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As a club sport team, The UMass Alpine Ski Team relies on the support of our school, friends, and family to race and stay competitive in the USCSA MacConnell Division against other top tier colleges and universities. Although we are fortunate enough to receive some funding from UMass, it simply does not cover everything. The Minute Fund will help lower athletes' out-of-pocket costs by reducing the cost of Berkshire East season passes, lodging/transportation, race registrations, a coach, as well as much needed new equipment. Through fundraising/donations, we were able to purchase gates and jackets in the 2016-17 season and new race suits in the 2017-18 season.
Any donation is greatly appreciated and all donations within our $5,000 goal will be matched by a generous donor!
Lastly, we are generating a UMass Skiing alumni network for updates, potential alumni race information, as well as fundraising efforts. For more information about our team, please check out our website! https://www.umassalpineskiing.com
You got the UMass Ski Team to the bunny hill where we all started out before we became ski racers! Thank you for your donation!
You got the UMass Ski Team to the green circles! At Berkshire East we practice our drills on the green circles Outback, Sundance, and Exhibition. Thank you for your donation!
You got the UMass Ski Team to the blue square trails! At Berkshire East we train slalom on blue trails Lower Competition and Hemlock. Thank you for your donation!
You got UMass Ski Team to the Black diamond trails. At Berkshire East we train giant slalom courses on black diamonds like Upper Competition, and we race on Upper Chief at Okemo and the Cure at West Mountain. Thank you for your donation!
You got UMass Ski Team to the Double Black diamond trails! We don't train on double blacks but we love to free ski down them after practice! Thank you for your donation!
Once a year we go to Whiteface Mountain, home of the 1980 Winter Olympics and we race on the Olympic trail, Draper's Drop, against athletes from Division 1 colleges and international racers! Thank you for your donation!