Burke Mountain Academy is a full-year private college-preparatory school in the

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, located in East Burke, Vermont. It educates and trains alpine ski racing athletes on the slopes of adjacent

Burke Mountain Ski Area Burke Mountain Ski resort is a mid-size ski resort open to skiing and snowboarding in northeast Vermont (aka Vermont's "Northeast Kingdom" ). It is located on Burke Mountain and is home to Burke Mountain Academy, a ski academy. In May 2012, Burke ...

Overview

Burke Mountain Academy (BMA), located in the

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in Caledonia County, is a full-year private college-preparatory school that educates and trains alpine ski racing athletes on the slopes of nearby

. The school was founded in 1970 when “... Martha Coughlin approached coach Warren Witherell seeking year-round training to help her achieve her dream of being named to the

U.S. Ski Team The U.S. Ski Team, operating under the auspices of U.S. Ski & Snowboard, develops and supports men's and women's athletes in the sports of alpine skiing, freestyle skiing, cross-country, ski jumping, and Nordic combined. Since 1974 the team and ...

.” It was the first ski academy in North America. In 2020, there are numerous ski academies in the U.S. and Canada. BMA has, in addition to alpine ski racers, trained nordic skiers throughout the school’s 50 year history. As of 2020, the nordic ski program is currently on hold.

Alumni

Notables

Mikaela Shiffrin Mikaela Pauline Shiffrin (born March 13, 1995) is an American two-time Olympic Gold Medalist and World Cup alpine skier. She is a four-time Overall World Cup champion, a four-time world champion in slalom, and a six-time winner of the World Cup ...

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Diann Roffe Diann Roffe (born March 24, 1967), also known as Diann Roffe-Steinrotter, is a former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from the United States. Early life Roffe was born in Warsaw, New York and learned to ski at tiny ...

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Julie Parisien Julie Madelein Josephine Parisien (born August 2, 1971) is a former FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup alpine skiing, alpine ski racer from the United States Ski Team, United States. She specialized in the technical events of Slalom skiing, slalo ...

'89 * Ida Sargent '06 (Nordic) * Nolan Kasper '07 *

Liz Stephen Elizabeth "Liz" Stephen (born January 12, 1987, in East Montpelier, Vermont) is a retired American cross-country skier who competed between 2005 and 2018. Career At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, Stephen had her best ...

'05 (Nordic) * Thomas Biesemeyer '08 * Nina O'Brien '14 *

Warren Cummings Smith Warren Cummings Smith III, also known as Trace Smith (born 21 June 1992), is an Americans, American-Estonians, Estonian alpine skier who represented Estonia at the 2014 Winter Olympics. He is commonly referred to by the name Trace, alluding to th ...

* Fábio Igel '89 * Chip Knight '93 *

Thomas Grandi Thomas Grandi (born 27 December 1972 in Bolzano, Italy) is a Canadian retired alpine skier. He specialized in technical skiing giant slalom and slalom. Skiing career Grandi started in the Alpine Skiing World Cup in the 1992-93 season. His f ...

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* Sports academies Alpine skiing in the United States Skiing in Vermont {{Skiing-stub