by Armand Gutierrez, President

Ski resorts are open and it’s time to dust off your gear, get the boards in for a tune-up, and join the skiing Santas. Tahoe resorts opened early this year (before Thanksgiving) and the low temps are keeping the snow in decent condition. Of course, more snow is needed so let’s hope and pray for some good weather systems to bestow upon us a winter wonderland.

SkiFest (formerly known as Skibomb)

The annual SkiFest shows for this year, and in the future, will be taking a different track now that SkiPro (https://skipro.com/) is taking over the helm. SkiPro is a major online ski/snowboard/apparel retailer and the SkiFests this season will primarily be a sales event with few resort/club booths, and BAC will not be hosting a booth. Event dates are:

  • Sacramento – Cal Expo Center – Nov 18-20, 2022 (over with)
  • Marin – Marin Civic Center – Dec 2-4, 2022

Palisades Tahoe Cup

Palisades Tahoe will be hosting the Audi FIS Ski World Tour (men’s slalom and giant slalom) on February 24-25, 2023. This is a call for volunteers starting February 13-27. If you want to be near the action while volunteering then click on the Volunteer Application Form at https://www.volgistics.com/appform/2049884748. For additional event details go here: https://worldcup.palisadestahoe.com. If you decide to volunteer then please let me know so I can report our participation to BAC.

Name This Resort

Well, there were only two responses for naming this resort: Jim Sanchez and Jason Ku. They correctly guessed that it is the KT22 lift at Palisades Tahoe. So, those ski warriors get bragging rights.

2023 NSC Ski Week in Breckenridge

All systems are GO for the Breckenridge trip in January. In a departure from previous trips, there will be no Orientation Meeting and the Breckenridge Pamphlet will be sent out shortly via email. We will have a Potluck Dinner on Tuesday and a Farewell Dinner on Friday. Hopefully you will get a chance to get a few days of skiing in before the trip. You know, just to limber up those legs and find out what hurts and what doesn’t hurt.

Christmas Greetings

This has been a good year for NSC with the popular Steamboat Trip, the annual Luau/Membership Meeting picnic, and the Pickle ball and Hiroshima Concert events. On behalf of the NSC board I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year.

QotM:  Any fool can know. The point is to understand – Albert Einstein