[NFBSATX] FW: [NFBT] Re: 2025 Ski for Light Team Texas Kickoff Recording

Mon Jul 29 16:58:55 UTC 2024

From: member at nfbtx.org <member at nfbtx.org> On Behalf Of Michael McCulloch
Sent: Monday, July 29, 2024 5:53 AM
To: Michael McCulloch <mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com>
Subject: [NFBT] Re: 2025 Ski for Light Team Texas Kickoff Recording

For those that missed the 2025 Ski for Light Team Texas Kickoff meeting last night you may listen to a recording of the meeting at the following link:

https://seenobarriers.org/cross-country-skiing/ 

If you have any questions, please contact Michael McCulloch at the following email:  mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com <mailto:mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com> 

Regards,

-- michael

Michael McCulloch
832-453-7139
mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com <mailto:mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com> 

On Tue, Jul 23, 2024 at 7:44 AM Michael McCulloch <mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com <mailto:mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com> > wrote:

Greetings,

I am Michael McCulloch, the 2025 Ski for Light Team Texas coordinator.  The mission of Ski for Light (SFL) is to enhance the quality of life and independence of visually or mobility-impaired adults through a program of cross-country skiing.

Although it’s still in the upper 90’s and 100's across much of Texas, it’s time to start planning for the 2025 Ski for Light International Week.  We had 9 participants on Team Texas attending the 2024 SFL Event in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. 

We are so ready to get back on the snow and are looking to send an even larger Texas contingent to the 2025 SFL Event. We are also hoping to have some of our mobility impaired friends join us this year.  This will be a very special event since it will be the 50th anniversary of Ski for Light!  Please join us for the 2025 SFL Team Texas kickoff meeting on Zoom.

WHEN: Sunday, July 28, 2024, 7:00 PM Central Time.

Join the Zoom meeting

 <https://zoom.us/j/7428486329?pwd=M003RmZaa3pTbWRlZ00xbSs4YTlmUT09> https://zoom.us/j/7428486329?pwd=M003RmZaa3pTbWRlZ00xbSs4YTlmUT09

One tap mobile from a smartphone:  +13462487799,,7428486329#,,,,*369978#  US

Dial from a phone:  +1 346 248 7799 US

Meeting ID: 742 848 6329, Password:  369978

First, we will share highlights from the 2024 SFL International Event that occurred this past January/February.  Then, we will discuss plans for participating in the 2025 SFL International Week, scheduled for January 26 through February 2, 2025.  

The SFL event will be in Provo, Utah. Provo is located in the middle of Utah, about 45 miles south of the Salt Lake City airport. It is a clean, pleasant city of about 100,000 people, and is the home of Brigham Young University.

About Provo

Provo is situated along the western base of the Wasatch Mountains, which form a rugged divider spanning the center of the state for 160 miles from north to south. The rugged terrain of the Wasatch, coupled with the lightest, driest and deepest powder anywhere, result in some of the finest skiing anywhere in the country, if not the world. If you plan to arrive early or stay late at SFL to downhill ski, you will be pleased to learn that within 30 to 45 minutes of Provo are the world-class ski resorts of Sundance, Park City, Alta, Snowbird, the Canyons, Brighton and Solitude.

The Ski Area

We will ski at the  <http://www.soldierhollow.com/> Soldier Hollow cross-country ski area. Soldier Hollow is in the town of Midway, about 27 miles from the Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, where we will be staying. The route to Soldier Hollow will take us through Provo Canyon, passing the Sundance Resort on the way.

While the dry powder of the Wasatch has long been a magnet for downhill skiers, it has not been of much interest to cross-country skiers until recent times. The major ski resorts in the area are generally too rugged for good cross-country skiing, and there was no economic reason to develop good cross-country venues since the area already attracted so many downhill skiers.

This all changed starting in about 2000, with the approach of the 2002 Winter Olympics. Park City was the Olympic venue for downhill skiing but it was not suitable for cross- country competitions. The Olympic Organizing Committee and state of Utah solved the problem by carving good cross-country trails into Wasatch State Park. They added a beautiful two-story ski lodge and built roads into the area, named it all Soldier Hollow, and the rest is history. The 2002 events that were held there were described by all who attended as among the best ever held.

The 35k Soldier Hollow trail system has trails for all abilities. Trails are wide and wonderfully well-groomed. There is snow making capability at the site should it ever be needed, but the probability of good natural skiing conditions is quite high.

Soldier Hollow contains, in addition to the cross-country trail system, a popular and large tubing hill operation. While tubing is not part of the SFL program, some attendees may want to give it a try on their own.

In keeping with Ski for Light tradition, we will end the week with the Olav Pedersen Race/Rally and enjoy the customary array of many off-snow activities throughout International Week.  Check out the SFL promo video at the following link:   <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjC96E7cyzg> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjC96E7cyzg

You may also check out some of the photos from previous Team Texas SFL events at the following links.

2020:   <https://tinyurl.com/yvh2mrj6> https://tinyurl.com/yvh2mrj6

2023:   <https://photos.app.goo.gl/fA4mqLvdmt9gnbTZ6> https://photos.app.goo.gl/fA4mqLvdmt9gnbTZ6

Please share this email with other visually or mobility impaired Texans who may be interested.  For additional info, please contact Michael McCulloch,  <mailto:mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com> mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com

Regards,

-- michael

Michael McCulloch
832-453-7139
mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com <mailto:mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com> 

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