Your Turn Women's Ski Clinic
Holiday Valley Snowsports School is featuring a women's clinic on Monday, February 11 led by Lisa Densmore, a widely acclaimed coach, instructor and ski racer and assisted by several of Holiday Valley's finest women instructors. Intermediate through advanced level skiers will benefit from this clinic. Cost is $150 plus lift tickets and the clinic will begin at 8AM with registration and breakfast! Pre-registration is advised as attendance is limited. Stop at or call the Snowsports School Desk, 716-699-2345, ext 4422 or the Creekside Lodge Children's Desk at 716-699-2345 ext.4424.
Specially priced lift tickets will be available. Lodging special at the Inn at Holiday Valley for Sunday and Monday nights, call 800-323-0020.
Sponsored by Mud Sweat n' Gears Ski Shop and demos provided by Elan Skis.
Clinic Schedule
- Sign in and continental breakfast 8AM to 9AM in the Explorer Room in Holiday Valley Lodge
- 9AM Trends in Women's Ski Gear
- 9:45 Pick up Demo Skis the head to the snow
- 12:00 Lunch
- 1PM - 3PM On Snow
- 3:30 Apres Ski Party in the T-Bar. Poster signing, door prizes!
- specials at John Harvard's Restaurant Monday evening.
About Lisa
Lisa Densmore has been involved in many aspects of the ski world. A member of the U.S. Ski Team in the late 1970’s and a six-year veteran of the Women’s Pro Ski Tour in the 1980’s, Lisa has competed in ski racing for most of her life. Today, she is a standout on the master’s circuit, with 4 world titles and 76 national titles across all alpine disciplines. She has been the number one ranked skier in her age group and a member of the U.S. Alpine Masters Ski Team since she joined the master’s circuit 1991.
In addition to competition, Lisa has been highly regarded ski instructor and coach for over 20 years. During the 1990’s, she was the instruction editor for Snow Country and then Mountain Sports & Living magazines, introducing and refining ski technique on shaped skis in the United States. Lisa was Director of the Snow Country Ski Schools and later the RSN Alpine Excellence training centers in conjunction with the PSIA Alpine Demo Team. At the same time, she founded the Head-Subaru Women’s Ski Clinics which have now become the Your Turn Women’s Ski Events. Over 6,000 women have had breakthroughs in their skiing while taking Lisa’s clinics. Lisa has also coached numerous junior and adult race programs over her long career and is currently director of the master’s program and a coach for FIS-level racers at her home mountain in Red Lodge, Montana.
In addition to helping people improve on-snow, Lisa has written hundreds of articles and produced and hosted numerous television shows on skiing. She has covered the sport for networks such as ESPN, Fox Sports, ABC, NBC, CBS, A&E, The Weather Channel, The Travel Channel, PBS, and Outside TV. She has served as a consultant to many ski gear manufacturers and ski resorts on their women’s products and programs, and she periodically speaks on women’s skiing topics at national ski trade events. She has written 7 books, including “Ski Faster!” (McGraw-Hill), a top-selling ski instructional book.
