Freeride teams

Lessons & Rentals

Registration is open for the 07/08 Freeride Team. Youth programs are a top priority for Bear Valley. The Mountain's Team programs are designed to foster a love for snow sports, develop ski/snowboard athletes, encourage a healthy lifestyle and enrich the child/family experience. To aid in increasing attention to team members, Bear Valley has enlisted our administrative specialist, Skyla Hartsinck, to support registration, scheduling, communication, class organization on practice days ad events. If you are interested in the program, please contact Skyla by email, or call 209/753-2301 x732.

Bear Valley has produced some of the best riders in the country. Skiers Mike Schimke (Winter X Gamer & Paul Mitchell American Freeskier Tour) and Tyler Skivington (Paul Mitchell American Freeskier Tour skier) developed their skills on our mountain. Safelight Rails, Bear Valley's official rail supplier developed their products right here.

Snowboard & Ski Freeride Teams - (10 to 18)

Freeride Team and Child Pass- $768

Freeride Team and Teen Pass- $948

Freeride Team Only- $599

The Freeride Team is for all-mountain skiers and snowboarders who want to slide the steep and deep and go big in the park and pipe. The focus for this team will be on jumps, rails, pipe, steeps and safety.The teams are for girls and guys, ages 10 to 18 with intermediate and above skills. Training is every other weekend throughout the season.

Training Schedule:

New this season, attendance will be REQUIRED opening weekend so that groups can be formed. This is necessary to avoid ongoing shuffling of participants between groups, provide consistency and improve the overall experience.

All training will take place for 2 hours in the AM and 2 hours in the PM.

Morning training will start at 9:00am sharp. Afternoon training will start at 12:00pm sharp.

*** PLEASE be ready to ski/ride and outside on the sun deck at least 5 minutes before training starts. This will be the departure and return area for your young athletes. The coaches and teams will not wait if you/your child is late.

Snow Sport Director - Mike Young, mikey@bearvalley.com
Safelight Rails Founder - Dan Skivington, safelightrails.com

Bear Valley Sports Education Foundation (BVSEF)

BVSEF is a not-for profit organization dedicated to the support of Bear Valley's snowsports athletes. Its membership is made up of parents and volunteers, such as yourselves, whose children are involved in the snowsports programs at Bear Valley.
All families will need to register on the Bear Valley Sports Education Foundation website at www.bvsef.org. This is a free site, but does require a password to access. This is the main form of communication that will be used by Bear Valley and its coaches to keep you updated on your child's ski program throughout the ski season. If you have not already registered, PLEASE DO SO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!
To help keep the cost down on your child's skiing program, BVSEF parent members should plan on volunteering their time at the events that take place at Bear Valley throughout the ski season. Some of the events that we support through our volunteerism are:

1) The USSA Far-West J4-J5 slalom race that takes place this season at Bear Valley on January 5-6.
2) Jim Bottomley Memorial Race. (During Christmas camp, final date to be announced).
3) Devo Olympics- End of the season race for all Devo participants.
4) Auction and Fund raising events, such as our Silent Auction and Casino Night. (dates to be announced).

Please help our young athletes by being a volunteer. If all parents could commit to volunteering at these events throughout the year we will be able to help Bear Valley put on a great ski season for our children.