Available to: Grades 9-12
Season: Winter
Head Coach: Position is Open
Home: Schuss Mountain
The Great North Alpine ski team is a group of competitive ski racers dedicated to becoming better athletes and better people. The team practices two days a week at Mt. Holiday and two days a week at Schuss Mountain. In high school, the athletes compete in Slalom and the Giant Slalom and will make two runs of each at every race. Local ski clubs like Holiday Race Team and the Grand Traverse Ski Club have long standing traditions producing a plethora of very talented and successful ski racers. This is a co-op team with St. Francis, Grand Traverse Academy, Elk Rapids, and Central Lake.
Highlights:
- 2021 Regional Champs, Conference Champs
- 2020 Third in State, Regional Champs, Conference Champs
- 2019 State Champs, Regional Champs, Conference Champs
- 2018 Conference Champs
- 2017 Conference Champs
- 2016 Girls State Champions, Division 2
- 2016 GS Runner-Up (Carlee McCardel) and third place individual slalom (Carlee McCardel)
- 2015 Girls State Runners up in GS, third overall in finals
- 2015 Girls 3rd in Region
- Two time GS State Champion Carlee McCardel (2013,2014)
- 2005 State Champs
- 2004 State Runners Up
- 2015 Boys 4th in Region
- 2014 3rd in Region, State Meet qualifiers
- 2011 State Runners Up
- 2003 State Runners Up
Related Camps and Events
- Summer (Mt. Hood, Mt. Bachelor)
- Holiday Ski Camps (Thanksgiving, Christmas)
- Learn to Ski volunteer coaching
- Special Olympics volunteers