Newsletter- 1.25.25

Ski Day-Recap 1.25.25

Hi gang,

Well we did it again thanks to cooperating weather, bit chilly but beautiful, great snow and most of all a stellar crew of volunteer leaders. We completed another most excellent Silver Hares ski session and a very well attended noisy lunch social.

We were 60 – 70 skiers strong with about 50 joining for our traditional lunch social.

We love Happy Silver Hares!

How Many Silver Hares are There?

I keep getting the question, ” how many Silver Hares are there now ?” Hard to say, but an educated guess is around 300. We have a little over 270 contacts now and a number of those are one email address for a 2 people, as in couples, no idea how many of those. My instinct based on just that is there are at least 150 active Silver Hares skiing with us regularly.

We get numerous requests to join our club, each time I have to inform those well meaning interested folks that we are not a club. We are a drop in program run by a group of volunteer leaders, We are just a group of people that like to ski / eat /drink and play together It is actually much easier to share what we are not,; we are not a club, we have no officers, we have no elections, we have no bylaws, we have no membership dues, no fees other than for activities where we need pay for outside instructors (like dance lessons) food, or facility use. We only have four rules, have a ski pass, sign a waiver, minimum ski ability standard ( Meadow / Bridle trail loop ) and lastly be nice. That’s it folks that’s who we are and are not at the same time.

Silver Hare Artists at the Mountain Magic Art Show

There were no less than 6 Silver Hares exhibiting: Tom Hughes and his stunning wood turned bowls etc., Kathy Mancell with her gorgeous pottery, Dave Wild with cool restored vintage skis and snow gear, Sandy Cook with beautiful quilts, Linda Martin and her lovely wooden painted home decorations, and Patti Lefkos’ author of two fascinating books.

Adventures Beyond Skiing for Silver Hares

Based on the results we will be planning some fun stuff outside Nordic Skiing for the Silver Hares. We will have to limit signups for some of the activities due to space, equipment or instructor limitations. Chocolate Making 2.0 with our own Chocolate John. March 7th 5:30pm – 7:30pm at BugaboosRSVP with Pat at: xcskierpat@yahoo.comThe first class is now filled, but let me know if you are interested and we’ll start a list for a second class!

Wine tasting dinner

February 27th at 6pm at the Black Pine

$109pp (including tax and gratuity)

Spots are filling up quickly, so confirm your spot with Pat at: xcskierpat@yahoo.com

Get Your Groove on with Silver Hares Dance Lessons!

February 15th 5pm -7pm at the NATC

Come join City Dance Instructors Jens and Heather for instruction for the Hustle and the ChaCha….come on….you know you want to!

Bingo Night

February 3rd starting at 6pm.

We are now filled but we know life happens, so we are starting a Wait List. Let me know ASAP if you are intested.

Come out for a fun night at the Black Pine with “Bingo Babe” $20 gets you a chance at some great prizes and guaranteed laughter!

Historic SilverStar Ski. 13 yes , 10 maybe, 1 no, This will be led by our own Norm Crerar and his bride Nancy no fee.

Vintage dress up ski. 5 yes 6 maybe, 13 no No one leading this in particular and we will schedule near season end , was fun for those of us participating last season

Next Ski: Saturday February 1st

We meet at 10 am outside of The Red Antler

See you soon!

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