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 to Mt. Hood

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.

Aspen/Snowmass, CO

January 29 - February 5, 2022
Annual ski week organized by the Far West Ski Association.

Join us for a week of skiing, partying, and racing in Aspen.

Snow-ghost at Schweitzer Mt.

The village at Schweitzer Mt.

VIDEOS

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Why ski Schweitzer?

Lots of terrain.  There are 10 lifts including one high-speed six-pack (named Stella), 3 high-speed quads; 2 triple chairlifts; 2 double chairlifts; 1 T-Bar, and one conveyor lift.  10% Beginner, 40% Intermediate, 35% Advanced, 15% Expert.

Open bowl and tree skiing. Long cruisers. 5 ridges, 2 enormous bowls, 92 named runs (from Australia to Siberia). With 2,400 vertical feet, and 2,900 acres, Schweitzer Mt. is bigger than Alta or Snowbird (UT), Jackson Hole (WY), Copper Mt. (CO), Northstar-at-Tahoe (CA), Deer Valley (UT), or Aspen (CO).

Trees, trees, trees! Great tree skiing. Yes, there are plenty of blue cruisers too, but Schweitzer provides some interesting glades. There are intermediate trees, advanced trees, and double-black trees. Take your
pick, but do try skiing around some of them. Don’t miss gladed areas such as: J.R. Trees, Glade-iator, Phineas Forest, and Shenanigan’s (a.k.a: the Tree Farm).

Powder! Excellent, dry snow, and plenty of it. This is what Schweitzer is most famous for.

Ghosts, ghost, ghosts! Capture some snow ghosts on your camera, and listen for the ghost of Phineas Schweitzer banging and clanging in his workshop when you board the 6-passenger express lift named after his wife, Stella.

  1.  Make your hotel room reservation.

2.  Contact Linda and let her know your situation.  Do you need lift tickets?  Do you have a season pass? When are you planning to arrive and how many days will you ski?

Mt. High  ski trip

Schweitzer Mountain, Idaho

February 13 - 16 or 17, 2021 -- Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday.

2 or 3 days of skiing.

Schweitzer Mt., Idaho. offers 2,900 acres and 2,400 vertical feet, served by One high-speed six-pack; 3 high-speed quads; 2 triple chairlifts; 2 double chairlifts; 1 T-Bar.  It is famous for its powder skiing.

START DATE: Sunday, Feb. 13 – Drive to Sandpoint & check in.

Note that this trip (like the Mission Ridge trip last year) will be different from our usual ski trips - because of the virus pandemic:

1. Everyone will be driving their own car. We will NOT have a bus.
2. For lodging, you can select your own roommate (optional), or simply have a room to yourself. Your choice. We will not be pairing you up with a stranger.
3. You are responsible for purchasing your own lift tickets, either day tickets or a season pass (IKON).  We are looking into group rates if we have a minimum of 15 people who do not have other passes.

SKIING AT SCHWEITZER: 2 or 3 days (your choice): Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, Feb. 14, 15, 16.   

Schweitzer is on an exchange program with Mt. Hood Meadows all access passholders and Loveland Ski Area passholders, who can get 3 days free skiing midweek; or you can get 4-7 days with the Ikon Pass.  Those are currently the only passes we know will work at Schweitzer, and this trip is not on blackout dates.

Like many ski areas these days, Schweitzer will sell tickets online in advance, at some kind of discount which is not known at this time.  They have told us that the total number of skiers should not be an issue at Schweitzer on a mid-week day; there should be no crowds.

KEEP OUR TRIP LEADER INFORMED
Everyone who signs up for this trip, please contact Linda McGavin and let her know the following:

• Did you make your hotel reservations, and for how many nights (2 or 3 or more)?
• Will you need a lift ticket, or do you have a season pass (Meadows All Access, Loveland, or Ikon)?

Remember that you are responsible for making your own hotel reservations and obtaining your own lift tickets (or a season pass), but let Linda know your plans, as we will be able to get group rates if we have 15 people or more. 

Lift tickets

While Schweitzer has not published their regular winter season ticket rates as of late September, they have told us the group prices for 15-19 people: 

Adult: $81.00 plus taxes/fees = $88.87 (age 18–64) or

College/Senior/Military: $77.00 plus taxes/fees = $84.48. 

If we do this you will have to pay Linda for your lift tickets that she arranges, as only one person can pay for those tickets.  We won’t know whether we can do this until we know how many signups we have for the trip, so don’t delay in signing up!   (We will also check to make sure that it isn’t cheaper to just buy your tickets online.)

HOTEL - Book your own room at the Hotel Ruby Sandpoint/Ponderay in Sandpoint, 477255 US-95, Ponderay, ID 83852; 208-263-5383. 

Do it online, not by phone.

Enter your promo code SKI2022 before picking a room.

Please book your hotel room early - there is no penalty for canceling up to 4:00 pm the night before your arrival. 

Good news: Group Rate – The hotel has set up a special rate for our members who book rooms for ANY TIME between October 16 and March 31!  You will book directly through the website (hotelrubysandpoint.com) using the promo code SKI2022. 

NOTE:  You need to enter the promo code SKI2022 before you pick a room so the rate will be applied.

For our dates, after the discount the rooms at the Hotel Ruby should have either:

• one single queen bed for $84/night + tax = $96.60; or
• two queen beds for $92/night + tax = $105.80.

This is one of the closest hotels to the ski area, located just 11 miles or 22 minutes away.  The hotel is only 2 miles from the parking lot where Schweitzer runs a free shuttle bus between 7 am and 5:30 pm, every half hour.  https://www.schweitzer.com/plan/shuttle-and-parking/ 

Parking on the mountain may cost big bucks if you want to park in the premium parking, which is the closest to the lifts and highest. There is a secondary parking lot near the bottom of the Musical Chairs lift which serves beginner terrain. The only issue with that is that the Musical Chairs is a slow double chairlift, but it will take you to the other lifts.

The hotel offers free parking, wireless internet, premium bedding, non-smoking rooms, an indoor swimming pool and two hot tubs, and a ski room.  Enjoy a daily, complimentary breakfast which includes waffles, cereal, mini bagels, English muffins, blueberry muffins, hard boiled eggs, oatmeal, orange juice, milk, coffee, apples, and oranges. 

The rooms have premium bedding, Wireless Internet, Mini Fridge, Microwave, Cable/Satellite TV, DVD Player, Free Toiletries, Hairdryer, Iron/Ironing board, Desk, and Alarm Clock.  Note that there are no elevators – if you need a ground floor room please be sure to ask for it. 

NOTE:  The club is not collecting any money for this trip.  We will pay the hotel individually and buy lift tickets individually.  And for transportation, we;ll drive our own cars.

Trip leader:

Linda McGavin,  mcgavinski@gmail.com , 503-652-2840.

To sign up for this trip, simply do two things:

1.  Make your hotel room reservation - online.

2.  Contact Linda and let her know your situation.  Do you need lift tickets?  Do you have a season pass? When are you planning to arrive and how many days will you ski? 

FWSA International Week

Solden, Austria

with an optional a POST-TRIP to

Lisbon and Porto, Portugal.

Feb. 26 - March 5, 2022 -- Solden, Austria trip.

A week of skiing in Austria.

Plus an option post-trip extendion to Southern Spain.

on the FWSA international trips web page.

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

 or 559-737-0882 [C]

The top of Whitefish Mountain.

At Whitefish, Jesus is looking toward Blacktail Mountain ski area.

See our Mt. High
Trip Cancellation Policy

Far West Mini Ski Week

at the Zermatt Resort & Spa in Utah

March, 2022.

The Zermatt Resort & Spa is located in Midway, Utah.  Participants have the option to ski/ride Deer Valley, Park City, and Sundance Resorts.  There's a lot do for non-skiers such as art classes at Sundance Resort, shopping, tubing, ice skating, snowmobiling, sleigh rides, or soaking in a 10,000-year-old Crater Hot Springs.

Skiing at:

• Deer Valley & Park City Ski Resorts
• 1-day lift ticket Sundance Resort

April 1 - 3, 2022.

Start:  Thursday, March 31, 2022 5:00 PM
End:   Monday, April 4, 2022 3:00 PM 

Everyone from all NWSCC clubs is invited to join us!

Lodging:  La Quinta Inn by Wyndham Bend

                61200 S Highway 97 Bend, OR     (See map)

All rooms include free parking, deluxe continental breakfast, high speed internet, fitness center, indoor swimming pool (slat water). It's a non-smoking hotel - pet friendly.  10 minutes from downtown Bend.  35 - 40 minutes to Mt. Bachelor.

Per person, double occupancy. Choice of a King bed or 2 Queen beds.

Sign up with your roommate of choice or pay a single supplement of $100.   We will not assign rommates for this trip.

You have the option to arrive early on Thursday night (for Friday skiing) or to stay Sunday night. We will be asking for people to sign up with a roommate of their choice or to pay a single supplement; we will not assign roommates on this trip. Sign up early to get the room of your choice, as we have a limited number of rooms and La Quinta has told us they will sell out of rooms and we may not be able to add more.

The price of $290 (PP/DO) for adults includes 2 nights’ lodging at either place, 2 continental breakfasts, and a 2 consecutive day lift pass. Prices are lower for seniors, super seniors, children and teens! 

Seniors 65-69 and teens 13-18** pay only $260!!
Super seniors 70+ and youths 6-12** pay only $230!!

Non-skiers pay only $125.

** With 2 paying adults, children stay at no extra charge – just pay group rate for lift tickets. 

Come early or stay later. Great prices available for add-ons to either end of the trip.  

See flier and signup form.

Sign Up & Pay By March 1, 2022   /   Form is on the NWSCC Website.

Questions?? - Contact: Linda McGavin at editor@nwskiers.org / www.nwskiers.org

NOTE: This is a multi-club trip open to all Northwest ski clubs. It is organized by the NW Ski Club Council.  Payments for this trip should be sent to the NWSCC; not to our club. Instead of the Dough Transmittal Form, please use the signup form mentioned above.

Cruise to Alaska

June 21 - 25, 2022  -  Denali Tour

June 25 - July 2, 2022  -- Inside Passage Cruise.

  Mayan Princess Beach

Note:

Passport is required.

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

Your Passport must be valid until March 30, 2018 (six months after your return). It is your responsibility to ensure your required travel documents are in order and with you.

FWSA Scuba Diving Trip to Roatan

7^th annual scuba dive trip

with Randy Lew

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October 9 - 16, 2021

Basic Land Package (Price per person, double occupancy)

• Diver Land Package:  $1,534 pp Key Deluxe Room (double occupancy*)  
• Snorkel Land Package: $1,419 pp Key Deluxe Room (double occupancy**)
• Non-Diver Land Package: $1304 pp Key Deluxe Room (double occupancy)
• Single Supplement Add: $257

• 7 Nights at Anthony's Key Resort - Dbl. Occupancy with 3 meals daily
• Use of paddle boards, kayaks and snorkeling
• Day excursion to Maya Key and admission to Roatan Museum
• Airport transfers from Roatan Airport to  resort
• Complimentary Wi-Fi
• Resort taxes  (gratuities are NOT included)

P.O. Box 9237, Truckee, CA 96162, 530-304-0802.
Email: divetrips@fwsa.org 
 

More Info: https://www.fwsa.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=623165&module_id=413574