Northwest Ski Club Council

COUNCIL MEETINGS ARE BACK TO
THE THIRD WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH!

Happy Hour April 17, 5:00 pm (no Zoom meeting)
Location: Sextant Bar and Galley
4035 NE Marine Dr, Portland, OR 97211

EVERYONE IS WELCOME!

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There a couple of fun public events coming up in April that you should plan to attend!

PACRAT Racing and the Mt. Hood Adult Race Club are hosting the annual Laura Green Memorial Ski & Snowboard Fundraiser Race on Sunday, April 21, 2024, at Timberline. This fun race benefits the Mt. Hood Ski Patrol - last year they raised $15,000 for the Patrol! See Calendar for details.

The second event is Schnee Vogeli Ski Club’s annual Season Ender Bender party is April 27 at The Ratskellar in Government Camp. Dancehall Days is the band. Summer is just around the corner, so come on up and celebrate the end of another winter season. See Calendar for details.

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In celebration of the upcoming Earth Day on April 22, former VP of Marketing for Mt. Hood Meadows ski area, Dave Tragethon, announces the launch of a heartwarming children's book, "Willow's Second Chance." This book not only aims to educate the young minds about the environment and the impact of climate change but also supports the Well Done Foundation's (www.welldonefoundation.org) mission to rehabilitate orphan oil and gas wells across the nation. See Article below for complete details.

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See the NEW 2023-2024 FWSA Skier’s Guide on the right hand column of this page! Click to read interactive Guide. CLUBS: If you want to get hard copies of this publication for your members, please contact Sheri Parshall at president@ nwskiers.org.


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Check out a ton of interesting information gathered by Marc Galt of Ski the Northwest and board member of NWSCC on the Breaking News page! New information for March 2024, plus new info from Northwest Snowsports Advocates!

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Mark your calendars for June 6-9, 2024, and plan to attend the 91st Annual Far West Ski Association Convention at the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa, in Reno, Nevada, being hosted by the Bay Area Snow Sports Council and Sierra League & Council. Check the NWSCC website, FWSA page, for full details.  

May 10 is the deadline for early registration and payment of all event fees of $185; the price will go up to $195 on May 11. Events include Thursday’s Tahoe Adventure, and the Pub Crawl; Friday’s 17th Annual Michael German Memorial Golf Tournament and National Auto Museum Tour. We will have our annual FREE Pool Party at the Atlantis Pool in the afternoon from 4:00 pm to 5:00pm, followed by the Club Happy Hour from 5:30 to 6:30, before the evening events.  

As in past years, FWSA will offer an "Economic Relief Program" to provide a ski club the opportunity to send more delegates to the Convention. For every six (6) delegates that have paid the full registration package by the registration deadline of May 10, the club will receive a rebate of one (1) paid registration after the Convention (limit of one rebate per club). 

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Clubs: Please take a few minutes to complete the attached form and send it back so we have the current list of club contacts.  This information is vital to ensure we can notify our clubs of important news and updates throughout the year, especially during the awards nomination process. Send form to vpcommunications@fwsa.org and to membership@ nwskiers.org.

2023-2024 Officer Update Form

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See the new NSCF (National Ski Club Federation) page for special offers from NSCF sponsors.

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Other FWSA Trips:

FWSA 2024 AFRICA ADVENTURE TRIP: TANZANIA & ZANZIBAR! September 27 – October 7, 2024, are the dates set for the next Far West Adventure Trip. See Trips for further details.

FWSA 2024 DIVE TRIP TO THE PHILIPPINES: We are going back to the PHILIPPINES! The 2024 FWSA dive trip will be October 19 – November 2, 2024 to Marco Vincent Dive Resort in Puerto Galera and Buceo Anilao Beach & Dive Resort in Anilao! See Trips for further details.

FWSA ANNOUNCES 2025 NORTH AMERICAN SKI WEEK:  The North American Ski Week 2025 will be to BANFF, CANADA.  Dates for this trip will be January 25 – February 1, 2025.  Steve Pampel of Ski Big 3 will be our Banff representative, and Sandy Gaudette of SkiGroup.Net will be the tour operator.  

For details go to TRIPS page. You can sign up NOW to save your spot. This trip will fill up fast, because there is a lot of interest among our clubs!

NEXT ADVENTURE SPECIAL OFFERS!

Next Adventure is offering exclusive deals to NWSCC members!

Our Gold Level Industry Partner, Next Adventure, will be serving up some very special deals just for NWSCC members! Sign up HERE to join Next Adventure's NWSCC list to receive special deals throughout the year. Welcome Next Adventure! (Note that if you have a popup blocker you may not see the special box next to the NWSCC logo to sign up for these emails. You will need to disable the popup blocker or use a different browser to get the box.)

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Have an idea on something we should be discussing? Please let us know. Know of a good speaker in the ski industry that you would like to hear from, let us know that as well. We're open to new speakers and ideas. 

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We are always looking for volunteer support from our clubs to keep us moving forward.  More directors of NWSCC help increase the representation of all member clubs.  What talent (writing, website design, organization) can you bring to NWSCC Board of Directors?   What can YOU offer, is there something you feel we should be doing better?   There are several opportunities to jump in. 

NWSCC conducts board meetings via Zoom, making it easier for "out of town" (i.e., out of Portland area) members to actively engage and participate.  Please contact us at president @nwskiers.org.

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A written history of NWSCC and those clubs who responded to our request for information is available and will be sent to all club presidents in order that they can read and edit their information, and for previously non-responding clubs to send us their information.

See the FWSA page on this website for information about the latest FWSA TRIPS!

The latest Fall 2023 issue of the FWSA Councilman is now available HERE.

Northwest Snowsports Advocates
Timely and interesting posts are found at the Northwest Snowsports Advocates Facebook page.

Travel Opportunities

Go to the FWSA page for details about the Far West Ski Association, membership benefits and planned FWSA trips.

Recent Articles:

What's New? 

Check the Breaking News page for the latest updates; check our Calendar to view events of interest put on by clubs and others; check Trips to see where our ski clubs are going this year.  

See Article below about CHANGES TO 2023-2024 MEGA-PASSES AIM TO MAKE IT QUICKER TO THE LIFT, reprinted with permission from SnoCountry.com.

See Article below about First Aid for an Unconscious Person - it might help save someone’s life!

For over thirty years, PACRAT Racing has provided an easy way for skiers and snowboarders on Mt. Hood to learn the fun of recreational racing. Sound fun? Click here to learn more, and consider racing next year.

PACRAT racing has started for the season!!

​Please see the PACRAT 2024 Season Details on the PACRAT website for race schedules and additional information.

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NORTHWEST SNOWSPORTS ADVOCATES