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ITHE NORTH AMERICAN
TR AVEL PROGR AM
by Nancy Ellis
Vice President - North American Travel, FWSA

The 2020 FWSA Ski Week participants traveled to Big Sky Resort in Montana. photo provided by Nancy Ellis

The Far West Ski Association Travel
Program offers trips for ski club and direct members to destinations in North
America, Canada, and U.S. territories.
Our annual ski week is extremely popular, offering activities for skiers/boarders and non-skiers. We have a week of
skiing/boarding, parties with dancing,
racing, and opportunities for shopping
and winter activities in the area. Far
West Ski Association councils sell the
trip and plan their own activities, as well.
This is a great opportunity to meet
people from your council and other councils, enjoy one of the many ski resorts in
the country, and have a lot of fun! In
2020, the Ski Week was to Big Sky,
Montana. We were very fortunate that
our trip occurred prior to the pandemic
outbreak that caused so many cancellations of numerous activitities and travel
plans. We are confident that future trips
will be great and that the resorts are
doing their part to keep everyone safe.

We will be going to Sun Valley,
Idaho January 30 - February 1, 2021.
Our destination in 2022 will be to Aspen/
Snowmass, Colorado, January 22 - 29.
Past ski weeks have been to Big Sky,
Steamboat, Banff, Breckenridge, Telluride,
Whistler, Beaver Creek, Jackson Hole, and
Keystone.
We also offer a second ski trip in
March which is immensely popular - the
Mini Trip. This is a 5-day late spring
trip. It doesn't include as many planned
activities to keep the trip more affordable. Participants have flexibility to explore the area on their own or participate
in group activities. This coming year, we
will be going to Zermatt Utah Resort &
Spa in Midway, Utah, from March 21- 26,
2021. Past trips have been to Winter
Park, Mt. Bachelor, Snowbasin, Whitefish,
Crested Butte, Sun Peaks, and Alyeska.
The North American Travel program plans adventure trips every two
years that are non-ski trips. In 2021, we

plan to take an Alaska Cruise through
the inside passage with a tour to Fairbanks and Denali National Park. This
trip is scheduled for June 19 - 30, 2021.
Participants have the option to do the entire trip, or only do the cruise or land trip
portion separately. More details will be
added to the www.fwsa.org website when
available.
Past adventure trips have been: a
Windjammer Cruise aboard the Vela, exploring the fabulous British Virgin Islands; summer trips to Mammoth Lakes
with fishing, kayaking, and bike riding;
Panama Canal Cruise; Caribbean Cruise to
the U.S. Virgin Islands, Bahamas, and St.
Maarten; and a Mississippi Steamboat
Cruise and New Orleans trip.
Check the Far West Ski Association
website www.fwsa.org for a listing of our
trips and how you can sign up. We're
looking forward to seeing you on one or
several of our exciting trips!

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