Bredal podiums at Lake Placid SuperTour, Maybach competes at Winter Youth Olympic Games SVSEF Cross Country team athletes are lining up against the best in the country and the world. From high school-aged Comp Team athletes to post-grad XC Gold Team athletes, they are finding inspiration in training together and cheering each other on as they pursue both individual and team goals at every…

SVSEF XC Comp and Prep Teams Compete in Johnny Curtis Memorial 2024 IMD Junior National Qualifier Race Series in Wilson, WY The SVSEF XC Comp and Prep Teams braved the wind and cold temperatures to compete in the Johnny Curtis Memorial 2024 IMD Junior National Qualifier, January 13-14 at Trail Creek in Wilson, WY. Due to the travel and extremely cold weather, the race organizers delayed the…

Sammy Smith, Peter Wolter, and Molly Maybach will toe the line across the world later this week This week brings excitement and anticipation as three SVSEF XC athletes get ready to perform on the World Stage. Sammy Smith (US Development Team, SVSEF Gold Team) and Peter Wolter (SVSEF Gold Team) will be competing in Period 3 of the FIS Cross Country World Cup in Oberhof, Germany and Goms,…

U.S. Ski and Snowboard announces cross country and alpine nominations for next season Last week brought exciting news for Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation athletes and alumni. SVSEF Cross Country Alumni John Steel Hagenbuch and Sydney Palmer-Leger, along with SVSEF XC Gold Team athlete Sammy Smith, were again named to the Stifel U.S. Cross Country Ski Team. SVSEF Alpine Alumni Jack Smith and…

Peter Wolter has had a dreamy season and it just keeps going. Wolter is returning from a successful trip to Dobbiaco, Italy where he represented the U.S. Ski Team in the OPA Cup Finals. Jake Adicoff is returning from Norway after skiing the historic Norwegian Birkebeiner. Both are currently finishing up the race season in Craftsbury, VT at the 2023 US Super Tour Finals.     Wolter, currently in…

SVSEF’s U18 women are force to be reckoned with in Bozeman The SVSEF Cross Country Comp Team and members of the Prep Team traveled to Bozeman, MT this weekend to compete in the final Junior National Qualifier (JNQ) event of the season. By Sunday afternoon, 10 SVSEF athletes had been named to the Intermountain Division (IMD) Junior National Team and will compete at the 2023 USSA Cross Country…

On Sunday, Jake Adicoff, SVSEF XC Gold Team athlete and three-time Olympian, competed in the Men’s 18km Individual Start Classic, his first of four races at the 2023 FIS Para Nordic World Championships in Ostersund, Sweden. Adicoff brought home silver in the race, alongside his best friend and guide, Sam Wood. “It was a good start to the week and I’m psyched to build off it for the rest of the…

The Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation (SVSEF) Cross Country Program is excited to announce SVSEF XC Gold Team Athlete, Peter Wolter, has been called up to his first official World Cup start in Les Rousses, and SVSEF XC Comp Team Athlete, Sammy Smith, has qualified for the 2023 FIS Nordic Junior/U23 World Ski Championships. Both athletes shined at the recent 2023 Toyota U.S. Cross Country Ski…

Every December, IMD (Intermountain Division) selects six boys and four girls who were active IMD racers the previous season and will be active IMD U21 or U18 racers for the following season to become members of the IMD Junior Team. This past week, four members of the SVSEF Alpine FIS Team were amongst those named to the IMD Junior Team.  Paige DeHart, Finnigan Donley, Colin Hanna, and Kai…

With the U12 IMD Championships quickly approaching, the SVSEF Alpine North Series Team held their 2-Run Pastry Cup Kombi race on Sunday. Kombi races are designed to teach the athletes how to manage rhythm and speed changes within a course. This weekend, the "funnel-shaped" course took the athletes from moguls to shorter "stubby" gates, into bigger giant slalom turns, then panel slalom, and…