With a heavy coronary heart, we announce the passing of Tiania Tutt Adams, a long-time Alpine Ski coach and former US Ski Staff member. She left us on July 26, 2024, at her household residence on Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado Springs. Born in Michigan and raised in Colorado and Vermont, Tiania was a real snowboarding phenom from her earliest days at Ski Broadmoor, and her ardour for the game by no means waned.
Tiania’s journey in snowboarding was nothing wanting extraordinary. After she graduated from Burke Mountain Academy in Vermont, the US Ski Staff named her to the staff in 1978. She skied competitively at CU Boulder earlier than becoming a member of the Girls’s Professional Tour. Upon retiring from competitors, Tiania devoted over 40 years to teaching, influencing numerous younger racers from Colorado to Vermont. Her teaching profession started in Summit County, Colorado, and flourished after her marriage to fellow ski coach Charlie Adams. Collectively, they co-founded the Mt. Mansfield Ski Academy in Stowe, Vermont, and created 45 North Camps for creating athletes.
After returning to Colorado to be nearer to household and assist her youngsters’s snowboarding careers, Tiania continued to encourage younger skiers together with her experience, teaching for Staff Summit, Summit Excessive College, Staff Monarch, Ski Membership Vail, and in the end the Telluride Ski and Snowboard Membership. All through her profession, Tiania made vital contributions to Alpine ski racing in any respect ranges and ages. She was the coach each athlete and mum or dad desires of—gifted, nurturing, insightful and enjoyable. Tiania’s distinctive kindness touched everybody she met.
Within the remaining 12 months of her esteemed teaching profession, Tiania had the distinctive and cherished alternative to work together with her beloved granddaughter, Spring. This particular time was a becoming conclusion to her outstanding journey in ski teaching, abandoning a legacy of affection, ardour, and dedication to the game she adored.
Tiania’s mom, Kay Servatius, and father, William Thayer Tutt, preceded her in dying. She is survived by her husband, Charlie; her youngsters, Colby and Duncan Adams; her grandchildren, Spring and Olen; her siblings, Michael Tutt, Chelle Tutt Mason, and Elizabeth Zimmerman; and quite a few nieces, nephews and cousins.
We invite all these whose lives Tiania touched to affix us in celebrating her extraordinary life:
Date: September 21, 2024
Time: 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Remarks at 3:00 PM)
Location: Hastings Mesa, 538 Bristol Highway, Placerville, CO 81430
For planning functions, please RSVP as quickly as potential. The gathering shall be informal, with a possibility for anybody who desires to talk about Tiania beginning at 3:00 PM. Meals and non-alcoholic drinks shall be obtainable, and coolers with ice shall be supplied for individuals who want to deliver extra drinks.
Parking & Extra Info:
We kindly request that attendees carpool if potential, as parking on the property is restricted. Extra parking is obtainable on the “triangle” off County Highway 58P, about two miles from the property. Those that want to honor Tiania’s love of biking ought to deliver a motorbike to journey by way of the neighborhood.
Please depart your canines at residence.
Lodging options and tenting choices can be found, however we suggest reserving early as fall is a busy time within the space. For extra data, please see the checklist under:
Accommodations and Hostels:
MTN Lodge (Ridgway)
Lodge Palomino (Ridgway)
The Bivvi Hostel (Placerville)
Scorching Springs Inn (Ouray)
Tenting:
Orvis Scorching Springs (Ridgway)
Ridgway State Park
KOA Campground (between Ridgway and Ouray)
In lieu of flowers, please contribute to the Telluride Ski and Snowboard Membership or The Flying Pig Farm in Manitou Springs. Click on on the hyperlinks to make donations.
For any inquiries, please contact tianiacelebration@gmail.com or for added data go to eventcreate.com
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