Far West Skiing

We have added an additional GS race on March 10th to add to the race scheduled for March 11-12, 2023 Big GS at Palisades.

This race will now be a 3 day series consisting of a GS on Friday and Big GS Saturday and Sunday.
Please see the U10 schedules page for the race announcement details and registration. 

The Tahoe Race Series (TRS) has made an adjustment to the Championship race scheduled for March 18-19, 2023. This event will be changed form a Championship race to a regular season race. This means all TRS athletes will be allowed to participate in this event and there will be no requirements based on participation, this race will be treated like a regular mid-season race. Therefore, there will not be a championship event this season.

Selections for Schweitzer ID Feb 12-17, 2023 WR Elite Speed Series  & U18 NJC Qualifier are open. Please see U18s schedules page for details. 

Palisades Tahoe is offering a $25 discounted lift ticket to Far West athletes for the dates of Sunday Feb 19^th – Sunday Feb 26^th to watch the races and training sessions. These tickets will only be to ski at Palisades, not to enter the bleachers to watch the races. If you are looking for a viewing ticket, please visit https://worldcup.palisadestahoe.com/tickets/.

These tickets are open to current Far West athletes only of all ages- will be required to show membership upon pick up. There are not any adult tickets available.

If your athlete is planning to use this ticket, please send an email to [email protected] no later than February 17^th 5pm as we are required to submit a list to Palisades ticket office.

The Palisades Tahoe Cup is a special opportunity to experience the highest level of our sport close to home. This is one of only two remaining opportunities this season to witness some of the world’s top athletes compete in the United States. We hope that you and your family will take advantage of this and join in on a weekend of festivities, February 24-26, 2023. All team athletes are welcome to take part in the Opening Ceremony Parade being held on Friday, then the competitors will take to the course on Red Dog for Giant Slalom on Saturday and Slalom on Sunday.   World Cup Info:  https://worldcup.palisadestahoe.com/

There are still some VIP and Club tickets available for purchase. These tickets will allow you to cheer on the world's best athletes from a premium location, enjoy outdoor concerts and fireworks, and get access to added benefits throughout the weekend. This will be the best way to experience the event and celebrate the occasion. https://worldcup.palisadestahoe.com/tickets/

Far West will be organizing the FW athletes parade on Friday February 24^th 3:45pm in the Palisades Village. We are inviting all FW athletes of all ages to participate in the parade.
Meeting time and location will be emailed to you the week prior to the event.
Each team will have their own banner, please wear your team jacket and walk with your banner. If you would like to make signs to carry you are welcome to as long as they are positive, encouraging and respectful.
You must sign up ahead of time, athletes will not be accepted day of.
You must sign the waiver ahead of time to participate. No day of waivers will be present.

This parade is for FW athletes of all ages only. Parents, we encourage you to watch from the parade route.

Sign up here.
Waiver here.

The Men’s World Cup is coming to Palisades Tahoe February 24-26, 2023!
We are looking for volunteers!

Required Volunteer Application Form for Audi FIS Ski World Cup Palisades Tahoe-
Please click on the link below to fill out the new required form. This will help streamline Volunteer Coordination for the Audi FIS Ski World Cup Palisades Tahoe. 
https://www.volgistics.com/appform/2049884748

Thank you for your time and interest in volunteering! For additional event details checkout 
https://worldcup.palisadestahoe.com/

Due to the upcoming forecast, Sugar Bowl has moved the race schedule for January 14-16, 2023 to February 10-12, 2023. Entries will transfer over to these dates. If you would like to request a refund, please reach out to the race organizer.

This has been quite the welcome to 2023 winter with lots of snow and more on the way!
We have been working diligently to reschedule many of the postponed races and have made some schedule adjustments to the following races.

January 23-25 3 SG races will now have 1 GS race added for each gender. This race will remain a Wild West Qualifier as well as an open race.

Sugar Bowl will now be adjusted to February 17-18, 2023 and be 2 SL and these races will now be a Wild West Qualifier as well as an Open series.

March 3-5 at Palisades Tahoe will remain 1 GS and 2 SL and Wild West Qualifier/Open Series.

We thank you for your patience and understanding as we work to reschedule races into a tight schedule.

Congrats to our 2022 Marce Herz Far West Scholarship winners!

Congratulations to Bobbi Jo Griffin and Jake Brown, who were selected as this season's Marce Herz Far West Skiing Scholarship recipients. We felt they best exemplified the Foundation and were the embodiment of Marce’s ideals of dedication, self-discipline and integrity. These athletes display these characteristics in their lives, education, and their ambitious athletic goals. The Marce Herz Foundation is proud to help these athletes achieve their goals and to be a part of their season. 

Bobbi Jo Griffin

Bobbi is a U18 FIS athlete with Team Palisades Tahoe.
Bobbi is very dedicated to the sport of ski racing stating: I wake up earlier than most everyone else because I have to feed my animals including horses, cattle, lambs, chickens, and dogs. I train hard, get to the course earlier than others, try to get in an extra run in the course. I also love to have fun free skiing when training is over. It is so important to be with teammates and also with my mom.  Bobbi has placed in the top 10 in over ten races during the 2021/2022 season.  We wish Bobbi great success also during this 2022/2023 season.

Jake Brown

 

Jake is a fist year U18 athlete with the Mt. Rose Ski Team
Jake learned to ski and started his race career at Sky Tavern.  He moved to the Mt. Rose Ski Team to race in more Far West races.  Jake loves skiing because it makes him feel free. He told us “On a race course or in training I get the opportunity to try and always better myself with my times and my skiing ability.” Jakes goal this year with racing is to improve his current point standings and start to race at the FIS level. We wish Jake the best in 2022/2023 season.

Far West Skiing would like to congratulate David Morken as the recipient of the DVR scholarship for the 2023 season!

Dave Van Ruiten, former Director of Racing at Sugar Bowl Resort, passed away on November 7, 2005. He was the former Vice President of Far West Skiing, a tremendous leader and asset to junior ski racing in this region, and a highly respected professional. He was instrumental in Sugar Bowl's commitment and rise to national ski racing prominence over the past years. This special scholarship award to a Far West athlete with USST potential and financial need is named in his honor.

Athletes applying for this award must be a U18+ for the coming season, and must have a legitimate chance of being selected to the United States Ski Team, according to the judgement of the Far West Board of Directors, based on the athletes national junior FIS ranking in one or more disciplines. In the event the Far West Board believes multiple athletes meet the appropriate criteria, they will look to financial need to assist in the final decision process. 

Congratulations to the following athletes that are receiving a 2023 Far West Masters Scholarship.  In return for their scholarship funds, each athlete will be forerunning and speaking at a Masters event during the upcoming season. 
Masters Scholarship Applications open up each June with scholarship applications due by September 15th of each season. If you missed applying this year then make sure you mark your calendar to apply next year.

Congratulations!
 

Far West Skiing would like to recognize the following athletes, officials, coaches and volunteers for their hard work and commitment on the hill, in the office, off the hill and wherever they get it done. Each of you have earned recognition and we congratulate you!
Thank you for your hard work and support!!

Awarded during their Championships Events
U10 Championships
Richmond Cup Winners Hadley Rhodes and Sam Mogari
Jeff Todd Cup (Sportsmanship Award): Olivia Kamp
Maurey Rasmussen Cup (Overall Team): Team Palisades Tahoe

U12 Championships:
Allan Cup Winners: Senna Jarvis and Asher Kinsman
Marco Sullivan: Lillian Gordon
Poulson(Overall Team): Team Palisades Tahoe

U14 Championships:
McKinney Cup: Sam Milne
Rahlves Cup: Luca Peterson
Andy Mead Lawrence Cup (Sportsmanship): Sam Milne
Cushing Cup (Overall Team): Team Palisades Tahoe
 

Special Awards
Jill Kinmont was an up and coming ski racer out of the Mammoth area in the 1950’s. The Jill Kinmont award recognizes the outstanding performance from an athlete in the SR age class, YOB 1997 and older.
Bryce Bennett

Jinny Glass award recognizes the outstanding performance from an athlete in the U18/U21 age class
Allison Mollin 
David Morken

Bobby Mehrhof was a member of the Mammoth Mountain Ski Team that enjoyed ski racing throughout his life. The Bobby Mehrhof award recognizes the outstanding performance from an athlete in the U16 age class
Tatum Akers
Charles Zaretsky

Bill Mackay Award recognizes an outstanding race organizer and organizing committee for the current season.
Palisades Tahoe
 

Dave McCoy award recognizes the most outstanding coach for the current season.
Jim Hudson
 

Stanley Walton Award recognizes an outstanding official for the current season.
Lucy Conklin

Far West Volunteer of the Year
Barbara Mozen
 

The Grand Prix series is scored for U18’s as a series to qualify for scholarships to be used for the following season. The places are determined by adding up the total World Cup Points earned during ALL the races listed in the Grand Prix series for that season. Each race is scored by separating only the U18 class. Foreign, out of division, current USST and U16 participants in each race are removed and results are sorted by class prior to assigning WCP’s for each race. Athletes must have competed in at least half of the scheduled Grand Prix races in order to qualify for the scholarships.

Overall Champions from the Grand Prix Series will be awarded the following:

            1^st  place – U18 men/women       $1800 Scholarship 
             2022 Recipients:    Freya Grant and Torston Kanegsberg

            2^nd place – U18 men/women       $900 Scholarship
             2022 Recipients:    Claudia  Van Der Veen and Thomas Morgan

            3^rd  place – U18 men/women      $600 Scholarship
            2022 Recipients:    Elsa Pitsch and Domenico Lazzareschi

Congratulations to this years recipients, funds are available for use!

Far West Skiing would like to congratulate the following athletes for their outstanding work in the classroom and on the hill throughout the 2022 spring semester! Each of these athletes earned a 3.5 or higher GPA and competed as a U16 or older athlete. Congratulations!!