The recently formed Mountains 4 All group, which advocates inclusive, accessible mountain tourism, has teamed up with Courmayeur to offer adaptive skiing with trained, specialist ski instructors at the Courmayeur Ski & Snowboard School and the Mont Blanc Ski School.
Mountains 4 All believe that regardless of a physical, cognitive, sensory, mental, life-limiting or other health-related condition, visitors can enjoy the same life-enhancing mountain experiences as any other skier or non-skier visitor and work to make that happen using equipment such as mono and bi-ski wheelchairs, ‘trotty skis’ and special audio tools for people with visual impairments.
Andrea Borney, snowboard instructor at Courmayeur and Technical Director for ‘Antenne Handicap ONLUS’ has also been breaking down barriers for those with disabilities who wish to snowboard. Andrea created ‘BASS’ (Borney Adapted Snowboard System) – an apparatus that allows the snowboarder to be attached to their instructor.
More info at: ski2freedom.com
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