Waterville Valley Black & Blue Trail Smashers-Snowsports Edu Fdn

Alpine, freestyle & snowboard training - the bbts snowsports club, with roots in one of the oldest ski clubs in the country, had over 300 athletes in the 2023-2024 season. Participants ranged from seven to over eighty years old. They are trained by a world-class group of coaches. This type of personalized, age, and skill-appropriate training enables all participants to reach their goals of snowsport excellence. They are trained by a group of world class coaches, including tom barbeau, director of human performance, jason guilbert head men's coach, patrick purcell, head women's coach and dan shuffleton, director of freeski, freestyle and snowboard.distinguished alumni in the program include olympic gold medalists hannah kearney and nikki stone, as well as olympians julia krass, chas guldemond, and chemmie alcott. Our vision is a pioneering snowsport training program in order to cultivate tomorrow's leaders.

Snowsport camps - wvbbts offers a wide variety of snowsport camps throughout the spring, summer, and fall, providing our athletes with a multitude of opportunities to continue enhancing their skills. Our jumpstart, burdenko method dryland, experience the academy, and masters camps are run from our home base property in waterville valley, nh. In addition, our travel camps are held nationally in oregon and colorado, and our international summer and fall camps are held in switzerland, italy, and austria. Our phil's hill airbag training center is a 4-season training venue for freestylers and snowboarders. These camps enhance athletic skills in preparation for the competition season and are offered throughout the year to bbts members and non-members alike.