Dear CSSA members,

Wish you all have had a happy long weekend. As you may know, the last winter storm dropped 10 inches of new natural snow at Mountain High ski resort, and they are continueing to make snow throughout the week. So we expect fantastic snow condition for the ski trip this Saturday, Feb. 25th.

For the trip, we will depart around 7:30am and return around 5:30pm.

Temperature at the ski resort will be around 50F. So please dress

warmly. Other useful stuff include gloves, hats, and sunglasses. You can

either bring a light lunch with you, or eat in the resort cafeteria (around

$5 per person).

Again we have some tickets available for transfer this time. The price is

$43 for one day usage of the 3-peat ticket. It includes a 2-hour lesson,

complete skiing or snowboard rental, and an 8-hour lower mountain lifting

ticket. We also have some 8-hour full-mountain lifting tickets available for

transfer for $30 each (you need to rent the ski or snowboard by yourself).

If you are interested, please send me an email for reservation.

The driving direction to Mountain High ski resort is to go I-10 East for

36 miles, then I-15 North for 25 miles, take the exit to 138 West

toward Wrightwood (a left turn) and continue on it for 7 miles, then

turn left to CA-2 West for 5 miles. The ski resort has two parts, east

resort and west resort. You will see the parking lot for the east resort on

your left first. Park your car there, and then board a shuttle to go to west

ski resort. We typically meet at the place where we board the shuttle in the

east ski resort.

If you are interested in joining the trip, please send me an email for

reservation. Please include your name, address, phone number, your ski level

(beginner/intermediate/advanced), if you need a ticket, and if you need pickup

or can provide carpool seats for others (and how many). Cost for carpool

will be shared among participants (around $7 per person, to the driver directly).

BTW, photos for past ski trips can be found in the hiking club web

page at http://netweb.usc.edu/xinming/hiking_club.html

Xinming