A note from our Pres.
Although I saw some snow pellets falling as recently as Sat evening, I am finally willing to concede that the ski season is (probably) over. I am sending this last update message of the season exactly one month later than I did last year. We just kept getting snow and it was possible to get out on skis at places like the P’tit Train du Nord right into April. I was out of town when we had our last “bonus” snowfall on Apr 12, so my apologies for not sending out an update message to rally us all to get out one more time!
We had some erratic weather this winter, as has often been the case in recent years, but we were able to get out most weekends. And the season did certainly go longer this year. Using another measure for how good the ski conditions were, we were only able to get out skiing at Mount Royal on three Wed evenings this year (plus for the Sat morning Pot Luck in Jan), but that was two more than last year!
Arthur G gets credit for being the “last skier standing” based on a photo of him at the PTdN on Apr 6. Check out the web site one last time to see the photo. And take note of the improvements to the web site that Keith has already begun making to get ready for next season!
Thank You To All the People Who Helped Out
The club counts on the involvement of many people who volunteer to take on key roles. On behalf of all members, I would like to thank the following people for their work on the executive or for the special events they organized:
AL L for being the club founder and President Emeritus
KEITH R for our top-notch web site
CHRISTINE D for being the Treasurer
BRUCE C for the membership database and the mailings
JOANNA C for organizing the Christmas Party AND the End of Season Party
MONIQUE I for the Pot Luck Lunch at “Melrose Place”
CHERYL W and HELÈNE C for the Gatineau Weekend
GLENN K for the ski clinic at Morin Heights
GWEN W(along with RICHARD Cand MONIQUE M) for the picnic at Lac Monroe / Parc du Mont Tremblant
ARTHUR G for organizing our first Orford Weekend!
Have a Great Summer
Have a great “off season”! See you in September when we resume our Wed evening walks at Lachine and our Sun hikes.
Tom V
and a note from Linda H
Volunteers give their time to organize club activities.
Most do it for the glory and praise hoping that someday they will be nominated for the Governor General’s award for outstanding community service – Right!
I really don’t know why people volunteer to organize these events. Each has their own reason to want to help the club.
I for one am grateful to all who helped this ski season. To all those Tom mentioned in his report, and those he forgot to mention, thank you for making this season possible.
Thanks as well to Tom, our president, who is always keen and enthusiastic if not a bit too optimistic regarding ski conditions for most of us mortals who are not as expert on skis as he is. Without your willingness to rally and encourage folk when they don’t want to be rallied and encouraged out of bed early on a Sunday morning we probably would not have skied at all. It can’t be easy being the only one who thinks it is still ski season.
Sorry I have to cut this short but my bike is calling me. Hope you all have a great summer and see you all in the fall for the hiking season.
Linda H