Dear CSSA members,

Wish you all have had a wonderful Spring Break. We had 57 participants in the whale watching trip yesterday. Although the wind and wave were quite strong, we were very lucky to spot the California grey whale for numerous times. At one time, the whale was less than 50 meters away from boat. Photos for the trip will be put on the hiking club web page http://netweb.usc.edu/xinming/hiking_club.html soon.

For the coming weekend, the hiking club will organize another ski trip to Mountain High ski resort. They are expecting to receive 3-5 inches of new snows by tomorrow. So the snow condition should be pretty good for this weekend. 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).