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The staff is an inspiring and spirited group of women!!! You will have the chance to play with women who are both phenomenal athletes and articulate teachers. You will receive cutting-edge instruction with heartfelt support and encouragement. The high staff-to-camper ratio allows opportunity for individual guidance, safe supervision of all activities, and personal attention to your feelings and needs. We organize the groups to accommodate all fitness levels and levels of experience. Don’t worry if this is your first time on a mountain bike, if you have not done much hiking, or your first experience with yoga-we LOVE to introduce the JOYS of these activities!
Christina Russell
Christina Russell was born in Montreal Canada and grew up in New England where she cultivated her love of the outdoors. She started Alpine skiing in 1970 and in 1987 began her passion for telemark and nordic skiing. She completed an Outdoor Educators course with the National Outdoor Leadership School and did a one year outdoor leadership program with Greenfield Community College in 1987. In 1990, she moved to Colorado. Christina has lead groups with the Boulder Adventure program as well as the CU outdoor program. She began her journey with Women’s Quest in 1996. Over the years, she has been on staff teaching nordic skiing, mountain biking, belly dancing, Zumba and giving massage in Winter Park and Vermont.
Christina’s massage experience began in 1991. She attended the Colorado School of Healing Arts in Lakewood. In 1996, she began working at Alpine Physical Therapy, which became Howard Head Sports Medicine before closing their location in Fraser, Colorado in Fall 2012. Since then, Christina has turned her full attention to expanding her private practive for massage in Winter Park, CO and teaching Phenomenal Touch™ Massage. Currently she is a Phenomenal Touch™ Massage Instructor and Master Practitioner. She enjoys teaching Nordic skiing, mountain biking, Zumba, belly dancing, and other fitness classes.
Her massage technique provides a 3 dimensional integrative approach with techniques in Phenomenal Touch™, neuromuscular therapy, compassionate deep tissue, passive stretching, Swedish, reflexology and myofascial release, and essential oils.
Lynn Fagerstrom
Lynn Fagerstrom moved to Colorado 34 years ago to chase her dream of being a ski bum; she discovered cycling as a means of rehab, after her first of three knee injuries. She bought her first bike and her dream was altered forever.
Riding the bikes was just not enough, however, she had to know how to maintain the bikes, fix the bikes and then build the bikes from the ground up. She began racing bikes at the age of 45 and currently races age group road races. She has participated in several editions of the LOTOJA which is a 206-mile, one day, road race from Logan Utah to Jackson Wyoming. She has also done several multi day, self-supported, mountain bike tours, in Colorado and Utah.
She retired from the airline industry, in 2010 and began working for REI, the outdoor retailer. She currently works as a bike tech, a master bike fitter and teaches maintenance classes at REI. In her spare time she also enjoys making custom silver jewelry in her home studio. Her passion for riding and teaching cycling skills is apparent and she loves being a mentor to other woman.