Ski Club Guide 2019-2020 Serving ski clubs since 1934 SKI COUNCIL APPRECIATION DAYS PROUDLY OFFERED AT OUR TEN NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS WILDCAT MOUNTSNOW ATTITASH CROTCHED HUNTER Over 50 DISCOUNTED LIBERTY DAYS offered at our ROUNDTOP resorts. Savings as high as 60% OFF window rates. WHITETAIL JACK FROST & BIG BOULDER For resort council dates, lodging specials, and more visit: PEAKPASS.COM/SKI-COUNCIL Our high-alpine runs, open bowls and steep chutes may cause fatigue and lapse of judgement. THE SEASON OF MORE. New North Ridge Quad chairlift New K-1 lodge starting for our multi-year project Snowmaking enhancements at both Killington and Pico 2019-2020 Metropolotin NY Ski Council Appreciation Days Killington Resort Monday/Friday Saturday/Sunday December 13-16, 2019 $55 $65 January 10-13, 2020 $55 $65 January 31-February 1-3, 2020 $55 $65 March 6-9, 2020 $55 $65 April 3-6, 2020 $55 $65 Pico Mountain January 10-13, 2020 $40 $45 January 31-February 1-3, 2020 $40 $45 March 6-9, 2020 $40 $45 killington.com picomountain.com [email protected] 800.752.2005 Council day tickets can be purchased at any resort ticket window. Club members must present a valid 2019-2020 winter membership card. Tickets are valid for all ages and include tax. If a ski club would like to bring a bus on a council day, a group reservation is needed at least 48 hours in advance. $5 charge for RFID One Pass. Ski Council Appreciation Days $38 Lift Tickets W/Valid Ski Club ID. 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BrewFest Weekend Packages INCLUDING ... • 78 trails Per person* • 3 BIG mountains • 2,610' vertical, 1,000 acres of terrain Bring • 2 day, all mountain more, access lift pass save • 2 nights mountainside more! condominium lodging • Entertainment venues When you organize • Entry to Saturday a group trip. night BrewFest Book your BrewFest Weekend TODAY ! *Price based on double occupancy. Early booking bonus — day of arrival lift tickets! 1.800.521.0536 • [email protected] • smuggs.com 6 Welcome to the METROPOLITAN NEW YORK SKI COUNCIL, INC. The Metropolitan New York Ski Council, known as the Met Council, has served ski clubs since 1934. Celebrating our 86th year. This not-for-profit organization is dedicated to promoting amateur skiing through its member clubs. The Met Council provides a forum for information exchange, offers timely news on skiing and ski club activities, secures lift ticket discounts and other special deals, and advertises club ski trips and inter-club race competitions whenever possible. Member of the National Ski Council Federation (NSCF) www.skifederation.org United States Ski And Snowboard Association (USSA) www.USSA.org and the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) www.nsaa.org. 7 The Met Council THANKS these advertisers for their support A-Basin .............................................. 1 Pocono Mountains.......................... 24 Belleayre Mountain............................ 4 Share Winter Foundation................71 Big SNOW American Dream.....40-41 Shawnee Mountain.......................... 25 Bolton Valley..................................... 75 Ski Can.............................................. 35 Catamount..........................................54 Ski and Ride New York.................. 23 Chestnut Productions...................... 56 Ski History.........................................42 Cochran’s Ski Area.......................... 73 Ski Sundown..................................... 23 Glisons Snowboards.....................38-39 Smugglers Notch............................... 6 Gore Mountain................................. 53 Sportube.............................................. 3 Greek Peak Mountain..................... 37 Sugarbush......................................... 57 Hotel Northwood............................ 76 Taos Ski Valley................................. 56 Killington............................................ 2 Thunder Ridge................................. 53 Loon Mountain..................................57 Transpack............................................ 5 Merit Group...................................... 74 Waterville Valley................................ 26 Montage Mountain...........Back Cover Whiteface Lake Placid.............. Inside Mount Peter.......................................75 ............................................Back Cover Mount Snow..................................... 36 Windham Mountain........................ 72 Mount Southington........................ 52 Zermatt Utah Adventure Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer................. 51 Resorts................................................42 Peak Resort.................................. Inside ............................................Front Cover PRW Sports Luggage........................45 8 The Met Council THANKS these advertisers for their support A-Basin .............................................. 1 Pocono Mountains.......................... 24 Belleayre Mountain............................ 4 Share Winter Foundation................71 Big SNOW American Dream.....40-41 Shawnee Mountain.......................... 25 Bolton Valley..................................... 75 Ski Can.............................................. 35 Chestnut Productions...................... 56 Ski and Ride New York.................. 23 Cochran’s Ski Area.......................... 73 Ski History.........................................42 Glisons Snowboards.....................38-39 Ski Sundown..................................... 23 Gore Mountain................................. 53 Smugglers Notch............................... 6 Greek Peak Mountain..................... 37 Sportube.............................................. 3 Hotel Northwood............................ 76 Sugarbush......................................... 57 Killington............................................ 2 Taos Ski Valley................................. 56 Loon Mountain..................................57 Thunder Ridge................................. 53 Merit Group...................................... 74 Transpack............................................ 5 Montage Mountain...........Back Cover Waterville Valley................................ 26 Mount Peter.......................................75 Whiteface Lake Placid.............. Inside Mount Snow..................................... 36 ............................................Back Cover Mount Southington........................ 52 Windham Mountain........................ 72 Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer................. 51 Zermatt Utah Adventure Peak Resort.................................. Inside Resorts................................................42 ............................................Front Cover PRW Sports Luggage........................45 8 Introduction THE METROPOLITAN NEW YORK SKI COUNCIL is a non-profit organiza- tion dedicated to the sport of skiing which embodies recreational skiing - Alpine and Nordic -and amateur ski competition, in the form of intra-club and inter-club races. Our interclub race, held continuously since 1936, this our 85th anniversary year, one of the oldest Alpine races. The Met Council’s ski clubs with a total membership close to 8,000 reflect all interests. Some recall our backgrounds, for example, the Norsemen, Swedish and German Ski Clubs; some our workplaces like Grumman or LILCO; others residence locations like New York, Suffolk and Garden City; and even National history - the Tenth Mountain Division. The Council is a forum for local, national and international skiing concerns. It organizes special events and presentations, develops programs, listens to gripes and praises, all part of the friendly and invig- orating sport of skiing. Its efforts are very important in helping support the U.S. Olympic Team, the Ski Hall of Fame and working with the U.S. Ski Association and the National Ski Patrol System. “Special effort is continuing to work with the United Ski Industries Association, the new name for the merged National Ski Areas Association with the Ski Industries of America and now known as USIA, located at 8377-B Greensboro Drive, McLean, Virginia, 22102; re promotions geared toward safety in skiing programs and the new skier campaign”. American Skiing was born more than 100 years ago with the Nansen Ski Club of Berlin, N.H. and Norwegian settlers of Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan. After the turn of the century, the National Ski Association was formed, followed by its first division, The Eastern Amateur Ski Association chartered at Saranac Lake, N.Y. in 1922. When the Federation International de Ski (FIS) was formed (Chamonix, 1924) the National Organization joined them. Due