{"id":2458670,"date":"2020-05-20T23:04:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T05:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/avsc-moves-ahead-with-summer-mountain-bike-programming\/"},"modified":"2020-05-20T23:04:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T05:04:00","slug":"avsc-moves-ahead-with-summer-mountain-bike-programming-at-crown-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/avsc-moves-ahead-with-summer-mountain-bike-programming-at-crown-mountain\/","title":{"rendered":"AVSC moves ahead with summer mountain bike programming at Crown Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.4468085106383\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-326002-474\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled gallery-container\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/avscsummer-atd-052120-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/avscsummer-atd-052120-1-1024x768.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Wiley Maple\/courtesy | The Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club plans to kickoff its summer programming with various mountain bike camps beginning June 8.\" class=\"swift-gallery-slide h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>The Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club plans to kickoff its summer programming with various mountain bike camps beginning June 8.<\/strong><br \/>Wiley Maple\/courtesy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/avscsummer-atd-052120-1-1024x768.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"The Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club plans to kickoff its summer programming with various mountain bike camps beginning June 8.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/avscsummer-atd-052120-1-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/avscsummer-atd-052120-1-1-1024x1024.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Jason Cook\/courtesy | The Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club plans to kickoff its summer programming with various mountain bike camps beginning June 8.\" class=\"swift-gallery-slide h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>The Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club plans to kickoff its summer programming with various mountain bike camps beginning June 8.<\/strong><br \/>Jason Cook\/courtesy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/avscsummer-atd-052120-1-1-1024x1024.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"The Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club plans to kickoff its summer programming with various mountain bike camps beginning June 8.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/avsc-moves-ahead-with-summer-mountain-bike-programming\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/avsc-moves-ahead-with-summer-mountain-bike-programming\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText DropCap\">The Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club says it\u2019s time to get outside and ride again. The novel coronavirus has nearly erased the summer calendar of events here in the Roaring Fork Valley, but AVSC is going ahead with its mountain bike programming in an effort to get the young rippers out of the house.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe just felt it was important we start to engage kids again,\u201d AVSC executive director Mark Godomsky said. \u201cWe are hopefully rolling this out as safe and as professionally as we can and taking into consideration the health and wellbeing of kids, because if that doesn\u2019t exist, we shouldn\u2019t be doing anything. So we are working hard to make sure we have standards and protocols in place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Registration is open for the <a href=\"https:\/\/teamavsc.org\/Mountain-Biking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">summer\u2019s mountain bike programming<\/a>, which is scheduled to get underway June 8. The club is offering two main tiers, one for ages 7 to 9 (Pre-Devo Shredders) and another for ages 10 to 13 (Devo Dirt Shredders). The younger group goes twice a week on Tuesday and Thursday, while the older group has sessions three times a week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cNo one can foresee exactly when certain things are going to be lifted and how this goes back. It\u2019s just this huge sea of uncertainty that trickles over into families doing other stuff and where they might be this summer,\u201d said AVSC coach Rob Russell, who oversees the mountain bike program this year. \u201cThe best we can do is make the safest plans we possibly can, and I mean safe as in being conservative and safe for the kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"row at-donation at-donation-mobile p-0\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickMidArticle()\">Donate<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Part of the safety measures put in place due to COVID-19 include only half-day camps through the month of June, although Godomsky said they\u2019ll go to their traditional full-day sessions beginning in July if the situation allows for it. Each tier is being limited to 16 kids and two coaches, which will be broken up into two groups of eight kids and one coach in an effort to stick to government safety protocols.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Another big change this summer will be the programming\u2019s base at Crown Mountain Park in El Jebel, opposed to the immediate Aspen area. Much like the Roaring Fork Valley as a whole, Crown Mountain has recently seen a boon in its bike offerings, highlighted by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/crown-mountain-park-in-el-jebel-scores-168000-grant-to-expand-bike-park\/\">recent grant from Great Colorado Outdoors<\/a> for $168,091 that is going toward a $484,000 project to add to its existing bike offerings this summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cTo be based out of Crown Mountain Park this year instead of upvalley is really, really exciting for us,\u201d Russell said. \u201cIt\u2019s really fun for us to be part of everything that is going on and to see our program grow. AVSC is really starting to focus on the idea, or look down the road at the idea, that our summer programming could be similar to what we\u2019ve got in the winter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Russell said most of June\u2019s programming already is sold out, but plenty of spots remain open for July and the first week of August. Cost is $75 for the pre-devo sessions throughout the summer and $125 for the 10-13 age tier through June, when price goes to $225 per session if they are allowed to go to full-day sessions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">AVSC is saying its summer programming is \u201c100% refundable\u201d if it is unable to happen due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cHaving the opportunity for kids to get outside and see each other and be active is really the focus of what we\u2019ve been doing,\u201d Godomsky said. \u201cUntil things open up a little more and we have access to trampolines and things like that, I think mountain bikes are a good opportunity to get kids outside and get them socialized and get them engaged with their peer group.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The other big piece of AVSC\u2019s summer programming is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/alex-ferreira-cassidy-jarrell-chip-in-at-avsc-glacier-camp\/\">annual glacier camp at Buttermilk Ski Area<\/a> for skiers and snowboarders. The club hasn\u2019t yet been able to commit to hosting the camp, but Godomsky said they should be able to make a more concrete announcement by the end of the week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\"><a href=\"mailto:acolbert@aspentimes.com\">acolbert@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/avsc-moves-ahead-with-summer-mountain-bike-programming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club plans to kickoff its summer programming with various mountain bike camps beginning June 8.Wiley Maple\/courtesy The Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club plans to kickoff its summer programming with various mountain bike camps beginning June 8.Jason Cook\/courtesy Show CaptionsHide Captions The Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club says [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2458670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-17 10:48:03","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2458670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458670\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2458670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2458670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2458670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}