Race With Cory

This eventful ski season isn't quite over for Cory yet. Last week, he participated in the Canadian Adaptive Snowsports (CADS) Annual Festival in Kimberley, BC. Under sunny blue skies, Cory did some gate training in the mornings for 4 days in a row, with free skiing in the afternoons, plus a final full day of free skiing. It's a format that Cory really enjoys - a good combination of work and fun - and it's an event that he has been attending since 2014, when it's been held in western Canada, as it alternates with Eastern Canadian venues.






While not as large as Whister Blackcomb and Sun Peaks, Kimberley still offers a lot of fun terrain and is rarely crowded, even on weekends. It's one of our favourite places to ski. The race course was on a run called Dreadnaught, the yellow circle here...





We stayed in a rented condo at the base of the hill, where we may have discovered a good omen. There were several framed prints of ski hills around the world, including one for Sestriere, Italy. If Cory qualifies for Team Canada again next year in Calgary, he will ski for Canada at Special Olympics' World Winter Games 2025 in Sestriere.

Our arrival at Cranbrook airport, plenty of sun and snow in the mountain peaks...

In full Special Olympics Team Canada uniform for this week...

And proudly showing the telltale signs of taking tight lines through the race course, hitting gates with his forearms as he races by them....

Time for lunch...

Hungry athlete...

Next month, there is BC Adaptive's All Mountain Camp - a similar format to the CADS Festival - in Banff. Cory hasn't decided yet whether he will attend.