About The Ski Team!

The basic setup is that we all live in a cabin in New Hampshire during January (Independent Activities Period). Each week we spend 4 days training at our home mountain, 2 days traveling to race in the USCSA MacConnell division, and 1 free day hanging out usually back at the cabin or in Boston. A training day consists of being on the hill around 9am, skiing (with a panini lunch break) until 2-3pm, and then heading back to the cabin to cook team dinner & relax by the fireplace. There are usually 10-15 people on the team, + 2 alumni coaches who lead January training and off-season conditioning.

We use the fall semester to make sure everyone is strong & healthy for the season, and offer weightlifting & conditioning practices 3-4 days per week. In the spring, teammates find any excuse to take ski trips, from spring break out West to Tuckerman’s Ravine on a May weekend.

We take skiers with all differe​​nt levels of racing experience – the only requirement is a love of skiing. The team is a great way to spend IAP, improve your overall skiing abilities, and make ski friends!

If you would like to see more about what our daily life is like during IAP, check out our Instagram (@mitskiteam) where we regularly post about our team activities!

Say hi – alpinecaptains@mit.edu

 

Seniors in costumes at top of mountain
Joe racing slalom
Two team members smiling
Team at top of Wildcat Mountain

[Photo Captions]

1) Here our seniors dress up for their last race as Ghostbusters, shredding pow and catching ghosts!

2) Joe tears through slalom gates even through the beginnings of a blizzard!

3) Teammates Grace and Becca smile together, crossing the finish line back to back in our final slalom race at Pat’s Peak.

4) With windchill reaching negative double digits, the team poses at the peak before our first race of the season.