Our team competes in the US Collegiate Snowsport Association within the New Jersey Conference . We have raced both Slalom and Giant Slalom since the team's inception, and next year the conference is adding Super G to the race schedule. As a Club Sport on Columbia's campus, we are afforded a degree of freedom and community sometimes not felt on varsity sports. The family atmosphere and friendly relationship between team members allows for year-round interaction within the team. The team holds two weekly practices on the snow at Mountain Creek, wednesday evening and all day friday, and races are held on saturdays and sundays at the same location.
Many students plan their semester schedule around the practice and weekend schedule of the team.
Aside from skiing, the team's fun atmosphere leads to many parties and events, which tend to bring together and bond the Ski Team family. In addition to the regular race schedule, Columbia Skiiers traditionally go on two week-long skiing trips to exotic locations other than beautiful New Jersey. Before all the students have crawled back to Columbia for the spring semester, the ski team voyages a week early to go on the Spring Training Trip. Locations for this trip have included the Kirkwood, Saddleback, Killington, Stowe, and Okemo mountain resorts. The training trip is meant to give new racers initial training, and refresh the legs of veteran racers.