NWSCC NEWSLETTER AND CALENDAR JANUARY 2015 Editor: Linda McGavin NORTHWEST SKI CLUB COUNCIL, 5331 SW Macadam Avenue, E-mail: [email protected] Suite 258, Box 438, Portland, OR 97239 Website: www.nwskiers.org with many prizes. Purchase your Passport at the January 21 The next NWSCC meeting will be held on NWSCC meeting, PACRAT races, club meetings, or contact Wednesday, January 21, 2015, at the Barb at: 503-267-9522 or email: [email protected]. Buffalo Gap Saloon, 6835 SW Macadam Avenue, Portland, OR 97219, starting with a Happy Half Hour from 6:00-6:30 pm, PACRAT NEWS: followed by the meeting. A special bar The PACRAT board is meeting and menu will be offered; food and beverages working on plans for this year’s races. on your own. Teams should be finalized now, though there is probably room for last Meeting topics will include Charitable minute add ons. Racers need to be at Events, Travel, Learn to Ski/January Safety least 18 years old and a member of Month, and the FWSA Convention & any NWSCC club. Unfortunately, due to low snow conditions Awards Program (deadline March 20). at Mt. Hood Skibowl, the first two scheduled races had to be canceled, so the former “make up” race date is on the In the first half of 2015, meetings will be held on March 18 (Travel, FWSA schedule. Convention & Awards Program); May 20 Here’s the 2014-2105 season’s schedule: (Ski Season Wrap Up, Club Summer January 25 Race #1, Mt. Hood Meadows Activities, FWSA Convention); and June 17 February 8 Race #2, Mt. Hood Skibowl (Elections, Summer Activities, Summer February 22 Race #3, Mt. Hood Meadows Safety, Club Membership, Skiers’ March 15 NASTAR Open, Mt. Hood Skibowl Directory). Meeting locations will vary, so (open to the public, for all ages) watch for meeting notices!! March 22 Race #4, Timberline April 4 Race #5, location TBA April 17 “Rat Attack” Awards Party TIMELY ALERTS: RECAP OF DECEMBER 21 MEETING: MT. HOOD PASSPORTS Dexter Hill of Hillcrest Ski & Board Shop was recognized as Now is the time to buy the the PACRAT bib sponsor for this year. Steve Coxen thanked NEW Mt. Hood Passport for all our commercial members. $10, and get over $300 in discounts and promotions. The winners of the 2013-2014 Challenge were announced in Visit local businesses on Mt. December. Bob Burns took first place with 10 areas skied; Hood, make use of their he won a 4-time pass to Mt. Bachelor. Linda and Bruce special offers, and get your McGavin, also with 10 ski areas, each won a lift ticket to Passport stamped. Prior to Stevens Pass. Sally Niedermeyer and Emilio Trampuz, each PACRAT’s Rat Attack in April with 8 areas skied, won lift tickets to Mt. Hood Meadows. 2015, return your stamped The winner of the Booth Decorating Contest from Ski Fair Passport to Barb Pressentin or was announced: Mountain High Snowsport Club, and the any board member of PACRAT/NWSCC for a big drawing perpetual trophy was presented. Steve Coxen presented the 2014 Man and Woman of the Year trophies to John Pass and Red Mountain. They had a Cathlamet kayak trip Reinhardt and Sandi Shaub (accepted by Sheri Parshall). and have midweek hiking trips in between seasons. Once ski season starts, they have regular groups skiing Meadows Steve Coxen announced that scholarships were awarded on Wednesdays and Timberline on Thursdays. to six Northwest ski racers by Far West: Alexandria Oseland of Crystal Mountain received the $1,000 NWSCC Hope on the Slopes; Ski & Ride for a Cure has announced scholarship; Elyse Burandt of Schweitzer received the a new promotion for this year, with prizes: Ski Tracks. Ski $1,500 Skiyente Erin Nicole Memorial Scholarship; Ashley Tracks allows you to ski any resort or area (covered by Ski Lodmell of Mt. Bachelor received the Mountain High $1,000 Tracks) and compete nationwide for prizes. Track your scholarship; Amelia Henry of AlpentalSnoqualmie received vertical feet skied and boarded for the 2014-2015 ski season. a FWSA $500 scholarship, and Korbyn Edmondson of Vertical tracking will be from September 1st - May 4th. Win Schweitzer received a $750 FWSA scholarship. prizes; be their top vertical competitor. For more information, Bergfreunde was a donor to the scholarship general fund. check out their website: www.hopeontheslopes.net/ Registration is $40. Vertical feet are tracked via the Steve talked about charities and events and public affairs: SkiTracks App; download the App at corecoders.com for Crystal Mountain, the Summit at Snoqualmie, and the $.99 cents. National Ski Areas Association awards. Mountain High Snowsport Club is planning an Amtrak trip Sue Rimkeit gave an augmented list of the Skier/Rider to Whitefish February 28-March 7 and a bus trip to Crystal Code of Conduct: (1) Always stay in control and be able to Mountain March 20-22. stop or avoid other people or objects; (2) People ahead of you have the right of way; it is your responsibility to avoid Skiyente Ski Club will present their annual King Winter them; (3) You must not stop where you obstruct a trail, or event February 21 at Charlies Mountain View, and the Mt. are not visible from above; (4) Whenever starting downhill Hood Mania Masters Race is scheduled for February 28 and or merging into a trail, look uphill and yield to others; (5) March 1, 2015, at Mt. Hood Skibowl. Always use devices to help prevent runaway equipment; (6) Dale Parshall reported at the September meeting that the 3rd Observe all posted signs and warnings; keep off closed Biannual Schneeenyte Sailing Trip is planned for May 2016 trails and out of closed areas; and (7) Prior to using any lift, to St Martin and St. Lucia on a 24 passenger sail boat. They you must have the knowledge and ability to load, ride and will do 12 islands in 12 days. Contact Island Windjammers unload safely. Sue also brought up two guidelines from the (www.islandwindjammers.com) or the Parshalls if interested; FIS Ski Code: In case of an accident every skier has to further details later. help; and every skier, whether involved or a witness, whether responsible or not, has to prove his/her identity in NWSCC MAN/WOMAN OF THE YEAR case of an accident. COMPETITION Various delicious pies, cookies, and other gourmet treats NWSCC is holding its annual Man and Woman of The Year donated by the NWSCC board were auctioned off to Competition. Is there someone in your club who has shown benefit three charities (the winners got to choose which), outstanding service to the club and snow sports? There are and approximately $400 was raised for the Mt. Hood many club members who qualify for this award! Grab a pen Cultural Center & Museum, the Far West Ski Foundation and write a short paragraph about them, and submit it to (for scholarships), and the Oregon Food Bank. NWSCC. We are looking for a man and woman from each club who the club wishes to be honored because they have CLUB NEWS: demonstrated outstanding service to their club and the ski Bergfreunde will have downhill, cross country, and community. Any club member may directly nominate snowshoe trips this season. They are taking 60 people to someone from ANY NWSCC club who they feel is deserving Bogus Basin; have the annual trip to Lake Tahoe; and have of being chosen as NWSCC’s Man and Woman of the Year! a driving trip to Revelstoke and Sun Peaks in January. You may submit your entries with a description of why the Their cross country ski lessons are open to other clubs. person deserves the honor by email to Julie Rasmussen at Bergie has had great success in recent years with planning [email protected]. ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED non-ski trips to large cities where the participants do all the BY MARCH 1, 2015. WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED “touristy” things and get to know the city; about 50 people SHORTLY AFTERWARDS. usually attend those trips. In May of 2015 they are going to The NWSCC Board will review all Man and Woman of the Virginia, Washington DC, and the Outer Banks. year nominations and will choose one man and one woman Cascade Prime Timers has several ski and cross country to be NWSCC’s 2015 winners. In making its choice NWSCC trips planned: to Big Sky, Sun Valley, Whitefish, White will consider FWSA’s criteria, which includes service not only to a person’s club, but also to their Council, their Outstanding Club Publication and Outstanding Club Website, Community, and FWSA. The Man and Woman selected and while it is a bit more effort to prepare a Tollakson will go on to the FWSA level to compete against the other Outstanding Club application, your club will be judged against councils in FWSA. The Council Man and Woman must other clubs throughout FWSA, and it is really fun to WIN! attend the FWSA 2015 Convention in order to compete at With your entries for each award you need to submit the the FWSA level. NWSCC will pay their Convention name of someone from your club who will act as a judge in registration fees. This is a great way to meet other the category you are entering; it’s easy because the judge will Council/Club members and contribute to FWSA programs. only need to look at two other club’s newsletters or websites. The overall winning Man and Woman at the FWSA level S e e t h e F W S A w e b s i t e : each wins a 5-night trip for two to Big White Ski Resort–the www.fwsa.org/Awards/awards-communication/communicat sponsor of the FWSA Man and Woman of the Year ion-awards.html Competition.