USCSA Press Release: USCSA 47th Annual Collegiate Ski and Snowboard National Championships at Lake Placid, NY
March 8, 2026
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Photos: Brett Miller
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Jay Moyer
[email protected]
UNITED STATES COLLEGIATE SKI AND SNOWBOARD ASSOCIATION HOSTS 47th ANNUAL U.S. COLLEGIATE SKI AND SNOWBOARD NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPSTM
LAKE PLACID, New York. March 8th 2026 - The U.S. Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association (USCSA) will host its 5-day long annual U.S. Collegiate Ski and Snowboard National Championship from March 9-14th, 2026 in Lake Placid, NY. This year, over 650 competitors will roll into the home of the 1932 and 1980 Olympic Games to compete for National collegiate titles in alpine, nordic, snowboard, and freeski events.
Event partners include our title sponsor for the event, Earth’s Splendor, as well as the Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA), Borah Teamwear, World Cup Supply, ExpertVoice, Flylow, Head, High Peaks Cyclery, Ikon Pass, OpenSnow, Patagonia, SkiSoxx, Stio, SYNC Performance, and Toko.
USCSA is the only ski and snowboard league where colleges and universities compete and qualify for postseason competition as a team. This emphasis on team performance is a departure from the typical individual or world cup scoring format often found in skiing. Allowing entire teams to qualify for the U.S. Collegiate Ski and Snowboard National Championships also allows for a greater number of competitors to attend the event, with over 290 alpine athletes, 200 freeski and snowboard athletes, and 150 nordic athletes competing next week in Lake Placid.
“I am excited and proud of the more than 650 college athletes attending this year’s National Championships in Lake Placid,” said USCSA President Bo Bigelow. “Each season our athletes continue to push themselves and raise the caliber of competition, strengthening our organization and reinforcing our place as the largest collegiate snowsports organization in the United States.”
Teams began their quest to qualify for the U.S. Collegiate Ski and Snowboard National Championships in their local conference competitions, held across 11 conferences spanning the nation, this January. Top teams from each conference attend one of 6 regional championships, which decide who ultimately qualifies to participate in events at the Collegiate National Championship. Results from all events can be found at www.uscsa.org.
Teams representing over 65 colleges and universities are competing at the 2026 U.S. Collegiate Ski and Snowboard National Championships. This includes alpine ski, snowboard, freeski, and Nordic teams which qualified through their Regional Championships, including powerhouses such as Babson College (Alpine), Clarkson University (Alpine, Nordic), Colorado Mesa University (Alpine, Nordic), the University of Wyoming (Nordic), Lees-McRae College (Snowboard), Paul Smith’s College (Nordic), Rocky Mountain College (Alpine, Freeski), St. Olaf College (Alpine, Freeski, Nordic), Westminster University (Snowboard), and the University of Wisconsin at Madison (all disciplines). A full list of qualified institutions is below.
Beginning March 10th, Scott "Boss" Hogg returns to lead the USCSA Broadcast Team, as the USCSA Broadcast Network brings you over 22 hours of live, multi-camera HD video coverage of this year's National Championships. Additionally, each day’s Awards Ceremonies and the final night’s Final Awards Ceremony will be broadcast on the USCSA Awards Channel. To enjoy these online broadcasts, visit www.uscsa.org/broadcast.
The USCSA is the sports federation for collegiate team ski and snowboard competition in America. The USCSA believes that student-athletes of all levels and abilities should have access to quality and exciting venues of competition. USCSA athletes agree that our team orientation fosters a collaborative approach across their collegiate athletic and academic careers, and often this mentality proves indispensable in their adult lives and careers. The organization includes 140 institutions from coast to coast, fielding over 4,700 alpine, freestyle, nordic, and snowboarding athletes in over 300 events annually.
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For more information or to schedule an interview, please contact [email protected]
Qualified Institutions (subject to change)
Appalachian State University
Babson College
Boston University
Brandeis University
California State University Sacramento
Clarkson University
Colgate University
Colorado College
Colorado Mesa University
Colorado School of Mines
Columbia University
Cornell University
Drexel University
Fairfield University
Georgetown University
Hamilton College
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
James Madison University
La Salle University
Lafayette College
Lees-McRae College
Lehigh University
Liberty University
Michigan State University
Michigan Technological University
Middlebury College
Northeastern University
Northern Michigan University
Paul Smith's College
Pennsylvania State University
Princeton University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rocky Mountain College
San Diego State University
Skidmore College
Smith College
St. Olaf College
Stanford University
The Claremont Colleges
United States Air Force Academy
United States Coast Guard Academy
United States Military Academy
University of California Los Angeles
University of California, Davis
University of California, San Diego
University of Colorado Boulder
University of Connecticut
University of Idaho
University of Maine at Farmington
University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
University of Minnesota Duluth
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
University of Oregon
University of Utah
University of Vermont
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin Madison
University of Wyoming
Vermont State University - Castleton
Villanova University
Virginia Tech
Washington State University
Western Colorado University
Westminster University
Contact: Jay Moyer
[email protected]
UNITED STATES COLLEGIATE SKI AND SNOWBOARD ASSOCIATION HOSTS 47th ANNUAL U.S. COLLEGIATE SKI AND SNOWBOARD NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPSTM
LAKE PLACID, New York. March 8th 2026 - The U.S. Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association (USCSA) will host its 5-day long annual U.S. Collegiate Ski and Snowboard National Championship from March 9-14th, 2026 in Lake Placid, NY. This year, over 650 competitors will roll into the home of the 1932 and 1980 Olympic Games to compete for National collegiate titles in alpine, nordic, snowboard, and freeski events.
Event partners include our title sponsor for the event, Earth’s Splendor, as well as the Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA), Borah Teamwear, World Cup Supply, ExpertVoice, Flylow, Head, High Peaks Cyclery, Ikon Pass, OpenSnow, Patagonia, SkiSoxx, Stio, SYNC Performance, and Toko.
USCSA is the only ski and snowboard league where colleges and universities compete and qualify for postseason competition as a team. This emphasis on team performance is a departure from the typical individual or world cup scoring format often found in skiing. Allowing entire teams to qualify for the U.S. Collegiate Ski and Snowboard National Championships also allows for a greater number of competitors to attend the event, with over 290 alpine athletes, 200 freeski and snowboard athletes, and 150 nordic athletes competing next week in Lake Placid.
“I am excited and proud of the more than 650 college athletes attending this year’s National Championships in Lake Placid,” said USCSA President Bo Bigelow. “Each season our athletes continue to push themselves and raise the caliber of competition, strengthening our organization and reinforcing our place as the largest collegiate snowsports organization in the United States.”
Teams began their quest to qualify for the U.S. Collegiate Ski and Snowboard National Championships in their local conference competitions, held across 11 conferences spanning the nation, this January. Top teams from each conference attend one of 6 regional championships, which decide who ultimately qualifies to participate in events at the Collegiate National Championship. Results from all events can be found at www.uscsa.org.
Teams representing over 65 colleges and universities are competing at the 2026 U.S. Collegiate Ski and Snowboard National Championships. This includes alpine ski, snowboard, freeski, and Nordic teams which qualified through their Regional Championships, including powerhouses such as Babson College (Alpine), Clarkson University (Alpine, Nordic), Colorado Mesa University (Alpine, Nordic), the University of Wyoming (Nordic), Lees-McRae College (Snowboard), Paul Smith’s College (Nordic), Rocky Mountain College (Alpine, Freeski), St. Olaf College (Alpine, Freeski, Nordic), Westminster University (Snowboard), and the University of Wisconsin at Madison (all disciplines). A full list of qualified institutions is below.
Beginning March 10th, Scott "Boss" Hogg returns to lead the USCSA Broadcast Team, as the USCSA Broadcast Network brings you over 22 hours of live, multi-camera HD video coverage of this year's National Championships. Additionally, each day’s Awards Ceremonies and the final night’s Final Awards Ceremony will be broadcast on the USCSA Awards Channel. To enjoy these online broadcasts, visit www.uscsa.org/broadcast.
The USCSA is the sports federation for collegiate team ski and snowboard competition in America. The USCSA believes that student-athletes of all levels and abilities should have access to quality and exciting venues of competition. USCSA athletes agree that our team orientation fosters a collaborative approach across their collegiate athletic and academic careers, and often this mentality proves indispensable in their adult lives and careers. The organization includes 140 institutions from coast to coast, fielding over 4,700 alpine, freestyle, nordic, and snowboarding athletes in over 300 events annually.
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For more information or to schedule an interview, please contact [email protected]
Qualified Institutions (subject to change)
Appalachian State University
Babson College
Boston University
Brandeis University
California State University Sacramento
Clarkson University
Colgate University
Colorado College
Colorado Mesa University
Colorado School of Mines
Columbia University
Cornell University
Drexel University
Fairfield University
Georgetown University
Hamilton College
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
James Madison University
La Salle University
Lafayette College
Lees-McRae College
Lehigh University
Liberty University
Michigan State University
Michigan Technological University
Middlebury College
Northeastern University
Northern Michigan University
Paul Smith's College
Pennsylvania State University
Princeton University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rocky Mountain College
San Diego State University
Skidmore College
Smith College
St. Olaf College
Stanford University
The Claremont Colleges
United States Air Force Academy
United States Coast Guard Academy
United States Military Academy
University of California Los Angeles
University of California, Davis
University of California, San Diego
University of Colorado Boulder
University of Connecticut
University of Idaho
University of Maine at Farmington
University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
University of Minnesota Duluth
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
University of Oregon
University of Utah
University of Vermont
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin Madison
University of Wyoming
Vermont State University - Castleton
Villanova University
Virginia Tech
Washington State University
Western Colorado University
Westminster University
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