Again?
Always glad to help out.
@musicmatters , to answer your questions: Yes, Yes, Great, and Yes...
Background: 62 YO from San Diego, love to carve turns (reminds me of surfing, which I did a lot of back in my college days), and DV is quite possibly my favorite place to ski. I've done 3 MTC events (2 3-day and 1 5-day), the most recent being a 5-day I did in January of this year.
Yes, I think they're a good deal. During the 3-day camps, each group gets one half day with either Phil or Steve; during the 5-day camps, each group gets one half day with one of the brothers and another half day with the other brother. The group coaches are selected from DV's best instructors, IMO. I've skied with a former national team coach who was one of the MTC's group coaches, another instructor who is one of my favorite people to ski with that was one of my group coaches and is also a PSIA DECL (division education clinic leader, teaches instructors how to teach and ski), and a couple of others that are as good as anybody I've ever had instruction from (and I've had some great instructors over the years). The groups are divided up based on ability and goals, one year the group I was in was going to be split in half so Chris (ski school director at DV) created the "more moguls" group and the "not so much moguls" group - I was in the latter. All ability levels are covered and Advanced/Intermediate is an excellent level for learning a lot and having a great time as well. The après events are fun - two seminars (turn mechanics and ski equipment) and a dinner/awards event the last night. The instruction is NOT race focused, I was talking with Steve about this at one of the events and he said that he and Phil had considered that but decided to make it just general skiing improvement as they could reach a larger segment of the skier community. This was their way of giving back to the sport that had (and has) given so much to them. They both really down-to-earth people, fun to chat with and ski with, and I'm going to try to make their 3-day in December this coming season. Maybe I'll see
you there, just look for me in the tie dye jacket!