Camp Dates

Thanksgiving Camp: Nov. 22-29, 2025

Arrival Day: Saturday Nov. 22, 2025
Training Days: Sun-Fri Nov. 23-28, 2025
Departure Day: Saturday Nov. 29, 2025

It's SO Good! • Copper, Colorado is North America’s premier fall training site and home of the country's best November snow. The U.S. Ski Team trains alongside U.S. Elite daily. The Copper Mountain base area sits at an elevation of 9712'. Early season snow isn't a problem this high up!

Time To Get Ready • The Copper Thanksgiving Camp will prepare you for the race season with six intense days of skiing and training. The competitive atmosphere, daily training, video, and private training lanes create the perfect early season training camp.

Racer Pass • U.S. Elite athletes receive the privilege of using a special ‘racer’ pass that allows for more skiing and more time training. This all-inclusive training camp is set up for athletes who want to get the most out of their camp and leave fired up & ready to race. Another cool thing we do!

More Cool Stuff • We pay attention to the small details. We have training lanes that are age-specific. We have our own private lunch room at the base of Copper. We bring a house mom/nurse to help our campers feel more at home. We have a private coach-bus to get everyone up to Copper from Denver and back. We celebrate Thanksgiving with a huge all camp family dinner! We have cool U.S. Ski Team guest speakers. We are all-inclusive and we have fun every day!

Day Camper

DESIGNED FOR CAMPERS 8-18

Day Campers stay with family in the evening and ski with the camp all day. Everything is included except for breakfast, dinner and a bed! Campers will have 6 full days of skiing during the Thanksgiving Camp!* Lots of training and lots of fun.

Day Camper Tuition: $TBA

*weather dependent.

Boarding Camper

DESIGNED FOR CAMPERS 12-18

Campers will have 6 full days of skiing* and training with lodging in the center of the Copper Village. The all-inclusive tuition includes transportation to/from Denver International Airport on the designated travel days. Airfare not included.

Thanksgiving Camp Boarding all-inclusive Tuition: $TBA

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All Inclusive Training Camp

Spaces are limited and registration closes when the camp is full. The Camp Tuition includes all skiing, training lanes, coaching, daily training, daily fitness/recovery program, breakfast, lunch, dinner, online video & video analysis, private bus transportation* from Denver Airport to Copper Resort, and back on designated travel days, in-depth coaches evaluation, and fun! The day-camper option does not include transportation to/from Denver, lodging, breakfast, or dinner.

Travel With A Chaperone • U.S. Elite Camps has coach-chaperoned group flights from the Boston/Hartford area and/or the New York City area (depending on demand) to Denver so campers travel with coaches door to door! It's a great way to meet other kids at camp and it makes the trip a bit easier on the parents!

Team Turkey! • U.S. Elite's traditional Thanksgiving Dinner and Awards Banquet is a fun highlight of the week. Day camper families, athletes, coaches, and guests all gather for this annual festive holiday dinner. We meet all special dietary needs!

*Round trip Denver to Copper bus transportation is included for Boarding Athletes. Day Camper families may join the U.S. Elite private bus for an additional fee if seats are available. If traveling separate from the group flight (within approved 'window'), please confirm itinerary with camp office before booking any Unaccompanied Minor travel.

A Typical Day at Camp

6:15am Wake-up and warm-up (optional fitness warm up session)
7:30am Breakfast
9:00am On-snow Session-1
11:30am Lunch
12:30pm On-snow Session-2
4:00pm Fun & Recovery Fitness (Snow sports, wallyball, yoga)
5:30pm Dinner for Boarding Campers
7:00pm Meeting/*video analysis/ski tuning/Guest speakers
Day campers watch video with coaches at Breakfast
8:30pm Relax and prep for next day
9:00pm Lights out/all quiet

All times are subject to change depending on daily training schedule