Get Started
Getting Started as a Visually Impaired Person (VIP)
It’s easy to get started as a VIP! Enjoy up to five days on the mountain, including lift ticket, equipment rental and a trained guide for as little as $100. When you arrive at the mountain, Foresight hosts will help you with everything you need to enjoy a fantastic mountain experience.
Contact us by phone 303-506-3859 or info@foresightskiguides.org with your desired dates of travel and specific needs. Once we confirm availability we will ask you to complete a Partipant Questionnaire.
Our questionnaire will help us:
- Match you with an appropriate guide (or guides)
- Make reservations for equipment rental from our sponsors at Vail Sports
- Coordinate ground transportation from Colorado Mountain Express
- Provide assistance with lodging.
Once we identify your needs, we will tell you when and where you will meet your host and your guide. Then you can book your trip! Ask us about our partnership with Frontier Airlines too. We will ask you to sign our required liabiliity waivers and we do suggest all participants make a tax-deductible contribution.
Getting Started as a Ski Guide
Skiing will never be the same once you have given someone the experience of a lifetime. Our guides come from diverse backgrounds – ski instructors, ski patrollers, mountain guides, volunteers for people who are challenged, family members, and more. Foresight’s training program is comprehensive and professional with safety (yours and the VIPs) is #1. As a Foresight guide, not only will you ski free, but you will give the gift of freedom, and transform a life – maybe even your own. Join us!
How would you like an office with a panoramic view of the Colorado Rockies? Our wonderful volunteers are key to our success, both on and off the mountain. This is a fun and rewarding way to help others live their dreams.
Volunteer opportunities include:
- Greeting and hosting participants on the mountain
- Development and fundraising
- Administration
- Special events
Getting Started as a Contributor
Your tax-deductible contributions are a great way to ensure that blind and visually impaired skier are able to stretch their limits, and enjoy the thrill and freedom of skiing. For a small financial investment, you can give the gift of a lifetime. Foresight Ski Guides, Inc. is considered a tax exempt organization as defined in Section 501c3 of the US Internal Revenue Code and your contribution may be tax deductible – but contact your tax advisor to be sure!
Suggested levels include:
- Beginner level – $100
- Intermediate level – $500
- Advanced level – $1000
- Expert level – $2500
Once we identify your needs, we will tell you when and where you will meet your host and your guide. Then you can book your trip! Ask us about our partnership with Frontier Airlines too. We will ask you to sign our required liabiliity waivers and we do suggest all participants make a tax-deductible contribution.
Getting Started as a Sponsor
We’d love to have you involved on a Sponsorship level. In addition to helping our program, you’ll be making dreams come true.
Benefits can include:
- Beginner level – Logo on Foresight’s website
- Logo in brochure*
- Logo on Blind Skier and Blind Skier Guides vest*
- Logo on Foresight’s event banner*
- Access to Foresight’s email list
- Naming rights on various Foresight programs
- Advisory Board seat
*depends on time of printing
For additional information, view our complete list of Sponsors & Friends.
