All spots for the 2020 Austria trip are now sold out—thanks to everyone for your interest and support! You can contact Touringhouse to be placed on a cancellation list, or to receive notice of news related to a 2021 trip: Don is researching ideas already. Come ask him about them on Saturday, October 19, 2019, at the Bytown Ski Club booth at the Ottawa Ski, Snowboard, and Travel Show in the EY Centre. Also take the opportunity to meet other ski club volunteers and ask your questions about the many benefits of becoming a member.
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2020 Austria trip
The Bytown Ski Club is pleased to offer a week-long European ski and snowboard week trip to St. Anton–Arlberg region of Austria, from Friday, January 24 to Saturday, February 1, 2020. Our partner Touringhouse has again put together a high quality, economical, all-inclusive package to one of the premier ski regions of the world, featuring the beautiful ski village atmosphere and hospitality of Austria. The immense ski region has more than 300 kilometres of groomed pistes serviced by 88 state-of-the-art lifts, including several heated chairs. For more details, see the 2020 Austria trip page. Don’t miss out on a trip of a lifetime!
Trip report: Soll, Austria (2019)
The Bytown Ski Club has successfully completed a trip to Soll, Austria: twenty-nine participants enjoyed the best snow accumulation in sixty years over 280 acres of terrain. See the full trip report for more details. Ideas are already being worked on for next year: stay tuned for news of a European trip in 2020!
Trips now open for registration; Titus Mountain self-drive trip Feb 8-10, 2019
Tremblant Day Trips Now Online! – Now that we have some snow, it’s time to gear up for some great skiing!
Our day trips include bus transportation and lift pass, optional rentals available. Our all inclusive pricing is cheaper than purchasing just lift ticket at the hill. For those who want to cross country or to spend the day at Tremblant enjoying La Source or the village, we have a bus only option available for $36. Why drive when we can do that for you! Prices start at $99 for adults, $94 for seniors, $79 for kids/students.
Trip dates are:
- Friday January 25: PD day for both Public and Catholic elementary students
- Friday February 15: PD day for both Public and Catholic elementary students
- Sunday March 24
- Sunday April 7th
Log into the Member Zone to register. We need participants to ensure that the trips will proceed, so sign up today!
Titus Mountain – Mark the weekend of February 8-10, 2019 on your calendar!
This is a self drive trip down to Titus Mountain Resort in the Adirondacks. Located only two hours from Ottawa, this resort outside Malone New York was voted number one family resort in America last year. They have 50 runs, 1200′ vertical, night skiing and a great tubing park.
Bytown Ski Club has arranged preferential pricing at a nearby hotel that includes breakfast, for either Friday and/or Saturday nights.
Alternatively, just drive down for the day and join your club friends. On Saturday, Lauralea Lemay, Don Singer and some Executive members will be hosting an après-ski social in the main lodge. See the 2019 Titus Mountain trip page for more details, including registering.
Ski Max Tickets – Online sales for Tremblant tickets continue. Tickets are $71.92 – this includes all taxes. Regular adult ticket office price is $105.40 and even higher over the March break period. There are NO BLACKOUT periods on these discount direct to lift single day adult passes. Prices include all taxes. They are transferable so you can give them to your friends and relatives too.
We have limited tickets left, if you want tickets do not wait! Sign in to the Member Zone to purchase SkiMax tickets. As of January 10, there are 29 tickets available.
Skiers looking for rides and other Skiers! – We have a member who is looking for a ride to Camp Fortune for lessons on Thursday nights. If you are willing to provide a lift to a member in need, please email us.
Also we have members who are looking for a weekly meet up to go skiing on Friday nights, Saturday or Sundays.
*** If you are interested please email us. Please state if you are interested in downhill or cross country, and if you are a driver and can provide a ride etc. The club will do it best to match up people for ride sharing.
Memberships – Memberships are available online for $11. Membership cards are printed directly from your purchase receipt on the registration system. Select Receipts from the left hand menu. Detailed instructions can be found on the Membership page.
Grade 4 and 5 Ski Canada Snowpass – Do you have kids in grade 4 and 5? You might be interested in the Ski Canada Snowpass. The pass offers free lift passes for your grade 4 or 5‘er. Some hills require a participating adult to purchase a ticket as well, but not all hills. Please see the Ski Canada web site for details.
Participating local hills are: Calabogie, Packenham, Camp Fortune, Mont Cascades, Edelweiss, Mont Sainte Marie and Tremblant.
Edelweiss and Les Sommets Discount code – Discount pricing for day passes available all season. Save $11 for Ages 13+ and save $6 for Ages 7-12
The discount code is good for Edelweiss ski hill and also St Sauveur, Avila, Morin Heights, Gabriel and Olympia.
Camp Fortune; Tremblant Ski Max; Lessons; Trips
Camp Fortune lessons – Camp Fortune lessons are now live!! Don’t wait and miss out on this opportunity to save. Please note that our prices include taxes, so yes we are even cheaper than registering directly on the Camp Fortune website. Log into the Member Zone to check out all the options. Camp Fortune is also hosting an open house on November 4th starting at 10am. Check them out!
Camp Fortune Passes – Purchase this 0 dollar product and our volunteer will email you the link and unlock code to purchase one of the Limited Camp Fortune seasons passes!!! *** Requires a Bytown Ski Club Membership. Code expires on Camp Fortune Website at Midnight on Nov 30th. Three options are available:
- weekday pass – Save $40
- weeknight pass – Save $50
- almost anytime pass – Save $80
** Note, once registered you will be sent the registration password and information separately by our volunteer. Code will be sent out on November 1st and after that, once per week. Please allow a week for this to occur.
Tremblant Ski Max Tickets – Online sales for Tremblant tickets are now open. Tickets are $69.30 until October 26th, after that time the price rises to $71.92. Regular adult ticket office price is $105.40 and even higher over Christmas and March break periods. There are NO BLACKOUT periods on these discount direct to lift single day adult passes. Prices include all taxes. They are transferable so you can give them to your friends and relatives too. Tickets ordered in October will be available for pickup in early November. Ticket purchasers will be notified by email when and where to pick their tickets up when they are available.
Lessons – Don’t want to brave the crowds at Camp Fortune? Calabogie and Mont Cascades both offer 20% off of their weekend lesson packages. Vorlage offers 15% until November 26th.
Gatineau Passes – We will be offering discount Gatineau passes again this year. Our volunteer is waiting to receive our discount code, hasn’t happened yet. They will be for sale in the near future. Please stand by!!
Austria – Austria Ski Week January 18-26 2019 – this trip is a go!!!
There are still flights and a few single and double rooms available for this fantastic week long trip. This all-inclusive package (double room) per person is only $2829! Deadline for booking is October 24. Don’t miss out on this great oppourtunity to ski the Austrian Alps.
See our Austria 2019 page or the Touringhouse web site for more information. Reserve your spot now by phone (Touringhouse: 613-741-2942), email, or Trip Leader Don Singer directly at 613-716-4494.
More information will be available at the Bytown Ski Club booth at the Ottawa Ski Show October 20 and 21 at the EY Centre.
Trips – Our proposed dates for this years trips are:
- Tremblant Friday January 25th (PD day for both public and Catholic elementary kids)
- Tremblant Friday February 15th (PD day for both public and Catholic elementary kids)
- Tremblant Sunday March 10th
- Whiteface Sunday March 31st
- Tremblant Sunday April 7th
Trip registration will be open at the end of December.
Membership Cards – Membership cards are printed directly from your purchase receipt on the registration system. Select Receipts from the left hand menu. Detailed instructions can be found on the Membership page.
Volunteers – We are always looking for volunteers. Specifically, we could use some help with the following:
Ski Show Helpers – Ottawa Ski Show October 20, 21st. Setup and manning our booth. Talk to possible new members and enjoy the ski show atmosphere. ** Thanks to those who emailed, we could still use a couple more people **
Trip Primes – Someone to ride the bus and purchase tickets and be the responsible adult. Ensure that everyone has a good time. ** Thanks to those who emailed, we could still use a couple more people **
Email us to volunteer (Please and Thank You!)
Annual General Meeting; Tremblant Ski Max; Fortune lessons; and more
Annual General Meeting – Join us on Monday October 15th at 7pm at the Coldwell Banker office at 1749 Woodward Drive. Would you like to volunteer?? Now is a good time to join us for an overview of the club financials and to provide input into what the club plans for this season. All are welcome. Please come and provide some input into the programs so we can meet the needs of our members.
Tremblant Ski Max lift tickets – Now at the cheapest price of the season when you pay by cheque – we do not have internet money transfer available and credit card sales will soon be available. At $67.65 each you are saving 41% from the regular ticket adult price of $117.24, even more of a saving over Christmas and March break periods – there are NO BLACKOUT periods. Prices include all taxes.
** DON’T PROCRASTINATE on this ** log into your account in the Member Zone.
Camp Fortune Lessons – As soon as cheque sales for Ski Max tickets end, discounted Camp Fortune Lessons will begin. The pricing includes taxes, so YES it is still cheaper for you to purchase your lessons through us. The Camp Fortune website prices do not include the taxes. An email will come out when they become available. We do know that Camp Fortune requires our sales to END on Oct 19th.
Austria – Austria Ski Week January 18-26 2019 – this trip is a go!!!
There are still flights and a few single and double rooms available for this fantastic week long trip. This all-inclusive package (double room) per person is only $2829! Deadline for booking is October 24. Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to ski the Austrian Alps.
See the Touringhouse web site for more information. Reserve your spot now by phone (Touringhouse: 613-741-2942), email, or Trip Leader Don Singer directly at 613-716-4494.
More information will be available at the Bytown Ski Club booth at the Ottawa Ski Show October 20 and 21 at the EY Centre.
Membership Cards – Membership cards are printed directly from your purchase receipt on the registration system. Select Receipts from the left hand menu. Detailed instructions can be found on our “Membership” page.
Volunteers – We are always looking for volunteers. Specifically, we could use some help with the following:
Discount prime – would require phone calls to existing businesses to ensure that we can continue to receive our discounts. Approx time required – 3 hours. More if you want to solicit more businesses. ** Still need someone to help with this **
Ski Show Helpers – Ottawa Ski Show October 20, 21st. Setup and manning our booth. Talk to possible new members and enjoy the ski show atmosphere. ** Thanks to those who emailed, we could still use a couple more people **
Ticket Distribution – We need help packing and distributing our tickets. ** Still hoping for a helper or two for this. **
Trip Primes – Someone to ride the bus and purchase tickets and be the responsible adult. Ensure that everyone has a good time. ** Thanks to those who emailed, we could still use a couple more people **
Email us at our info email address (Please and Thank You!)
Registration now open for 2019 Austria trip
Registration has started since 8:30am, Tuesday, August 21, 2018 for our 2018 European ski and snowboard week-long trip to Soll, Austria, in the SkiWelt region, Austria’s largest interconnected ski area, from January 18 to 26, 2019. All-inclusive prices start at $2829, which covers air fare, ground transfer by private coach, hotel accommodations, daily breakfast buffet and four-course dinner, 6-day all-area ski pass, après-ski group tobogganing event, and more!
There will be an information meeting at 6:30pm, Wednesday, September 12, 2018 at the Emerald Plaza library branch, 1547 Merivale Road. Come and have your questions answered about this great experience.
For more details, including how to reserve your spot, see the 2019 Austria trip page.
2019 Austria trip
The Bytown Ski Club is pleased to offer a week-long European ski and snowboard week trip to Soll, Austria, in the SkiWelt region, Austria’s largest interconnected ski area, from January 18 to 26, 2019. It features 90 lifts (including gondolas and many heated chair lifts) and 280 kilometers of pistes connecting nine ski villages and 77 mountain restaurants. It is an experience of a lifetime—for more details, see the 2019 Austria trip page. We hope to see you there!
