Who needs to be a Member?

1. All competitors, whether racing FIS, USSA or VARA events, MUST be a member of a state association. Please refer to the Comp Guide Eastern Regional Section.
2. All competitors must have a VARA membership card as well as a USSA card to race.
3. All coaches must show a VARA card and a USSA card to get on the hill.
4. If a racer is on the start list or on the results list who is not a VARA or USSA member, the race is in jeopardy.
5. J3's must have VARA membership and a USSA competitors license if they are racing in the ladder that leads to a national championship, or to JO's.
6. J4-J6 need a VARA membership and USSA Youth license for competitions.

Membership

NB: New members are exempt from late fees !

Membership Information
2009 - 2010 Membership
You can either print and mail the [ 2010 Athlete Membership Form]
or You can do your 2010 membership online at our page at Active.com:
[Renewing Members] [New Members]
For Financial Aid, download the Application Form.

During the summer, Membership processing takes a few weeks. Print your Membership Card here. If, for some reason, you'd like to see the mailer that was sent out ... [ 2010 Mailer].

The sooner you do this, the sooner we'll be able to update the Membership Lists

Scholarships and Financial Aid

by following these links, you can find Scholarship Information and the Financial Application.

VARA Rules for Racers

VARA Code of Conduct
VARA Rules ~ J1, J2, & SR
VARA Rules ~ J3
VARA Rules ~ J4 and J5
VARA Junior Rules in one PDF

Council-specific Rules
Northern Vermont Council:
All Levels
Mid-Vermont Council:
Ross Series Rules, Jones Series Rules,
General and J3 Rules, Common Rules for MVC Racing
Southern Vermont Council:
All Levels

Get the Alpine Competitors CompGuide from the bottom of the USSA Forms page.

Concussion Guidelines

Centers for Disease Control’s Concussion Tool Kit for Coaches All of the coaches should have a copy of this.

Other

Vouchers:
VARA's preferred entry method is for coaches to email bulk lists starting with the 2004-2005 season.
Entry Policy (rev. 7dec04) Entry Policy.
Entry Form to attach to your email
If you still need a voucher, then you now have two options:
(1) A sheet of four vouchers. Check that each voucher is about 4.5" x 3" when printed. Some computer/printer combinations have been messing that up.
(2) An on-line form that you can fill out and then print the nicely-typed voucher.

Photography: Several sources of photos exist. See the list here. Tell us of of any sources we missed.

Councils

The younger racers (Junior 3's and under) are enrolled in one of the three regional "councils." These groups generally maintain their own separate portions of this website. You can visit their pages:

| Northern Vermont | Mid-Vermont | Southern Vermont |

Schedules

The schedules will be all kept in the main database. By September, the preliminary schedule has been set and posted. By November, the younger racers' events will have been posted. Go to the Event Calendar.