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.   

NOTE: Quite often, Kenny Brundidge starts the day a bit later, like around  9:00 - 9:20 am.  So, if you are running late, look for him in the lodge.  See his picture on the left,  Either way, it's best to plan ahead and connect either through our Forums or you can also email Kenny at:  kenbrundidge@comcast.net

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.

See: Map of all ski areas or click on the map to enlarge it. Ski any 7 or more of these:

OREGON

• Anthony Lakes
• Cooper Spur

• Ferguson Ridge
• Hoodoo
• Mt. Ashland
• Mt. Bachelor
• Mt. Hood Meadows
• Mt. Hood Ski Bowl
• Spout Springs
• Summit Ski area

• Timberline
• Warner Canyon
• Willamette Pass

WASHINGTON

• 49º North

• Cascade Powder Cats

• Crystal Mountain

• Echo Valley

• Hurricane Ridge

• Leavenworth Ski Hill

• Loup Loup

• Mission Ridge

• Mt. Baker

• Mt. Spokane

• North Cascade Heli-Skiing
• Sitzmark

• Ski Bluewood

• Stevens Pass

• Summit at Snoqualmie

• White Pass

FWSA HOST SITES

• Steamboat, CO
• Winter Park, CO

INDUSTRY MEMBERS

• Aspen, CO

• Big White, BC

• Sun Peaks, BC

• Whitefish, MT

For links to all these ski areas please see our
"Ski Areas" web page.

NW Ski Challenge 2018/2019

Would you like to win a prize just for having fun skiing?  All you have to do is visit as many ski areas in the Northwest as possible, and keep your lift tickets or receipts.

The 2018-2019 ski season will be the fourteenth year of the NWSCC Ski/Ride Challenge. For the past 13 years the Council has rewarded skiers and snowboarders who have met the Challenge with lift tickets and gift certificates for equipment or services at ski shops.

The first year of our Challenge was to visit all the Oregon ski resorts. The second year the Challenge was to ski all Washington ski resorts. The third year, we did Idaho ski resorts. Then we made it super-easy, with a minimum requirement of skiing just any 7 of the ski areas listed on the above map.

Additionally, the challenge has expanded to include certain ski areas in  Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming.  Only the ski areas shown on the map and listed in the list qualify, because they are commercial members of the NWSCC.

The Northwest Ski/Ride Challenge rules are as follows:

Ski or ride any 7 or more of the listed resorts (or appearing on our map) during one ski season to be eligible to win a prize.  This is not a race for the most resorts in the least amount of time visited. Anyone who visits at least 7 ski resorts any time during the season is the eligible to enter. Save your lift tickets and/or receipts as proof.

Info & entry forms: Ski Oregon Challenge flyer (PDF)

Just save your lift tickets and/or credit card receipts from the lift ticket purchase, and mail this in before June 15. Please print and fill out the entry form. Mail your entry to:

NWSCC Ski Oregon Challenge
5331 SW Macadam Avenue, Suite 258
Box 438
Portland, OR 97239

Winners will be announced in the Fall.

Several of our past winners have kept very informative and colorful blogs and photos of their experiences as they skied and rode at Northwest ski areas the last three seasons. Read about each ski area, and about our experiences there, for inspiration:

a) Ski Oregon Challenge (2005-06): http://www.mthigh.org/Articles/Ski-Oregon-Challenge-diary.pdf

b) Ski Washington Challenge (2006-07): http://www.mthigh.org/Articles/Ski-Washington-Challenge-diary.pdf 

and David's blog at: http://skiwashington.blogspot.com/ 

c) Ski Idaho Challenge (2007-08): http://skiid.blogspot.com/

Click here for the Entry Form and Rules in Word or PDF.

They are also posted on the NWSCC website, at www.nwskiers.org.
 

You are invited to this

fantastic once-in-a-lifetime

adventure

(a PDF file)

South Africa Safari

Multi-club trip organized by the Bogus Basin Ski Club

Attention adventure-seekers, photographers, birders,

you won’t want to miss this opportunity!

July 9 - 22, 2019

In July of 2019, twelve people will be traveling to South Africa for the adventure of a lifetime. You will be immersed in the splendid wildlife at Senalala Luxury Safari Camp, which is in a private game preserve that is part of the Greater Kruger National Park. You will also get to enjoy the wilds of northern KwaZulu-Natal at the famed Phinda Private Game Reserve.
 

For additional sign up information and trip costs contact: Roxann Jensen, Trip Coordinator, trips@BogusBasinSkiClub.org

DEADLINE FOR DOWN PAYMENT: October 1, 2018

This trip is limited to 12 people (5 are already filled; only 7 remaining spots), so do not delay; send your money in soon!

This trip is organized by the Bogus Basin Ski Club, but is open to other ski clubs as well. If you are interested, please contact Roxann Jensen directly at trips@BogusBasinSkiClub.org

Your River Cruise ship

(Click on the image to enlarge it)

For more complete info

pictures, maps, ship layout

and more, see the

trip flyer.

Eastern Europe to the Black Sea

NWSCC multi-club river cruise

August 29, 2019  (14-day trip)
Cruise through Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Romania.  See the towns of Budapest, Osijek, Vukovar, Novi Sad, Belgrade, Vidin, Ruse, Constanta, and Bucharest.  Click on the map to enlarge it.

Total price with air fare from Portland, Oregon = $4,795.

Included in the price of the trip is:

• Air-fare from Portland, Oregon..

• 10 nights lodging on board the cruise ship.

• 2 nights at the Sheraton Bucharest or similar.

• All meals (breakfasts, lunches, and dinners).

• 7 tours

• 5 exclusive discovery events

• Gratuities, all port charges, and baggage handling.

The earlier you book this trip, the more money you'll save.  Discounts start at 7.5% if you book 9 months in advance.  Or 6% discount if you book 8 months in advance, and so on on a sliding scale down to 3% off if you book 5 months in advance.

Reservations and Info:  1-800-597-2452,   Press 2.

For questions, call John Reinhardt, 530-330-3838.

on the FWSA diving trip  or

http://www.fwsa.org/Travel/Dive/2019-FWSA-Philippines/Philippines-basics.html

For information contact:
Randy Lew
829 SE 11th Place, Battle Gound, WA 98604
530-304-0802 [c]

divetrips@fwsa.org

Mt. Spokane

Bluewood - Linda in the trees

Our bus (MTR Western)

Print out and fill this

Trip flyer and signup form

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

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. 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.

All 3 of these ski areas count toward the NWSCC Ski & Ride Challenge. You can win a prize just by saving your lift tickets.

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 1 pm and ride the bus to Spokane. We’ll return Monday night (MLK day), by 8 or 9 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 pm on Monday.

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

Price includes 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)

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

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.