SILVER CREEK, Colo. – Silver Creek Golf & Ski Ranch’s gentle, consistent terrain makes it the perfect place for beginning skiers and snowboarders. As the exclusive Colorado licensee of the proven Accelerated Skier Performance System, Silver Creek has one of the most innovated ski schools around. The Silver Creek Accelerated Learning Center, based on the PMTS Direct Parallel™ skiing system invented by Harald Harb, starts skiers skiing parallel on their first day. The system bypasses the snowplow and wedge phases taught in traditional teaching systems.

According to Rich Messer, Silver Creek’s ski school manager, the majority of Silver Creek’s beginners are skiing parallel on green terrain on their first day. "And many are skiing parallel on blue terrain the same afternoon. Those who fail to achieve parallel on their first try acquire an efficient method of advanced parallel christie turns that will quickly transform to parallel skiing with more skiing mileage."

The ski school’s guest satisfaction nearly tripled after the Accelerated Learning Center began in 1998, said Marise Cipriani, President and CEO of Silver Creek Golf & Ski Ranch.

The Accelerated Skier Performance System cuts the normal learning curve by using a new biomechanically efficient movement program instead of teaching forms that later need to be unlearned. Students use the new shaped PSX short skis developed especially for accelerated learning. The skis are designed by the Elan Ski Company.

Silver Creek has implemented a similar system for learning to snowboard.

Harb created PMTS Direct Parallel™ to shorten the time it takes for a beginning skier to enjoy the sport. "Typical beginner skiing programs fail to increase skier retention rates," said Harb. "Skiers and skiing deserve better and we are using it at Silver Creek."

Harb and Diana Rogers, Vice President of Harb Ski Systems, operate their Harb Skier Alignment Centers and Harb Ski Systems Ski Camps from both Silver Creek and Berthoud Pass ski area. The alignment centers tailor skiers’ equipment to achieve optimal alignment, which allows them to ski in balance with less effort. The alignment sessions include on-snow and indoor alignment evaluations. During the session, Harb and Rogers modify the skier’s equipment, install alignment shims, do a before and after video analysis and provide movement instruction. Half-day, full-day and group sessions are available.

Harb and Rogers also offer six multi-day camps in their proprietary PMTS Direct Parallel^tm ski instruction system for skiers of all levels. Harb and Rogers are the publishers and

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authors of the best selling ski book and video, Anyone can be an Expert Skier, their new book and video Anyone Can be an Expert Skier II will be available later this fall, published by Hatherleigh Press.

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