THE WESTERN CARNIVAL

In early February, 2013, I attended my sixth BRSC Western Carnival along with my friends in the Columbia Ski Club.  This year, the council clubs gathered at Steamboat, Colorado.  Otherwise known as "Ski Town USA", Steamboat Springs has created more olympic skiers than just about any other town in the United States.  The level of terrain is from beginner to expert and varied from groomers to glades and chutes.

While I was there, I ventured over to the SSWSC (Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club) at Howelson Hill in the downtown area one evening.  They truly have an amazing set-up for a ski club with their own hill to train on as they see fit.  It's hard to make a comparison to what we have here with Liberty Mountain, but I was in awe.  They train alpine and nordic skiers from extremely young ages to go on to do big things in those sports later on.  

Overall, the skiing was great.  Whether going down through chutes and trees, working on basic fundamentals on the groomed slopes with other CSC members, or challenging other ski clubs in some fun racing competition, this Western Carnival experience was a success once again.  Thanks to the organizing trip leaders, Ted Dietz and Jan O'Connor, as well as Bruce Brown for their preparation and hard work to make sure this trip was fun for everyone.  It was quite enjoyable and fun to get to know many of you that I did ski with.  There were certainly some improvements made.  Also, it was great to catch up with Kitty Imdahl, a long-time member of CSC now residing in Park City, UT.   

I have fond memories from my BRSC Western Carnival trips with the Columbia Ski Club.  I created this video presentation from those moments, mainly from this trip with some others mixed in.  Click on the link below and enjoy.

                                THE WESTERN CARNIVAL