Long Trips – High Park Ski Club Blog

2024-10-232024-11-11

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.

2024-10-092024-11-11

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.

2024-09-112024-09-16

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

2024-09-112024-09-16

Long Trips Sign-up

It’s almost here! Sign-up will open at 8pm sharp on Thursday, September 26 for the following trips: Sun Peaks 1 & 2, Banff 1 & 2, Jasper, Lake Placid Combo trip and Killington. Sign-up for the 4 Mont Tremblant trips and the Family Day Eastern Townships Downhill trip will open at 8pm on Thursday, October 24. We’ve worked hard to put together another interesting line up of trips with more spaces on HPSC’s favourite Ikon pass destinations, like Sun Peaks, Banff and Mont Tremblant but also return to other HPSC favourites, like Lake Placid and Eastern Townships.

If you are signing up for yourself and a roommate, be sure to complete both parts of Stage 1 on sign-up night to indicate that you are signing up for a double room with a roommate and that you are paying the $100 deposit x 2 for both you and your roommate. Some members did not complete both questions and unfortunately only registered themselves and we want to help you avoid this mistake. Note that it will be up to you to settle up with your roommate for their initial $100 deposit. You will provide your roommate’s name by email to the trip leader, after you have finished the registration. Alternatively, you can each register and pay separately, but there is no guarantee using this process that you will both be successful in getting onto the trip.

It’s a great time to review the list of helpful tips for roommates before signing up for a trip.

Helpful Tips for Roommates

If possible, HPSC trip leaders will try to match you with someone who is in your age group, ski level, early riser, or nighthawk. On some trips, this is not possible if there are only a few singles to be matched. However, respectful communication and common courtesy will ensure that both parties will have a great ski trip, and may even form a long and lasting friendship.

Here are a few tips to help you.

1. Recommended quiet hours and lights out for a ski trip would be between 10 pm and 7am. You and your roommate can mutually agree to modify these hours which may also have to change on travel days. To be clear, this means no lights or sounds from mobile devices or computers. If you need to use these, please go to the lobby or find another spot in the hotel so that you do not disturb your roommate.

2. Beds / Storage – Agree on which beds you will take. Allocate separate and equal areas within the room to keep your bags stored, and split the closet and drawer space evenly.

3. Temperature – Leave the standard settings unless you and your roommate agree to a change.

4. Towels – Allocate the standard towels provided in the room evenly. If you need more, order more for yourself, but use only your assigned towels. Agree on where you will each hang them.

Note that if you have been identified as a loud snorer, require a CPAP or white noise machine, you need to sign up for a single room, or sign up with a roommate who is aware of them in advance and has agreed to room with you despite these conditions.

2024-08-14

Ikon Group Sale Pass continues…but not for long!!

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

ikon@hpsc.ca

2024-08-14

Long Trips News

We were all heartbroken to see such devastation to such a beloved and iconic destination as Jasper, Alberta. Although many residents very sadly lost their homes, our tour operator has confirmed that there was no damage to the Crimson Hotel or the Marmot Basin ski resort. We firmly believe that it will help the town recover if tourism continues, and at this point plan to do our part by continuing with our trip to Jasper in March 2025.

Spots have been added on the Panorama early start trip and optional Ski With the Pros course. Sign-up for the added spots and the rest of our Western Canada trips will be held on Thursday, September 26 at 8 pm sharp. Sign up for overnight bus trips on Thursday, October 24, also at 8 pm sharp. Check out our website for more information. Full details available later in the summer. You can’t beat the wide variety of HPSC trips. There truly is something for everyone!