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Activities Offered
  • Snow Skiing
Adaptive Equipment
  • Adaptive equipment available

Transportation
  • Accessible by Public Transportation: No

  • Transportation Provided by the Program: No

Notes

Sitski Programs - Sitskiing has been developed to provide those people restricted to wheelchairs or otherwise unable to ski using conventional techniques or with outriggers for balance to learn to ski.

Sitski - A sitski is a piece of equipment that has a molded seat placed on a frame and this frame is attached to a ski. The seat should fit snugly since it acts in similar manner as a ski boot on the foot of a skier. The frame is mounted with a shock absorber and has the facility to be lifted so that it can be self loaded on a chairlift. The ski skier is also equipped with short adjustable outriggers to provide support when required and is an aid to assist turning the sitski.

Sledge - The sledge permits individuals with disabilities who are unable to ski using conventional techniques or with outriggers for balance. The skier is strapped into the sled-like ski in a sitting position. The ski is controlled by weight shifting by the skier, by poling action if applicable (those with upper body ability are fitted with short handled poles), and by the actions of a tether (controlled by a trained instructor or a companion).On the hill skiers can progress at their own rate and are accompanied by an instructor and an assistant.

Bi-ski - The bi-ski is a recent addition of equipment available for persons who have a weakness or paralysis of the lower limbs or have suffered the loss of the lower extremities.

If an individual does not have a good sense of balance or may have a weakness not only in their lower limbs but also in their upper limbs the bi-ski can be used. Using a bi-ski has the advantage of being higher above the snow surface than the sledge, thus providing better visibility to the skier. It is advised that a Tether person be used to assist the skier using the Bi-ski.