Ski Club Guide 2020-2021 Serving ski clubs since 1934 Our New York SoHo store showcases Rossignol’s “Mountain-to-City” aesthetic, embracing aprés-ski culture in the iconic neighborhood known for arts, culture and fashion. ROSSIGNOL NEW YORK 108 Wooster St New York, NY 10012 Phone #: (212) 966-3679 3 4 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 193 4. Celebrating our 87th 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. 5 The Met Council THANKS these advertisers for their support A-Basin ........................................................................... 31 APEX Boots.................................................................... 31 Big Snow American Dream............................................ 29 Burke Mountain.............................................................. 39 Coalition Snow................................................................ 39 Glade Goggles................................................................. 37 Gore Mountain............................................................... 41 Glisons Snowboards....................................................... 51 4Front.com..................................................................... 47 Herber Valley................................................................... 55 INDY Pass....................................................... Back Cover IKON Pass........................................... Inside Front Cover Jay Peak.......................................................................... 29 Killington........................................................................ 21 Mount Peter.................................................................... 29 Poconos................................................ Inside Back Cover PRW Sports Luggage............................ ......................... 10 Seniorskiing.com............................................................. 19 Shaggy's Copper Country Skis....................................... 19 Share Winter Foundation................................................. 38 Shawnee Mountain......................................................... 56 Ski and Ride New York................................................. .23 Ski Butternut ................................................................. 32 Ski History........................................................................ 2 Ski Sundown.................................................................. 53 Smugglers Notch.............................................................. 4 Sportube............................................................................ 1 Transpack........................................................................ 25 Whiteface Mountain....................................................... 49 WUDN Real Wood Sun Glasses................................... 32 Zermatt Utah Adventure Resorts.................................... 54 6 Introduction THE METROPOLITAN NEW YORK SKI COUNCIL is a non -profit organization dedi - cated 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 has been run almost every year since 1936, but due to the current Pandemic it has been cancelled for 2021. 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, like the NY Ski Club.. The Council is a forum for local, national and interna - tional skiing concerns. It organizes special events and presentations, develops programs, listens to gripes and praises, all part of the friendly and invigorating 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 to the distance between New York City and these organizations the regional Met Council was begun here in 1934. Since then Eastern has dissolved and USSA has moved to Park City, Utah, making the Met Council an even more important forum for Eastern Skiing. Founders of the Met Council were an important factor in leading the U.S. ski move - ment, and witness Roland Palmedo, who played a great part in the original development in Stowe, later starting his own ski area - Mad River Glen. He was instrumental in the early stages of the National Ski Patrol, carrying the number 2. About this time the Metropolitan New York Ski Patrol was formed with Ken Littlefield as chairman. The Patrol newspaper ‘Trail Sweep” was started by Ken Littlefield and later carried on by Tom Ludwig, also a council member. Another council member, John Clair, Jr., served for 25 years as Regional Chairman of the Metropolitan New York Region Ski Patrol. Although fewer than ten percent of our membership actively compete, we enjoy and support competition. Over the years this council has been host to American and Foreign ski teams and VIP’s visiting the United States largely because of it’s location and because of the efforts of the late John Clair, Jr. 7 Metropolitan New York Ski Council Harry Walter Voege Memorial Scholarship The Council is offering a $1000 scholarship for our eight year. The Metropolitan New York Ski Council Scholarship application is available on line at www.metnyski.org. Although the prerequisites for applying call for the applications to be members of the MNYSC for two seasons (either as a single member or part of a family membership), there shall be a relaxing of that prerequisite for the years 2020-2021 scholarship award as follows: For all award years the applicant must have a parent or grandpar - ent who has been a member of the current and past season with no requirement that the applicant be a member. Applications must be post-marked by April 15th. Applications must be postmarked or dropped off on or before the due date. You may mail your application to: Harry Walter Voege Memorial Scholarship c/o Metropolitan New York Ski Council 1019 Fort Salonga Road Suite 10 # 235, Northport NY 11768 Metropolitan New York Ski Council is a Member of the National Ski Council Federation The National Ski Council Federation is comprised of twenty- five ski councils throughout the United States. The organiza - tion's mission is to strengthen councils, with industry participa - tion, so they may better serve clubs through communications, education and benefits, and to influence issues relevant to snowsports and ski clubs. Metropolitan New York Ski Council is an Associated Member of the National Ski Areas Association The National Ski Areas Association is the trade association for ski area owners and operators. The association's primary objective is to meet the needs of ski area owners and operators nationwide and to foster, stimu - late and promote growth in the industry. Metropolitan New York Ski Council is an Associated Member of the SnowSport Industries America SnowSports Industries America (SIA) has a long tradition of promoting snow sports on behalf of their 700+ members, which include suppliers, retailers, reps, resorts, service providers and everyone in between. 8 Letter from Chairman Hello and welcome to the 2020/2021 Metropolitan New York Ski Council (MNYSC) Guidebook. Hope everyone well and staying safe. This is going to be an unusual season this year. There will be limited capacity at the moun - tains, more outdoor eating, you will need to get ready at your vehicle this year, make reserva - tions ahead of time to go skiing. We all have to understand that this season will be different and to understand that the rules will be different and to have more patience while you are either skiing or boarding. In April of this year, the Metropolitan New York Ski Council donated $10,000 to 71 Visuals, Hauppauge to make face shields that the Council donated to various hospitals in the region that was facing a shortage of masks. The Council also gave free ½ page