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Ultimate groove
offers instruction by some of the most accomplished women in
telemark skiing. PSIA certified instructors as well as former
World Cup Team members will share with you their knowledge
of telemark skiing and overall health and fitness. Lets meet
them...
Heather Paul-
founder of Ultimate Groove, is a two-time National Telemark
Champion, a former World Cup Team member and a bronze medal
winner in the 1995 World Championships.
Heather works with several industry companies to promote the sport of telemark
skiing worldwide. She keeps busy organizing, marketing and instructing all
the UG events nationwide. Heather has skied many first descents in the
Chugach mountains of Alaska, and more recently the Chinese Altai Mountains. Heather
is a design board member and athlete for Marmot and is part of the K2 women's
telemark research & design team. Her most important role is raising
her son, Rowan.
hp@ultimategrooves.com . (970) 209-9875.
Heather
Talbot Peterson-
is a former Rocky Mountain Telemark Series Champion and avid tele racer. Heather
offers Ultimate Groove a well rounded instruction perspective, accomplished
in all disciplines; gates, bumps & steeps. Her recent efforts have been
put towards creating "Northern Lights Stained Glass," her own business
based in Crested Butte.
Sarah Bennett Alley-
is a former U.S. National Telemark Ski Team & World Cup Team member.
Sarah spent several seasons organizing telemark events for the Wasatch Telemark
Series. She is also a successful outdoor adventure sports writer and has published
four biking guide books. Currently Sarah is working to secure trail access
and open space near her home in Salt Lake City.
Naheed Ahmed Henderson-
is a skier by passion and by proffesion. She calls Victor, Idaho home and Jackson
Hole Mountain Resort her home ski mountain. Naheed has competed in the United
States Telemark Ski Association Freeskiing circuit for 2 years running with
a top 5 finish in 2002. Spring 2003 was topped with an expedition to the
unexplored Chinese Altai mountains with first ski descents. Naheed spends
much of her winter coaching ski camps around the US and Canada for the Ultimate
Groove, Free Heels, and Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, guiding backcountry
skiing, teaching avalanche courses, and exploring mountains around the world.
Felicia Olivera-
has been telemark skiing for fifteen years and has skied all over the Western
US, South America, Canada and Norway. She holds an MFA in Fiction Writing from
the University of Utah. Although she is predominately a fiction writer, she
has published articles in local and national publications including Powder
Magazine. Felicia has been with Ultimate Groove for five years and is as enthusiastic
as ever about skiing with the ladies!
Victoria Hooper-
spent most of her life alpine racing and intended to continue through college
in Montana, until she learned how to Telemark. After spending many years
in the Rockies enjoying the mountains and competing in the US Telemark Freeski
Series she's back on the East Coast for family, work, and to share her love
of Telemark Skiing.
Kirsten Fraser-
learned to ski as a child but fell in love with tele skiing almost immediately.
She has spent time working as an instructor and patroller at Sugarbush in
Vermont and now enjoys spending her time exploring the front and backcountry
around New Hampshire. Kirsten works guiding wilderness trips for teens when
she is not out skiing.
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