VASS provides snow sports programs for disabled person's, which take place at Grouse, Seymour and Cypress Mountains. We welcome students of all ages and disabilities and utilize adaptive equipment and specialized teaching techniques to maximize your independence on the snow! To meet the needs of its members, VASS offers programs from beginner - advanced, including snowboarding, sit-ski, stand-up skiing and advanced adaptive ski racing.








SKIMP stands for Skills Improvement. In recognition of the hard work and passion that our volunteers put into their activities at VASS, we offer opportunities throughout the season for our volunteers to improve their skills in many different areas, from improving their own skiing, to working with adaptive equipment, to getting a better understanding of [...]
The value of volunteering is not a monetary value. If we measure this work in dollar terms we actually reduce its value because the essence of volunteering is that it is a gift, freely given. Its value can be the value the individual volunteer puts on it or even a great deal more, and that [...]
Starting March 3 in front of the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa, and lasting 10 days as it traverses through 11 cities, the Paralympic torch relay will need 600 people to carry it across the country.
Three of those torchbearers were named Friday, November 27– Anne Bethune, president of Vancouver Adaptive Snow Sports, who has been involved [...]