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Annually, during the first week of April (when skiing is pretty much hit or miss), the DAV and the VA co-host the National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic. There are usually over 300 attendees, along with a couple hundred volunteer instructors, equipment repair folks, and medical assistants. The slope is still open for normal customers, so it must be quite a sight for them to see hundreds of skiers who are blind, missing one or multiple limbs, paralyzed, or suffering from a brain injury zooming down the slopes. They also provide equipment and instruction for nordic skiing, snowshoeing, SCUBA familiarization in the pools, sport wall climbing, snowmobiling, and a host of activities. Its quite an event, and is really good for a newly injured veteran to see what they can still do despite their injury.
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