Deep Creek Lake Lions Club Blind Skiers Program
Lions Club service program running since 1973 that brings visually impaired children and their families to Wisp Resort to learn downhill skiing with volunteer sighted guides, with all costs covered by the Club and donors.
Deep Creek Lake Lions Club Blind Skiers Program offers Para alpine skiing in McHenry, MD. It serves kids, teens and adults.
- Sports
- Para alpine skiing
- Venue
- Wisp Resort
- Run by
- Deep Creek Lake Lions Club
- Type
- Ski area
- For
- Kids, teens and adults
- Ages
- Visually impaired children (no age range stated)
- Serves
- Blind or low vision
- Location
- McHenry, MD (map pin at town center)
- Area served
- Maryland and mid-Atlantic families (Garrett County host club)
- Cost
- The Club pays for or arranges donation of all expenses for the visit (as stated)
- Equipment
- Adaptive equipment provided
- Season
- Winter
- Lessons
- Visually impaired
- Lesson types
- Downhill ski instruction for visually impaired children using adaptive equipment and techniques, with volunteer sighted guides (local high school students serve as guides).
- Season
- Held in sessions in January and February (the page describes 4 sessions in its most recent season, 2022).
- Lift ticket
- Wisp Resort donates lift tickets and equipment rentals and discounts food.
- Equipment
- Rentals donated by Wisp; the program uses special adaptive equipment and techniques.
- How to book
- The Club publicizes the program to parents through the Maryland chapter of the National Federation of the Blind; contact the Club by phone or email.
- Website
- deepcreeklions.org
- Phone
- 323-325-5466
- [email protected]
To confirm: Most recent season described on the program page is 2022 (with a 50th-anniversary gala in Feb 2023); 2026-27 session dates not posted. No age limits stated. Wisp's own lesson pages do not mention this or any adaptive program. Phone/email are the Club's general contacts; the page also lists a register@ address.
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Source: deepcreeklions.org, checked . Programs change, so contact the program to confirm ages, costs and schedules before you go.
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