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The third annual Bytown Ski Week to St. Anton, Austria was a great experience! Read Don’s trip report on the 2020 Austria trip page.
A couple of destinations under consideration for next year are Mayrhofen, Austria, and Morzine, France (Portes du Soleil). We hope you will join us in 2021 on the next European ski adventure!
Edelweiss ski meet up this Sunday — Come join us for another casual ski day and social get together at Edelweiss this Sunday afternoon, March 8. Join in for some social ski time at 10 am or just join in for snacks in the afternoon at 2 pm.
Meet at 10 am in front of the main lodge (look for Glen in a yellow scarf). Meet at the bar in the lodge at 2 pm and we’ll have free snacks and hot cocoa for you.
Log into the Member Zone to register for the Edelweiss discount code which can be used online to save on lift tickets.
For any questions, please email us.
Tremblant day trips: March 15 and April 5 — We have a couple of day trips coming up on March 15th and April 5th. Come out for some great skiing at Tremblant. If you don’t ski or snowboard, we have a bus only option where you can enjoy the village, do some cross country skiing, snow shoeing, shopping or hit up the new water park Brind’O Aquaclub.
Bus leaves 6:15am from the Bells Corners Loblaws and we also do a pickup at the Loblaws on Isabella at 6:30am if requested. Log into the Member Zone to sign up now.
Trip departure location and times are located on our trips info page, and are also in the receipt that you received when you purchased the trip.
Discount at Microtel Inn & Suites Mont-Tremblant — Microtel Hotels has offered club members a 15% discount on their Best Available Rate for the season (blackout dates may apply). This pet-friendly hotel also provides free hot breakfasts, a shuttle to the hill, hot tub and pool, and more! The inn is just beside the Tim Hortons and McDonalds as you turn off of the highway to go to Tremblant.
Log into the Member Zone to register for the discount. All details will be in the receipt that is sent to you after you complete your signup.
Titus Mountain: self-drive trip on March 21, 2020 — Located only two hours from Ottawa, Titus Mountain Resort outside Malone, New York in the Adirondacks was voted “Voted #2 family-friendly resort” and “#2 best overall resort” in North America. Drive yourself down for the day or stay overnight at the Malone Holiday Inn Express hotel, which accepts Canadian cash at par for hotel rooms.
There are couple of seats available in one of the club executives car for this event. Please contact us if you are interested in sharing a ride.
On Saturday, meet Lauralea, Glen, and Don in the morning and get 2-for-1 vouchers for lift tickets. You can also sign up to participate in the poker run to collect cards around the mountain. At 5 pm we will host an après-ski social in the main lodge. See the 2020 Titus Mountain trip page for more details, including registering in advance.
Titus Mountain: self-drive trip on March 21, 2020 — Located only two hours from Ottawa, Titus Mountain Resort outside Malone, New York in the Adirondacks was voted “Voted #2 family-friendly resort” and “#2 best overall resort” in North America. Drive down for the day or stay overnight at the Malone Holiday Inn Express hotel, which accepts Canadian cash at par for hotel rooms.
On Saturday, meet Lauralea, Glen, and Don in the morning and get 2-for-1 vouchers for lift tickets. You can also sign up to participate in the poker run to collect cards around the mountain. At 5 pm we will host an après-ski social in the main lodge. See the 2020 Titus Mountain trip page for more details, including registering in advance.
Camp Fortune ski meet up this Sunday — Come join us for another casual ski day and social get together at Camp Fortune this Sunday afternoon, February 9. This event is free and open to all, and we’ll have nachos and hot cocoa at the end of the day. Meet at 11 am in front of the chalet (look for Glen in a yellow scarf). Enjoy the slopes for the rest of the day and meet from 3 pm to 5 pm in the bar for free snacks and hot cocoa (table reserved under “Bytown Ski Club”).
Discount at Microtel Inn & Suites Mont-Tremblant — Microtel Hotels has offered club members a 15% discount on their Best Available Rate for the season (blackout dates may apply). This pet friendly hotel also provides free hot breakfasts, a shuttle to the hill, hot tub and pool, and more! The inn is just beside the Tim Hortons and McDonalds as you turn off of the highway to go to Tremblant.
Log into the Member Zone to register for the discount. All details will be in the receipt that is sent to you after you complete your signup.
Tremblant tickets — We are SOLD OUT of tickets. If you have extra tickets to sell, or would like to purchase tickets, please email us and we’ll coordinate buyers and sellers. So far we have NO sellers and quite a few interested buyers.
Mont Tremblant on Friday February 14 — trip is confimred to GO! We have currently 34 participants signed up to the trip with a maximum capacity of 56 persons on the bus. If you are interested in joining, please register now in the Member Zone.
If you don’t ski or snowboard, we have a bus only option where you can enjoy the village, do some cross country skiing, snow shoeing, shopping or hit up the new water park Brind’O Aquaclub.
Pick up locations will be at Bells Corners (Loblaws Bells Corners South-West parking lot) at 6:15am and Ottawa Downtown (Loblaws on Isabella, North-West parking lot) at 6:30am.
The next trip is to Mont Sutton in the Quebec Eastern Townships. It will be another awesome ski trip! Put this in your calendar and invite your friends and families to join us. See the Trips page for information on all trips, including prices, and sign up in the Member Zone.
Mont Tremblant on Friday, January 24 — trip is confirmed to GO! Come join us for a fabulous day of skiing on Friday. The weather won’t be bitterly cold, they’ve had recent snow and it’s a day off for the elementary kids!
If you don’t ski, we have a bus only option where you can enjoy the village, do some cross country skiing, snow shoeing, shopping or hit up the new water park Brind’O Aquaclub.
Bus leaves 6:15am from the Bells Corners Loblaws and we also do a pickup at the Loblaws on Isabella at 6:30am if requested. There are lots of seats still available! Sign up now in the Member Zone for this or any of our upcoming trips. The next two planned trips are to Tremblant on February 14 and Mount Sutton on March 1.
Due to a shortfall of signups, the Mont Blanc trip is cancelled. The next two scheduled day trips are to Tremblant on January 24 and February 14, both PD days for elementary schools. Sign up now for any future trip to help ensure these trips will go! For prices and more info, see the Trips page.
Mont Blanc trip needs you!!! — We would love to see this trip go, but we need more people to sign up now! For prices and more info, see the Trips page.
Meet and Greet @ Calabogie — All Bytown Ski Club members are invited to join our Austrian ski week travelers for a pre-Europe warm up at Calabogie Peaks on Saturday January 11.
Drop by the Bytown members welcome table between 9:15 and 10:15 to register so we’ll know how many tables to reserve for après-ski cocktails in the Black Donald Lounge upstairs at the Calabogie Peaks Ski lodge from 3:00 onwards. We’ll have some muchies at our Bytown tables, plus there is entertainment with Vicki Brittle that afternoon.
Remember your Bytown membership card to get a members’ only discount off regular price Calabogie ski-pass.
Tremblant tickets — Did you procrastinate on the purchase of your tickets for this year? We are sad to report that we are now sold out of our extra Tremblant tickets.
If you have extra tickets to sell, or would like to purchase tickets, please email us and we’ll coordinate buyers and sellers.
Day trips — The next two scheduled day trips after Mont Blanc are to Tremblant on January 24 and February 14, both PD days for elementary schools. Sign up now to ensure these trips will go! For prices and more info, see the Trips page.
Membership — You can join us anytime!! Only $11 for adults and $5 for kids. We have discounts available at local merchants, membership meet and greets (Calabogie on Jan 11), fun day trips and we support all those who need an excuse to get out of the house and do some fun stuff outdoors in the winter. Winter is too long to stay inside — get out there and have some fun! Sign up in the Member Zone.
Bytown Day Bus Trips — We have 6 day trips scheduled for this year. Four to Mont Tremblant, one to Mont Blanc and one to Mont Sutton.
Four of the trips are on Sundays and two are on Fridays (that coincide with school PD days). The list of trips and basic pricing is available on the trips page. Please sign up early to ensure that trips will proceed as planned!
Tremblant SkiMax tickets — SkiMax ticket sales are completed for this year. They will be on sale again next September.
Austria ski trip — there will be an information meeting on Tuesday, January 7, 2020 from 6:30 to 7:30 pm at the Ottawa Public Library, Centrepointe branch, Meeting Room 1B. Don will talk about his pre-Christmas visit to St. Anton, and Touringhouse will provide your airline package. The highlights will be sent out before the trip departure, if you cannot make it. For the latest updates, including airline seating arrangements, see the “Information for Participants” section on the 2020 Austria trip page.
Ski club meetups — Don is organizing a pre-Europe meetup and a post-trip reunion afterwards; all Bytown ski club members are invited to both: