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Our regular race season wrapped up with a bang on Feb 8th at MSLM—huge thanks to all our racers and incredible instructors who made it happen! But we’re not done yet…
The HPSC Club Championship Race is Coming! Join us at MSLM (Moonstone side) for an epic afternoon of racing, fun, and prizes! The action kicks off after lunch from 1:30–3:30 PM, followed by snacks and a prize draw!
We need TWO buses to make it happen—so don’t wait! Let’s make this the best race of the season!
Mogul Masters Steps 7-9
This program is designed for a wide range of abilities covering introduction to advanced mogul skiing. Whether you’re new to moguls and wanting to get more comfortable making turns in the moguls or an experienced bump skier looking to improve your control, speed, or line, we’ve got you covered!
Dates: Sat. Feb. 8, Sat. Feb. 15, Sun. Feb. 23, Mon. Feb. 24, Mon. Mar. 3
Clinic leader – Ken Harper
Check out some of the clinics offered by our club this season. You can find more clinics listed on our Downhill Ski School page. To sign up for a clinic, just pick the clinic name in the dropdown menu as your lesson when you sign up for a day trip.
STEP 7-9? Treat yourself to a carving clinic!
These sessions will provide detailed focused training on how to carve your skis at will in any conditions. Written material will be given to you in advance of the clinics with opportunity to ask questions in advance.
Sessions will be run with emphasis on safety, comfort, and fun. The skill of focusing on balancing on the outside ski and gliding on a clean knife edge with no skidding will be the main goal.
Training will be adjusted to each individual to suit your level of skill and allow for your own progression. Please contact Ron Sabourin (416) 258-5858 for more details.
Program dates: Mon. Jan. 20, Wed. Jan. 22, Mon. Feb. 3, Wed. Mar. 5
STEP 6-8: Ski with Mindfulness!
Would you like to feel more comfortable and relaxed on the terrain you ski on? Mindfulness emphasizes paying attention to the present moment, and noticing what is happening with your thoughts, emotions, body sensations, and external environment. Research suggests that it is effective for stress and anxiety.
In this clinic led by Peg McPhedran, HPSC ski instructor, and yoga and meditation teacher, you will develop not only ski technique, but also the breathing and relaxation techniques that will support you in reducing anxiety and increasing your skiing enjoyment.
Dates: Mon. Jan. 27, Wed. Feb. 26, Mon. Mar. 10
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| All February trips are now open for registration! To avoid disappointment, don’t wait to register. With the amazing winter we are having, all our January day trips filled up. If a trip is full, please register for the waitlist. We need a minimum of 25 on the waitlist to add a second bus. Drive-up registrations will continue to open on the date and time specified on the trip description. There’s still lots of snow days to come! Just a reminder that the pick-up times listed on the Downhill Day Trips status page are departure times. As a courtesy to other members, please ensure you are at the pick-up point 10-15 minutes prior so the bus can leave on time. Look out for the announcement for our special Sunday trip on Family Day weekend, coming soon. |
These classes offer tips to make skiing the steeps easy and fun. Join us, whether you enjoy the challenge here in Ontario or want to master the steeps for your weekend or charter trips. Some skills you will work on include (but not limited to) short radius turns, speed control and edging.
The emphasis is on building control and confidence in a safe and relaxing environment.
Clinic dates:
Sunday, February 2
Monday, February 10
Wednesday, February 12
Sunday, March 2
Check out the Downhill Ski School page (https://www.hpsc.ca/Downhill-Ski-School) for further information.
Our clinics give you a way to develop your skiing and riding in unique contexts with our instructors at your side.
Some reasons you might want to try a clinic:
Clinics have some STEP requirements. Check out SnoBiz over the next few weeks to learn more about each of our clinics – alternately, visit our downhill ski school page or snowboard school page to learn more about the clinics.
We have seven trips going on sale on September 26, and five of the destinations are on the Ikon Pass!
And, the Ikon Pass is still available through our Group Sale (sale has been extended). The sale gets you a modest discount off the pass, plus $50 off any Skican Group trip, including many of our HPSC trips.
Plus, you get a chance to win a refund equivalent to an Ikon Base Pass. We already have enough sales to refund SIX passes!
A final date has not yet been announced, but we are told the Group Sale will continue into October.
If you have questions, send them to Ikon coordinator, Russ Harding, at ikon@hpsc.ca
Our Group Sale for Ikon Passes will be coming to an end on September 6 at 5pm. Lots of info here.
We have had a great response, and are poised to award a refund equivalent to an Ikon Base Pass to SIX lucky members!
The Ikon Pass can be used for unlimited skiing at Blue Mountain and Tremblant, with no blackouts.
If you have already purchased a 5×7 Pass for Blue, but are thinking maybe you would have been better off getting the Ikon Pass, note that you can get a full refund for the 5×7 by telling Blue the order number for your Ikon Pass. It’s easy!
The pass can be used on our trips as follows:
Blue Mountain Ikon Base Pass (unlimited)
save $69-$159 per day
Tremblant Ikon Base Pass (unlimited)
save $170-$365*
Killington Ikon Base Pass (5 days), Ikon Pass (7 days)
save $270**
Panorama Ikon Base Pass (5 days), Ikon Pass (7 days)
save $405
Japan Ikon Base Pass (5 days), Ikon Pass (7 days)
save $455
Val Gardena Ikon Base Pass (5 days), Ikon Pass (7 days)
save $680
Sun Valley Ikon Base PLUS (5 days), Ikon Pass (7 days)
save $925***
Sun Peaks 1 Ikon Base Pass (5 days), Ikon Pass (7 days)
save $500
Sun Peaks 2 Ikon Base Pass (5 days), Ikon Pass (7 days)
save $455
Banff 1 Ikon Base Pass (5 days), Ikon Pass (7 days)
save $485
Banff 2 Ikon Base Pass (5 days), Ikon Pass (7 days)
save $515
*Tremblant prices are not yet published. Savings shown are from last season.
**Killington prices are not yet published. Savings shown are from last season.
***The Ikon Base Pass is not accepted at Sun Valley. You can purchase the Ikon Base Pass through our Group Sale, and then upgrade to the Ikon Base Plus through your Ikon Pass online account. Or, you can buy the full Ikon Pass through our Group Sale.
Contact me with any questions
Russ Harding
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| The 2023/2024 downhill day trips season came to an end on Saturday, March 23 at MSLM. It was a great way to wrap up the season with a surprise cold week with some snow in Toronto and the ski resorts. A huge thank you to the volunteer downhill day trips team! On a weekly basis, these are your volunteers who worked hard behind the scenes. We had 53 day trips planned for this season, and this team did all the work to coordinate them, even for the trips that didn’t run. Saturday Trip Coordinator: Bishu Basuroy Sunday Trip Coordinator: Michael Hardtke Monday Trip Coordinator: Sheila Moshonas Wednesday Trip Coordinator: Fran Burgess Day Trips email inquiries: Jason Tsang Bus Captain forms: Heidi Gay Thank you to all club members who volunteered to be bus captains on all our day trips! Thank you to Downhill Snow School and all instructors for organizing, teaching lessons and clinics, as well as the MSLM race series! We had an unseasonably warm winter, but we still got quite a few weeks of trips with full registrations. I’m already looking forward to next season and hoping for a lot more snow and winter! |
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| The One Day Mogul Masters clinics are back. The dates are Saturday, February 24 and March 2 at MSLM and Monday, February 26 and Sunday, March 10 at Blue Mountain. For more information visit the Downhill Ski School page. For registration go to the registration page on the HPSC website. *Important* Click the Mogul Masters option not your step level. |