2011 Outdoor Adventure Club: MLK weekend skiing and snowboarding trip

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    Over the Martin Luther King Holiday, the CRIMP (Campus Recreational and Intramural Programs) Outdoor Adventure Club took a group of students on a skiing and snowboarding trip at the Winterplace Ski Resort in West Virginia. Traveling by van and one minibus, 22 students left Methodist on the nearly six hour trip at 4 pm Friday afternoon. 

 

    CRIMP rented a cabin to cook in and had lodging for students at the Pipestream Resort State Park Hotel.   

 

    I have never been skiing or snowboarding before in my life, so when I got there I took a one hour skiing and snowboarding lesson, then snowboarded the first day and skied the second. Nine of the 22 students had never been skiing or snowboarding before and Kenny Tien, Director of Campus Recreation, sent them all to the lessons.   

    “Everyone got along and had a lot fun together. It is impossible not to make new friends on a CRIMP trip unless you know everyone already.”  

    Winterplace offers 28 slopes ranging from beginners to intermediate to difficult each are color coordinated based on their amount of difficulty.  

    “Watching other people fall and try new things is a great experience, not only because it’s with a group of new friends, but also because it’s an adventure you will always remember.” 

    For students not interested in skiing or snowboarding the resort also offered snow tubing, an indoor pool and a game and video room. 

    “The trip went very well; they were a very nice group. We had a good time and that’s the part I enjoy about my job—the college experience and learning something new,” said Tien.   

    At just 75 dollars per person, this trip was inexpensive and opportunities like these will not come around again. 

    Crimp has been hosting this same skiing and snowboarding trip over the Martin Luther King Holiday now for approximately 15 years and the lodging and ski resorts have not changed.   

    Crimp is a campus organization run by students that is open to the Methodist University public.

 

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