A Top Rated Programs for Individuals with Disabilities
The National Ability Center has an extensive skiing program for individuals with disabilities. Over the past few years a number of our participants have advanced to the level of competing nationally. This has led to the development of the Park City Disabled Ski Team (PCDST), a program of intensive training and coaching specifically for ski racers with physical disabilities.
The National Ability Center’s alpine skiing and snowboarding program works in cooperation with the professional ski school staff of the Park City Mountain Resort. All instructors are specially trained in the adaptive techniques of 3-track, 4-track, mono-ski, bi-ski and guiding blind skiers, as well as techniques for teaching the developmentally disabled. All levels of ability are taught, from first timers to racers. Lessons are conducted on the slopes of the Resort, “mainstreaming” persons with disabilities by enabling them to recreate in an integrated environment with their families, friends and peers.
