November's Newsletter (click here)
Piette’s Post
Welcome to November, the traditional start of our ski season in this region. Let’s hope that the snow is good early enough for us to get our ski legs ready for the trips beginning with our trip to Telluride in January.
We had a good size group of people for our Fall Banquet on October 2. We had a good time and we shared that our Midwest trip will be to Afton Alps and Welch Village from March 6 to March 8, 2026. Information and the signup sheet are in the newsletter. We also announced that we are finalizing plans to return to Whitefish from March 6-13 2027. Can you believe that our last trip to Whitefish was March 2013? Given the number of requests by our members it is our intent to include Amtrack as one of the options for travel. It was a lot of fun twelve years ago and it will be again.
Our final openings for Telluride were filled in early October. We are still accepting applications for Telluride on a wait list basis. I encourage you to sign up if you want to go. It is possible that we will be able to get another condo which would create spot for you. It is also possible that someone will need to drop out, creating an open spot. If and/or when spots become available, we will notify the first person to sign up on the waitlist and they will have the choice to join first. Of course, we would place people with consideration for their gender.
As discussed last month, we were able to regain access to our Facebook Page with the help of Niina Baum, Owner of Valo Media in Rhinelander. The purposes of this Facebook page are to communicate to our members and to advertise our ski club so people become aware of our club and the opportunity to join a local group of people that love the sport of skiing & boarding. Our members and the public can view the page at Gelandesprung Ski Club of Green Bay, Sports Club at https://www.facebook.com/gelandesprung.
If you go to the page, you will see the ad for our Telluride trip. We will soon have our Midwest Trip advertised on the site. We will also use the page to advertise our other activities such as membership meetings, and other social events. Only our Administrators will be able to post on the page. We currently have four Administrators including Scot Wederquist, Luke Davis, Claudia Elsner and myself.
We will also maintain our Facebook group (Gelandesprung Ski Club Public group). You become a member of the group by liking the site. The group is set up so we can all post information. Examples would be to post photos of scenery or people at our events, a suggestion to informally meet other members at a ski area, go for a group bike ride, or any other appropriate posts. Brian Fowle is the administrator for the Facebook Group.
Wishing all of you a great Thanksgiving holiday and good luck to all hunters looking for that 30-point buck.
See you soon,
Tom Piette
