Angel Tree

The 29 students that remained on campus went shopping for 25 local children of families who need a little help this Christmas.  Thank you so much to the generous donations from the entire BMA community.  This is always a fun and heartwarming event during which students get to employ cooperation, their thoughtfulness, and math skills.  Many groups also spread the cheer by shopping locally.   More pictures likely on the way!!!

 

Caplan's Army Store - for 85+ years a mainstay in downtown St. Johnsbury.  Quality outdoor clothing and socks.
Ava, Maddy, Gray, Jennette, Maggie, Brandon, Ian

Aidan and Carissa.  You cannot go wrong with pink!

Lena (wife of TK) has jumped right in.
Chris, Jack, Xavier, Lena S., Meg, Lena and TK.

Maddy and Jennette perform the final festive step.

Repost - Goodbye Loveland - Happy Thanksgiving!

I tried to post this as we packed up and left Loveland but apparently it didn't work.  Thanks Loveland for a great camp! 

I hope everyone is enjoying a break at home. See you soon!

Lots of Photos

Thanks to Melanie Trudeau and McKenna Wilson for some of these photos!

 Hibachi dinner

 Imagery session

McKenna, Lucia, Steph, Alli, Bri, Tatum, Brianna

Bri Mac

 End of the session

 Bundling gates

 Ryan with the U14 girls

 Maggie and Julia

 Sophie Sargent with Tory

Shamus, Will, Forest lounging

 Tess slaying

 Nellie Ide

Annie

Summit County Scenes

It seems like we've been getting sun or snow this camp, with storms coming through midweek each week, and one more is in the forecast. The snow has been really good for training at Loveland, Copper, and Vail - where various groups are skiing. Here are a few scenes from the Frisco/Lake Dillon area and Loveland.

SNOWY

Upper Switchback GS training at Loveland

Lake Dillon & Marina - looking west towards Frisco

Breckenridge

View of Lake Dillion from the foothills above Frisco

Hanus Yahtzee!

It was a Hanus convergence to celebrate Julia (#4)'s birthday tonight. Matt and Andrew came over to the Holiday Inn to celebrate their sister (and enjoy the massive 50:1 female to male ratio here on this side of town!) 

U16 Boys in Colorado

Today we awoke to a beautiful Colorado morning as seen from the Inn.

After a few days of drills and technical free skiing, the U16 boys were ready for some gate training and totally fired up with their new training bibs!

The ski room is well organized and quite full

Many thanks to Jeff Sirjane for the update!

U16s @ 12,000'

As if Loveland wasn't enough altitude to be getting along with, today the U16/U14 girls headed to Copper for some GS training at 12,000'+ ...yikes!

In addition to the altitude, we had some fresh snow and pretty cold temps - which could have made for a tough slog for the afternoon, but wound up being anything but! We are so lucky to have a super hard working, totally excited and positive group of girls and they brought a ton of energy and enthusiasm to the session. Here are a few smiling faces at the top of their last run...obviously the only run when the sun came out! 

Bri, LiLi, Ava, Lauren & Maddy

Maggie, Julia, CG