Whiteface 2008

With snow starting to fall here in London, it is fitting to announce the first UWO Ski Trip of the season. From January 17th to the 20th, 2008, 16 members of the Club will have the opportunity to ski the slopes of Whiteface, NY, the site of the 1932 and 1980 Olympic Winter Games. Whiteface Mountain boasts the greatest vertical drop in the Eastern United States…1,045 meters. The cost for this trip is only $360.00, and it is first come, first serve. Therefore, the first 16 people to make a deposit at Campus Recreation in the basement of the UCC will be going! The deposit of $250.00 is due by December 6th at midnight! The remaining $110.00 will be due by January 10th at midnight.

Important Dates
December 6th – Deposit of $250.00 due
January 10th – Remaining $110.00 due
January 17th – 20th – SKI TRIP!!!!

Itinerary
January 17th – leave UWO at 12:30pm, arrive at Whiteface at 11:00pm
January 18th – SKI
January 19th – SKI
January 20th – SKI until 1:30pm, leave Whiteface by 2:30pm, arrive in London at 12:00am

This trip includes transportation, accommodations, lift tickets and meals on January 18th and 19th. You will not find a better price!

To register…
1. Go to the Campus Recreation Guest Services Desk in the basement of the UCC.
2. Register for Course No. 1391 in the Fall 2007 Registration Period ($250.00 deposit) by December 6th
3. Register for Course No. 1390 in the Winter 2008 Registration Period ($110.00 balance) by January 10th

If you have any questions, please contact Trips Coordinator Ryan Campbell at

ryan.d.campbell@gmail.com

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Tremblant Trip Wrap-Up

Despite Tremblant’s reputation for being terribly windy and cold, we enjoyed four awesome days of skiing in the sunshine under blue skies. Click on the image below to view a selection of the hundreds of photos we took during our reading week trip to Quebec.

 
[ The pedestrian village at night. Photo: Carlee Armstrong ]
 

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Whiteface Trip Gallery

The 2007 Eastern ski season was sure looking like a write-off until mid-January, but a few weeks of snow and snowmaking, plus some beautifully sunny weather made for an awesome trip to Lake Placid, NY. Click on the image below to visit our full gallery from the full gallery trip.

 
[ Above the clouds near Whiteface’s summit. Photo: Mike Mitchell ]
 

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No Winter Love For London

Say what you want about the legitimacy of global warming, but green Januaries are becoming a very disturbing trend for the city of London — a city situated within the Lake Huron snowbelt and which is usually covered by this point of the year. With rain on both Christmas and New Years Eve, it’s hardly surprising to hear that London “enjoyed” its warmest December on record. As such, Boler Mountain has yet to open, and likely won’t for a number of weeks (if at all).

The club truly dodged a bullet by cancelling our previously scheduled trip to Blue Mountain, which was set to begin 12 days from now. “Ontario’s Premier Ski Resort” has only a loathsome 1 run open during a traditional peak period in their season, and you know they’re only maintaining that 1 run in order to claim that they’re actually open. It’s a sad thing indeed.

Thankfully both Whiteface (27 runs open) and Mont-Tremblant (52 runs open) are faring much better than their Ontario counterparts, and still have many weeks to improve before our arrival.

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Trip Spaces Very Limited

As of Wednesday, November 22nd, there are only 5 spaces remaining for our Whiteface / Lake Placid trip, and only 6 spaces for Mont. Tremblant. If you intend to participate in either trip but have yet to place your deposit, we recommend taking care of it promptly. Payment instructions are available on each individual trip page.

We would also like to advise our members that the Campus Recreation Membership Services Desk has been requesting validation cards in addition to your student card when making payments. Given that a validation card is something that you can easily go through four years of university without ever using, a few of us have been caught by surprise by this odd requirement.

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