SILVER CREEK IS PERFECT FOR FAMILIES THAT
ENJOY PLAYING TOGETHER
by Gretchen Bergen

SILVER CREEK, Colo. - Silver Creek Golf & Ski Ranch was designed with families in mind. 

 Its central base lodge, groomed terrain, and something-for-everyone amenities add up to a great experience for families.

Silver Creek has 287 acres of skiable terrain consisting of 30 percent beginner, 50 percent intermediate and 20 percent advanced runs.  Lifts for all ski runs radiate from a central base lodge making it easy for families to ski together, and for parents to keep track of their kids.  The entire East Mountain offers beginner and intermediate terrain and connects at the base to the West Mountain, where advanced skiers and boarders find more challenging runs.  Bear Bahn Park is a separate area designed specifically for beginners and includes a separate surface lift.
Night skiing is another family favorite.  Silver Creek has the second largest night skiing operation in Colorado.  Families enjoy skiing three runs and the terrain park lit top-to-bottom.  While kids ski under the stars, adults may enjoy warm drinks or cocktails in front of the fire in the lounge at the base lodge.

Beginners don't stay that way for long at Silver Creek.  World-renowned ski instructor and author, Harald Harb, and his teaching partner, Diana Rogers, help run the Accelerated Learning Center where non-skiers learn to ski parallel on their first run.  As the exclusive Colorado licensee of the proven Accelerated Skier Performance SystemTM, Silver Creek is able to move beginning skiers to parallel, bypassing the snowplow and wedge phases found in traditional teaching systems.  For an even greater challenge, skiers and boarders can catch the daily free shuttle to and from Silver Creek Golf & Ski Ranch. 

The Accelerated Skier Performance System cuts the normal learning curve by using a new bio-mechanically efficient movement program instead of teaching forms that later need to be unlearned. Students use the new shaped PSX short skis developed especially for accelerated learning.  The skis are designed by the Elan Ski Company.

Silver Creek has implemented a similar system for learning to snowboard.
Harb created PMTS Direct Parallel? to shorten the time it takes for a beginning skier to enjoy the sport. "Typical beginner skiing programs fail to increase skier retention rates," said Harb. "Skiers and skiing deserve better and we are using it at Silver Creek."
Harb and Diana Rogers, Vice President of Harb Ski Systems, operate their Harb Skier Alignment Centers and Harb Ski Systems Ski Camps from both Silver Creek and Berthoud Pass ski area.  The alignment centers tailor skiers' equipment to achieve optimal alignment, which allows them to ski in balance with less effort.  The alignment sessions include on-snow and indoor alignment evaluations.  During the session, Harb and Rogers modify the skier's equipment, install alignment shims, do a before and after video analysis and provide movement instruction.  Half-day, full-day and group sessions are available.

Harb and Rogers also offer six multi-day camps in their proprietary PMTS Direct ParallelTM ski instruction system for skiers of all levels. 

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