Youth Ski Mountaineering

A joint program in partnership with Boulder Skimo

The Next Step In Your Athletes Ski Mountaineering Journey

Human powered ski touring in a controlled safe environment is the perfect winter outlet for active kids!

Combining the simple act of walking uphill in a winter wonderland with the thrill of downhill skiing into one, skimo is the perfect outlet for active kids, and it’s easy to learn with expert instruction.


Run up, Ski Down, Have Fun!

While your kid doesn’t have to be a future Olympian in the making (skimo will making its Olympic debut at the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics), we strive to create a fun educational environment where kids can learn the sport in company.

Meet The Coaches

Davide Giardini

  • Former youth FIS European alpine ski racing circuit

  • 2024 USA Skimo National Team coach (Olympic Training Center, Arapahoe Basin)

  • 2023 USA Skimo National Team Member qualified (**not selected due to non-US citizen**)

  • 2024 Colorado Ski Mountaineering Cup overall series winner

  • Podium results at the biggest North American ski mountaineering races since 2020 (Breckenridge Five Peaks, Aspen Power of Four Team National Championships, Telluride Tellurando, Sunlight Heathen Challenge, Eldora Sprint National Championships, Arapahoe Basin National Cup, Wolf Creek National Cup)

  • La Sportiva North America ski team athlete

  • How to Ski Tour’ video series co-producer

  • Founder of Boulder Skimo

  • 10x professional triathlon podiums (4x wins) from 2014-2019

  • USA Triathlon Long Distance World Championship 2017 team member (7th at World Champs)

  • Meg was born and raised in the UK but spent her childhood skiing between Banff, AB and the French Alps. 

  • She first got hooked on ski touring as a teenager and hasn’t looked back. 

  • She qualified as a Canadian Level 2 Instructor and Race Coach between high school and college before taking these skills to University racing in the UK (with some freestyle thrown in too). 

  • Meg moved to Boulder in 2022 to work as a senior researcher at CU and from there she got into competitive skimo racing. 

  • She won the 2024 Colorado Skimo Cup and races around the country on the National Cup circuit as well as coaching Boulder Skimo’s Women’s Clinics on Friday mornings at Eldora.

Meg Cooke

Questions?

Contact Head Coach Davide via email at davide@boulderskimo.org