For Women who LOVE TO SKI! Age 13+

Take your skiing to the next level, fine tune your skills and ski Squaw's legendary terrain like you own it! Designed for strong intermediate to expert abilities, these programs, provide a fun and supportive environment to develop new skills, build confidence and, of course, laugh a lot with good friends. With the Women of Winter's innovative approach for improving skiing, let our top pros share their passion, energy and devotion to make your time at Squaw Valley an unforgettable experience. Discover Teamwork and Tame the Mountain!

Wednesday sessions: 9:30am-12pm (2.5 hrs)
Sunday sessions: 9:30am-12pm (2.5 hrs)

Dates for Winter 2011/2012:
Wednesday sessions:
December 21 - WOW'ing with Jonny Moseley
January 04 - Dust off those Cobwebs
January 18 - Heads, Shoulders, Knees & Toes, Knees & Toes
February 01 - Pushing the Boundaries
February 15 - Finessing the Snow
February 29 - All Kinds of Shapes
March 14 - The Old and the New
March 28 - Party Time!

Sunday sessions:
January 22 - Taming the Mountain
February 12 - The Edge - You and Your Ski
February 26 - Early Up with Dawn Patrol
March 04 - Off the Beatin' Truck
March 18 - Skis on a Diet
April 01 - Just Foolin' Around

Cost: To be confirmed (US dollars) XE.com Personal Currency Assistant (The price does NOT include lift tickets)

WOW 3-Day Program

This program offers a unique opportunity to spend three days mixing it up – challenging your mind and body. Ski, laugh, focus under the guidance of the Women of Winter Team. Using the same revitalized approach to coaching as the half-day sessions, you have the advantage of more time for fun and to progressively achieve your goals. Program includes welcome/orientation, 3 full days of skiing, daily lunch, après ski, end of program celebration, informational booklets, lesson summaries and more!

Dates for Winter 2011/2012:
January 11-13
February 08-10
March 07-09
Welcome and Orientation - night before (Tuesday): 5pm-7pm
Day 1 (Wednesday): 8:30am-4pm
Day 2 (Thursday): 9am-4pm
Day 3 (Friday): 9am-4pm

Contact details:
Squaw Valley Ski School
PO Box 2007, Olympic Valley, CA 96146
Phone: 1-800-403-0206
Email: WOW@squaw.com

Please mention skilikeawoman.com when you contact WOW.

Next Level Women's Freeskiing Camp

Unparalleled women's ski clinic led by the world's top women big mountain skiers. For women who want to improve their skiing and confidence on the mountain in a fun, pressure-free environment. There will also be video filming on the first day so women can gain a visual perspective of their skiing strengths and weaknesses prior to heading out for day two.

About Ingrid and Jessica:
Ingrid Backstrom has podium in numerous freeskiing contests and filmed for various ski movies including 8 Matchstick Productions films. She climbed and skied Denali this past June as part of a team with The North Face, and after spending the past season traveling everywhere from Japan to Greenland to Chile, she looks forward to skiing KT more this season. Her coaching experience includes co-ed and women's camps throughout the West and in South America for the past 7 years.

Jessica Sobolowski-Quinn has been in over a dozen ski movies. Jessica has ton’s of first descents in the Chugach Mountain Range where she spends 3 months every spring guiding and running Points North. She is a mom to Kinley Drake Quinn and calls Squaw Valley her home. She host’s “Alaskan Ladies” at Points North Heli (PNH, www.alaskaheliski.com), which she owns and operates with her husband.

What Its Like:
We will meet at 7:30 each morning. Sherry McConkey once again will have a morning yoga session that focuses on getting our mind & muscles ready for the day. Breakfast will be from 8:15-8:45. The groups will hit the hill at 9am – 12pm where we will take an hour for lunch. 1pm -4pm groups will meet again and ski until closing. Saturday right after groups are done will be our video analysis day with beverages and appetizers. We then go over the videos from the day.

Includes:
- two days of instruction and lift tickets
- half hour morning yoga each day
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Video analysis
- Gift bags

Dates for Winter 2011/2012:
January 07-08 (Sat-Sun)

Cost: $633 (US dollars) XE.com Personal Currency Assistant

Contact details:
Call (530) 412-1031 or email Jessica Sobolowski jsstahoe@gmail.com

Please mention skilikeawoman.com when you contact Jessica.

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