PROGRAMS

Family Club Ride Program:

While lessons have their place, and benefits, we believe riding is about self-expression and fun! What better way to achieve that than through free ride time with friends!

Our club meets at Snoqualmie Pass on Wednesday nights all winter! These are simple Community Club Rides where we just get together and ride!  There is no formal training.  Mostly learning and laughing with peers.

Riders will be divided into groups based on age and skill level. A parent chaperone will ride with each group. Each group’s chaperone will have a radio for communication.

We depend on parents to chaperone the groups and the shuttle! If parents do not ski or snowboard, we will make accommodations. This club is about inclusion of everyone.

If you are looking for lessons, PLEASE reach out to us for assistance.

High Schooler Program:

High school students will not be required to ride with a chaperone, but will be expected to attend check in and check out, and stay with their designated group. At least one rider in each highschool group will also have a radio.

I90 can be dangerous mid winter. Especially for new drivers. The ski shuttle is a great option for high school students! Seats are limited, register ASAP.

****Ages 5 and up. All riders must be able to load and unload the chairlift.****

Please note, you’ll still need a lift ticket! If you can’t afford a lift ticket, PLEASE reach out to us for help. Our club has allotted funding for just that!

**Note: Registration does not include lift tickets or rentals**
REGISTER HERE

See the Summit website for more information on their local mountain rules.

Ski Shuttle

I-90 can be a very dangerous place mid winter. Especially for new drivers. Thankfully, High Society Transportation provides us a ride to the hill every Wednesday night!

Ski Shuttle Pass- $50 per child. Ideal for highschool students!

Save your seat on the shuttle for all 8 Wednesdays, plus the Sunday Hyak Tailgate party! That averages out to $5.55/trip. Seats are limited so save yours by registering now!

Parent Ski Shuttle Pass- $50 per parent. We have very limited seats, so all seats must be paid for to ride the shuttle. THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC SHUTTLE. THIS IS FOR CLUB MEMBER PARENTS/GUARDIANS ONLY.

Fee is waived for the dedicated Parent Shuttle Chaperone.  Consider volunteering for the position!!!

Donate

Support our Club, Sponsor a child!

Snow sports come with a LOT of necessities- insurance, rentals, passes, lessons, gear, you name it!

Please consider sponsoring a child! Here are some recommended sponsorship packages we have available:

$50- Night lift ticket for 1 Child
$525- Covers the cost of 3 lessons for a child!
$1,000+ Complete package for one child! (3 lessons, 13 weeks Tix, Rentals, Ski Shuttle)

Thank you for your support!

P.S. We are a non-profit, so your donation is tax deductible! EIN# 87-4270778

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HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS:

Virtual Community Gear Garage Sale

Families need gear! We’d like to invite anyone and everyone in the area to our virtual community garage sale November 18-21!

Please post your snowboard & ski equipment for sale, and help families find affordable equipment for the upcoming season.

Join the Facebook group to join the sale!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/402176440812451/

Need more incentive? Sellers will be picked at random during the sale to win prizes!

So go out to the garage, dust off those dusty kids boots, and let’s get them to some kids who need them!

21/22 Update

A message from the founder of KCSSC:

**DECEMBER 28 UPDATE:

It’s official! Club Rides will begin on Jan 12, and continue every Wednesday night for 8 consecutive weeks!!!  Everyone is expected to be at the meet up location, booted up and ready to ride at 5:45.  We officially ride from 6:00-7:30.  Some of us stay until close.

How Club Rides Work:Club Rides are a community effort, dependent on parent chaperones.  The club will divide into groups depending on skill and where we feel like riding that night.
There are no formal lessons on club night.  This is for riders to get on the slopes with friends, and have fun!


Parents can choose which weeks they want to chaperone.  You don’t have to chaperone every week.  If a parent doesn’t ski or snowboard, we can accommodate them.  This club is about inclusion.

**Please note, registration does not include lift tickets or rentals**

REGISTER FOR FREE CLUB RIDES HERE

YAY!!!

**DECEMBER 18 UPDATE:

We’ve been searching for solutions, and haven’t lost hope yet!  We have some options, and are doing everything we can to keep this season running.

In order to do that, we need your input! Please take a minute to fill out our survey!  https://surveyheart.com/form/61bcc32dfee988714bf2eed1

We are currently facing two major challenges:

1. Not enough help- We need volunteers to chaperone, coach, and on the board!  Are you available to help?
2. WSDOT’s under staffing issue… Getting to the Summit this season is already proving to be… Difficult.

I’d like to hear from you all.  We could execute the ski bus to make travel easier.
We also have eachother!  We may not be able to provide lessons with coaches, but we can at least do club ride day! Parents could also opt to coach!

The bottom line is, this club wasn’t designed for me, it was designed for the community.  Thus, we need the community’s help on figuring out how to move forward!

In order to make this a successful collaboration, we need to hear everyone’s perspective.  So PLEASE tell us what you think in this survey! https://surveyheart.com/form/61bcc32dfee988714bf2eed1

**This is a cry for help, NOT the white flag*
It breaks my heart to say this, but we are pausing Kittitas Co. Ski & Snowboard Club for the upcoming 2021/2022 season. What does “pause” mean exactly? Well, we’re not saying we’re cancelling the season, yet we’re not we’re continuing it. I can tell you this much: We wont be running our club at the ski resort. Hopefully we can find another way.

Even with this grim news, I’m a firm believer that optimism doesn’t come from a lack of adversity, nor from just “thinking good thoughts”. True optimism comes from identifying a challenge, and believing in the possibility of a solution.

Children (and adults) need snow in their lives. Snow brings an unparalleled type of joy that can’t be found elsewhere.

So, for the sake of transparency, I’d like to share our reasons for pausing this club, in hopes that we can work as a community to find a solution. The children have been through enough, and deserve to slide on.

There are 5 challenges we face this season:

  1. Our local ski resort is requiring vaccinations for employment. That means that they, like most businesses, are understaffed. An understaffed resort means fewer chairs open, and longer lift lines. We run our club mid week so that we can virtually ski straight to the chair. Last year, we stood in line on many occasions for more than 30 minutes- on a mid week night! This year they will have even fewer staff. We believe it’s not worth our time, money, and energy, to stand in line.
  2. King County now requires a vaccine passport indoors. Half of the resort base areas are in King Co. Sure, skiing is outdoors. But what about bathrooms? And the rental shop? Kittitas County Ski & Snowboard Club does not discriminate, and will not support discrimination.
  3. Like most businesses right now, we are understaffed! We rely mostly on volunteers, but we just don’t have the support needed to run the club this year.
  4. I-90 Snow Removal isn’t looking good. WSDOT is incredibly understaffed right now. They have always done a great job with the roads, thanks to their task force. Without those drivers, we don’t find it safe or smart to create a schedule that depends so greatly on road conditions

This is a cry for help, not a white flag. KCSSC is not a company for one individual. It is a community club. That means we need to collaborate the creativity, the intelligence, the love, the passion, and the energy of our community! Do you have ideas on how to keep this going for the children? Do you know of a local hill we could ski on? Are you willing to volunteer once or twice a week? There are likely many options that we haven’t thought of.

Please, feel free to reach out with any input here: kcsscyouth@gmail.com

Movie Night: TGR “Magic Hour”

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Thanks to the amazing businesses in our small town, KCSSC is hosting the premiere of TGR’s new feature film: Magic Hour!

Join us on October 22nd to get hyped for winter with our new feature length ski and snowboard film, Magic Hour, and huge raffle at Coal Mountain Caboose! Doors open at 6:00pm. All ages welcome!

We’ll have raffle prize giveaways from:
-Mervin
-Troutwater
-TGR
-YETI
-Sierra Nevada
-Atomic
-Volkl
-Mammut
-Tincup Whiskey and more.

Plus, everyone in attendance will have a chance at the tour grand prizes, including
-A trip to Jackson Hole
-The ultimate at-home editing package from -Sierra Nevada
-A YETI prize pack
-Custom skis or snowboards from Tincup Whiskey
-Mammut safety setup including an avy pack.

Ski and Snowboard film premiers have been a tradition in the sport for over 100 years!! In fact, many riders refer to Fall as “Premiere Season”. These events are about good clean fun, and getting stoked for the upcoming snow season.

More than just a movie, a ski premiere is a whole night of fun! There are live and virtual raffles, free swag, music, and countless friendly debates over equipment and resorts.

This movie premier will act as a fundraiser for our youth ski/snowboard club. The funds raised at the event will go directly to the youth lift tickets, rentals, lessons, and shuttle costs.

Join us for a great night of stoke, tons of raffle prizes, Popcorn, and free swag!!!

YOUTH RIDERS WHO REGISTER FOR THE 2023 SEASON PRIOR TO THE EVENT WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE SHOW FREE OF CHARGE!

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About the Film: Magic hour is not so much a particular time a day as a culmination of powerful moments in some of the most beautiful, wild places on the planet. For 27 years, Teton Gravity Research has been searching for the right place with the right crew at the perfect time to experience life at its fullest.

Between the thrill of the hunt and the peace of floating down a mountain, the sum of our experiences becoming greater than its parts is what we seek. If you ask us, our annual snow film Magic Hour is just that. 

Starring: Sage Cattabriga-Alosa, Ian McIntosh, Griffin Post, Nick McNutt, Tim Durtschi, Kai Jones, Christina Lustenberger, Sam Smoothy, Parkin Costain, Amy Jane David, KC Deane, Veronica Paulsen, Jim Ryan, Michelle Parker, Jeremy Jones, Bode Merrill, Simon Hillis, McRae Williams, Jake Hopfinger, Nat Murphy.

Shot on location in: Jackson Hole, Alaska, British Columbia, Montana

The worldwide tour for Magic Hour launches in September. 

Find tour stop information and tickets at tour.tetongravity.com

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HUGE Thanks to our growing list of sponsors: