On Tuesday, December 27th, Carrabassett Valley Academy (CVA) officially opened the CVA Colby T-bar, realizing a 40-year dream of a new and improved training venue at Sugarloaf. The new high-speed surface lift, situated between a widened Competition Hill and the Narrow Gauge trail, coupled with state-of-the-art snowmaking, provides an ideal training ground for competitive skiers and snowboarders.
The capital project, called The Podium Project, is the result of a partnership between CVA, Sugarloaf, Sugarloaf Ski Club, Colby College, and the University of Maine Farmington (UMF). The venue helps position Sugarloaf as a world-class, early-season destination for training.
Early in December, CVA coaches, athletes, and their families reunited with dear friends and welcomed new ones with the start of our Weekend Program. Three hundred athletes ages 8 to 19 registered for our program this year, representing the disciplines of Alpine, Freestyle, Snowboard, and Ski Cross.
CVA is pleased to announce the two newly-elected members to the CVA Board of Trustees - Sarah Fossett '13 and Greg Tobias ’87. We look forward to collaborating with them, moving forward, to support the future of academics, athletics, and community at CVA.
CVA has recently added Honors Chemistry to the list of Early College offerings. Early College classes offer dual enrollment, where students earn one CVA credit and 4 college credits from the University of Maine at Farmington (UMF) or the University of Maine Fort Kent (UMFK) per course.
Alex Hackel is a decorated professional skier who made the U.S. Freeski Team as a teenager and competed for three years at the World Cups for the United States of America. He later became a two-time medalist at the X Games, an annual extreme sports event organized, produced, and broadcasted by ESPN.
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