This weekend, I finally got a friend of mine to start skiing again with a trip to wisp. While on a Hot Chocolate break, he noticed some items about the Lions Club Blind Skier program. His wife is blind, and he was wondering if any of the other resorts in the area have a good adaptive skiing program for the blind. Unfortunately, they are off on a trip the next couple of weeks, so his wife would not be able to attend the Wisp/Lions Club program.

Timberline's ski school has some great adaptive instructors. For more info call 1 800 SNOWING and ask for the ski school desk (9am-4pm).

Saw one session skiing under the Silver Queen lift during MLK weekend. Pretty impressive.

Definitely would recommend Timberline. They have several instructors there that have lots of experience in working with blind skiers.

A little removed from Steeler Country, but Connie Lawn's recent article on Wounded Warriors at Wintergreen, VA includes a photo of a blind snowboarder participating in their adaptive program: http://www.dcski.com/articles/view_article.php?article_id=1283&mode=headlines

I helped teach a blind lesson a week ago at Whitetail. Go to Two Top Adaptive Sports Foundation for more information. Contact them to set up a reservation, seven days a week.