Freestyle Teams
Whitefish Mountain Resort's Freestyle Team is a group of young skiers and snowboarders, ages 8-18. Most members are local youth from the Flathead Valley, but we also have athletes who join us from other U.S. states and Canada. Our team welcomes graduates from the Ski & Ride School’s Development Program as well as members of the local Alpine Race Team.
Our primary emphasis is safety on the mountain. We coach the kids on how to make appropriate decisions when choosing terrain with respect to snow conditions, including tree well safety and avalanche awareness. We are an all-mountain team with a freestyle progression basis, meaning, if athletes want to learn tricks (180s, 360s, grabs, etc.) or participate in freestyle or freeride competitions, we will help them learn and master the necessary skills to be successful. If an athlete's interests are not focused on learning tricks, our coaches will center their teaching around other advanced freeride skills.
We spend a lot of time skiing and riding every part of the mountain given the conditions are safe and appropriate for our objective. We, like most youth programs, provide the kids with ample time to freely ski/ride around as practice to hone their skills.
The Freestyle Team incorporates a broad spectrum of curriculum, including all-mountain skiing and riding, competition preparations, and everything in between!
Continue reading or download the Teams flyer to learn about our team options: Intro to Freestyle, Freestyle, Competition, and Jr Freeride Competition.
Our coaching is structured around the interests of each group of athletes. Our coaches are passionate, experienced, trained, and are all positive mentors for their athletes.
Spaces are limited! Enroll early to ensure the preferred day and time. Registration opens in early April.
A 2-Payment Plan is available online only through Sept. 30, 2025. You cannot enroll in the payment plan when registering over the phone.
Please see the bottom of this page for information on refunds, makeup days and our winter weather policy for Freestyle Team members.
For more information, please contact our Ski & Ride School at skiboard@skiwhitefish.com or 406-862-2909.
Intro to Freestyle Team
Intro to Freestyle is for athletes who are NEW to the freestyle team! This 10-week program builds confidence, introduces freestyle and freeride skills, and aids as a pathway to our Freestyle Team and Competition Team.
Along with safety and awareness, the curriculum covers advanced fundamentals, intro to off-piste terrain, intro to freestyle skills, and intro to competition.
Additional information:
For intermediate skiers and snowboarders
Ages 8-15
6 weeks of Fall dryland training (outdoor only)
10 weeks of training (9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. on chosen day: Saturday or Sunday)
Your athlete will be placed in a group that matches their ability level, age, and interest to the best of our ability.
Freestyle Team
Did your athlete participate in the Freestyle or Freeride Team last season? This is the place to continue to develop their skills without frequently competing.
The Freestyle Team is an 11-week program for advanced skiers and snowboarders who have a passion for all-mountain terrain, want to progress their off-piste (freeride) and freestyle skills, and/or to grow toward the Competition Team. Curriculum will include: freeride skills, progressing fundamentals into dynamic skills, competition preparation, and safety awareness including avalanche and tree well workshops.
Additional information:
Advanced skiers and snowboarders
Ages 9-18
6 weeks of Fall dryland training (outdoors)
2 Fall aerial training sessions (indoor)
11 weeks of on-snow team training (9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. on chosen day: Saturday or Sunday)
3-day Holiday Camp; Dec 28th-30th
Your athlete will be placed in a group that matches their ability level, age and interest to the best of our ability.
Competition Team
Does your athlete have a passion for competing and want to participate in 2 or more competitions a season? Consider signing them up for Comp Team!
Our Competition Team is a 14-week program for advanced skiers and snowboarders who are ready to progress their training into competition preparation. Whether it be slopestyle, freeride, banked slalom, or boarder/skier cross events, coaches will implement competition preparedness into weekly trainings. Competition prep doesn't exclusively pertain to physical skills but also incorporates strategies for mindset, environmental pressures, judging criteria, and sportsmanship. Preparation for IFSA & USASA regional events will be included in their curriculum as well.
Comp Team athletes will receive their own jersey to keep and use at our in-house competition series events providing them opportunities to practice competing and, in turn, further developing their skills.
Program curriculum also includes; avalanche awareness & tree well safety workshops.
Additional information:
Advanced skiers and snowboarders who have interest in competition-specific skills
Ages 10-18
14 weeks of on-snow team training (9:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Saturdays)
6 weeks of Fall dryland training (outdoor only)
2-3 Fall aerial training sessions (indoor)
3-day Holiday Camp; Dec 28th-30th
Competition Team Jersey to keep & use at In-House comp series events
Your athlete will be placed in a group that matches their ability level, age and interest to the best of our ability.
Junior Freeride Competition Team
Does your athlete have a passion for competing and want to participate in 2 or more competitions a season? Consider signing them up for Jr Freeride Comp Team!
Our NEW Jr Freeride Competition Team is an 11-week program for advanced skiers and snowboarders that are ready to progress their training into competition preparation. The curriculum will include competition preparedness with an emphasis on Freeride skills and preparing athletes for success in IFSA competitions. Curriculum will include; off-piste skills, advanced tree skiing/riding, cliffs, chutes, steep and deep powder, controlling higher speeds on steeper terrain, line choice, and avalanche& tree well safety.
Athletes will learn about backcountry skiing/riding and safety (in bounds of course). We do a couple of inbounds hikes and discuss the skills athletes would use out of bounds. Athletes will also have access to Flathead Avalanche Center workshops.
Additional information:
Advanced skiers and snowboarders who have interest in competition-specific skills
Ages 10-18
11 weeks of on-snow team training (9:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Sundays)
6 weeks of Fall dryland training (outdoor only)
2-3 Fall aerial training sessions (indoor)
3-day Holiday Camp; Dec 28th-30th
Competition Team Jersey to keep & use at In-House comp series events
Your athlete will be placed in a group that matches their ability level, age and interest to the best of our ability.
Refunds
Program fees may be refunded up until November 15, 2025, exceptions are made for injury or serious illness. There are no partial refunds OR transfers of payments to group lessons or other programs for those that miss class due to; a temporary sickness, another hobby or event, or any other personal choice. Refunds must be applied for in writing. Due to difference in curriculum, age requirements, coaching, and training schedules we are not able to offer a different training day as a make-up for missing a practice. Please do your best to make it to your scheduled practices, making it to half a day is better than missing a whole day.
Winter Weather Policy
Freestyle Team will plan to hold our trainings in winter weather – that’s part of the learning process and an element of winter sports. We will take the lead of our operations department and cancel/delay programs to align with lift operations and mountain closures. While it will be our goal to reschedule, it is not always possible, and we encourage each family to do what is best for them and the needs of the participants on these days. There are no refunds or partial refunds for missed dates.
“Whitefish Freestyle Inc” is a non-profit support organization separate from the WMR Freestyle Ski and Snowboard Team. The Inc. is made up of current and past parents, coaches, and supporters from the community. Through fundraising efforts, there is a fund available that pays for team activities, and subsidizes team travel expenses, coaches' education and athlete scholarships for Freestyle Team program fees. To contribute to this fund or for confidential scholarship application information, please contactscholarship@whitefishfreestyleinc.com or visit their website at www.WhitefishFreestyleInc.com
Feel free to contact the Freestyle Team Manager via email freestyle@skiwhitefish.com.