Adaptive Ski Week a Success!

With over 30 participants and over 35" of snow in 3 days, Steamboat's first Adaptive Ski Week was a screaming success! The participants got their skis warmed up on Saturday, March 11, and then were dowsed with 12" new powder on Sunday, and another 22" on Monday. Tuesday the group went up for a sunshine-filled backcountry cat-skiing day with Steamboat Powder Cats. This day was an amazingly inspiring day for every adaptive skier to learn the deep powder and for the volunteer to be witness to their smiles, appreciation, and new found skills!

Thanks to Adaptive Adventures, Steamboat Ski Area, and Steamboat Powder Cats, this week was an eye-opening event for not only the camp's participants, but the Steamboat community as well. Our local volunteers were excited to be a part of this new event, and plans for the second annual ski week in 2007 are already being determined.

Read Steamboat Today's article on our heros!

Adaptive Ski Week

Access Anything is proud to be co-organizing the first advanced monoskier clinic in Steamboat Springs, March 10-14, in conjuction with Adaptive Adventures and Steamboat Ski Area.

The All Mountain Camp event will include top level adaptive coaches, plenty of sherpa's, video, NASTAR fun, a variety of terrain and snow conditions, a social group setting and one of the best mountains anywhere. A great opportunity to improve your skills and/or just have a great time at the Boat!An added bonus to the camp will be the opportunity to venture into the Steamboat backcountry with Steamboat Powdercats. This one day excursion will be on the last day of the camp, March 14. For those not comfortable on the snowcat trip, a day of group free-skiing will be available on Steamboat Mountain.

The camp will cost $100 per day. The daily fee includes lodging, video, group pizza party, group dinner, and loads of fun! SIGN UP NOW! Space is limited!

We're proud to host members from the Wounded Warrior Project and also proud to have double amputee and motivational speaker, Bill Demby, will be our guest speaker for the event! "Life is a game, the only way to win is to play."

Off to the SATH World Congress

Today we head down to Miami to be a part of a twenty-year legacy, the Society for Accessible Travel and Hospitality's World Congress. A meeting of the minds for adaptive travel and expanding the market and its awareness, this exposition and congressional-type gathering is known for bringing the future to the present.

Access Anything will be representing Colorado as an adventure tourism option for people with disabilities, supported by the Colorado Tourism Office and Steamboat Ski Area while displaying our first guidebook in the Access Anything series, AA:Colorado.

This year we’ll be getting our feet wet networking with some of the industry’s leaders and innovators. We hope to make this Congress an annual event for Access Anything, including speaking opportunities on adventure travel and expanding this market in years to come.

We’ll have some photos and our update on this event in our next entry!

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Welcome to the first edition of the Access Anything Blog!

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