Nordic

Bozeman, Montana

POST-GRAD (PG) TEAM

The BSF Post Grad (PG) Team provides motivated U20 and U23 skiers an opportunity to continue their development. This program is well suited for high school graduates taking a gap year, college students taking a semester/year off from school, or for athletes planning to race for a NCAA college program in the future and who want to achieve Junior National success and/or World Junior/U23 Championships qualification.

ABOUT THE TEAM

You can expect a high level of professionalism and hard work (and fun) at practice, and race support at US Nationals, US Super Tours, as well as some regional JNQs, as well one to two summer/fall training camps.

The PG program is designed to offer a high level of training, building upon the athlete’s foundation of training to support college and national-level success. You can expect personalized attention and accountability to build upon your weaknesses and become a more confident, well-rounded, and self-aware athlete. Goals for athletes coming out of their PG year at BSF include having ownership of their training, awareness of their strengths and weaknesses as an athlete, and attention to the process that leads to successful racing.

PG athletes train as a group and also have many joint workouts with the BSF Pro Team (to learn from older athletes) and the Junior Team (to be leaders for the younger athletes). The PG training plan is tailored to individualized training hours (typically 500-700), and emphasizes base building and common-sense training.

The training free covers coaching, daily van travel, training wax, and gym use. Race trips and camps are billed separately. In a typical year with travel to West Yellowstone for Thanksgiving Camp, U.S. Nationals, Super Tours, and Spring Series, you can expect to pay an additional $3,000-$5,000 in race/trip expenses.

COST: September 1 - March 31: $4950
           Sept- Dec or Dec - March: on a case by case basis

SAMPLE SCHEDULE

Monday: Off
Tuesday: 7:30 AM team practice, PM oyo
Wednesday: 7:30 AM team practice (typically interval day), 2:30 PM team strength at The Mountain Project
Thursday: 7:30 AM team practice, PM oyo
Friday: oyo
Saturday: 7:30 AM team practice (typically interval day), 4:00PM team strength at The Mountain Project
Sunday: 7:30 AM team practice (typically OD day)
HOW TO

APPLY

The PG/College Group will be limited to 12 athletes for the fall and winter of 2024-25 Application review will begin on April 15, 2024 and registration will open May 17, 2024 for confirmed athletes. Confirmed athletes are athletes that have submitted their application and met with/had confirmation from the head coach. We will fill any remaining spots after May 17 on a rolling basis. If there are more than 12 interested athletes, priority will take coaches’ discretion, USSA/FIS ranking and order of expressed interest into account. Email us to indicate you are interested in this program, and fill out and send the application below to: andrew.morehouse@bridgerskifoundation.org and kaelyn.woods@bridgerskifoundation.org
Download the PG Team application here.

SUMMER IN BOZEMAN, MT

SUMMER COLLEGIATE 
PROGRAM

PG and collegiate athletes looking to train with BSF during the summer should apply to the Summer Collegiate Training Group. We will have limited space for a few year-round PG athletes who do not meet the criteria for the summer training group on a case-by-case basis.

ADDITIONAL LINKS

See the resources page for BSF policies and other information.

NORDIC LICENSES:
Intermountain (IMD) License
U.S. Ski & SnowboardLicense
FIS License

Questions?

Andrew Morehouse, Nordic Program Director

andrew.morehouse@bridgerskifoundation.org (518) 926 9030