Outdoor notes

The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team Gold Pass is an opportunity for pass holders and friends to ski more than 260 mountains around the country. Price tag on the pass is $7,000.

The Gold Pass is fully transferable — the only such lift ticket program of its kind — allowing friends, family and corporate clients to take full advantage of the pass. A limited number of Gold Passes are available each season.

Contact the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team Gold Pass hotline toll-free at 800-9PICABO or visit goldpass.usskiteam.com.

PACK TO RETIRE

Joe Pack, the former Olympic aerials silver medalist and two-time World Championships medalist from Park City, is retiring. Also hanging up his skis is Travis Cabral of South Lake Tahoe, Calif.

Pack won a silver in the 2002 Winter Games. He rebounded from a knee injury, which kept him out of the 1998 Olympics, to earn the bronze medal in aerials at the 1999 World Championships. In 2001, he won a second bronze in the world event.

Cabral was the 2003 World Cup champion.

"Joe's been a real team leader over the last three or four years as we rebuilt the aerials program after the 2002 Olympics," said U.S. head coach Jeff Wintersteen. "He's been the de facto team captain."