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Nashville Ski Club

Welcome! Looking for folks who love to ski? You've come to the right place! While our 2023-24 trips are now complete, we've already announced our destinations for 2024-25:
- Jackson Hole, Wyoming, January 4-11, 2025
- Big Sky, Montana, January 18-25, 2025
- Copper Mountain, Colorado, February 23 - March 2, 2025
- Chamonix, France, March 8-16, 2025 with optional extension to Lyon

While our Chamonix trip is currently sold out, members may add their names to the waiting list. See the Chamonix trip page for more info. You must be logged in to this site to be able to add your name to the list.

Missed the May meeting? Be sure to join us for our June 4th meeting at Crow's Nest in Green Hills. Info about our ski trips will have more details as we approach our trip sign-up meeting in July. Guests and Visitors are always welcome!

✳️ Not a member? Right now you can get a Year-Plus membership for just $5 over the regular new member fee AND your membership will be good until September 30, 2025! Your membership will ensure you're sent our trip mailer and will be eligible to sign up for our domestic ski trips at our July 12th meeting. (Offer good only to never-ever members and past members whose memberships have lapsed.)

If you're not a member but would like periodic updates on our social events, join our email list by clicking on the Add Me To Your Mailing List link at the very top of this page. If you'd like to receive our annual trip mailer in late June/early July, please include your postal address too. Members of our club receive a more detailed email each week with members-only discounts and events. Once you join the club you'll automatically be switched to the members email list.

Update 1 June:
- We've got a new Featured Member. Learn more about Bill T. below
- Don't forget that our members may register for the December ski camp at Steamboat and the 2025 Alaskan Cruise beginning today at 11 AM CT. Visit our Trips page, then click on the Crescent Ski Council logo for more information.

Update 25-26 May:
- The June newsletter has been uploaded. Click on our Newsletter tab to see it
- Added a couple of photos from our Mt. LeConte hike below and dozens have been uploaded to our Photo Gallery

NOTE: if you're visiting us on a mobile device, there should be a popup bar at the bottom of the screen with our menu. You may have to scroll down a bit to see it.

Our intrepid hikers had a great time hiking up to LeConte Lodge just before the Memorial Day holiday. No matter the weather, it's great fun and good views. Join us on our next big hike to Charit Creek in September. Reservations open up on June 3 at 1 PM CT.

Thanks to David for hosting a Kentucky Derby party! It was a lot of fun and fortunately the weather wasn't an issue. And what a photo finish! You can find more pictures in our Photo Gallery.

We had a nice turnout for our May meeting at Agave's Mexican Restaurant in Belle Meade. People were excited to talk about our upcoming trips and learn who is planning to attend each trip. If you couldn't make it to this meeting, be sure to attend next month's meeting as we'll have more details for our trips finalized and excitement will be building for our trip sign-ups in July. (And congrats to Bill & Suz!)

Did you catch us at the Nashville Outdoor Recreation Festival & Expo at Bells Bend Park on April 13? We had absolutely perfect weather for the event and had a great time letting folks know about our club.

Our April meeting was at Corner Pub in Brentwood where we elected officers and directors for the upcoming fiscal year. The folks who went to Whitefish shared their stories as we look forward to an off-season with warm-weather events.

Our final trip of the season was to Whitefish, Montana. We had gorgeous views, saw snow ghosts, enjoyed a day trip to Glacier National Park and some even went snowshoeing. Does it get any better? We've already announced trips for next season. Join now and you'll be able to sign up for them in July!

At our March membership meeting we not only reported on our Breckenridge trip and had a send-off for those on the Whitefish trip, we presented our 2025 Chamonix trip and began taking sign-ups for it!

We had a great time in Breckenridge! Check out the Photo Gallery page for more photos!

We hiked David Crockett State Park on February 17th. It was chilly but beautiful! There are more photos in our Photo Gallery. Join us for our next hike on March 23rd.

Bill Trainor

Hometown: Pittsburgh - Steeler country!
When did you first join the ski club? Suzanne and I joined last summer, 2023
Ski club offices held: No club office held, just a happy member!
Favorite ski resort? Mount Baker! Woke up one morning in my camper, to waist-deep Pow! 😃

What’s the best trip (traveling wise) you ever had?
I would say one of the trips in my truck camper. When I retired, I had a coast to coast six-plus week trip. it was spontaneous and not planned out. no timeframe, no itinerary; the perfect retirement gift to myself. But I’ve had several with my daughter in the Pacific Northwest jet skiing or traveling to ski resorts that to this day put a smile on my face thinking of them.

If you could live anywhere in the world for a year, where would it be?
Sandpoint, Idaho The beauty and charm of this place is that it has not been fully discovered yet.

What’s your favorite seat on an airplane?
The very front left seat. Assuming no mechanicals, delays or bad weather. Otherwise, in first class with a martini complaining with the best of them! (ed. note - as a retired pilot of course he wants the best view!)

What’s the weirdest food you’ve ever eaten?
Kangaroo in Sydney, I would not recommend it.

What is your favorite dessert?
Vanilla birthday cake