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| Good News! Our Long Trips Committee managed to extend the deadline for registration for this trip to January 12, 2025, allowing members who recently joined the club or those who weren’t able to get on a previously offered trip to experience one of our best value charter trips! Enjoy 6 days of exceptional skiing in the Canadian Rockies. Your stay at the Crimson Hotel in downtown Jasper includes a daily hot breakfast, and the hotel is within walking distance to many excellent dining options. There are currently 4 spots left. In addition; one male member is looking for a roommate and one female member is looking for a roommate.Don’t wait until the last minute to sign up as the tour operator will release the airline seats and the hotel rooms soon. The ski resort and hotel were not affected by last summer’s fire, and Jasper Tourism has let us know that the restaurants and bars are open for business! They are looking forward to welcoming us back to Jasper this winter. |
Last Call for Lake Placid February 23-27 – Terrific for Downhill and Cross-Country!
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There are a few rooms left for the Lake Placid trip but we must release them by December 19! For downhill skiers and snowboarders, you will be skiing at Whiteface Mountain, the highest vertical in eastern USA (vertical 3,430ft.). For cross-country skiers and snowshoers, you will ski the extensive recreational and Olympic trails at Mt. Van Hoevenberg. One day, we will go to Heart Lake which is high in the mountains at the Adirondack Mountain Club to do some back country skiing and snowshoeing. Accommodation is at the newly renovated Grand Adirondack Lodge in the heart of Lake Placid, close to restaurants, shops and Olympic museums. Please sign up on the website under overnight trips under the Long Trips tab. |
Wecome to New Downhill Instructor Livia Zhang!
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| My name is Livia Zhang. I have been a member of HPSC for 6 seasons. I am excited to join the High Park Snow School and learn from experienced instructors, as well as contribute my skills to the club.I started skiing at Christmas in 2003. I fell in love with it on the first try. I feel gravity does the most work when I am skiing and I just need to control it. I like what my Trainer said – ski effortless. At the beginning, my ski pathway was not smooth due to a lack of formal training. In the 2013/2014 winter season I joined High Park Ski Club. With proper training and skiing with members with common interests, my skiing skills improved quickly. I became a certified CSIA Level 2 instructor in 2017 and I have actively taught for 7 seasons. I am a full-time Information Technology Professional. In my spare time, I am a passionate sports lover. I am very active in different sports in all seasons, either as an athlete or as a volunteer, which puts me in a very good mental and physical condition. I have finished 3 full marathons, and 4 half IRONMAN races. Now every year I still run several half marathons as a pacer and race an Olympic distance triathlon. The feeling of riding a road bike is so close to downhill skiing.I wish to continue to improve my teaching and skiing skills. I hope my ski skills and positive lifestyle can impact more people to have fun in the winter and live a healthy lifestyle. |
Clinic Spotlight: Ski the Steeps – STEPs 7-9
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.
Only a Few Spaces Available on Long Trips!
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| Now that we’ve got some local snow, the last few spots will start to fill up on the Jasper, Alberta and Lake Placid, NY trips. Please see the last edition of SnoBiz or the HPSC website for a detailed description of these two iconic trips. We are also looking for one female to share a hotel room at the Killington Grand, and have spots remaining on our Mont Tremblant early and late season trips. The mid-season mid-week trip in February is full. Spots do open up on other trips but only if another member has to cancel. Sign up for the last few open spots on our trips now! One spot open for a male in a double room for C6 Newfoundland (XC and Downhill). Final payments are due December 3, 2024, so if you are interested register on the waitlist ASAP and you will removed from the waitlist and registered right away. Skiing and snowshoeing in Newfoundland is amazing; last year they had tons more snow than we did. Plus Newfoundlanders are the friendliest people. Come join us and get “screeched in” and become an honourary Newfoundlander! |
Treat yourself to a new experience this winterwith a Special Clinic!
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:
- Explore different terrain, like bumps, steeps, or the terrain park
- Discover new sensations through carving clinics
- Develop confidence through clinics like skiing in the zone or mindfulness
- Learn to teach through our Instructor Training program
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.
Looking for a Long Trip?
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| Jasper, Alberta and Lake Placid, NY are amazingly both still available for sign up!With a direct flight to Edmonton, followed by a scenic bus ride, you’ll be in the town of Jasper at the Crimson Hotel, an HPSC favorite. With good sized rooms with two beds and a daily hot breakfast, followed by a short shuttle ride right outside the hotel, you’ll be on the slopes in no time! Although the ski resort, Marmot Basin, and the hotel/restaurant zone were not impacted, the town is making great progress on rebuilding the damaged areas. They are ready and waiting to welcome our group on Ontario March break. This trip offers exceptional value with six days of lift tickets! Don’t miss a visit to this iconic Canadian destination! Lake Placid is a short bus ride (approximately 6.5 hours) but has the highest vertical in the eastern USA! You’ll stay right in the town of Lake Placid at the recently renovated Grand Adirondack hotel (part of the Marriott chain) with a daily hot breakfast. The town has lots to offer including shops, restaurants, and lots of other activities and attractions related to the winter Olympics. The daily shuttle will take you to Whiteface Mountain or to one of the cross-country resorts (daily choice will be based on conditions). It’s the perfect blend of Adirondack forest natural beauty wilderness and a quaint eastern USA town. |
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Overnight Bus Trip Sign-up is Tomorrow!
Bus trip sign-up night is coming on Thursday, October 24 at 8pm sharp for our final batch of trips…Family Day Eastern Townships (Sutton/Orford and XC) and four trips to Mont Tremblant. A few spots still remain for Lake Placid, NY as well. See the website for details on all trips.
One of the best kept secrets is south of Montreal in the Eastern Townships. We’ll spend 3 nights at the luxurious Manoir des Sables and included in our package are 3 full breakfasts and two dinners. The hotel has an indoor swimming pool, hot tub and exercise room along with high-end spa facilities with Finnish sauna and Nordic baths. You may choose to skate at the on-site rink at our hotel or explore the skating path around the lake in the beautiful town of Magog. Sutton is known for the “Best Glade Skiing in the East” and has a reputation for great snow. Mont Orford, with 3 peaks and its hybrid 6-pack/gondola lift makes for a great ski experience.
Cross-country skiers and snowshoers will be skiing at Parc Du Mont Orford Le Cerisier and if conditions permit, at Plein Air Sutton.
Spots Available on Lake Placid Trip!
| Trip sign up night on Sept 26 was a great success! Almost all members were able to sign up for a spot on the trip of their choice. HPSC is the premier destination ski club with more spots to the ski areas that you want to go to. One of the ski destinations that you may not know about is Lake Placid, New York. We will stay in the newly renovated Grand Adirondack Lodge on the main street of the lovely town of Lake Placid. Downhill skiers will ski at Whiteface Mountain located in the beautiful Adirondack mountain range. It has a vertical of 3,430 feet, making it the highest in the eastern USA. Cross-country skiers will ski the Olympic XC trails at Mount Van Hoevenberg which has recently built a new spacious lodge. Transportation to both sites will be provided by our HPSC luxury coach. Downhillers can also take the town shuttle if they wish to get up later or return earlier. This is a 4 night trip with 4 full buffet breakfasts. Add on three days of downhill or cross-country skiing in peak snow season, February 23-27, 2025 and you have the makings of a great HPSC vacation trip! Please see the details on the website and note that this trip is available for sign up now. Finally, a reminder that our overnight bus trips to Mont Tremblant and the Eastern Townships will go on sale on Thursday, October 24 at 8pm sharp! Details on the website. |
Ikon Group Sale Extended!
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