Weekend skiing

at Timberline

In past years, we've had anywhere from a dozen to about 20 ski days at Timberline and Skibowl.  We ski there as a group mainly in December and then again Spring skiing in March, April, and May.

In January and February, we are less active locally.

In the middle of winter, we are usually busy with ski trips, PACRAT races, and other events.  But, we will most likely ski together at Skibowl and Timberline every weekend in March. April and May, until Memorial Day, when all the regular ski passes (Fusion pass, Spring pass) expire.

Join in the fun! Make the effort to join us in Sandy, so we can start the day together!

More alternate transportation

Since about 2018, Timberline has been providing its own shuttle buses between Government Camp and Timberline, encouraging us to leave our cars in Government Camp.  These buses run around the clock, so you can expect them once every 30 minutes or once an hour.

Timberline's shuttle buses stop at only two places: 

1.  In the parking area just below the Ice Axe brew pub.

2. In the parking lot of the Summit ski area

The problem is that one bus stops only at the lower end of Govy while the other bus only stops at the upper end.  The same bus doe NOT pick up at both locations.

These shuttles are free for everyone who has a Timberline or Fusion Pass.

Weekend day-trips

Just for fun gatherings

Come ski with us!  Just for fun. 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? Let's find out.

Normally, we meet at McDonald's in Sandy (left at 3rd traffic light in Sandy) around 7:30 - 7:45am. You'll find us either in the parking lot, or inside McDonald's, getting a cup of coffee. From there, we can either carpool or caravan (follow each other's cars) to the ski area.  NOTE: This carpooling is optional.  It doesn't happen every time. See what is announced ahead of time in our Forum. 

Please Join one or both of our club's Forums (Weekend and/or Mid-week). You can post messages there, see when other people are planning to go skiing, and communicate with them.

Simply click on one of the Forum buttons in our  main menu.  Then click on "Join this Group" in the upper right of the window.  Give the system your email address, so that you can then automatically receive an email whenever someone posts a message in the Forum or replies to your message.

Alternate ways to meet:  (if you miss us in Sandy)

1.  On the mountain, meet us around 9:00 am (or 8:00 am after May 15) near the ticket office, or just outside the day lodge, near the free ski check, ready to go skiing.

2.  On a 2-way radio, find us on Channel 6-19.  Just ask for "Mountain High" people!

For more info, contact Emilio, Emilio2000@earthlink.net, or 503-510-1477. 

Alternate transportation (by bus):

On some nice day (when it's not windy or rainy in Sandy), let's try using the Mt. Hood Express bus. A bus ticket costs only $2, and it saves you not only the cost of gas but also the wear and tear on your car.  We'll try to announce those days in advance.

Catch the bus on the far western end of Sandy. Even before you get to the first Sandy traffic light (near Fred Meyer), turn right at the ARCO gas station (barely visible from Hwy. 26).  Then an immediate left into the parking lot of the Mt. Hood Forest Center.  Leave your car there and walk up the few steps to Highway 26, where you will see a small stop shelter. The bus leaves there at 7:45 am, arrives at Skibowl at 8:30 am, and at Timberline at 9:00 am.

See bus schedule at: http://www.mthoodexpress.com/#!schedule-map/c1h6a

Mid-week skiers

The current group of mid-week skiers tend to be advanced skiers who enjoy powder skiing and challenging terrain (trees, bumps, ungroomed snow) at Mt. Hood Meadows.

Here are just a few of the regular mid-week skiers:

Debbie Thomas       Kay Kinyon       Walt Blomberg

George Yun          Kurt Krueger

Mid-week day-trips

to Mt. Hood ski areas.

A group of us go skiing at Mt. Hood Meadows on week days, all winter, often on Thursdays, but also whenever there is good powder, or whenever the fancy strikes! 

At Meadows, find us in the cafeteria in the South lodge near the Schuss restaurant (aka The Hamburger Place) around 8:00-8:30 a.m.(That's on the slope level, which is 2nd floor).  Left lodge as you walk up from the parking lot.   

You can connect with the mid-week group by joining our online Midweek forum page: http://groups.google.com/group/MtHigh-midweek?hl=en . Click on the Join this group link (on the upper right of the page) and follow the instructions. 

Please choose to receive all emails from the group. That way, you will be notified when the group starts making plans to go skiing.

Once you join this Forum (which is actually a Google Group), you can post messages in the midweek forum whenever you want.  Only your first message, or your first joining, needs to be approved by a group moderator..

Sometimes we use 2-way radios to connect on Channel 6, Code 19, but almost nobody in the Meadows group uses radios any more, so this is not a reliable way to connect.

49 Degrees North - left (Sunrise) side

Mt. Spokane

Bluewood - Linda in the trees

Our bus (MTR Western)

VIDEOS

A. 49 Degrees North

B. Mt. Spokane

C. Bluewood

3.5 days / 3 nights / 3 ski days

January 17 - 20, 2020.  MLK Weekend (Friday. - Monday).

     Sunday   at:  Mt. Spokane - New lift and 7 new trails on back side.

     Monday  at:  Bluewood - which has the best powder.

Our bus trips are usually the club’s best and most fun events. The best way to get to know other club members is by taking a bus trip. This trip is a good introduction into what our club is all about.

Bus ride: We'll start the trip on Friday at 9:30 am and ride the bus to Spokane. The bus will come to pick us up at 9:30 am.  We'll allow a half hour for loading, and the bus will leave Portland at 10 am. We’ll return Monday night (MLK day), by 9:30 pm. The bus ride itself will be fun. We’ll share food, play games, tell jokes, watch short videos, etc.

Lodging: 

Lodging at La Quinta in North Spokane for the first two nights.

Last night we'll spend in Dayton, WA, abt. 35 minutes from Bluewood.

Both hotels have a hot tub and indoor swimming pool.  Also free Wi-Fi  and free breakfast  All rooms have a hair-dryer, coffee-maker, and microwave and refrigerator.

49 Degrees North ski area, offers 5 lifts serving interesting terrain. Everyone likes the variety, which includes skiing the "7 deadly sins", Mahre's Gold, Angel Peak, 2 bells to ring for good luck (one at the top and oe at the bottom of the ski area), plus lots of long cruisers and a variety of powder runs and glades.

Mt. Spokane has 5 lifts (not counting the beginner ones) serving 3 separate faces of the mountain: the front side, the old back side, and now an entirely new back side with it's own new lift (chair 6) and 7 new trails. Visit the historic Vista House at the top of the mountain.

Bluewood has so far proven to have the best powder most of the time, even when other ski areas don't have much. It has 2 lifts serving 2 separate hills. Lots of groomers, but also epic tree skiing.

Bluewood is already almost half way home, so our ride home will be shorter than if we stayed in Spokane all 3 nights.

We'll ski till about 2:30 or 3 pm, and then ride the bus back home.  We'll stop for dinner on the way home and will return to Portland around 9:30 pm on Monday.

Prices:   Adults                         = $546 per person
               Seniors (65+)              = $541
               Super-Seniors (70+)  = $503
               No lift tickets               = $413

NOTE ABOUT ROOMMATES: Prices are all based on 2 people per room. We will help to find you a roommate if you don't already have one. If you want to have a room all to yourself, you can have it by paying the lodging part that your roommate would have paid. For 3 nights of lodging, that adds up to an additional $171.50.

Prices include all bus transportation, 3 nights lodging, and 3 lift tickets. A lunch and 2 dinners are included.   Both hotels offer a free breakfast.

Space is limited by the size of the bus. Also, this trip is open to members of other clubs as well, so please sign up early!

To reserve your spot:  Please send in a deposit of $100 per person.

No refunds after December 6, unless you can fill your spot.

See our Mt. High Trip Cancellation Policy

Please use the Dough Transmittal form on the Forms & Docs page on our web site, or on the next to last page in our newsletter.  Make check payable to Mountain High Snowsport Club, and mail it to:

Emilio Trampuz, 503-378-0171, Emilio2000@earthlink.net

Print out and fill this

Trip flyer and signup form

(The signup form is on page 3 of the flyer)

See our Mt. High
Trip Cancellation Policy

Big Sky, Montana

See the trip flyer.

Big Sky, Montana

January 25 - February 1, 2020
Annual ski week organized by the Far West Ski Association.

Join us for a week of skiMTing, partying, and racing at Big Sky, . Sign up now to hold your spot by making a $150 deposit! Your deposit remains fully refundable until June 30, 2019. Although properties are not known yet, lodging will be in condominiums.

The package price is anticipated to be between $1,100 and $1,400, depending on property assigned to NWSCC. The price may be slightly lower or higher. This is an estimate only. Lodging and the week’s amenities package are included in the package, but lift tickets and transportation are not included.

• Welcome Party

• Wine Tasting Après Party

• Mountain Tour

• Council Night Dinner

• Mountain Picnic

• Racing

• Banquet with Dancing

• Après Ski Party and Race Awards

• FWSA Group Air with ground shuttle (highly recommended to assure shuttle coordination)

• Shuttle transportation

• Single Supplements

• Lift Tickets

Silver Star

Mountain High members at Silver Star

Note:

Passport is required.

Find out how to apply for or renew your passport in this article on Passports.

VIDEO

Silver Star

 Click here for

Trip flyer

and

Signup form

See our Mt. High
Trip Cancellation Policy

Mt. High

Silver Star, BC trip

Silver Star Mountain Resort
A Mt. High bus trip

6 nights / 5 ski days

Prices:  Adult               1230.00                                               
 Senior 65+      1197.00

Print the Dough Transmittal Form and mail it in with your deposit check payable to Mountain High club, PO Box 2182, Portland, OR 97208.

See our Mt. High Trip Cancellation Policy

Contact Trip leader with any questions:

Karen Michels:  skiklynn@gmail.com

NOTE: Silver Star is no longer a Powder Alliance resort.

Whitefish Mt.

Whitefish, near the top of the mountain

Fantastic mountain views to the north

NOTE

Regular signups for all our

winter trips begins July 1st.

Before that, you have only

ONE day for EARLY SIGNUP

at our annual Social and Elections

Night at the Lucky Lab, May 30th

2019.  Must be present to sign up.

VIDEOS

A. Whitefish Mountain 1

B. Whitefish Mountain 2 

Click here for

Trip flyer

and

Signup form

See our Mt. High
Trip Cancellation Policy

Whitefish Mt. Resort trip

A flexible Mt. High trip

4, 5, or 7 day trip.  By train, car, or plane.

February 8 - 15, 2020 -- Saturday - Saturday.

4, 5, or 7 days.

Whitefish Mountain Resort offers 3000 acres of skiing on all sides of Big Mountain. It has 11 chair lifts, including 3 express quads. It has 2,353 vertical feet and 105 named runs plus vast amounts of bowl and tree skiing. Twelve percent of the terrain is rated green, 38% blue, 44 % black and 6% double black.

This will be an arrange your own transportation trip. Amtrak runs overnight from Portland or Vancouver to Whitefish and return. Current prices start as low as $78 per person each way reserved coach. There are a limited number of sleeper berths available. Or if you prefer to drive or carpool it is about a ten-hour drive.

We will be staying at the Kandahar Lodge, a very nice on-mountain hotel with a Swiss or Austrian feel to it. It has a lobby/great room with a huge wood-burning fireplace, an award-winning restaurant open only for dinner, and a small separate bar.

It has a free van that will take you where you want to go on the mountain (not into town, there’s a free public snow bus for that). The van only runs during the day. At night it’s less than a five-minute walk to the bars and restaurants in the upper village, or to catch the snow bus into town.

You can ski-in but would have to walk about 50 yards across a parking lot to ski to a lift. Or you can just take the free van. There is no elevator, and all the rooms are on the 2^nd and 3^rd floors.

For those traveling by train:

• You will spend 2 nights on the train. The first and the last. You can sleep in the comfortable reclining seats, but it is highly recommended to ask for a spot in a sleeper car.
• The train leaves Portland at 4:45 pm the day before and travels through the night.  You need to reserve a ticket for February 7 (not Feb. 8). 
  
• Train arrives in Whitefish early in the morning (at 7:41 am), and you can go skiing right away, after leaving your luggage in Kandahar lodge.
  
• The train leaves Whitefish late in the evening, at 8:56 pm. That means, you can ski all day on the last day and still have time for dinner in town before boarding the train home.
  

Price includes: 
Free European-style continental breakfast, après ski cookies, freshly made popcorn, hot chocolate, coffee, and tea. Heated boot rooms and ski rooms.  Free Wi-Fi, laundry, 24-hour front desk, large outdoor jacuzzi, steam room, and fitness center. Massages are available by appointment.  All rooms have at least a small refrigerator and microwave. Some rooms have small kitchens. Rooms with kitchens will be assigned on a first-come first-served basis.

We have reserved all rooms for 7 nights from 8-15 February 2020, but we will also be able to offer either 4- or 5-night stays.

Because we will receive the 7^th night comped, 6-night pricing will be the same as 7-night. To make the logistics manageable and simplify matching of roommates,
      4-night stays must begin on either Feb 8^th or Feb 11^th and
      5-night stays must begin on either Feb 8^th or Feb 10^th.

We will do our best to match you with a roommate who wants the same nights as you, but you are ultimately responsible for finding a roommate who wants the same nights as you to fill your room.

Pricing

Lodging

Lift Tickets

******Payment and cancellation details*********

$200 deposit due at signup.
½ of total minus deposit is due by October 15^th.
Remaining balance is due by December 15^th.
Final date to cancel with full refund is November 25^th.
We hope you join us for this exciting trip. Reserve your spot now with a $200 deposit.

To reserve your spot:  Please send in a deposit check of $200 per person.

Please use our Dough Transmittal Form on the Forms & Docs page on our web site, or on the next to last page in our newsletter. Print it, fill it out, and mail it in with your deposit check payable to Mountain High club, PO Box 2182, Portland, OR 97208.

See our Mt. High Trip Cancellation Policy on our website, on the FORMS & DOCS page.

Trip leader:

Bill King, willie2k@ymail.com  or 360-977-7482.

Panorama

Kimberley

Fernie

Kicking Horse

NOTE

Regular signups for all our

winter trips begins July 1st.

Before that, you have only

ONE day for EARLY SIGNUP

at our annual Social and Elections

Night at the Lucky Lab, May 30th

2019.  Must be present to sign up.

Note:

Passport is required.

Find out how to apply for or renew your passport in this recently updated article on Passports.

VIDEOS

A. Panorama 

B. Fernie  

C. Kimberley

D. Kicking Horse

 Click here for

Trip flyer

and

Signup form

See our Mt. High
Trip Cancellation Policy

Mt. High

Powder Highway trip

Panorama, Fernie, Kimberley, Kicking Horse
A Mt. High bus trip

9-day trip / 8 nights / 6 or 7 ski days

Prices: No Lifts                            950.00
Adult                              1375.00                                               
Senior 65-74                  1310.00
Super Senior 75+           1051.00     
Kicking Horse option add  106.00
Contact trip leader for heli-ski and paragliding pricing

****** Powder Highway payment and cancellation details ********

Save the date: May 30th.  One night only early bird sign-ups will be held at Lucky Lab Brewing in Multnomah village. Regular sign ups begin July 1st via mail and website.

All participants must be paid Mountain High members for 2019-2020.

300.00 deposit due at signup.
500.00 payment due by September 15th.

Remaining balance is due by December 15th.

Final date to cancel with full refund is November 30th.

We hope you join us for this exciting trip.  Contact trip leader if you have a season pass that includes any of these resorts for individual pricing.

Print the Dough Transmittal Form and mail it in with your deposit check payable to Mountain High club, PO Box 2182, Portland, OR 97208.

See our Mt. High Trip Cancellation Policy

Contact Trip leaders with any questions:

Karen Michels:  skiklynn@gmail.com

Bill King, willie2k@ymail.com  or 360-977-7482.

Davos Klosters resort

FWSA International Week

Davos, Switzerland

with an optional a POST-TRIP to

Lisbon and Porto, Portugal.

Feb. 28 - March 7, 2020 -- Davos, Switzerland trip.

March 7 - 13, 2020 --  Portugal trip extension.
Annual international ski week organized by the Far West Ski Association.  A different destination each year.

The BASIC Davos Ski Week will include7 nights lodging at the 5-Star SEEHOF Hotel, 5 dinners at the hotel, breakfast daily and 2 nights to dine on your own at any of the local restaurants.  We’ll be offering an optional day tour during the week if one chooses to explore the local culture.

The extension trip will be to Lisbon and Porto, Portugal with day tours included and free time to explore on your own.
 
If one chooses to not go to Davos, Switzerland, but wants to do Portugal, we will fly you from the US to join us for the extension trip – we call this the “Stand Alone” trip.

We will continue with our online payment plan:

• Initial trip registration will be handled in the traditional method – you will complete the forms and send along with a check payment for your initial registration 1st payment.
• Subsequent payment may be made by check, cashier’s check, money order OR via our online PayPal & Credit Card Payment process. 

on the FWSA international trips web page.

For information contact:
Debbie Stewart at FwsaIntlTrvl@prodigy.net   

 or 559-737-0882 [C]

More info at: http://www.fwsa.org/Travel/NAski/naski.html

Far West Mini Ski Week

at Big White, British Columbia, Canada

March 29 - Apr. 3, 2020.

Land & Boat/Yacht Adventure Trip

September 3 - 13, 2020.

Discover the MAGIC of CROATIA…

Visit the “Must See” sites of Zagreb, Plitvice Lakes National Park, Split, Trogir, the islands of Brač, Hvar, Korčula, the “The Pearl of the Adriatic” - Dubrovnik, and much more!

You’ll be staying 3 nights in beautiful 4 Star hotels and the rest aboard the luxury 5 Star MS President yacht.

The Deluxe MS President provides a perfect platform to explore the stunning coast and islands of Croatia and Dalmatia. Built in 2012, this yacht-like cruiser boasts sleek lines, and the modern facilities expected of a Croatian cruise vessel of this standard. All en suite cabins have been perfected to give you the space and comfort required during your cruise. Located on 2 decks, each feature either twin or double beds, air-conditioning, LCD TV, safe, hair dryer and much more. The MS President boasts a large indoor restaurant-salon, comfortable seating, bar and dining facilities with an outdoor terrace. Most of the leisure time on-board is spent on the huge sun deck with its plunge pool, sun-chairs and large shaded area. To make the most of every swimming opportunity there is a platform at the rear of the ship with a ladder for easy access to the water.

Trip highlights include:

• Lodging in 4 Star hotels and “MS President” Yacht - 5 Star
• (Incredible value – comparable trips can cost $6500-$10,000)
• Minimum number – 30 participants and maximum number - 40, so sign up early!
• Round trip group air transportation from LAX
• Ground transportation will be by airconditioned motor coach
• Welcome reception & dinner and Farewell Dinner
• Tentative meals: breakfast daily, 6 lunches & 4 dinners
• Tips included - drivers, guides & tour leader, welcome and farewell dinner, wine tastings & crew tips
• Explore Plitvice National Park – the most famous park in Croatia and a “wonder of nature”
• Guided walking tours visiting several UNESCO World Heritage Sites including Diocletian’s Palace, Trogir, the highest peak of Croatia - Vidova Gora with breathtaking views of the Adriatic, visit the Museum of Olive Oil & enjoy tastings, visit the birthplace of Marco Polo – Korčula and so much more!
• The UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Dubrovnik with its 16th century stone-walled old town, has gained popularity and bolstered to global recognition after serving as the filming location for The Game of Thrones.