Jake the Ski Fool says “follow me to Park City/Canyons for our 2016 ski week trip.” For the 2015-16 season, Park City is combining with The Canyons to bring you over 7300 acres of skiing. NSC has not been to Park City since 2001 and it’s time to make a return trip. There’s a new gondola that will take us to Canyons for additional skiing at no extra cost.

Dates: February 20 – 27, 2016
Price: $1375 (Senior – $1310)

Trip price includes:
• Roundtrip airfare from San Francisco to Salt Lake City on United Airlines
• Roundtrip charter bus from Salt Lake City to Park Station Accommodations
• 7 nights stay at the Park Station condominiums (one block walk to Town Lift)
• 5 of 6 day lift ticket (6-day optional, senior (65+) also available) for Park City and Canyons
• Farewell Dinner
• NSC Souvenir
• Mid-week activities at additional cost:
o Winter Zip Tours
o Heliskiing
o Sleigh Rides
o Guided Snowshoe Tours
• Price does not include Baggage Fees. See United Airlines current baggage fees
o Baggage fees as of May, 2015: $25/first, $35/second. Boot and ski bag are considered a single bag.

Price and availability guaranteed for 40 seats only. 28 sign-ups received as of August 1, 2015!

Sign up now. Link to flyer and sign-up form: Park City 2016 flyer.
Sign-up deadline: October 10, 2015

Sandy Kiyomura

Have you ever thought about skiing at more resorts, even internationally? Nisei Ski club is a member of BAC. This is the Bay Area Snow Sports council, which is comprised of over 20 ski clubs. Since BAC is a member of the Far West Ski Association, they are able to offer travel packages at great discounts. As a member of Nisei Ski Club, you can participate in any of the BAC or FWSA travel programs. This year, BAC is going to Telluride and FWSA is going to Cortina, Italy (site of past Winter Olympics). This trip also includes an after-trip to Florence and Rome. If you don’t care to ski, you can join the group for the week in Florence and Rome.

I have traveled and skied in Japan, France, Germany and Austria through Far West. It’s a great way to travel to places that you may not go to otherwise and meet other skiers. Everything is well organized, from your flight to your hotels. Most breakfasts and dinners are included. Japanese food was “oishi” (delicious). They also have “happy hours” and offer side tours (extra cost for tours).

If you’re interested in more ski-related travel, check out the enclosed flyers. The Far West International trip will be to Cortina, Italy. Cortina was the site of the 1956 Winter Olympics and the Dolomites are known as the “Italian Alps”. You may go to www.skibac.org. I heard that Armand will be going on the Cortina trip and I might also. It should be fun; definitely worth doing if you’ve never skied Europe or just want to ski the Dolomites.

Link to Telluride trip (January 30-February 6): Telluride 2016 trip flyer

Link to the Cortina trip (March 5-March 12): Cortina 2016 trip flyer

Cortina town center

Telluride

SF Stairway Hike #7 – St. Francis Wood/Mt. Davidson area

Sunday, August 16, 2015 – The forecasted temperature for Sunday, August 16 is a high of 82 degrees and dropping. The hike is a GO for Sunday.

Hoyt Nelson and David Schultz will be leading this hike. This is a new stairway hike in a new area of San Francisco for NSC. The hike explores the area between Mt. Davidson and Stern Grove and covers posh neighborhoods, mountain trails, fabulous panoramic city views and of course, lots of stairs. Link to flyer: Stairway Hike #7 – St. Francis Woods/Mt. Davidson. For more information or to sign-up, send email to stairs7@niseiskiclub.org.

Meet at Ulloa Avenue and Kensington at 10am on August 16

SF Stairway Hike #7 – St. Francis Wood/Mt. Davidson area

Sunday, August 16, or August 23, 2015 (Date is set for August 16th. August can be hot and if it looks hot, then the hike will be re-scheduled for August 23rd.)

Hoyt Nelson and David Schultz will be leading this hike. This is a new stairway hike in a new area of San Francisco for NSC. The hike explores the area between Mt. Davidson and Stern Grove and covers posh neighborhoods, mountain trails, fabulous panoramic city views and of course, lots of stairs. Link to flyer: Stairway Hike #7 – St. Francis Woods/Mt. Davidson. For more information or to sign-up, send email to stairs7@niseiskiclub.org.

 Meet at Ulloa Avenue and Kensington at 10am on August 16

SF Stairway Hike #5 – Forest Hill/Golden Gate Heights area

Sunday, July 12, 2015

Hoyt Nelson and David Schultz will be leading this hike. The club hasn’t done this hike since 2009 so it’s about time to do it again. The highlights of this hike are the Bernard Maybeck designed homes (said to be the largest concentration), the beautifully tiled Moraga stairs, and the elegant Pacheo stairs. Link to flyer: Stairway Hike #5 – Forest Hill/Golden Gate Heights. For more information or to sign-up, send email to stairs5@niseiskiclub.org.

Meet at the Pacheco Stairs (Pacheco and Magellan) at 10am on July 12

NSC provides volunteers for beer booth at the Mountain View Obon Festival every year. We need a few more volunteers for July 18-19! The beer booth is fun and you get to meet lots of people. Most importantly, the proceeds will benefit the Mountain View Buddhist Temple. To see the available shifts, click here.

The Obon is a Japanese Buddhist custom to honor the spirits of one’s ancestors. The festival has been celebrated at the Mountain View Buddhist Temple’s current location since the temple was completed in 1957. The Obon is the Mountain View Buddhist Temple’s biggest event of the year.

Link to Obon information: Mountain View Obon 2015

Besides the beer booth, you can volunteer for other areas that need help: pre-bazaar help, tempura booth, chicken teriyaki booth, udon booth, take-out booth, and post-bazaar help. Please contact Karen Soo or Judy Hom if you can volunteer.

The Live Love Survive dragon boat team is open to all who are interested in dragon boat paddling and not limited to cancer survivors. Practices are on Saturdays in Foster City. Dragon boating is a 2,000 year old sport and is great fun and exercise.

It was founded in 2005 by veteran dragon boat racer Jennifer Eng. The Live Love Survive Cancer Survivor Dragon Boat Team has devoted its energy to creating awareness of cancer, supporting people living with cancer and their caregivers and welcoming everyone affected by cancer to join our cause.

For more information, contact Tina Woo or visit www.livelovesurvive.org.

Are you interested in a weekend in the Sierra Foothills and staying at a historic river inn? The Monterey Ski Club often joins us NSCers on our weekend ski trips in the winter and have opened up their annual summer Georgetown trip to us.

They are planning a weekend stay at the historic American River Inn in Georgetown (between Auburn and Placerville NE of Sacramento). Activities will include rafting on the River” OR enjoying a tour of the local shops and wineries. More information is available on the flyer. Link to the flyer: MSSC Great Summer Adventure Trip 2015.

Contact Amy McDonald for more information.