by Armand Gutierrez, President

April is here and that means two things: taxes and resort closings. Not much you can do about taxes, but if you’re thinking of skiing in April then think spring conditions: a little firm in the morning, getting better between 10am – 2pm, then soft and slushy and sticky. Here is a list of resort closings:

April 14 – Northstar

April 21 – Heavenly

April 28 – Kirkwood and Mt. Rose

May 27 – Palisades/Alpine (weather and conditions permitting.)

May 27 – Mammoth

The 2025 NSC Ski Week will be at Sun Peaks, BC from 25 January to 1 February. So mark your calendar and start planning on a ski week to Canada’s second largest resort with 4,700 skiable terrain acres. Also, check your passport’s expiration date. Sports America has posted the Epic/Ikon links for the 2024-2025 season and are offering a 6.5% trip rebate if you purchase the passes from Sports America and go on the Sun Peaks trip:

Use this for Epic passes: https://www.sportsamerica.com/epic-nisei

Use this for Ikon passes: https://www.sportsamerica.com/ikon-nisei

Password: snow

Questions: contact president@niseiskiclub.org

Board Nominations & Elections

Well, it’s that time again for holding our board nominations and elections for the 2024-2025 season, and an email for making your nominations for the board will soon find its way to your inbox. As you know, volunteers run this club, and without them this club would cease to exist, and it’s been in existence for over 65 years! You are encouraged to take this opportunity to nominate an individual for one, or more, of the board positions. We do have an opening for Membership Director as Tina Woo is retiring from that position. All individuals that accept the nomination(s) will go through an election process in May, and final results will be announced in the June Newsletter. Many of you have served on the board in the past, and your efforts were greatly appreciated and perhaps you would like to join the board again. For those that have never served then perhaps now is the time to consider a board position and provide new ideas and useful experience.

QotM: A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.

by Armand Gutierrez, President

Presently I’m on my annual FWSA International Travel ski week in Madonna di Campiglio, and will be here from 23 Feb – 3 Mar. And after that I’ll be in Milan, Verona, and La Spezia for the extension week, returning soon 11 March. This is my first time skiing Madonna so I’m looking forward to new scenery, meeting new people and, as usual, great Italian cuisine.

FWSF’s Spring See’s Yum-Raising

FWSF is launching their Spring See’s Yum-Raising event. The Far West Ski Foundation, founded in 1964, is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization that is dedicated to conducting fundraising programs to provide grants to non-profit organizations that support adaptive and rehabilitative snowsports programs, athletic scholarships for junior racers, and various snowsports industry initiatives. If you are a chocoholic and interested in supporting the See’s Yum-Raising event then take a gander at the flyer in the newsletter.

2025 NSC Ski Week

The 20245 NSC Ski Week will be at Sun Peaks, BC with a tentative date from 25 January to 1 February. So mark your calendar and start planning on a ski week to Canada’s second largest resort with 4,700 skiable terrain acres. Also, check your passport’s expiration date.

Board Nominations

Now that it’s March it’s time to think about Board Nominations for the 2024-25 season. If anyone has an interest in joining the board for the next season and has questions about what it entails then just drop a note to any of the current board members, or perhaps you have someone in mind to nominate for the board. Please keep in mind that the Nisei Ski Club relies on volunteers to be on the board and undertake the running of the club. It’s not all work and no play. Board meetings this year have been online using Zoom. It is a convenience to attend a Zoom board meeting from the comfort of home, but I do miss the face-to-face interaction and the lunches afterward.

QotM: Passion is the genesis of genius – Galileo Galilei

by Armand Gutierrez, President

Welcome to the Chinese Year of the Dragon! Yes, the Chinese New Year starts February 10thand celebrations culminate with the Lantern Festival on February 17th. People born in the year of the Dragon (1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, etc.) are often considered to be charismatic, ambitious, adventurous, and fearless.

Well, it’s happening again: the atmospheric river is cruising at altitude over northern California bringing wind, rain, snow, and stay-at-home conditions. On the bright side, our snow-capped mountains in the Tahoe area are the recipients of increased snowfall, and that is always a good thing.

2024 NSC Jackson Hole

The Jackson Hole crew has returned from a great week of skiing in the fog, a few sunny days, return of the fog, and a few days of light snow at the end of the week.  Unusual warmer-than-normal temps caused by an inversion layer created the low-visibility fog and it was necessary to use “the force” to guide us down the hill. Look for eyewitness reports in the March newsletter.

QotM: No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot. – Mark Twain