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 Last updated: April 11, 2014
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Fred Noble

More info at:

http://frednobleadventure.com/

Click here for the Press Release.

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Watch the inspirational video about Fred and about ALS on YouTube at:

http://www.youtube.com/user/ALSAOregon#p/u/0/Z4Ha6ye6B9E

Check out this

video about the 2013 Ski to Defeat ALS

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register.

Fred Noble's

Ski to Defeat ALS

A ski challenge at Mt Hood Meadows

to help those suffering from Lou Gherig's disease

April 12, 2014.  (Saturday) - at Mt. Hood Meadows - 8 am to 5:30 pm.

Take part in this fundraiser for ALS, combining our favorite sport (skiing) with the ability to do something positive in the fight against ALS.

Longtime Portland resident and famed adventurer Fred Noble has cheated death many times in more than 50 years of dangerous and extreme backcountry skiing, paragliding, mountain climbing and wind surfing.

At age 74, Noble now finds himself in a fight for his life after being diagnosed in December with ALS, the fatal neurodegenerative muscular disease best known as Lou Gehrig's Disease.

Well known as a sort-of pied piper for adventure sports, Noble has shifted his life's mission to raising awareness about ALS and the work of The ALS Association and its Oregon and Southwest Washington chapter.

"I always thought I'd die a violent death," Noble said. "To me this is much more civilized. I have time to get my affairs in order and celebrate a life well lived with everyone. It’s a new beginning. I’m really focused to try to find a cure for ALS. This way my spirit will live on forever."

Noble is a ski legend, having pushed the limits of backcountry and extreme skiing both locally and around the world. He's also famous for his paragliding excursions and efforts to make wind surfing in the Columbia River Gorge more accessible to the public. His travels have brought him to 85 countries, and his indomitable spirit has inspired and brought joy to countless friends around the globe.
 

"Fred knows that he has lived the life he always wanted, and has no regrets," said Lance Christian, the executive director of the local ALS Association chapter. "He sees this diagnosis as a new chapter of his life where he can continue to make a difference."

What is the Ski to Defeat ALS?
Ski to Defeat ALS is a team and individual skiing and snowboarding event to be hosted at Mt. Hood Meadows on Saturday, April 12, 2014. Participants engage in competitions for most dollars raised and for most vertical feet skied or ridden. For more information about the event, visit www.SkitoDefeatALS.org.

About ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease)
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that slowly robs a person of the ability to walk, speak, swallow and, eventually, breathe. With no known cause or cure, a person can expect to live typically 2 to 5 years from the time of diagnosis. ALS has no racial, ethnic or socioeconomic boundaries –– and in only 10 percent of cases there is a family history of ALS. Today, there are approximately 30,000 people in the US living with ALS and 5,600 people in the US are diagnosed every year. At any given time, there are an estimated 500 families living with ALS in Oregon and Southwest Washington.

About The ALS Association Oregon and SW Washington Chapter
Since its inception in 2002, our local chapter of The ALS Association is the central source for services and education for people with ALS, their families, caregivers, and health care professionals in all of Oregon and the six counties of SW Washington.

Contact:

Aubrey McCauley, Development Director

The ALS Association

700 NE Multnomah, Suite # 870 Portland, OR 97232

(503) 238-5559, ext. 3 or AubreyMcCauley@alsa-or.org

Timberline adventures in 2014

April  13 (Sunday):  Timberline side-country

April  19 (Sat.):  Timberline side-country

April  26 (Sat.):  Timberline side-country

May    3  (Sat.):  Timberline side-country

May  10  (Sat.):  Timberline side-country
May  17  (Sat.):  Timberline side-country
May  25  (Sat.):  Timberline side-country

May  31  (Sat.):  Timberline side-country

Emilio Trampuz & Kurt Wilke under Illumination Rock

This is Little Zig Zag canyon. Try it!

These Timberline adventrues will be focused  on fun and exploration, not speeding!!!   We'll enjoy nature and each other's company, and nobody will be left behind. The focus will be on skiing together as a group.

In order to ski to Government Camp, we need to get together before we get to Timberline. We need to plan ahead and leave some of our cars in Govy, and then carpool up to Timberline.

If you are staying somewhere on the mountain, meet us in Government Camp, next to the intersection with Meldrum Street, near the market store between Charlie's Pub and Huckleberry Inn, around 8:15 am.

Contact Emilio, Emilio2000@earthlink.net or 503-378-0171.

Timberline side-country

A "Show Me Something New" day trip

Location:    Timberline ski area and terrain west of it.

Dates:         Almost every Saturday in April and May. 

Exceptions:   April 13 is a Sunday (to avoid conflict with the ALS event).

                     Some mid-week dates will be added too.  We'll let you know.

Come ski with us!  Just for fun. An adventure on the slopes! Timberline is full of surprises.  You just need to discover them.  Also, in the Spring, the now settles and solidifies, so that even the ungroomed terrain is as smooth and as easy to ski as groomed slopes.

The idea: Can we find something new to ski? Can we read the trail map more carefully and discover some trail we have not skied yet? Can you show us some new trail. a secret stash, a hidden slope?  Or can we show you something new you haven't skied before? 

Last year, a small group of us discovered a nice and friendly no-name gully right in the middle of the ski area that none of us had skied before!  No, it's not the "Bone Zone", although that one is fun too!  It's much lower on the mountain.  There must be more places like that!  Have you heard of Corkscrew canyon? We have, and now we know exactly where it is. So, let's go ski it!  That's just one of the many adventures

Any ideas or suggestions as to where we can go and explore are welcome. If people show up who haven't tried some of the out-of-bounds areas, Emilio will gladly offer a tour of some of the side-country. We won't do anything very difficult, and even if we encounter some challenging terrain, there is always an easy way around it.  Any intermediate skier or rider can do it.

The side-country: If the snow is good, we can ski lots of side-country terrain, just slightly out of bounds. We can ski places like Zig Zag canyon, Little Zig Zag, Sand canyon.  We can also arrange to leave a few cars in Government Camp and ski some of the trails all the way down to Govy, such as the Blossom, Glade, and Alpine trails.

Everything depends on the snow, the weather, and which lifts are open. We might ski down to Government Camp.  Or we might take laps into Zig Zag canyon. Or we might be confined to just the groomed trails, but even then we will explore new facets of the mountain.  Each day will be different.

This day trip to Timberline will be a simple carpooling or drive to trip. Get yourself a Timberline Spring Pass for just $99. The pass is valid for 3 full months of skiing (March, April, and May!!!! It pays off after just 2 visits. Wow!!!   (Of course, you don' need the Spring Pass if you already have the Fusion Pass.)

Please RSVP to Emilio, Emilio2000@earthlink.net or 503-378-0171.

We'll meet at the Mt. Hood Forest Information Center in Sandy at  7:30 am. This is the place where the Mt. Hood Express bus has its first stop.  It is on the far west end of Sandy. Before you get to the first traffic light in Sandy (the Fred Meyer traffic light), exit the highway to the right onto Champion Way. It comes up suddenly, and it's not easy to see, so be prepared and be in the right lane. After turning onto Champion Way, within just a few fet, make a left turn into the first driveway.

Second stop (at least on the days when we might ski down to Government Camp), you can meet us in Government Camp, by the market on Meldrum St. at 8:15 am.

On the mountain, meet us around 9:00 am near the ticket office, outside, by the ski check, ready to ski. 

Or call us on a 2-way radio: Channel 6-19.  Just ask for "Mountain High" people!

Bruce Kuper as King Kamehameha II

8th Sno Kona

Pond Skimming Contest

at Mt. Hood Meadows

April 26, 2014 (Saturday) 

This will be the 8th annual pond skimming contest, sponsored by Kona Brewing.

Each participant who successfully skims over the 90-foot pool of water, gets a chance to enter the second and final round to win a trip to Hawaii.  If more than one person skims the whole pond successfully the second time, the winner will be determined by judging his/her style and costume.

Registration is open to all for $30 per person, which includes a complimentary Kona beach towel and celebratory Kona beer. Ski poles are not allowed in the competition.

Schedule:
8 - 9:30 AM – Competitor Check-In at the Alpenstube Restaurant
10:30 AM – First run (will run in reverse order of registration)
12:30 PM – Finals, followed by awards (This is approximate. Finals will begin around 30 minutes after the first run ends.)

Click here for more info at the official Mt. Hood Meadows web site.

Mt. High
Monthly meeting

Usually on the last Monday of the month.

Mountain High
monthly meeting
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April 28, 2014. (Monday) - last Monday of the month.

6:00 pm - social gathering;

6:30 pm - formal meeting. 

Location: Round Table Pizza, 10070 SW Barbur Blvd., near Capitol Hwy. (by McDonald’s).

This is an organizational and planning meeting, attended mainly by Board members, trip leaders, activity organizers etc., but it is open to all.  Anyone wanting to get more involved with the club is welcome.

Click here to go the FWSA web site:

Click here to go the Convention web site:

Click here for

Convention flyer

The Convention will be held at the

The Riverhouse Resort,

Hotel & Convention Center

3075 North Business 97, Bend, Oregon 97701

800-547-3928  or  541-389-3111

www.riverhouse.com

Lodging:

1. The Riverhouse,

    3075 North Business 97, Bend, Oregon 97701

    Reservations call 800-547-3928

Group name: Far West Ski Association

82^nd annual

Far West Convention

Bend, Oregon

June 12 - 15, 2014

June 12 - 15, 2014

This year, we - the NW Ski Club Council - are hosting the Far West Convention in Bend, OR.

Remember we are all part of larger organization. Yes, we are part of the NW Ski Club Council, ... but also of the Far West Ski Association, which encompasses eleven Councils in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington and Utah.

FWSA represents all our local ski clubs, and organizes at least 3 trips every year:
1) the FWSA Ski Week (at Aspen this past winter);
2) the FWSA International Ski Week (usually in Europe);
3) an International Summer trip (like a trip to China or the Alaska Cruise).

This year' theme:  Volcanic Paradise

Experience Volcanic Paradise in Bend, OR, nestled along the Deschutes River and just minutes from historic downtown area and Mt. Bachelor.

Activities:

Thursday and Friday are the fun days, in the form of a Pub crawl, golf, hiking, biking tour, pool party, etc.

 
FWSA organizes a number of club competitions — for best Newsletter, best Web site, Outstanding club, Safety person of the year, Man and Woman of the year, etc. Awards are given at the annual Convention..

A big part of the annual Convention is a Travel Expo, where club members can meet with dozens of Ski Industry representatives.

A number of ski celebrities are usually present. In the past, we had several Olympic ski champions, some extreme skiers, some founders of famous ski areas, famous film-makers, and more.

See more info about this year's Convention at:

www.fwsa.org/Conventions/FW-2014Conv/FW-2014Conv.htm  

For more information contact:
Mary Olhausen, Host Council Convention Chairman
E-mail: omary52@omcast.net   or  Phone: 503.880.7383.

 
See the official Delegate Registration Form,  (This form will be available some time around March 2014.  Stay tuned.)

Also, please notify our very own Debbi Kor that you are coming to the Convention. Contact Debbi at: ijustwannarun1@comcast.net

This year's FWSA Convention is being hosted by the Northwest Ski Club Council, www.nwskiers.org.