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About the BOC |
The roots
of the Bromley Outing Club can be traced back to
1947. Sally Pabst, wife of Bromley founder, Fred,
envisioned providing a skiing experience to local
school children at the new Bromley Mountain. Relying
on a core of dedicated volunteers to transport and
teach these children, the tradition of the Junior
Instructional Ski Program (JISP) began.
In 1951, these skiing enthusiasts met to formally
organize the Bromley Ski Club. While a strong social
element did exist for early club members, promoting
and providing a skiing experience for children at
all levels became the main Club focus.
Initially race training was available from volunteer
coaches to anyone who showed up on a Saturday. In
the mid 60s alpine coaches were hired to support an
organized race program. The Bromley Ski Club soon
gained a reputation for running quality races along
with developing quality racers. A Nordic program was
also active with participants racing in the Torga
Tokle league.
At various times in the Club’s history it has
supported biking, tennis, horse shows, soccer, and
balance/skate boarding. This prompted a name change
to the Bromley Outing Club in 1976. Accommodations
for special needs JISPers was introduced in 1988,
although there was already a history of the Club
working with two blind JISPers. With the opening of
the Bart Ruggiere Adaptive Sports Center, the Club
and Bromley Mountain have become one of the few
eastern ski areas offering a program for special
needs customers.
Today snowsports (snowboarding was introduced in
1988) remain the primary focus of the Club. The
Junior Instructional Snowsports Program involves
over 600 children from 11 area schools. The
competitive program emphasizes training and
developmental skills for participants from ages 6
-70+. For over 50 years the Bromley Outing Club has
been a gateway to participation in winter skiing and
snowboarding for children and adults.
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Box
775 Manchester Vermont 05255 802-824-6498
