Lindh, Nelson join ski race team coaches
The Flathead Valley Ski Education Foundation’s new coach and former Olympian Hilary Lindh will join 10 successful auction bidders for a day of backcountry skiing in January with Great Northern Powder Guides. The spots will be auctioned off during the 2016 Showcase of the Chefs Dinner, Wine Tasting and Auction at the Lodge at Whitefish Lake on Wednesday, Nov. 16.
World Champion skier and Olympic silver medalist Hilary Lindh is adding her name to an impressive group of coaches for the Whitefish Mountain Resort Race Team.
Lindh will head the Masters’ Program, a junior race team, and help with the Academy Team speed event training.
Lindh comes from Juneau, Alaska, and has collected a variety of top awards since joining the U.S. Ski Team at 14 and winning the World Junior Downhill title two years later. She’s also won in the World Championships in Italy in 1997, got silver in the Olympics in France in 1992, and garnered three World Cup victories. Lindh was inducted into the National Ski Hall of Fame in 2005.
Along with Lindh, Kurt Nelson will join the coaching staff as Academy and International Ski Federation team coach. Nelson has three decades of coaching experience.
Lindh and Nelson join head coach Roy Loman and coaches Zak Anderson, Jamin Patten, Tom Pacheco, Woody Hust, Bruce Clark, Dave Fischlowitz, Cassie Heitz and Madeline Williams.
The Whitefish Mountain Resort Race Team competes in the Northern Division of the United States Ski Association, which is comprised of Montana and parts of South Dakota.
For more information, contact Tim Hinderman at 406-885-2730.