Ski Club trips

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Just saw that someone posted about a Boston Ski Club trip. Didn't even know that those were a thing!! I'm in DFW and it looks like there is a club here. As a new single (with almost adult kiddos), it seems like a brilliant way to travel, since my besties are not skiers.

Question about the clubs -- can I just join a ski trip with any club? Assuming that I become a member? Or do I have to live in that area?
Thanks!

 

[santacruz skier]

Just saw that someone posted about a Boston Ski Club trip. Didn't even know that those were a thing!! I'm in DFW and it looks like there is a club here. As a new single (with almost adult kiddos), it seems like a brilliant way to travel, since my besties are not skiers.

Question about the clubs -- can I just join a ski trip with any club? Assuming that I become a member? Or do I have to live in that area?
Thanks!

I don't know about Boston, but I went on several European ski trips with the San Antonio ski club (had a friend who lived there) and it was free to join. I live in CA.

 

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I don't know about Boston, but I went on several European ski trips with the San Antonio ski club (had a friend who lived there) and it was free to join. I live in CA.

Oh! That's good to know. Did anyone give you the side-eye that you weren't from San Antonio and joining the trip??

 

[RachelV]

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Question about the clubs -- can I just join a ski trip with any club? Assuming that I become a member? Or do I have to live in that area?
Thanks!

I don't have a ton of experience with ski clubs, but back when I lived in NYC there was one I was interested in that required you to join a certain number of in-person events meetups before you could go on trips with them. I'd say if the clubs you're looking at don't have requirements like that and you're able to do everything you have to do to join the trips from afar, they're likely ok with it.

 

[santacruz skier]

Oh! That's good to know. Did anyone give you the side-eye that you weren't from San Antonio and joining the trip??

Only that I was from California.

 

[marzNC]

Question about the clubs -- can I just join a ski trip with any club? Assuming that I become a member? Or do I have to live in that area?

Welcome! It's fair to say that ski clubs vary in their set up. For instance, a ski club near big mountains is more likely to have bus trips, plus a few trips that require flying. A ski club in Florida will only have trips that include a flight. Ski clubs in the midwest have bus trips and flying trips. As for becoming a member, all that's usually all that's required to start with is paying the membership fee. Bigger cities often have more than one ski club. Of course, it's more fun if the club is located where you are more likely to be able to attend non-skiing events.

There are also national clubs. The one I've been paying attention to is for seniors over 70. The 70 Plus Ski Club has annual gatherings at a few locations, annual trips to a few destination resorts, as well as a few other trips each season. In my case, I'm mostly interested in trip to other continents. I knew a woman who went on a trip to Europe . . . when she was over 90.

I've joined the Grey Wolf Ski Club (65+) for Wolf Creek this season because I planned two trips there. They are in the early stages of planning a trip to Japan for 2026. I didn't join for trips, but for the extra discount for a season pass. I don't live anywhere near Colorado.

 

[marzNC]

since my besties are not skiers.

Have you noticed the thread about Diva West and Diva East? You'd have to plan travel on your own, but would have a chance to make new friends who are skiers.

Diva Weeks 2025 - Alta / Snowbird & Sugarloaf / Saddleback

I wanted to start a public thread about our 2025 in-person meetups, for anyone who's not yet a member or hasn't posted much. The main threads -- like all threads involving in-person meetups -- can only be seen if you're a registered member with at least 15 posts. So! Every year we do 2 trips...

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Fair to say that most of the people I do ski trips with are Divas. My husband (30+ years) is a non-skier. My daughter is a young adult with a full-time job so would love to ski with me more but she's at a different stage of life. I've done the majority of my skiing after retiring early to be a more relaxed older parent.

 

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Have you noticed the thread about Diva West and Diva East? You'd have to plan travel on your own, but would have a chance to make new friends who are skiers.

Diva Weeks 2025 - Alta / Snowbird & Sugarloaf / Saddleback

I wanted to start a public thread about our 2025 in-person meetups, for anyone who's not yet a member or hasn't posted much. The main threads -- like all threads involving in-person meetups -- can only be seen if you're a registered member with at least 15 posts. So! Every year we do 2 trips...

www.theskidiva.com

Diva Weeks: Everything You Need to Know About Attending a Ski Diva Ski Trip | The Ski Diva

Everything you need to know to join members of The Ski Diva forum on a ski trip.

www.theskidiva.com

Fair to say that most of the people I do ski trips with are Divas. My husband (30+ years) is a non-skier. My daughter is a young adult with a full-time job so would love to ski with me more but she's at a different stage of life. I've done the majority of my skiing after retiring early to be a more relaxed older parent.

Yes! I just joined Ski Diva, so I can't see the details yet. Love the idea of meeting new ski buddies in a women-centered group. I'll keep my eyes open for when my posts exceed the required number, so I can check it out.

 

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Welcome! It's fair to say that ski clubs vary in their set up. For instance, a ski club near big mountains is more likely to have bus trips, plus a few trips that require flying. A ski club in Florida will only have trips that include a flight. Ski clubs in the midwest have bus trips and flying trips. As for becoming a member, all that's usually all that's required to start with is paying the membership fee. Bigger cities often have more than one ski club. Of course, it's more fun if the club is located where you are more likely to be able to attend non-skiing events.

There are also national clubs. The one I've been paying attention to is for seniors over 70. The 70 Plus Ski Club has annual gatherings at a few locations, annual trips to a few destination resorts, as well as a few other trips each season. In my case, I'm mostly interested in trip to other continents. I knew a woman who went on a trip to Europe . . . when she was over 90.

I've joined the Grey Wolf Ski Club (65+) for Wolf Creek this season because I planned two trips there. They are in the early stages of planning a trip to Japan for 2026. I didn't join for trips, but for the extra discount for a season pass. I don't live anywhere near Colorado.

I'm gonna have to look into the national clubs. Just checked out the Texas Ski Council which lists all of the trips for the Texas organizations. I'm in the 40+ age range, so I'm still too young for the groups that you mentioned. However, I LOVE that you knew a women who was 90+ that is still skiing. I aspire to that!!

 

[santacruz skier]

The Texas Ski Council does fantastic trips. My friend (she passed away about 8 years ago) invited me to go on several trips with the San Antonio Club (subset of Texas Ski Council). We went to Bad Gastein, Austria, Serre Chevalier, France, Champery, Switzerland, Aosta, Italy to name a few. The other trips I did with friends (booked on our own) were to Wengen, Switzerland, St Moritz, Switzerland, Kitzbuhel, Austria, Chamonix, France, Tignes and Val d'isere, France.

 

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The Texas Ski Council does fantastic trips. My friend (she passed away about 8 years ago) invited me to go on several trips with the San Antonio Club (subset of Texas Ski Council). We went to Bad Gastein, Austria, Serre Chevalier, France, Champery, Switzerland, Aosta, Italy to name a few. The other trips I did with friends (booked on our own) were to Wengen, Switzerland, St Moritz, Switzerland, Kitzbuhel, Austria, Chamonix, France, Tignes and Val d'ere, France.

I cannot wait to be able to do some of these international trips!! They sound fabulous! And, honestly, they seem fairly well-priced.

 

[santacruz skier]

I cannot wait to be able to do some of these international trips!! They sound fabulous! And, honestly, they seem fairly well-priced.

They are well priced and have always stayed at really nice accommodations. Probably cheaper than a week at many US resorts.

 

[marzNC]

I cannot wait to be able to do some of these international trips!! They sound fabulous! And, honestly, they seem fairly well-priced.

For destination resorts like Telluride, Aspen, Big Sky, or Taos, ski club trips can be the most economical way to do a 1-week ski vacation. Especially if staying slopeside is of interest.

Have you heard much about Taos Ski Weeks?

 

[VickiK]

My Southern California ski club* has had a number of non-local and out of state members (MI, TX, even MA), who are friends or family of local members. Membership is required to go on any trip; just fill in the application and pay your dues to join. Non-local folks usually come out for the 'big' out-of-state trips. I'm sort of non-local myself, because the club is based in Orange County and I live in L.A. County. I used to live in 'the OC' so I know a lot of people in the club. But it is tough for me to participate in the social events.

*Fountain Valley Ski Club, Huntington Beach Ski Club is another OC club that does out of state trips and I believe they have the same rules for membership.

 

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For destination resorts like Telluride, Aspen, Big Sky, or Taos, ski club trips can be the most economical way to do a 1-week ski vacation. Especially if staying slopeside is of interest.

Have you heard much about Taos Ski Weeks?

Yes, definitely interested in staying slope side. I've done ski in-ski out twice and it's so lovely!

Read about the Taos Ski weeks today actually! I'm looking at that also. They seem super convenient, since it's every week.

The Taos page suggesting flying from DFW with JSX air. With their flight schedule, I'd miss the Sunday and the Friday lesson -- at least that's what I found on first glance -- unless I flew in two days earlier and left two days later. I'm going to research further.

 

[marzNC]

Yes, definitely interested in staying slope side. I've done ski in-ski out twice and it's so lovely!

Read about the Taos Ski weeks today actually! I'm looking at that also. They seem super convenient, since it's every week.

The Taos page suggesting flying from DFW with JSX air. With their flight schedule, I'd miss the Sunday and the Friday lesson -- at least that's what I found on first glance -- unless I flew in two days earlier and left two days later. I'm going to research further.

There will be Divas skiing Taos all of February, some staying all month and some there for a week. A few are staying slopeside and others are staying in town. It's a 30-min drive from the town of Taos up the mountain road to Taos Ski Valley (TSV), which is the name of the resort.

While TSV is evolving rapidly so that a few aspects discussed in this thread no longer apply, most of the info is still relevant.

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This is the general thread for this season.

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Hmm, for JSX it looks like the people who want a full week and stay slopeside simply travel Sun both ways. Missing the Sun lesson for a Taos Ski Week is not a big deal. There are always some people who travel on Sunday and start skiing on Monday morning. In theory, it would be possible to do most of the Friday lesson and manage to get the shuttle to the airport for the 1:45pm departure for Dallas. Would be a rush though.