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    Info About our Club- 

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Monthly Meetings- Normally our monthly meetings are on the second Thursday of each month, September thru March at the Red Cedar Grille Route 309 Colmar PA. Meet for dinner at 7pm; announcements and “business” start approximately at 7:30pm. Red Cedar Grille has great food & beverages, but you can also just show up for the meeting as we have the back room to ourselves.  See you soon! 
At Club Meetings-Catch up with your skiing buddies, eat great food, purchase raffle tickets  / NPSC sportswear, and so much more. Wawa hoagie coupons can be ordered using this Order Form to help raise money for the club.


Other outdoor activities-
Watch for other outdoor activities like bike rides, hiking, kayaking and others to be scheduled with our members.


Benefits of Membership-
Get Perks, discounts, meet people to ski with.

Kids Learn to Ski-
Prices and dates about Learn to Ski Tuesday night at Bear Creek has been updated on the Benefits page


Ski Appreciation Days- EPSC has announced Ski Appreciation Days at Killington and Pico. Info for Stratton to be posted shortly. Shawnee Mountain and Bear Creek are offering Ski Club Members discounts. Many ski areas are switching to online sales in lieu of at the window sales. Procedures for discounted lift ticket days available to club members at Vermont and Pennsylvania Ski Areas is posted on the Benefits page . 

 
See EPSC News Feed 

New NPSC Merchandise Snow Piggy Ski Pole flags and T-shirts now available. 




Snow Pig Competition Status Laura Miller with 40 ski days. Gregg Keeling 32 days, Anne Brinton and Antonia Tripp 20 days, Molly Fisher 16 days. Can anyone beat these total on the slopes? Everyone can report their ski days this season under Surveys. The club member who skis/snowboards the most skit days in each ski season is awarded the Snow Pig Award. Here's what's  been reported so far:

Name	Days Skied 2023
Laura Miller	40
Gregg Keeling	32
Jane Chambers	32
Susan Lubbe	29
Antonia Tripp	20
Anne Brinton	20
Molly Fisher	16
Dave Schoneker	15
Alex Miller	9
Frank Prindle	5

News from NSCF National Ski Council Federation
Use this link to see NSCF April 2023 News about recent developments in the ski business.

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Upcoming Activities

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Volunteers Needed

Looking for people to help us man Membership Drive Booths at North Wales Community Day Sept 30,  Buckmans Tent Sale Oct 11 & 14, Lansdale First Friday Zombie Walk Nov 3. Check out the Volunteering Sign up Page . Get into the spirit of Lansdale's Zombie Walk!

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Typical Club Activities- Get involved!

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Meet at the Mountain Ski Trips

When the ski season in PA is gets underway many weeks, member groups meet up to ski Jack Frost or Blue Mountain or Bear Creek. We had around 9 of these meet at the mountain trips during the 2022/2023 Skiing season. Join us to meet new ski buddies. Skiing with friends is always fun. Contact any club officer to get added to the email list we use to organize these meet at the mountain ski trips.
 

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Vermont Trips-
Often members get together for for trips to Vermont, NH, and/or Maine.
Many of our members attended the 70+ Skiers Club Okemo trip the first week of Jan 2022. Quite a few were under 70 years of age.

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Summer Picnic 2023-

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Upcoming Trips 2024-

Sign ups for 2024 trips began at the March meeting. We still have some openings, so check out the trip info pages and the sign-up procedure.

Greek Peak & Elk Mtn

Many members have rainy-day vouchers for Greek Peak and it's been proposed we make it a two day trip Jan 16-17 to use the vouchers and ski an additional day at Elk Mountain. Sign ups for this trip have not begun.

Lake Tahoe- Heavenly 2024

Join us for the EPSC Winter Carnival at Lake Tahoe- Heavenly see the Trip Info Page about this exciting trip. The trip will be Jan27-Feb 3, 2024 at the south end of Lake Tahoe, we'll be staying at Harvey's Casino. Trip is still open to all members of NPSC and any member of other EPSC clubs.

 

Trips for 2025 are being planned to Steamboat Springs Colorado for Winter Carnival (Last few days of  Jan/1st week Feb 2025) and also an international trip to Japan to ski at Nagano and other areas plus a visit to Tokyo and Kyoto (Early March 2025).



Snow shoeing along ridge of Aspen Mountain.

 Past Trips/Activities-


Saddleback Maine Ski Trip 2023  
Ten people from EPSC (North Penn, Trenton and the Penguins Ski Clubs) traveled to Saddleback, Maine on February 26^th to ski a new mountain that none of them had skied before. North Penn participants had some big time car trouble, but their trip was salvaged by kind Errol NH Motel owners, who actually lent Dave and Gregg their car to continue the trip to Rangeley Maine where Saddleback is located. The hospitality, trust and generosity of these folks in Errol, NH was absolutely amazing!  These people were the nicest people in the world and will never be forgotten by Dave and Gregg. 

Once everyone arrived at Saddleback, the group was treated to some great snow and one heck of a mountain to ski.  Saddleback is a big mountain with runs for every type of skier from expert to beginner.  We had nearly two feet of new snow during the week we were there and the snowy days were interspersed with sunny days so we could enjoy all the great conditions.  The base lodge at Saddleback is really nice and we didn’t experience any crowds while we were there.  We skied right onto the chairs every day.  We stayed in the nice little town of Rangeley at the Rangeley Inn which is a really nice , newly renovated old style New England Inn.  The rooms and public spaces at the Inn were large and very nice, and the Inn had a great restaurant and Bar area where many in the group  hung out on several nights.  The food was excellent and the cozy atmosphere and fireplace was a delight.  On Wednesday afternoon, the group all got together at the mountain in the Tavern area upstairs in the base lodge for an Apres-Ski Party where we all told stories about our great experiences during the week.  We also met some old-time locals (especially Charlie) who joined us and told us lots of interesting information about the history of Saddleback.
   In summary, Saddleback is a ski area that is definitely worth the drive to Maine and is highly recommended to everyone in EPSC clubs for future trips.  If you go, you should definitely stay at the Rangeley Inn.  You won’t be sorry!  Everyone who was on the trip was very impressed with Saddleback and the Rangeley Inn and said that they would definitely consider coming back in the future.

Saddleback Mountain Maine

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     Past Trips/Activities (cont'd)-
Aspen Snowmass 2023- Jan 23-Feb 4 The club trip to Snowmass in Aspen Colorado was a great success. First two days were cloudy with 3-4 inches of fresh snow each day, followed by four days of bright sunny "blue-bird" skiing days. Members skied all over Snowmass Mountain skiing Elk Camp, Big Burn, up to the Cirque, Rock Mountain High and more. Club members also ventured to Buttermilk Mountain and Aspen Mountain. On Wednesday many members took a day off from skiing and went shopping in downtown Aspen or snow-shoed along the ridge of Aspen and/or Snowmass Mountains through the woods and out to stunning views.  Tuesday there was a fun NASTAR ski race and the North Penn "Flying Snow Pigs" Team beat all the other EPSC clubs with the fastest time. We attended the EPSC banquet themed "Playground of the Rich & Famous" some dressed up and some of us danced to a DJ's music. The club had a private Pizza party Thursday, and an Apres Ski party Friday, to use up the extra drinks and food left over from the night before. Saturday club members bid farewell to Snowmass at O-dark thirty to allow the bus 6 hours to get us to the airport 2 hours before our flight back to Philly. All-in-all it was a fantastic trip. Everyone thanks Dave and Laura our trip leaders for their diligence in making this trip run smoothly. Check out other peoples photos from the trip at Photo Albums .Molly already did one! And you can too. See the FAQ and this Pictorial Guide to Adding Photos. Check out Randy, Kara, and Kim's videos from Snowmass on Video Page





Blue Mountain Meet-up-Jan 24, 2023 A group of North Penn members met up at Blue Mountain to ski together. We skied the morning and several runs after lunch. Nice time had by all.

Greek Peak Trip- Jan 17, 2023 we had a 2-night overnight to Greek Peak in Cortland NY. We drove up Tuesday and stayed over at the beautiful Hope Lake Lodge. It was light freezing rain with a few flakes of snow at the top of the mountain on Wednesday. We all had a great time skiing what was open on the mountain Wednesday. However, steady rain forced the group to head home early on Thursday. We had a great time sharing each others company at Apres-Ski get togethers, lunches and dinners. We all look forward to a return trip to Greek Peak possibly later in February. See trip photo album here. 

Blue Mountain- Meet at Mountain Trips- During Jan and February many club members go to Blue Mountain, Bear Creek, Jack Frost for Meet-at-the Mountain Ski Trips. Organized via an email list, we ski many days as a group at these local ski areas. So far, during 2022/23 Season one group skied Blue Mountain Dec 21st. Some members got in some early spring skiing Monday Jan 2, 2023 at Blue Mountain. See photo of a trio below. Another large group met up at Blue on Jan 24.

Previous Season Activities 
Trip Reports 2023 
Trip Reports 2022

Videos!!
Check out Videos of NPSC skiing Trips page, courtesy of Frank Prindle!!

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Snow shoeing through the firs and spruce trees on Aspen Mountain.
   

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