New Instructors Guide English/Spanish

Check out this resource for new instructors:
New Instructor Guide 2012
Guia del Nuevo Instructor de Deportes de Nieve : Spanish translation funded by a grant from the PSIA-W Education Foundation.

Scholarships Awarded

The PSIA-W Education Foundation Scholarship recipients for 2013 are:
Apodaca, Chase, Bear Mountain, Sato-Anderson, Shelby, Mammoth- Corson, Christian, Dodge Ridge, Sato- Barker, Alyssa, Mammoth- Blizzard, Bear, Mt. Baldy Sato-Calhoun, Shannon, Heavenly, Sato-de la Torre, Jennifer, Northstar- Haines, Scott, Mt. Baldy, Sato- Hakkanen, Stephanie, Mammoth, Sato- Marchant, Austin, Mammoth, Sato-McLane, Herbert, Mt. Shasta, Sato- Newman, Jason, Snow Summit, Sato-Pace, Chad, Squaw Valley-Pelham, Amanda, Mammoth-Pieper, Julia, Squaw Valley-Quinn, Natalie, Mt. Shasta-Ryerson, Henry, Sugar Bowl-Scott, Richard, Mountain High-Shattow, Eric, Squaw Valley-Smith, Samson, Sugar Bowl, Sato-Silber, Alden, Mt. Shasta, Sato –Spielman, Peter, Diamond Peak-Willis, Aaron, Heavenly, Sato-Zieba, Andrea, Mt. Rose

Sodergren Scholarships : Milelli, Tanya, Heavenly- Saugez, Bill, Snow Summit

PSIA/AASI National Teams Selected.

The following members of our Division have been selected for the PSIA and AASI National team. All reports say the tryouts were very challenging, the competion both inspiring and tough. Alpine Team: Robin Barnes, Heavenly, Ryan Christofferson, Northstar (Freestyle Specialist), Heidi Ettlinger, Heavenly, Mike Hafer, Northstar.
Snowboard: Chris Hargrave, Northstar, Seth Johns, Heavenly and Michael Rogan, Heavenly.
To read the full Press Release of the Team announcement, go to www.thesnowpros.org.
The expenses incurred by each candidate for the tryout average $ 2,000 for registration, travel and lodging. We have set up a link to donate to help the team thru a tax-deductible donation to our Education Foundation.

PSIA National Team

The following members of our Division have been selected for the PSIA and AASI National team. All reports say the tryouts were very challenging, the competion both inspiring and tough. Alpine Team: Robin Barnes, Heavenly, Ryan Christofferson, Northstar (Freestyle Specialist), Heidi Ettlinger, Heavenly, Mike Hafer, Northstar.
Snowboard: Chris Hargrave, Northstar, Seth Johns, Heavenly.
The expenses incurred by each candidate for the tryout average $ 2,000 for registration, travel and lodging. We have set up a link to donate to help the team thru a tax-deductible donation to our Education Foundation.

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Adaptive Scholarships

Adaptive Scholarships are available through the  Marcus Haile Foundation. This is a private Foundation, not affiliated with PSIA/AASI-W. For information and the application form, click here: MARCUS HAILE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP PROMOTING ADAPTIVE SKI AND

Western Division Board of Directors 2013-14

Congratulations to our returning Directors, Neil Bussiere, Heidi Ettlinger, Dan Ray and Bryan Schilling, who were re-elected to serve on the Western Division Board of Directors. 469 members cast ballots in this election.

Welcome New Team Members

Welcome to our newest members of our Alpine Tech Team. John Juba and Jimmy Whiteley of Mammoth were selected at our tryouts on Feb. 28 at Mammoth. Welcome John and Jimmy.

Coming Events

Check our Event Calendar for the Latest.

Summer Skiing

Steve Evenson, Greg Lyons and Lou Durano July 4, 2011 at Alpine Meadows