The Ullr team pre-season begins late-August, and runs through December. The focus of the pre-season is on team building, athletic assessment, and developing aerial skills. We offer a minimum of 10 dryland sessions per athlete, at a baseline cost of $325 (incl. GST). This fee covers pre-season planning, dryland coaching, administration, and staff training. This fee does not cover venue fees, where applicable (an example of this would be payment for gymnastic training facilities), or coach gas expenses. The staple features of dryland are at least 1 water ramp session in Red Deer; 1 air-bag session; a minimum of 4 trampoline sessions per athlete; 1 dive tank session; and 1 mountain bike session. We also do aerials camps each year, rotating between sites in B.C., Quebec, Park City, and the Yukon. Occasionally, we supplement the pre-season dryland with conditioning sessions; team hikes; paintball; parkour; canoeing/rafting; road riding; an overnight backcountry trip; rock climbing (with a certified ACMG guide); and Freshtival.
Program Pricing
Prices listed below include GST, but do not include SnowReg processing fees.
Entry
Program
Or
20 Sundays over the ski season.
- As a stand-alone, this program is best for athletes with more of a recreational interest in skiing; multi-sport athletes; or athletes new to freeride.
Competition
Packages
Canadian Regional Events $180 per competition
U12 single day national events, or the Lake Louise National $150
*Out of Country IFSA or JFC Events are billed on a cost-specific basis
- Our flat rate comp packages are for athletes who want to compete in the IFSA/WCF Junior Freeride circuit. (This cost does not include the IFSA or event host registration fees. See below for more detail).
Add-on
Ski Packages
8 day $676
- Our Add-on packages are for athletes keen to access more quality coaching. The packages work on a punch-card format and can be used for extra ski team days beyond the athlete’s regular Saturday or Sunday, and outside competitions.
On-snow ski days run at $84.50 per day.
Please ask about our ‘hockey package’
Ullr Big Mountain is set up to create a balance of predictable participation and flexibility. Each season we offer approximately 60 + ski sessions. The 20 day programs are simply an entry point. From there, using competition or add-on packages, athletes can tailor their attendance to their interest.
Each local training day begins (conditions permitting) at 9 a.m. and usually ends at 3:30p.m.. When the skiing is really good, we sometimes stretch the day to 4 p.m.
We base the ski groups not on age, but skill level, and social compatibility.
To keep the quality of the program high, we try to keep the ratio between coach and athletes low—usually 1 coach to 5 – 8 athletes.
If an athlete choses to compete, it’s important to note the IFSA limits the number of National events athletes can attend, and limits the opportunity for overall IFSA series scoring at Regionals. Most athletes do not compete in more than 4 or 5 competitions per season. Some athletes are happy participating in only 1 or 2, per season. Our comp packages are priced to include extra coaching, and coach’s expenses, at each competition (accommodation, food, and gas—and usually lift tickets).
All Ullr athletes are given the opportunity to participate in air bag sessions, a back-country trip, and a slack-country day. We also offer video analysis to improve the athlete’s skiing, and offer sports psychology sessions.
With respect to equipment, helmets and back protectors are mandatory; we request the athletes have a mouth guard; ski poles that are standard length; rock skis (ideally a park ski); and an all mountain, or freeride ski.
There is no official parent volunteer commitment. However, parents can ease logistics, or offset the additional participant costs of the program, by a willingness to chaperone athletes at away events (which may involve car-pooling other athletes), or by helping with safety at team events (e.g., dryland hikes, and backcountry trips).
The specific details of the day-to-day program are covered in a parent information session in late November, and regular group emails. New families to the freeride competition circuit are coached throughout the season on how to manage the logistics of these competitions.
Whatever the level of commitment, participants are responsible for fulfilling the program days they pay for. On our end, we guarantee the opportunities only.
