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MAST UPDATE Week 6
Sunday, December 14, 2025 Hello MAST Family! Jack Frost may have been nipping at our noses (and toes), but that didn’t slow us down at our first race at Hyland Hills on Friday! It was an outstanding season opener, with our racers bringing impressive speed and strong times across the board. The race ran smoothly and provided a fantastic introduction for our new skiers. Safe to say, things are looking bright this season (pun intended!). As temperatures warm up a bit this week, we’ll continue training and turn our focus to the WILD Invitational on Friday. We realize that the bustling holiday season is in full swing, but please make note of these extra important items and read this Update thoroughly.
SATURDAY’S CANCELED SUPPLEMENTAL For those of you who packed gear, layered up, made your brown bag dinner and arrived at Washburn on Saturday only to find out that Wild Mountain was closed for the day, we apologize. What a bummer! We hope you made the best of your frozen Saturday. We will be issuing refunds for all 12/13 supplemental registration fees. GIANT’S RIDGE CAMP SIGN UP - Deadline is TONIGHT!!! Last chance to register for our 18th Annual Giant's Ridge Training Camp! Giant’s Ridge Camp is a 3-night sleepaway camp and an amazing team training opportunity. All athletes are welcome! We promise to make New Year’s Eve a festive and fun evening, and still get athletes a full night’s rest before we hit the slopes on 1/1/26! To verify if you have signed up already, click here and scroll to the far right column. When: Wednesday, December 31, 2025 6am - Saturday, Jan 3, 2026 10PM Where: Training at Giants Ridge Recreation Area; Lodging at Camp Chicagami. Transportation: Northfield Bus Lines and Shubat Bus. Meals: Breakfasts and Dinners at Camp Chicagami. Lunches at Giants Ridge. Cost: $650 includes four days of lift tickets, lane fees, training; three nights lodging; three breakfasts, four lunches, three dinners; AWESOME coaching. Detailed information about camp can be found on our website. Here is a link: https://www.mplsalpineski.org/giants-ridge-camp-2025.html To register for the 2025 Giant’s Ridge Training Camp HERE *****BIG THANKS to our Coaches, Heather Hunt and Coryn Petersen for orchestrating the many details in planning Giant’s Ridge Training Camp!!***** AFTON WAIVER - IMPORTANT! We still have 12 athletes (and some coaches!) who need to sign the Afton waiver (click here to see if you have or haven’t). If you are one of those twelve, please complete this waiver today. We can take 10 Varsity and 10 JVers to the Afton race. Even if you are not sure you will be going, everyone should sign and submit before this Friday, December 19. We would like to stop reminding people - it takes time for volunteers to track you down. The waiver is attached for download/printing. Once signed, parents/athletes have two options: 1) Scan and email to both [email protected] and [email protected] with the subject line titled "MAST Waiver, Athlete Name.” OR 2) Drop off signed waiver in Stephanie's mailbox at 4612 Abbott Ave S (in the folder labeled “Afton Alps Waivers.”) RACE INTENTIONS Race Intentions are now open for the rest of the season! Please begin to update your intentions! Race intentions for Hyland Dec 23 are due by Friday, Dec 19. When you click on the Race Intentions 2025-26 spreadsheet link, look for the tabs at the bottom of the page for each specific race: December 19, etc. Click on a tab and find your team (scroll down) and then find your name. If you want to race, type a Y in the Yes box next to your name. If you do not want to race, type a N in the No box next to your name. It is expected that each racer states their intention for every race. Even if you think you may not qualify for a specific varsity race, it’s still important to fill in the boxes. Stating YES does not guarantee you will race but it tells the coaches you are available and interested when they make the lineup. If racers forget to state race intentions and show up to race, they will be seeded at the end of the race. For invitationals, if a racer does not state their race intention by the due date, they will not be considered for that race. Keep in mind many of the daytime invitationals are all day, which means being released from school. Almost all afternoon/evening races are early release days. THIS WEEK’S TRAINING/ RACE SCHEDULE REMINDER: Mon - Fri 3:45PM and Saturday morning practices meet at North. Mon - Fri 5:00PM practice meets at South. We will send an email and/or TeamSnap message if there are changes. ~Monday, Dec 15~ 12/11/10 @ 3:45 - 6pm 9/8/7 @ 5 - 7:15pm ~Tuesday, Dec 16~ 12/11/10 @ 3:45 - 6pm 9/8/7 @ 5 - 7:15pm ~Wednesday, Dec 17~ 12/11/10 @ 3:45 - 6pm 9/8/7 @ 5 - 7:15pm ~Thursday, Dec 18~ 12/11/10 @ 3:45 - 6pm 9/8/7 @ 5 - 7:15pm ~Friday, Dec 19~ 8:30am - 4pm Wild Invite #1 - Wild Mountain, 7 racers from each team (6 race + 1 alternate) Those not racing, practice all pods @ 5:00 - 7:15pm at Hyland ~Saturday, Dec 20~ 7:45 - 10:00am - ALL PODS SATURDAY PRACTICES - PLEASE READ: Saturday practice times are listed in TeamSnap as 7:45am - 10:00am. We want you to arrive at 7:45am so we can make the most of our designated 8am-10am on-snow time. We are expected to clean the hill at 10, and if we’re efficient as a team you are likely off the hill or outside getting into cars by 10:15/10:20. Please note there is NO freeskiing anywhere else at Hyland before they open to the public at 9am. They open the NORTH CHAIR ONLY at 8am to allow us to train, and we are to go from the chalet to the bottom of North and from the bottom of North to the chalet. We are not allowed to cut through the terrain park to go back to the chalet. Please respect these guidelines so we can continue to get great training done on Saturdays before the masses arrive. RACE CHANGES! Check Team Snap & UPDATE YOUR CALENDAR Many changes have been made to our race schedule (change of location, added & omitted races) since TeamSnap was updated last week. Our final race schedule is below! Please continue to check TeamSnap for details and any other schedule changes that may occur throughout the season. As a race approaches, we’ll be sure to provide race day details, early release information, and racers chosen (for Invitationals/ Varsity races, etc). 2025-2026 Race Season Schedule: Dec 19 - Wild Invitational - meet bus at 6:15am, bus returns at 4:45 *Selected racers will be announced Monday or Tuesday of this week. We will be taking 6 Varsity athletes + 1 alternate from each team (Boys & Girls SW, Washburn, and MAST) Dec 23 - Alum & MAST Race - Hyland - 4:30pm Jan 7 - MEC #1 - Afton - 5:00pm Jan 9 - Hyland #3 - Final Hyland for Seniors Jan 15 - Wild Invitational - Wild Mtn - 4:00pm Jan 17 - Giants Ridge MLK Invitational - Giants Ridge all day Jan 19 - MEC #2 MLK Race- Jack Z Memorial - Wild Mtn - 12:00pm Jan 23 - MEC #3- Buck Hill - 4:00pm Jan 26 - Pioneer Invitational - Wild Mtn - meet bus at 6:15am Jan 27 - MEC #4, JV Champs & Awards, Senior Night - Welch - 4:30pm Jan 30 - Hyland Race #4 - JV/Non-Sections Racers Feb 4 - SECTIONS Feb 10 - STATE CALLING ALL ALUMNI: Your MAST Family misses you! SAVE THE DATE for our Hyland #2 AND Alumni Race! Wednesday, December 23, 4:30pm Come race the next generation and see how you stack up! Current Southwest, Washburn, and MAST racers challenge you on the course to see if you’ve still got the speed. Wednesday, December 23 | 4:30 start (3:45 inspection) at Hyland Hills Race intentions due Friday, December 19 Alumni: Click here MAST Racers: use Race Intentions 2025-26 ON-HILL VOLUNTEERS NEEDED & APPRECIATED at Hyland & Supplemental Practices This is a pretty cool experience for both parents and their athletes. Plus, being a parent volunteer during practice and supplementals gives our coaches more time to coach our racers. The only requirements are that you know how to ski (racing experience not needed) and you must complete the MSP Parent Background Check. You get to hold a radio, drill holes, replace gates, slip, and be up close, watching our mighty racers and coaches. Coaches will give you instruction as to what you can do to help. You can come out one night a week, 2 nights a week, stay for 1 session, stay for all sessions. Recruit a fellow MAST parent to join you and make an evening of it! Please reach out to a coach with questions. Their contact info is at the bottom of this email. “I had a free afternoon and evening so went to help out at practice. Little did I know how appreciated I'd feel with just showing up and offering help wherever it was needed. There were three of us helping coaches Thursday night: Jeff, Erik and myself. I did videoing of runs, Jeff managed athletes at top and helped with course repair, and Erik helped with sage coaching advice at the base. Our help allowed the coaches to focus on the athletes. I'd highly recommend putting a handful of afternoon/evenings on your calendar to show up at practice to help with videoing, course management, organizing athletes at top, and giving high fives. It was super easy and very fun. No previous experience needed!!!!” -MAST President, Heather Hunt To help out, complete the Volunteer Background Check. Coaches will have a lift ticket for you at the base or in the team locker (they will give you the code). UPDATES & RACE RESULTS - They sometimes like to hide! Does it seem that sometimes expected Updates and Race Results don’t show up in your inbox? Check your Promotions folder! Oh, the joy of using Google Groups… ;) For reasons unknown to us, emails that we send out to you can end up in other folders. It is a mystery, and we guess Google just likes to keep us guessing. Make sure to check those other folders if you’re expecting an email from us and it’s just not showing up. MAST BOARD If you are interested in attending a Board Meeting to learn more about MAST, please reach out to Heather Hunt to get details: [email protected]. Our next meeting is January 12th 7:30-8:30 at Heather’s home. We’d love to have you attend! IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES
Stay warm and get some sleep! Let’s finish these final weeks of 2025 healthy, strong, and full of holiday spirit! ~COACHES and SUPPORT TEAM, Mpls Alpine Ski Team~ (Jen Peterson - Communications) Key Contacts if you have questions (preferred to replying to this e-mail): CORE PARENTS for each school (for questions about registration, season schedule, etc): Washburn/Page Erik Addy [email protected] 952-270-0934 Southwest/Anthony Bill Bray [email protected] 507-301-7109 MAST-All Other Schools Owen Moldow [email protected] 612-730-4818 REGISTRATION & TEAMSNAP LEAD Coryn Petersen [email protected] 612-910-2560 COACHES (for questions about ski equipment, sizing, skiing instruction and technique). Head Coach Southwest/Anthony Boys Joel Hedrick [email protected] 612-716-3186 Head Coach Southwest/Anthony Girls Paige Alampi [email protected] 612-718-1440 Head Coach Washburn/Page Boys Matthew Polland [email protected] 612-220-1010 Head Coach Washburn/Page Girls Eleanor Goodnow [email protected] 612-723- 9559 Head Coach MAST Boys (All other Schools) Ben Anderson [email protected] 612-401-2565 Head Coach MAST Girls (All other Schools) Andrea Savage [email protected] 612-508-6214 FOLLOW MAST: MAST Facebook MAST Instagram Comments are closed.
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