Amplify Your Sports Performance

3-Day Art of Fear Ski Camp, 2025 Season

The Art of Fear Ski Camp at Alta, Utah 2025 Season

» January 10-12, 2025 at Powder Mountain, Utah (new, snowboarders welcome!)

» Jan 19-21, 2025 at Alta Utah

Amplify Your Sports Performance

3-Day Art of Fear Ski Camp, 2025 Season

» January 10-12, 2025 at Powder Mountain, Utah (new, snowboarders welcome!)

» Jan 19-21, 2025 at Alta Utah

Event Details

Discover How to Transform Fear and Access Flow States

Rated by 95% of Attendees To Be One of The Best Ski Experiences of Their Lives

Join Kristen in 2024 at Alta, Utah for a fun, powerful weekend that stays with you ongoingly.

First, learn how to deal with fear / anxiety in sports and life, such that it no longer holds you back.

Next, experience her 4-step process to access flow states, transforming your ski experience into what you always hoped it could be.

Expect to be blown away, and excited about your life in next level ways that you never thought possible. Break free from former stuck places not just in skiing, but also relationships and career. This camp then helps you be the best athlete and person you can be.  Leave armed with life-changing tools to maintain these results in a lasting way.

This proven to work 3-day camp is for you, if you feel any of the following:

  • that your skiing is compromised by too much fear

  • excessive fear or anxiety in other areas of your life besides skiing

  • emotionally held back by a past injury or accident

  • like you’ve stopped progressing at skiing or something else, or have even digressed

  • fearless in one area of your life, but not in another

Or, conversely if you feel:

  • just fine, but know you can do better

  • like there’s something else to life and skiing that you just can’t seem to grasp or hang on to

  • a desire to become more emotionally engaged

  • like you’re ready to access new forms of motivation, beyond what has served you in the past

  • ready to stop merely existing, and come alive once and for all

All this and more alongside like-minded, amazing people – at Alta this coming winter.

Oh, my God. It was incredible. Literally zero actual advice about skiing, my skiing is probably 40% better, and it was seriously the best weekend of my entire life. "

- Nicole Cliffe

Learn From a World Class Athlete and High Performance Facilitator

What does it take to be the best?
Kristen was named the best female big mountain extreme skier in the world, a status she kept for 12 years. Known for enormous cliff jumps and you-fall-you die descents (none of which you’ll do during camp!), she was just inducted into the US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame Sept. of 2019. Her mastery of other danger sports including paragliding, ice and rock climbing, kiteboarding, adventure mountain biking and flying trapeze also gained her the outdoor industry vote as most fearless woman athlete in North America, beating all danger-sports stars, not just skiers.

Retired as an athlete since 2003, she then spent 16 years going to the next level — studying Zen intently as a way to dissect what she experienced during her athletic career. This led to facilitating tens of thousands of clients, making her today, a thought leader on high performance mindset and how to access flow states or the zone by choice, rather than by chance.

Her other specialties include accessing whole mind thinking, igniting aliveness, spiritual intelligence, embracing change, what to do about fear / anxiety and more.

Kristen’s Amazon best seller book: The Art of Fear: Why Conquering Fear Won’t Work and What to Do Instead, is an industry game changer, and her remarkable work has been featured on Tim Ferriss’s Tribe of Mentors, The Megyn Kelly Show, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Outside, Forbes, USA Today, Mindvalley, Spartan, NPR, over 150 podcasts and many more.

Working with her live is a remarkable experience, not to be missed.

What You Learn

This is not another ski camp or ski school lesson providing technical tips.

Instead, this is a fresh, highly effective, mindset-only camp, which teaches you:

  • Exactly what to do about performance anxiety (hint, it’s not about getting rid of it)

  • How to handle fear so it doesn’t hold you back

  • How to get out of a negative mental loop (hint, it’s not about replacing it with positivity)

  • Ways to get out of your head (finally!) and into your body

  • What is a flow state, and how to get there whenever you like

  • How to feel confident, without having to pretend

  • How to find and become intimate with your favorite mindsets (which are different for everyone)

  • What it takes to ignite new forms of motivation, versus staying the same every year

  • Steps to ensure this all sticks with you, past the weekend

  • Steps to take what you experience while skiing, and apply it to other areas of your life

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Rated 5 out of 5

She’s human with her own problems like all of us and has a way of questioning and assisting us to come up with our own answers, and accountability.

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Rated 5 out of 5

The May 2022 What’s Next call addressed addictions. One of Kristen’s examples was sugar. It really clicked for me and I’ve cut out desserts. (I know processed foods still contain it, but just saying no to candy, etc. is still a big win on many levels!) Thank you, Kristen!

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Rated 5 out of 5

This is the only thing that I’ve found that works.

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Rated 5 out of 5

I feel like my brain has been “rewired” in a positive way that is working for me.

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Rated 5 out of 5

Thank you Kristen for letting us all find you. You can’t thank a person enough though for unlocking the truth held within you, and giving me my life back.

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Rated 5 out of 5

HOLY SHIT. The world seems different. Thank you so much! I’m still in awe of how it has been helping me.

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Rated 5 out of 5

Wow. Just wow. Never in my wildest dreams did I think that I’d emerge from this past weekend as I have. Wow. I feel like I have received a special present from you.

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Rated 5 out of 5

I didn’t say it clearly, but after 30 years of failed experiments, I’m finally out of the desperation arena. I feel pretty well now and am optimistic.

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Rated 5 out of 5

You are doing groundbreaking work. I have done lots and lots counseling, cognitive behavioral therapy, drugs (started and stopped), psychiatric care, and two 10 day Vipassana meditation courses.  You take it further. I have struggled with for years, waking up 40 times a night. now my anxiety dreams have calmed down.

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Rated 5 out of 5

I have been public speaking without panic attacks and have experienced ease and spontaneous interaction with people I would have been intimidated by in the past. Also no constant free-floating anxiety in the background all the time. A great relief after 40 years of struggle. Thank you.

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Rated 5 out of 5

I could not have made it through such an intense transitional year without your teachings. I do not believe the words thank you are powerful enough.

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Rated 5 out of 5

This is the first time that I feel genuinely excited and eager about what the future has in store for me. And I have you to thank for that.

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Rated 5 out of 5

I feel like a different person. Like myself, but completely different. Can that be?I feel an immense sense of ease I totally didn’t expect.

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Rated 5 out of 5

I noticed that I felt lighter. In the days that followed, I noticed that my light feeling became clarity of mind. As the days went, the clarity didn’t go away (as I feared it would) and I began to notice that my emotions were more translucent and rose and fell, rather than overcoming me or creating a suffocating fog. I kept thinking it would wear off, but it hasn’t.

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Rated 5 out of 5

When I rebuilt my relationship with Fear from the ground up, there were career side benefits. My superiors started commenting on observable improvements in my performance. After about 2.5 years I was promoted to supervisor. I caught on more, and began to apply what I had learned with Kristen directly to my new work challenges. And now, I’ve been promoted to manager, which includes an immediate 70% pay raise.

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Rated 5 out of 5

My staff reckon I’m not that cranky or dark as much as I used to be and that’s only after a couple of weeks of practice.

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Rated 5 out of 5

Hi Kristen. The experience of (working with you) was incredible for me. I’ve shared it (verbally) with a fascinating cross-section of people. Clearly you provided me a resonant, powerful, beautiful approach to life and I will be working to convey that with my words in the weeks and months and years to come. THANK YOU!

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Rated 5 out of 5

I’ve not had a teacher like this before never let it in that far and I wish not to squander the understanding.

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Rated 5 out of 5

I am feeling great! Thanks for such a transformative time-? I really do feel like I have a road map for the next fifty years!

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Rated 5 out of 5

I know it was just over a decade ago, but I wanted to let you know that time with you still helps me regularly.

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Rated 5 out of 5

It has opened a lotta flow and I’m going a lotta places maybe I didn’t dream I could before.

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Rated 5 out of 5

I got some mind blowing insights, regarding my motivations for just about anything.

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Rated 5 out of 5

I have had the best two weeks! It is so very helpful to become more aware of what I am feeling/thinking/doing. I am excited to explore this more.

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Rated 5 out of 5

It truly has been life changing. It’s been fun to see how long the effects have lasted.

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Rated 5 out of 5

My life has been so dramatically affected that only my memoirs would actually be able to encompass the broad impact and those won’t be written for at least another 30 years

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Rated 5 out of 5

I feel I have been exposed to elements within myself that I was unaware of that there is more to me than I previously knew existed.

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Rated 5 out of 5

I’m so glad fate brought Kristen my way. My life is forever changed, and I’m eternally great full.

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Rated 5 out of 5

The difference now is that I will let the answers come to me, rather than fighting and hunting.

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Rated 5 out of 5

I am in a far better place now than I was before… I honestly feel enlightened and renewed -? I have PATIENCE again?!?!

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Rated 5 out of 5

I can’t say enough about the experience. I’ve spent a fair amount of the day raving about it to friends and family.

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Rated 5 out of 5

You opened my mind to possibilities again. Kristen, you are truly inspiring.

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Rated 5 out of 5

I am more satisfied with you understanding the impact your work had on me- and what it can mean for others.

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Rated 5 out of 5

It truly was transformative for me. It has changed my life.

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Rated 5 out of 5

It friggin’ worked!!! I couldn’t believe how relaxed my body started to feel. Thank you!!

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Rated 5 out of 5

What Kristen teaches works.

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Rated 5 out of 5

These sessions are like 2 hours of fresh air in a smog filled world.

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Rated 5 out of 5

Thank you for being so brave and saying it all so clearly in the PTSD course video. I know that fewer words and clearer statements like that often come from a LOT of work. I let our 8-year-old watch part of it with me. She was completely taken with it. She made a comment about how different it was than other self help. I think because you were making such clear, solid, true statements.

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Rated 5 out of 5

It’s awe inspiring to me to watch you put yourself in other’s shoes so completely, and focus in on THE issue so quickly.

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Rated 5 out of 5

Kristen, In a weekend, I learned to synthesize hours of therapy and weeks of reading into something I could use in my life!

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Rated 5 out of 5

I cannot stop thinking about our great weekend. I feel like I stepped out of my life, then returned home with a greater depth of understanding of myself. It was as though I was looking from the outside in.

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Rated 5 out of 5

You know it’s a special experience when you have an amazing time with complete strangers. A time that is both uproariously funny, profane, irreverent and also deeply insightful, thought-provoking and life altering in the best sense of the word.

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Rated 5 out of 5

I have a whole new perspective. Thank you for creating a space where it was safe to be open and vulnerable.

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Rated 5 out of 5

I got sooo much from my time with you… I am in a far better place now than I was before… I honestly feel enlightened and renewed -? I have PATIENCE again?!?! The group time was AMAZING!

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Rated 5 out of 5

Kristen’s got what it takes, that’s for sure. She can get involved with (many) people on a very personal level, which is very important so everyone can come away with a Big Mind experience.

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Rated 5 out of 5

The connection with you and the ah-ha moments I have in your sessions are huge for me. You inspire trust and really connect with (us) in a big, very real way. Thank you. Thank you!

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Rated 5 out of 5

I was blown away. The spiritual portion was kind of a surprise- that steals the show.

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Rated 5 out of 5

As time passes, the difference now is that I will let the answers come to me, rather than fighting and hunting.

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Rated 5 out of 5

I was blown away. I hadn’t expected the group to respond so deeply and thoroughly as they did. The spiritual portion was kind of a surprise- that steals the show. That’s much of the beauty of (this work).

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Rated 5 out of 5

This ain’t no band aid, this is the real deal.

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Rated 5 out of 5

If every human being occasionally took (this) journey, things might settle down a bit out there. I’m sure we will be back.

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Rated 5 out of 5

It is shocking to think that a couple of decades of religion and a couple years of therapy -? each helpful for various reasons -? hadn’t yet accomplished what (Kristen’s work) effected in three days.

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Rated 5 out of 5

There is in nothing in my history to prepare me for the experiences I have with this work. I think this defies metrics. Everything in my long ago education says it should not work but it damn well does work. Beautifully.

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Rated 5 out of 5

The first night my anxiety dreams calmed down (something I have struggled with for years, I even had sleep apnea testing because they are so bad and I wake up 40 times a night).

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Rated 5 out of 5

It was a really amazing, life-changing experience.

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Rated 5 out of 5

All I have to say is WOW! What an amazing experience!! Kristen, Thank YOU for being so wonderful to have the vision and foresight to put a program like this together. You are truly making an impact to the population one by one.

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Rated 5 out of 5

I know this has already begun to profoundly change my life. There is much work for me to do but I look forward to every moment.

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Rated 5 out of 5

A vicious circle had been broken. My wheel is unstuck. From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU.

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Rated 5 out of 5

Today at work the immediate feedback that I received was that I looked less stressed and that I was smiling with my entire being. Wow! Thank you so much for everything. I am so very grateful. What a glorious gift. ?

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Rated 5 out of 5

It’s been a few weeks and I can’t believe the difference it has made. I am truly a changed man. I have you to thank for that.

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Rated 5 out of 5

Thank you. You have helped more than you will ever know.

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Rated 5 out of 5

I came away with so many interesting thoughts about life and emotions and openness. First step -? recognition. Next step -? finding my own means of expressing this in a healthy way.

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Rated 5 out of 5

I feel that something switched for me and I was shown a new way to see the world and myself.

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Rated 5 out of 5

I seem to have a whole new perspective.

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Rated 5 out of 5

So much has come up for me, and continues to come up for me. Thank you again…for so many things.

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Rated 5 out of 5

Thanks Kristen for truly original, wonderful, productive, awe inspiring, soul searching, healthy and magical (teachings). I’m left with a whole lot to think about and to feel about!

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Rated 5 out of 5

I’ve not had a teacher like this before never let it in that far and I wish not to squander the understanding.

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Rated 5 out of 5

It’s been a few weeks and I can’t believe the difference it has made. It allows me to approach life situations with a much more open mind, thus creating more fluid and successful outcomes. I’m no longer feeling anxiety or stress around decisions.

I am truly a changed man. I have you to thank for that.

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Rated 5 out of 5

Kristen, I am amazed and I never use the word. THANK YOU. This rocks Kristen, you have hit it.

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Rated 5 out of 5

I really do feel like I have a road map for the next fifty years!

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Rated 5 out of 5

Everything you ever wanted to know about fear. Ulmer takes a radical approach to an age-old problem and delivers smart, exciting, and extremely fresh ideas.

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Rated 5 out of 5

Learning how to have an intimate relationship with fear is one of the best things you can do, and Kristen is masterful at teaching you how to do that.

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Rated 5 out of 5

For years I dangled my ski tips over the edge of cliffs. Kristen got me to actually jump. Whether on snow, in your career, or just in life itself, no one owns fear better than Ulmer.

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Rated 5 out of 5

Who better than Kristen Ulmer to introduce us to our constant companion, fear, and turn him from an enemy to a friend.

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Rated 5 out of 5

Kristen Ulmer offers us a manual for living with freedom and joy in the midst of all the competing voices that arise to derail us on the journey.

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Rated 5 out of 5

What to do about fear eluded me until I met Kristen. I now use her advice daily, especially when my life is intense and busy, to take the pit out of my stomach, do a better job at work, and get much-needed sleep.

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Rated 5 out of 5

Blending practical, personal, and philosophical insights, Kristen Ulmer has expanded my mind and changed my life.

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Rated 5 out of 5

I can’t believe the transformation I’ve undergone from the analytical tight ass that I was to this free-flowing self.

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Rated 5 out of 5

I felt like this formerly insurmountable weight had been lifted off of my chest. I’ve never felt more at peace.

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Rated 5 out of 5

I noticed that I felt lighter. In the days that followed, I noticed that my light feeling became clarity of mind. As the days went, the clarity didn’t go away (as I feared it would) and I began to notice that my emotions were more translucent and rose and fell, rather than overcoming me or creating a suffocating fog. I kept thinking it would wear off, but it hasn’t.

If I can make that kind of change in one afternoon, what else can I do?

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Rated 5 out of 5

For me, each new day brings new and deeper insights. I know that this is just the beginning, so it’ll be interesting to see where the ride takes me

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Rated 5 out of 5

This past weekend at work, one of our volunteers in his late 60s/early 70s and is an MD picked it up and started reading. A few hours later he looked up and said I’m buying 2 of these lol. If everyone did the work you have outlined we would all have a much better mental state.

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Rated 5 out of 5

Awesome, honest, refreshing. Life-changing. I feel that something switched for me and I was shown a new way to see the world and myself.

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Rated 5 out of 5

This is the first time that I feel genuinely excited and eager about what the future has in store for me. And I have you to thank for that.

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Rated 5 out of 5

I spoke to Eileen, and she told me that (this) did more for her than 15 YEARS of therapy.

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Rated 5 out of 5

I had never heard such a powerful and deeply true message about anxiety and it completely changed my life.

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Rated 5 out of 5

You are doing some groundbreaking work. I have done lots and lots counseling, cognitive behavioral therapy, drugs (started and stopped), psychiatric care, and two 10 day Vipassana meditation courses. You take this a step further because you actually address emotion. I have recommended your (work) to everyone I know.

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Rated 5 out of 5

If I can make that kind of change in one weekend, what else can I do? I feel like someone took my training wheels off.

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Rated 5 out of 5

Afterwards, I noticed that I felt lighter. In the days that followed, I noticed that my light feeling became clarity of mind. As the days went, the clarity didn’t go away (as I feared it would) and I began to notice that my emotions were more translucent and rose and fell, rather than overcoming me or creating a suffocating fog. I kept thinking it would wear off, but it hasn’t.

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Rated 5 out of 5

The whole experience was life-changing. I feel that something switched for me and I was shown a new way to see the world and myself.

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Rated 5 out of 5

I could not have made it through such an intense transitional year without your teachings. I do not believe the words thank you are powerful enough.

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Rated 5 out of 5

This ain’t no band aid, this is the real deal.

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Rated 5 out of 5

People have been avoiding or medicating away Fear and Anxiety for too long, and we need a more integrative approach. Finally, someone who is clear about this enormous and important subject, with great practical advice that is simply spot on. This book will turn the fear and anxiety world on their heads.

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Rated 5 out of 5

I am on this amazing turbo charged growth path -? I am blooming faster and faster, at a wonderfully rapidly unfolding pace- there are truly no words to describe this. (Working with you) is one of the three BIGGEST events in my life that have helped me really turn a HUGE corner. I am deeply grateful!! Thank YOU!

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Rated 5 out of 5

I wanted to thank you for changing my life. I don’t think I realized how much of an impact (your work) had on me until recently and it’s been a year since I attended. I knew it had an impact right after, but as time has gone on, there have been more and more lessons that pop up into my head that I never initially considered. I love that!

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Rated 5 out of 5

The experience was outstanding. None of us will ever be the same.

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Rated 5 out of 5

My partner and I went to the camp together and it enhanced our understanding of each other as well as our relationship -? our love is flowing stronger than ever!

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Rated 5 out of 5

I just wanted to say that my experience at your camp has been life changing.

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Rated 5 out of 5

I’m still awestruck by the weekend.

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Rated 5 out of 5

(My Friend) tells me that I seem somehow happier than before. And on Wednesday it was the first time skiing since the last camp, and I was amazed. I was all alone … and skiing more gracefully than ever. I was making turns without doing anything I could detect to make them happen.

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Rated 5 out of 5

The guidance you gave me on the chairlift has changed everything for me. I am really happy with where (my life) is going, and you helped me through (an awkward hold back).

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Rated 5 out of 5

I reflected on my life trajectory while on the trail this summer…I need to say that I think where you’ve taken skiing is ground-breaking and inspiring.

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Rated 5 out of 5

It was so powerful for me. What you’re doing at these camps is truly amazing. That you’re able to bring so many people together from all walks of life and unify them in purpose and connect them on a real level is impressive.

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Rated 5 out of 5

(Ski to Live) was, bar none, head and shoulders above the rest, the most powerful teaching and skiing experience I have had in my 39 years of skiing.

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Rated 5 out of 5

Thank you hughly for all that you gave to us and everybody in that clinic. It was just absolutely amazing. It’s not only a once in a lifetime experience but just from a teaching perspective some of the things you did were just really astonishing.

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Rated 5 out of 5

Thanks again for offering me a life altering experience. A day hasn’t gone by since I was in Utah that I don’t think about the camp.

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Rated 5 out of 5

This is the first time that I feel genuinely excited and eager about what the future has in store for me. And I have you to thank for that.

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Rated 5 out of 5

Oh my! It was and continues to be all you promised, Kristen, and more. And the tribe we formed is by far one of the most powerful groups I have ever encountered.

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Rated 5 out of 5

I am on this amazing turbo charged growth path -? I am blooming faster and faster, at a wonderfully rapidly unfolding pace- there are truly no words to describe this.

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Rated 5 out of 5

Wow. Just wow. Never in my wildest dreams did I think that I’d emerge from this past weekend as I have. Wow. I feel like I have received a special present from you.

I could not have made it through such an intense transitional year without your teachings. I do not believe the words thank you are powerful enough.

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Rated 5 out of 5

I am living with color, light and dark, and texture I never noticed until I did this work.

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Rated 5 out of 5

This ain’t no band aid, this is the real deal.

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Rated 5 out of 5

I’ve gotten more out of (3) phone consults than a year of therapy.

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Rated 5 out of 5

My fear disappeared about three months ago. I have been public speaking without panic attacks and have experienced ease and spontaneous interaction with people I would have been intimidated by in the past. Also no constant free-floating anxiety in the background all the time. A great relief after 40 years of struggle. So, thank you.

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Rated 5 out of 5

Read this book if you want to know the reason behind many of your struggles. It explains, simply, everything.

Camp Synopsis

Finally Free! On The Mountain

Don’t spend another moment feeling limited, when such a camp exists.

This adventure consists of 3 evening sessions and 2 full ski days, but the effects last a life time.

$1,449, camp price (lift tickets and other amenities are not included). Starts the first evening from 4-7:15, then runs 9:15 – 6:00 on days two and three. Reduced price scholarships available upon request for camps that are not sold out.

Available for intermediate skiers (meaning: groomers are no problem) to expert or even Olympic level skiers. Telemarkers also welcome. All genders, 15 years old and up. Younger than 15 considered by request only. Note: Alas, Alta does not allow Snowboarding, but boarders are encouraged to attend the Powder Mountain camp or hire Kristen privately.

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Logistics

There are three different ability groups. You pick which one works best for you, each run. They are groomers-only, all-mountain slower, and all-mountain fast.

It’s a comfortable experience throughout. You don’t ski into exhaustion, nor do you ski above your ability. This camp is not about taking risks or stepping out of your physical comfort zone. (That you can do on your own, should you desire, after camp ends.)

Day 1

First day of camp, meet in the evening from 4 – 7 pm inside the Goldminers Daughter Lodge at the base of the mountain. Do not miss this important first gathering as it sets the tone for the entire weekend.

Day 2

Day two the itinerary is as follows:

9:15 (when the lifts open)- 10:15 ski on your own.

10:15 am – 4:00 pm we meet at the Skiers Services Building between Collins and Wildcat lifts, and ski all day with a short break for lunch in between.

4:00 -5:30 pm, we finish back indoors to decompress, allowing you a chance to ask Kristen questions about what you just experienced, and further explore the secrets to optimal mindset and performance.

Day 3

Day 3, today’s schedule is the same as Day 2.

As for what we explore, this final day is completely different. While yesterday was about getting unstuck, now we access our best possible selves and learn how to express who we are as individuals on the mountain and in our lives, in some truly magnificent ways.

4-5:30 pm, as we finish the entire weekend indoors, Kristen helps you integrate what you’ve experienced, answers remaining questions, and provides action steps so that it stays with you in a profound and lasting way.

Here’s everything you get when you enroll:

  • Up to 18 hours of live facilitation with Kristen Ulmer

  • Small group to ensure personal attention

  • Mindset only training. No technical tips

  • Learn from others experiences, not just your own

  • Follow-up afterwards, to ensure integration

  • Costs less than two private days of ski school

Buy Now

Kristen has taken thousands of skiers on this remarkable journey...

Now it’s your turn.

 

Each hour you attend the camp is a step-by-step journey into getting unstuck and accessing your most amazing self and life experience. But it’s not the same journey for everyone. Because we’re all so different and attending for different reasons, and also due to the nature of Kristen’s facilitation style, you find only and exactly what you’re looking for.

Which may be different and far better than what you originally sought!

So, join us this year. Fascinating, enlivening, this camp is exactly what you hope it to be. Plus, spending time with the others guests alone, makes it worth attending. Plan for the whole experience being the highlight of your winter, maybe even your whole life. Plan to see and experience yourself, skiing, the mountains, others and life itself in new and profound ways.

How it works:

STEP 1 : Click the Add to Cart button, then checkout using our secure checkout page

STEP 2 : You then receive a welcome email, including another email 2-3 weeks prior to your camp requesting info on what you hope to get out of the experience, so Kristen can plan accordingly with you specifically in mind

STEP 3 : Make further preparations to attend, including booking airfare, lodging, transportation and lift tickets

STEP 4 : See you soon for this amazing adventure together!

$1,449

January 10-12, 2025 at Powder Mountain, Utah (snowboarders welcome!)

Jan 19-21, 2025 at Alta Utah

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of people attend this ski camp?

Amazing, awake, alive people such as yourself (otherwise you wouldn’t be reading this) who are in themselves, inspirational. We tend to attract only folks committed to being the best they can be, and who want to live the highest quality life possible.

How is this ski camp different from taking lessons or attending other ski camps?

USA Today calls Kristen’s ski camps the only of it’s kind anywhere in the world, in any sport.

Why?

Every winter day tens of thousands of ski lessons occur around the world. There also exists hundreds of ski camps or adventures, often run by former pros. Almost exclusively, such gatherings are focused either on socializing (and taking a picture with the former pro), and/or technical and physical skills. The same goes for lessons or camps in other sports as well.

The Art of Fear Camp however, is not in the same category. It’s not about where to plant your pole, how to finish your turn, etc. This type of instruction has its place –but past a certain point too much form / technique training keeps you stuck in your head or can hold you back from your potential.

It’s also not about fraternizing with Hall of Fame skier Kristen Ulmer, either. Although that’s a perk (wink).

Instead, this is about the bigger game. Kristen considers her ski career mere training for who she has become now. At the Art of Fear Camp, Kristen’s draws from 33 years of real world experience and her innate facilitation skills to transmit to you what it really takes to become good at a sport such as skiing, and how that applies to anything in life.

So, there is no institution. There are no lectures. Your lessons are only embodied experiences. You start by exploring your own personal mental game, then take a huge step beyond to access, embody and express other forms of consciousness / intelligence you may not know even exist.

It truly is a transformative experience that also spills over in fascinating ways to your life.

This is how Kristen helps a room of folks with different agendas, all at the same time.

The other thing is, this camp is not about hashing over your or anyone’s past life details –which is very time consuming and unnecessary. With that out of the picture, we cover a lot of ground quickly, and only address what’s going on for you, today.

How can this be the only camp of it’s kind in the world?

USA Today calls Kristen’s ski camps the only of it’s kind anywhere in the world, in any sport. Attend and you’ll experience why (wink).

The take-aways are also likely the opposite of anything you’ve tried.

But rest assured, if it doesn’t blow your mind and change your perspective for good, what the heck- come find out anyway. With the money back guarantee, you have nothing to lose.

How big is the group?

The camp caps at 20 people total, including guides.

When on the mountain, we all ride the lifts together and share in the mindset facilitation with Kristen as a group. When you ski down though, you separate into your like-ability group. On average, each group is 4-6 strong, with no more than 7. You have a guide with you to make sure you don’t get lost, and you ski terrain which gently stimulates and/or suites your ability.

Then we meet at the bottom for the next run all together, and the next facilitated mindset experience with Kristen.

Am I a good enough skier to attend?

There are three levels of skier in attendance. If you can ski groomed runs with confidence, you have a place. There’s also a middle ability group that skis the whole mountain but likes to take things a bit slower. Read “Am I too good a skier to attend” for info on the fastest group.

Can I bring my kid?

These camps are attended my mostly adults. Kids age 15 and up, however, are welcome to attend. Kristen has been known to allow mature younger kids in as well, with adult supervision.

I’m slightly injured, what are my options?

If you’re slightly injured but can still ski- you can modify your inclusion to ski groomers-only and/or ski a shorter day.

If you can’t ski, attend the indoor sessions only (approximately 3-4 hours per day) and Kristen will offer you greater attention during these times.

I’m a shy person, will I feel awkward at this camp?

Nope. This camp is not therapy. You don’t have to share anything about your life. You can also be a wallflower and mostly observe, if that suits you.

I can’t afford this camp, what do you recommend?

We don’t turn anyone away who can’t afford to attend. Given this, write us an email: kristen@wordpress-738537-4765023.cloudwaysapps.com to explain what you can afford to pay (note, for the camp only, we cannot provide amenities like lift tickets or lodging) and let’s talk about it?

Am I TOO good a skier to attend?

Nope. These camps are open to world-class level skiers, and several big name pros have attended. These camps initially, were even built for elite athletes such as yourself. The level of the highest group is always all mountain, fast and strong.

Also consider coming to Alaska- which is for experts only. It’s not a camp, but a chance to ski with Kristen just for fun. She does not charge anything for this experience. Only, you pay for your seat in the heli.

How much actual skiing do we do?

We will ski between 4-5 hours per day. In between each run, you’re facilitated for a spell by Kristen, so expect to log about 20,000 vertical feet.

What should I do about Lodging?

The historic Goldminers Daughter lodge at Alta, Utah is an optimal place to stay. Book early though, as they sell out. You’re also welcome to commute from elsewhere at Alta, or from Snowbird (1 mile away) Salt Lake City (7-14 miles away- specifically Cottonwood Heights is closest) or even Park City (40 miles away).

What about lift tickets?

Because so many people have travel oriented seasons passes these days, lift tickets are not included in the camp price.

If you do not have such a pass, plan to buy a 2-day ticket on your own.

What's the cancellation policy?

For the ski camps, the cancellation policy is full refund (minus credit card processing fees) two months prior to the start of your camp.

After that there is no refund– no exceptions even due to injury. But you can transfer or sell your seat to a friend or family member.

Does Kristen run women’s-only camps?

No. Unless it’s a requested private-hire, Kristen offers unisex camps only.

What if I'm a snowboarder?

Alas, Alta doesn’t allow snowboarding, and this is the only location we’re offering camps this year. You can however, hire Kristen to ski with you privately. Write kristen@wordpress-738537-4765023.cloudwaysapps.com for details.

I’m religious, will this camp honor my tradition?

Yes. While Kristen’s training is in Zen, this camp offers no philosophy. It’s instead, a journey into your undercurrent to get clear about where you’re currently stuck, a chance to get unstuck, and a chance to fully access who you’re meant to be all the way.

That being said, your tradition can be weaved into the process to enhance whatever draws you to that particular religion, in a gorgeous way. Simply make this request after sign up.

I’m worried this is a new age program.

This is not a new age program. Kristen takes steps to avoid that kind of presentation. Based on ancient wisdom traditions and the evolution and westernization of that wisdom, we don’t sing Kumbaya, we prefer dirty jokes.