Thirty Campion Academy students 27 snowboarders and 3 skiers chose skiing at the 12th annual Adventist Winter Festival, organized by the Rocky Mountain Conference, March 2 through 5. According to Joe Savino, Rocky Mountain youth director and event organizer, Adventist Winterfest is planned for the first weekend in March of each year.
Participants come and ski during the weeks surrounding that weekend.
The festival cumulates around the Friday night and Sabbath programs when people from all over the United States and Canada gather in Summit High School's auditorium and worship together. We have been skiing for years and this is a place you can ski with other Adventist youth. Most Adventist colleges in North America, including Union College, come to sponsor and put on the program for the weekend. The Ellen G. White Estate was a new sponsor this year. Sponsors also put up booths to sell academy and high schoolers on a Christian higher education.