03.08 [RELEASE] USCSA 47th Annual Collegiate Ski and Snowboard National Championships at Lake Placid, NY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Jay Moyer

jmoyer@uscsa.org 

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 jmoyer@uscsa.org

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