date 1 UPwww.PacificRimAlliance.org Spring | 2012 TITLE GOESdate here UPwww.PacificRimAlliance.org Volume 16 | Issue 1 Spring | 2012 BIG White spring fest Even though this ski season is coming to a close there is still a bit of skiing to be had in the Spring. While the snow may have been delayed in hitting the western resorts, the snow has been falling steady since February. More is expected. photo courtesy Big White courtesyphoto Big BIG WHITE, April 8–15, 2012 transportation to/from Kelowna are We will be closing out Big White’s season included for the low price of $699 per in British Columbia, Canada. We will be person based on double occupancy. You flying into Kelowna and staying slope are on your own to get air. Air Canada side at The Inn at Big White. Lodging, and Alaska have round trip air fares for lift tickets, nightly après ski parties and around $500 out of Los Angeles and San Diego. West Jet is also available out of in this Las Vegas, Phoenix and Los Angeles. ISSUE As a bonus, Big White is approaching it’s Features 50th year and will be celebrating in a BIG Big White’s amazing powder. • Member Posting .............. 3 way. There will be a bunch of free and • Safety: Avalanche ............. 6 fun activities throughout the week. The • Fitness ....................... 7 FAR WEST Ski Association week ends with the traditional Dummy • Kids’ Korner ................... 9 Intermountain Council is hosting the Downhill on Sunday. • Community Center .......... 18 Far West convention in Ogden on June 7-10, 2012. Catherine and I have been • Pac Rim Policy & Contact. 21 2012 Water Ski involved in setting up some of the Public Affairs We’ve been working with the Radar optional activities. Specifically we will be • Snow Industry Bulletin ........ 5 River Rats on our summer water ski trips. running the Pub Crawl on Historic 25th • Ski Legacy: Breckenridge ...... 8 We have once again scheduled nine trips Street on Thursday and the White Water • U.S. Women’s Ski Teams ...... 10 for June through October. We set camp Rafting Adventure on Friday. up on our own beach on the Colorado .......... 2 Tripping Around River, 10 miles east of Needles. Even if you can’t attend the whole • Race Schedule 2012 .......... 7 Equipment and instructions are weekend, it’s worth it to make an • Spring Ski Deals ............. 11 included. Details found on page 2. appearance for the Silent Auction • Skiing Heritage Week ........ 12 where you can bid on more than • Big White 2012 .............. 13 SNOWMASS 2013 $100,000 worth of lodging, lift tickets, • FWSA Convention 2012 ... 14-16 Far West announced that next year’s golf and product. Plus there’s dancing • Water Ski Schedule 2012 ...... 2 ski week will be in Aspen Snowmass, and catching up with friends and your • Snowmass 2013 .............. 20 February 2-9, 2013. We hope to hook up favorite resorts. And it’s fun. with one of the ski councils and stay at It’s a Wrap New this year is a Film Fest • e Big Whit .................... 4 a ski-in ski-out condo close to the main on Sunday where three ski village. Please let us know if you are films will be previewed. Membership Sign Up . 17 interested. Prices will be available soon. Feel free to join us. 2 date UPwww.PacificRimAlliance.org TRIPPING around Spring | 2012 snow TRIPS & ACTIVITIES on tap Details and flyers can be found under TRIPS at PacificRimAlliance.org Pacific Rim Alliance pacificrimalliance.org ° Biking First Friday of the Month, 10 AM Gene Fulkerson / 858-457-9469 ° Big White, BC, Canada April 8-15, 2012 Gene Fulkerson / 858-457-9469 Water Ski Weekends June - Oct, 2012 ° courtesy Ohl photo Catherine Patricia Ortiz / 323-651-0686 ° Wine Maker Dinner for Can Do MS Sept 29, 2012 Gene Fulkerson / 858-457-9469 ° Snowmass, CO February 2-9, 2013 water SKIING Gene Fulkerson / 858-457-9469 wake BOARDING ° Italy (or France) & Cinque Terre March 2013 at it’s very best! Gene Fulkerson / 858-457-9469 & ° New Zealand & Tasmania August 2013 2012 Colorado River Schedule Gene Fulkerson / 858-457-9469 June 22–24 July 13–15 July 27–29 Los Angeles Council lacouncil.org Aug 10–12 Aug 24–26 Sept 7-9 Sept 21–23 ° Snow Gala November 2012 Oct 5-7 Oct 19-21 ° Aspen/Snowmass, CO February 2-9, 2013 Trip Includes— San Diego Council skisandiego.org Two Days Water Skiing & Wake Boarding ° Winter Gala November 2012 Equipment & Instruction Sandy Beaches & Camping Winter Trip December 2012 ° Water Games ° Aspen/Snowmass, CO February 2-9, 2013 5 Meals plus Happy Hour Beer, Wine & Soda Far West Ski Association fwsa.org ° Big White, Canada March 27 - April 1, 2012 Prices— Gloria Raminha / 713-818-0471 $145 ** Skier / Boarder $75 Non-Skier * ° Far West Races at Mammoth, CA April 6-8, 2012 $18 Child 12 and under * Bob Ellis / 530-414-4270 Free Child 4 and under* ° Convention, Ogden, UT June 7-10, 2012 For information— Jane Wyckoff / 949-933-9607 Visit www.RadarRiverRats.org ° Panama Canal Cruise Sept. 28 - October 12, 2012 Call Patricia at 323-651-0686 (before 9 PM) Gloria Raminha / 713-818-0471 ° Aspen/Snowmass, CO February 2-9, 2013 Everyone Welcome Gloria Raminha / 713-818-0471 Friends ° Family ° Beginner ° Expert ° Garmisch + Innsbruck March 2013 ** Subject to fuel surcharge if gas is more than $5/gal Norm Azevedo / 935-944-9816 * May not ride in the club boat. date 3 UPwww.PacificRimAlliance.org Spring | 2012 MEMBER posting good-bye happy GOOD FRIENDS BIRTHDAY two ski icons that will be greatly missed March 1 Jillie Bauer 6 Larry Davis 8 Arnie Andersen 12 Young Kang 15 R.C. Escamilla 16 Susan Weaver 17 Patricia Ortiz 23 Judy Steele in loving memory of JILL KINMONT 25 Paul Sindelar Even before I learned to ski I had heard applied to the school of education and 26 Frank Van Zandt the story of Jill Kinmont. I remember was rejected because of her disability. 26 Airline Moran watching “The Other Side of the Undaunted, she moved north with her 30 Knut Kongelbeck Mountain” and was amazed at what Jill parents, earned a teaching certificate at was able to accomplish. And of course the University of Washington and taught April when I moved to Mammoth, I learned remedial reading in elementary schools. more about this inspirational woman. 1 Robert Nordquest Jill moved back to Bishop, got married 10 Heidi Meyer A Los Angeles native, Jill was born and oversaw an education fund for Native February 16, 1936, and in her early teens American youth. 14 Robert Doyle moved with her family to the Owens 14 Laurie Gerken 15 years after leaving full-time teaching, Valley, where her father Jill devoted much of her time to 16 Kyoko Kraft ran a dude ranch in her painting, mostly watercolors Bishop in the shadow of 22 Randy Robinson depicting backcountry and high the Eastern Sierra. She 22 Jeanne Talbot desert landscapes. learned to ski at nearby 23 Nancy Friedman Mammoth Mountain. She saw no reason to dwell on what 23 Danielle Battut might have been. Her life had been Jill Kinmont Boothe was really been very full with lots of 25 Kitty Malinoski the national women’s wonderful experiences. 26 Ann Meyers slalom champion and on the cover of Sports She died February 9, 2012 at a hospital May Illustrated when she set in Carson City, NV. She was 75. out to win a 1955 race that would help 2 Gloria Smith put her on the U.S. Olympic ski team. 6 Shirley Stretch- As she sped down an Alta mountain Stephenson slope, she lost control on an icy bump, 6 Marie Estocin struck a spectator, crashed and tumbled 12 Enam Higa into a tree. Her neck broken and her 12 Cinda Singer promising career as a skier over at 18. 20 Bruce Bivans She had the use of her neck and 21 John Good shoulder muscles and learned to write, type and paint with the aid of a hand 21 Linda Mueller brace. She spent the rest of her life in a 22 Carl Gerhart Jill painting in her home studio in wheelchair. Bishop, CA in 2011. (Ricardo De- 28 Ciaran O’Donovan After graduating from UCLA, she Aratanha, LA Times, May 13, 2011) 4 date UPwww.PacificRimAlliance.org it’sAP a WR Spring | 2012 BIG WHITE early season The opening didn’t have the best snow we’ve seen in early season but still the skiing was better than most of the west. This is our seventh annual December trip to Big White in hopes of catching some of that early season powder. And while the snow wasn’t the best we’ve seen in early December, it was the best the west had to offer. The highlight of the trip was the Big Reds at Big White. This event just gets bigger and better every year. Wines were provided by the local wineries of the Okanagan region from Kelowna to Osoyoos. Food was provided by the local restaurants of Big White with a welcome Robert and Claudia waiting for the PJ, Michelle, Andy, Matt and Sandy at return of the drunken shrimp from Santé Christmas Tree to be lit while enjoying the Christmas Tree lighting in the Vil- Grill at the White Crystal Inn. free hot chocolate and chestnuts. lage Center. And while the whole Big White program hadn’t yet kicked all the way in, there were a few of the activities offered. There was free hot chocolate at the skating rink at Happy Valley. There was also a night of free tubing with a big bonfire.