo for a Futures tour (Fis) event, and a small crew headed to Stoneham QC, for a NorAm Slopestyle, Big Air, and Rail event. Wishing all our athletes good luck!
  
  We also want to shout out our podium athletes at Jackson Ho...
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• Competition Season Has Arrived for the Freestyle Team Freestyle Moguls  •  January 29, 2026|||It's been a busy month for the Freestyle mogul team. We started the new year off by traveling to Aspen for a 4 day long on snow camp in order to prepare for the season. The Aspen course was ripping and we had great training conditions for the duration of the camp. We were able to get some good work accomplished in our short time there in order to prepare for the season.
  
  After Aspen we had a stint at home working on the jump site while the snowmaking crew worked tirelessly to make enough snow t...
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• Skin, Ski, Shred, Win (Raffles) with PCSS Skimo Ski Mountaineering  •  January 29, 2026|||Racing season is in full swing on the local Utah Skimo scene. Many of our athletes have four races under their belt since the season truly kicked off mid-December. We've been over to Brighton and Solitude for the beloved Utah Skimo Citizen Series events on Tuesday nights. These events are the perfect opportunities for our young athletes to get their feet wet in the racing world. No race bibs, no official results, just a community gatherin...
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• Where's the Pow? Freeride  •  January 29, 2026|||Freeride comp season is underway with low-tide and high vibes across the western US. Upcoming IFSA events include Solitude2* this weekend, Snowbasin 2*, Telluride 3* and Snowbird 3*. Good luck to all our shredders.
  
  Great energy and commitment across the team — thank you athletes and families for the support and stoke through these challenging conditions. We're excited to see what February has in store for our Freeride crew.
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• PCSS Alumni Josie Johnson and Paige Jones Heading to Milano Cortina Olympic Games Ski Jumping & Nordic Combined  •  January 29, 2026|||We're heading into February full of excitement at all levels at PCSS Ski Jumping. Perhaps most notably, we'll be cheering on Josie Johnson and Paige Jones , two of our recent alumni at the 2026 Winter Olympics ! The action kicks off on Day 1 of the Games with the women's normal hill individual. Our division is hosting a watch party from 9am - 12pm in the QCR - come on by and celebrate with us!
  
  Although the dry winter...
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• Race Season Is On! Alpine  •  January 29, 2026|||The Alpine team has been busy across all age groups and venues, with racing and training happening worldwide and at home. From a small group of FIS men racing in Europe to South Series and Devo athletes competing at the UOP, the season is now fully underway after a long wait for winter to arrive.
  
  The FIS athletes have been busy and all over the place, with small groups splitting up and competing anywhere from Italy, Quebec, Jackson Hole, and California, all while earning podium finishes, person...
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• Freestyle All-Skills Season in Full Swing! Freestyle All Skills  •  January 29, 2026|||Our training season is now in full swing! Almost all of the terrain at PCM is open, including Jupiter Peak, which many of our groups have already been ripping. Little Kings terrain park also opened this past week, giving our athletes a great space to work on their slopestyle fundamentals. Lots of athletes slid their first boxes sideways this past weekend, while others are working on spins and riding switch in the jump line.
  
  Our FAS Comp athletes competed in their first events of the year over t...
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• Cross Country Finds Success in January Cross Country  •  January 29, 2026|||Since the new year there has been a lot going on at Park City Ski and Snowboard despite minimal snow. It has definitely been more challenging for our staff to plan but we have continued to get creative and be flexible. We have had lots of great practices and great morale on our teams.
  
  Coach Liz took five Comp athletes, Tegan Hoffman, Kyle Clarke, Rhys Weidenhamer, Brooke Greenberg and Ian Carmack, to Senior Nationals in Lake Placid to compete with some of the best athletes in the country. The...
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• Snowboard Crew is Firing! Snowboard  •  January 26, 2026|||PCSS Snowboard has been busy so far this season with training camps and events in the month of January. Despite warm temperatures, the parks have been great and athletes are using their training times to their advantage in preparation for the contest season.
  
  Copper Training Camp:
  
  Nick 'Pops' Poplawski and Caroline Klusza ​took a group of National Team and Global Team riders to Copper Mountain Colorado for some jump training. Copper has a 3 pack of jumps and it happens to be in the park which r...
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• Freeride & Freeski Go from Foam to Snow Freeride & Freeski  •  December 24, 2025|||Preseason is officially in the books, and the Freeride and Freeski teams are ready to roll into winter. After a delayed start to on-snow training, athletes have made the most of every opportunity indoors at Woodward Park City, putting in quality work on trampolines and roller blades to sharpen air awareness, timing, and body control. “The focus this fall was building strong foundations and confidence,” says Freeride/Freeski Director Mike Campbell. “The athletes showed up motivated, and we saw re...
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• Aerials Is Bristol Bound Freestyle Aerials  •  December 24, 2025|||The US Freestyle Aerials Selections competition was moved to Bristol Mountain, New York, due to a lack of snow in Park City. The team rallied for some training and competition there before Christmas and is planning a New Year's camp in Bristol as well to prepare for the upcoming World Cup and NorAm Cup competitions in Lake Placid in January and February.
  
  We had a great showing by all the PCSS athletes in the US Selections, with Amelia Glogowski, Beau Napolitano, and Cayden Hacker taking all fo...
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• Freestyle Moguls Fresh Off a Trip to the Okanagn Valley Freestyle Moguls  •  December 24, 2025|||Despite a slow start to winter, the FIS Freestyle team made the most of available conditions through productive preseason training and FIS competitions. Winter arrived late in BC, and just before our trip, the weather cooperated, allowing Apex Resort to make snow and open their mogul course as the first skiable run on the mountain. Thanks to their support of freestyle, we completed three productive days on the jump site, followed by four solid days on the mogul course.
  
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• Skimo Trying to Find Snow to Go Up So It Can Come Down Ski Mountaineering  •  December 24, 2025|||According to Skimo Director Adam Loomis, the 2026 winter season is shaping up to be an exciting one for PCSS Skimo, even as snow coverage continues to lag behind the calendar. As of December, the program has grown to 40 youth athletes and 17 masters, marking another strong year of momentum for the team. A large portion of the Devo group is brand new to skimo, and the extended fall has been used wisely to dial in equipment setup, transitions, and uphill efficiency.
  
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• Snowboard Stoke Check Snowboard  •  December 24, 2025|||Snowboard Director Rick Shimpeno shares that the PCSS snowboard program is officially underway for the 2025–26 season, and the energy is high. The team got its first taste of snow on Friday, December 5th, getting into the parks at Woodward Park City, and it was great to finally be back on snow training. The Fundamentals program kicked off on Saturday, December 13th, with Park City Mountain delivering a park ready to ride with limited snow-making opportunities.
  
  Global and National Team athletes...
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• Nordic Athletes Still Searching.... Cross Country  •  December 24, 2025|||Winter continues to play tricks on the Nordic world this December. With record warm temperatures and almost no natural snow in Park City, options for quality Nordic skiing are limited. Right now, Soldier Hollow remains the lone bright spot for groomed terrain and reliable conditions, and we are grateful for the work being done there to keep skiing possible.
  
  The silver lining of this strange stretch has been hard to miss. Clear mornings, dramatic clouds, and some truly spectacular sunrises have...
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• Ski Jumpers Take Flight Ski Jumping & Nordic Combined  •  December 23, 2025|||Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined wrapped up a strong fall season after hitting the road in October for the final stretch of fall jumping. Comp Team athletes closed things out at the Ski Jumping & Nordic Combined National Championships in Lake Placid, competing against the top jumpers in the country. Leading the way for PCSS was 14-year-old Liam Demong, who earned a 9th-place finish in the HS100 Nordic Combined event, followed closely by teammate Luke Miller with an 11th-place finish in the HS128...
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• Alpine Hits the Road Alpine  •  December 23, 2025|||Winter has taken its time arriving in Park City, but the Alpine Division has not slowed down. As Alpine Director Jessica Kelley puts it, “We have stayed productive, positive, and flexible while chasing snow across the region.” November was packed with quality training blocks, fall conditioning, and focused preparation across every age group. And now, with Utah Olympic Park finally open for training, athletes are getting valuable time on snow at home.
  
  FIS Teams
  
  The FIS Men’s and Women’s...
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