[Nfbmt] Ski For Light Montana

[Bruce&Joy Breslauer]

Don't know if this is still going, but there is a web site for it.  Joy 

www.trollstegan.com/sflmt/

 

Ski for Light Montana: 

President         Ed Durbin

Vic. Pres.        Jason Stanley

Secretary        Veronica Sweeney

Treasurer        Bill Larson

Director           Brian Tocher

Director          Mike Chapman

Director          Nancy Cormier

Finance          Scott Sweeny

Ski for Light Montana was started in 1980 in the image of the volunteer
organization Ski For Light, Inc.

The mission of the organization is to teach and help visually impaired
adults cross country ski. The program is run in an atmosphere that
encourages participants to realize that the only limitation they face is in
the disability that they place in themselves.

The event is three days of skiing. We stay at a hotel in West Yellowstone.
The area where we ski is within walking distance from the hotel. There is
always an ample amount of snow in West Yellowstone. The visual impaired
skier is matched up with a guide that serves as the eyes of the skier. They
each have a set track to ski in at about 3 feet apart. The guide will
instruct the skier in what is coming up in the trail as well as what the
area around them looks like.

There also is an event in the summer called Trek For Light Montana. This
event takes place somewhere in the mountain. It also is three days when the
participants go hiking or backpacking.

The organization has been able to collect money to pay for all cost to the
skiers, and it is hope that enough money will be collected in the future to
pay for all participants.

If you are interested in the program and want to take part in it please
contact some of the members involved. The president is Ed Durbin,
Phone:406-535-2491,Cell:406-366-0491, Email edurbin at midrivers.com.

The skiing events have taken place in several locations in Montana, however
the last several years it has taken place in West Yellowstone. There always
is snow there and the hotel is within walking distance of the skiing area.

The hiking has mostly been in the Lewistown area. The last several years it
has taken place in the Belt mountains and now we are renting a cabin on the
Yogo creek. The eating and sleeping is in the cabin and there are many
opportunities for hiking close by.

 

If you are interested in more information about Ski For Light or Trek for
Light or would like to make a donation, please contact Ed Durbin at
406-366-0491.