Day 1 Afternoon Session

After lunch Jerry Murphy from SWIX presented his annual base-prep and waxing session. Jerry has been coming to camp longer than I have directed, and his clinic is one of our ways to remind campers of our camp's overarching goal of preparing for our ski racing season. He handed over a lot of SWIX gear for us to give out at the end of the week.


For the Afternoon session we were watching the radar and keeping our fingers crossed that the thunderstorm would hold off... and luckily it did. We were prepared to alter the session to a closer, easier activity on this side of the notch, but the sun actually came out and we crossed Smugglers notch in search of our series of Mountain bike trails.

The six teams split up in different directions with varying levels of difficulty. The oldest two teams (Canada and United States) challenged the Smugglers Trail System, which I believe is the most trying and advanced activity on our schedule all week. The younger teams will eventually get to those trails as they move up each year, but for today we had them shoot down the farm road and into the woods onto the Moose Trail. Everyone had the opportunity to find some water before loading the buses for the return trip.


After dinner Chad Couto, fitness director at the Stoweflake Inn and Resort, led the camp through an interactive discussion on nutrition. He is very engaging and approaches the conversation at a level where everyone can take something away. A great educational piece, Chad comes back each year and we are lucky he does so.


Night activity led by Alex ahead of us!
Danny Noyes - Camp Director