SSWSC alum and former Snowboard Director Maddy Schaffrick earned a 3rd place podium at the World Cup at the Secret Garden halfpipe competition in China on December 8, 2024. Schaffrick earned a World Cup spot last season from her stellar performance at the NorAm Cup last March in Aspen/Snowmass. This was Schaffrick’s first time competing at the World Cup level since 2015.

TeamSteam took advantage of the first mogul course in the country by not only getting some early season training but also hosting the first mogul event in the country. With the collaborative efforts of the City of Steamboat Springs and SSWSC, Howelsen Hill face presented a fantastic and challenging training and competition venue for our athletes. For the first time, competing under the lights at Howelsen Hill made for an extra exciting component for the first comp of the season.

On Saturday, December 7 and Sunday, December 8 the best U16 and older ski jumping and Nordic combined athletes in North America competed in the first event of the 2024-2025 season, hosted by Rocky Mountain Division (RMD) and Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club. This competition on Saturday was is the U.S. Cup opener and the first of two Junior World Championship Team tryouts. Steamboat athletes dominated with strong podium places on both days, with Arthur Tirone and Ella Wilson winning the Nordic Combined events.

Twenty athletes across the disciplines of alpine, freestyle, ski jumping, and nordic combined from the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club (SSWSC) were named to the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Rocky Mountain Division (RMD) All Star Team.

Fifty ski jumping and nordic combined athletes participated in the SSWSC's annual Mini-Camp last week for four days of plastic jumping. SSWSC and Park City Ski & Snowboard SJ/NC athletes, U10-U18, participated in the camp which included six sessions of jumping between Thursday and Sunday.