{"id":13137,"date":"2025-02-20T19:32:04","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T19:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/wordpress\/lavie\/?p=13137"},"modified":"2025-02-20T19:32:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T19:32:04","slug":"get-ready-to-hit-the-slopes-with-a-new-lvc-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2025\/02\/20\/get-ready-to-hit-the-slopes-with-a-new-lvc-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Get ready to hit the slopes with a new LVC club"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"dslc-theme-content\"><div id=\"dslc-theme-content-inner\">\n<p>(By Georgia McPoland \u201826, staff writer)&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LVC students can now hit the slopes with one of the college\u2019s newest clubs, Dutchmen Peak Pursuit.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dutchmen Peak Pursuit (formerly known as LVSki) is a new ski and snowboarding club open to LVC students. This club caters to all skill levels, whether students are seasoned skiers or total beginners.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sophomore business administration major and club president Jayven Ritchey is a snowboard instructor. Vice president and fellow sophomore business administration major Alex Hepler has skied for many years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe can teach people the basics of what the equipment is, and the rundown of safety procedures,\u201d Ritchey said.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The club\u2019s first few trips will allow beginners to focus on the basics of skiing such as turning and stopping. This will allow them to build the necessary skills to be confident on the slopes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first Dutchmen Peak Pursuit event is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 27.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re looking to take at least 20 students up to Roundtop in Harrisburg,\u201d Ritchey said.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roundtop runs college nights every Thursday from 3 to 9 p.m. Lift passes and rentals are just $20. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students who want to hit the slopes with their fellow Dutchmen should take advantage of this new opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact <a href=\"mailto:jsr012@lvc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">jsr012@lvc.edu<\/a> for more information.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>(By Georgia McPoland \u201826, staff writer)&nbsp;&nbsp; LVC students can now hit the slopes with one of the college\u2019s newest clubs, Dutchmen Peak Pursuit.\u00a0\u00a0 Dutchmen Peak Pursuit (formerly known as LVSki) is a new ski and <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2025\/02\/20\/get-ready-to-hit-the-slopes-with-a-new-lvc-club\/\" title=\"Get ready to hit the slopes with a new LVC club\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12901,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7,8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-13137","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-campus-news","8":"category-front-page","9":"category-homepage"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}