Lake Placid – The AAA Four Diamond Mirror Lake Inn has announced that it will partner with Lisa Ballard and offer a three-day Your Turn Women’s Ski Clinic.
The event at Whiteface Mountain in Upstate New York is set for Jan. 26-28.
Lisa is a native of the Adirondacks, having grown up in nearby Saranac Lake, N.Y., and began to ski as soon as she could walk. Lisa later skied at Dartmouth College, the U.S. Ski Team and the women’s pro tour. She swept every division of the 1991 U.S. Masters Alpine Championships in her age group.
Since then, she’s claimed well over 100 Masters titles, and will bring that knowledge and talent to the Your Turn Women’s Ski Clinic. But it gets better – Lisa will be joined on the hill by Andrew Weibrecht, Olympic silver and bronze medalist, and resident ski ambassador for the Mirror Lake Inn in Lake Placid which is owned by his parents.
Since starting the Your Turn concept, over 8,000 women have improved their skiing.
Activities begin with a social touch on Friday evening, Jan. 26 with a 6:30 welcome reception. Then it’s off to Whiteface Mountain, site of the 1980 Winter Olympic alpine skiing events, over the next two days.
A continental breakfast will begin the day on Jan. 27. The theme is What’s New in Women’s Ski Gear. Thereafter, you will ski the entire day with Lisa and Andrew. The program will feature trends in women’s ski gear, demoing equipment and video analysis.
When the lifts close for the day, you can hit the scene at The Cottage Café, Lake Placid’s hip apres ski spot. The day will conclude with Boot Camp at Cunningham’s Ski Barn to assist you with ski boots that are warm, comfortable and perform perfectly for you.
There will be another continental breakfast on Sunday with the theme How to Ski Steeper, Bumpier, Icier Slopes, based on conditions. You’ll learn the techniques needed for tackling gates, strategizing the bumps, holding the steeps, cruising powder and arcing through the firm stuff.
Participants will continue to demo gear. There will be more video analysis, apres ski fun and door prizes. In fact, at the 2023 event, the door prize, a free pair of Dalbello ski boots, was won by fellow Saranac Laker Marliese Brady.
For more information and package rates, please log on to: https://mirrorlakeinn.com/our-package/your-turn-womens-ski-clinic/. You may also call 518-523-2544 and speak to our onsite front desk team.