• Snowboarding
• Snow Skiing

• Meets ADA standards
• Accessible areas of building: Locker Rooms, Front Desk/ Reception Area, Shower Facilities, Parking Area, Ramps, Swimming Pool (off site)

• Staff Training: Adapted Physical Education/ Therapeutic Recreation, Special Education

• Age range of participants: 3 to 65

• Adaptive equipment available
  mono skis, bi skis, waterskis, sitskis, bobsleds

• Fee to participate in the Program : Sliding/ Adjusted fee scales or discounts available.

• Accessible by Public Transportation: No
  
  
• Transportation Provided by the Program: Yes
  
  Transportation is provided for offsite activities only.
  
  

The National Ability Center's alpine skiing and snowboarding program works in cooperation with the professional ski school staff of the Park City Mountain Resort. All instructors are specially trained in the adaptive techniques of 3-track, 4-track, mono-ski, bi-ski and guiding blind skiers, as well as techniques for teaching the developmentally disabled. Lessons are conducted on the slopes of the ski resort, thereby eliminating segregation and "mainstreaming" persons with disabilities by enabling them to recreate in an integrated environment with their families, friends, and peers.

Satellite programs are also offered at four other Utah ski resorts (The Canyons, Deer Valley, Brighton and Brian Head) to help ensure that adapted skiing is accessible throughout the state.

In order to ensure quality lessons and safety, the Center's instructors and volunteers attend in-depth training clinics in adaptive techniques, as the National Ability Center seeks to involve and include family members, friends, and peers, the Center provides training in adaptive techniques, including the proper use and maintenance of the equipment. Individuals wishing to participate in a particular sport with family members, friends, or peers can reserve adaptive sports equipment for use.

Skiing and snowboarding are available during Park City Mountain Resort's winter season. Session lessons and individual lessons are available, reservations required. All lessons are offered 7 days per week and include the lift pass and adaptive equipment. Non-adaptive equipment is provided for session students only.

Throughout the ski season, the Center also hosts a number of groups who make annual trips to the Park City area for their special participants. The M.D. Anderson Cancer Center of Houston, Texas, and the One Step At A Time Program from Illinois are two such groups. Developed as an opportunity to provide a break from cancer treatments at home, the Park City vacations allow these children, who have experienced devastating amputations, to soar down the slopes of pristine mountains, experience the thrill of physical accomplishment and create wonderful memories for their families.