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National Geographic Adventure Magazine
Staff Pick Feb. 2004 ( based on camp 2003 )

A National Geographic representative touring the famous BC Powder Triangle chose the Rossland Mountain Adventures Womens Ski Camp as the Staff Pick of her entire excursion (of the 4 resort plus 3 cat ski epic adventure she was experiencing )~ Read on ~ Ed. 37 Feb 2004 pg 18.

How I learned to go big in BC.....
I want to go faster. A lot faster. And probably jump off a cliff or two . The ability to confidently reach body-blurring speeds, I've come to accept is what separates big-mountain acolytes from recreational skiers like me. And so I have enrolled in a Rossland Mountain Adventures ski camp at Red Mountain , an unassuming - though steep- BC resort just 10 minutes over the Washington border that each season seems to be populated by more pro athletes. Such as Alison Gannett , full time free-skier, part time local , and my personal coach at this women's only clinic.
" Don't think about me watching you" Gannett says, adjusting her goggles over her brown braids. "Think about how much you rip "

Uh Highly doubtful . considering that Gannett is holding a video camera. Her four day program is to your traditional ski program what a Outward Bound is to sleep away in the Cat Skills. It's exhilarating, ands it works . By day four I'm leading my small group off lips and into chutes, including a double black diamond couloir named Second Slides . Red Mountain is off the radar of most American skiers, but with this kind of terrain, loads of snow- that's bound to change. As I launch off the chute I almost wish someone was shooting video.(www.rosslandmtadventures.com) - Kallee Thompson

Editor Note: Well actually someone was shooting,recording and editing- the video of the camp is here
( High speed - 3.5 minutes)

Skier Magazine Volume 2// Issue 3 Winter 2003 Released jan 2003

HARD CORE CANDY TV Catch Us on TSN or OLN : way to go hard Core Candy - great gals to work with and a super role model for women of all sport backgrounds .Please check out their great site at http://www.hardcorecandy.tv/episodes.html

Here's their excerpt

Episode 6 features World Famous French Mountain Bike maven, Anne Caroline Chausson, who shows us her feminine side in the Hardcore Candy Sweetspot. From bikes to boards, we head to Fiji for the Roxy Pro surf fest that focuses on competition and comraderie between the world's best female surfers. Then it's back on the bikes as we catch up with the Dirt Divas, a film that flaunts a cast of canadian freeriders. Finally we grab a ski vacation in Rossland BC, where Canada's top pro skiers coach a weekend clinic on big air, tight turns, and total chaos!

Article on Aliesha Cline Instructor with Excerpts on the Camp at Red

EXCERPTS FROM : THE DIVINE SECRETS OF THE BIG MOUNTAIN SISTERHOOD

http://www.skiingmag.com/skiing/feature/article/0,12910,395623,00.html

The Valdez camp is one of a handful of clinics designed for the kind of girl who gets excited at the mere mention of words like couloir, cornice, and A-Star. Here are a few worth signing up for.

AJ Cargill's Clinic To Rip
Venue: Jackson Hole, Wyoming
The Skinny: This camp is about tackling steeps and catching air. Coach AJ Cargill pushes self-reliance and fear management to get you there. The coaches rarely stop, so beef up your quads before you go.
Coaches: AJ Cargill, Jessica Baker, Lexey Wauters, and Jamie MacIntosh.
Dates: January 11-12
The Damage: $260, includes instruction, lunches, video, demos, lifts, and awards party.
411: 800-450-0477, jacksonhole.com

Rossland Rippin' Chicks Adventure
Venue: Red Mountain, British Columbia
The Skinny: "This ain't no five-star hand-holding camp," says coach Alison Gannett. Experts learn extreme techniques like negotiating pillow lines and dropping rocks and cornices. The less aggro groups cover bumps, steeps, trees, crud, and powder.
Coaches: Alison Gannett, Aleisha Cline, Lee Ann Patterson, Kirsty Exner, and Lisa Korthals.
Dates: February 7-9 and March 7-9
The Damage: $185, includes 2 days' lessons, lodging, lifts, meals, tuning clinic, and video.
411: 877-550-6677, rosslandmtadventures.com

Babes in the Sierra Backcountry Ski Mountaineering Workshop
Venue: Mount Shasta, California
The Skinny: Open to chronic peak baggers and first-time climbers alike, this multiday ski-mountaineering trip takes you up the second highest volcano (14,162 feet) in the U.S. Curriculum covers basic mountaineering skills, including ice ax and crampon use, steep skiing techniques, and rope skills.
Coaches: Leslie Ross, Jen Carr, Justi Entenmann.
Dates: May 16-18
The Damage: $425, includes three days' instruction, cooking equipment and meals, permits, and group camping gear. Mountaineering equipment not included.
411: 970-453-4060, backcountrybabes.com

Kim Reichhelm's Women's Ski Adventures
Venue: Chugach Mountains; Alyeska, Alaska
The Skinny: "It's heli skiing, so it's not for the meek," says Reichhelm. "But the focus here is on powder skiing, not rappelling into some hairy chute." Open to first-time heli-skiers as well as experienced sliders, Reichhelm's AK camp with Chugach Powder Guides guarantees you 80,000 vertical feet in a week. You'll ski glaciers and glades one day, treeless bowls and 3,000-foot faces the next. When the bird's not flying, you go snowcat skiing.
Coaches: Kim Reichhelm and Lel Tone.
Dates: April 5-13
The Damage: $4,475 /$5,075 (double/single occupancy), includes 8 nights' lodging at the five-star Alyeska Prince Hotel and 7 days' skiing, lunches, snowcat skiing, and avy gear.
411: 888-444-8151, skiwithkim.com

H20 Heli-Guides Women Ski Alaska Big Mountain Camp
Venue: Chugach Mountains; Valdez, Alaska
The Skinny: Designed for advanced and expert skiers and boarders, the curriculum includes steeps training, slough management, route selection, avalanche skills, self-arrest, and crevasse rescue. (For details, see main story.)
Coaches: Kristen Ulmer, Wendy Fisher, Alison Gannett, and guide Hilaree Nelson.
Dates: April 23-30
The Damage: $5,180 for a 6-day, 7-night package, including heli-skiing, food, lodging, fat skis, avy gear, and down-day activities like ice-climbing, cat skiing, and ski touring.
411: 800-578-4354, h2oguides.com

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SKING MAGAZINE JAN 2003 P.81

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