Triple Mountain Weekend

February 20-22, 2026

Downhill Skiing at three mountains in one weekend, Otsego Club Resort, Tree Tops and Schuss Mountain!

Option to cross country ski at Hartwick Pines State Park(Grayling, MI), Forbush Corner (Frederic, MI) & The Cross Country Ski headquarters (Roscommom, MI) 

Stay at the Hampton Inn in Gaylord, MI with discounted rates for WMSC.  Lodging options:

Hampton Inn Features:

• Includes all taxes and fees
• Two Nights Including Hot Breakfast
• Indoor swimming pool
• Friday night Welcome social

To sign up for the trip, please do these steps:

1. Register on GGRSC website www.ggrsc.org
2. Please Include: Downhill skier /boarder, XC Skier
3. Room preference and roommate(s)

NOT INCLUDED:

Trail fees and lift tickets

Transportation to the Ski Areas

Dinners Friday and Saturday night

Trip Registration Closed - Waiting list available

Option also available to join for a day or skiing - Please register under "Ski only - No lodging"

Trip leaders: Tracy Achterhof TAchterhof2010@gmail.com 616-218-6142

Asst. Leader: Mike Blaszczyk

Flyer: 2026 - Triple Mountain Flyer.pdf

• For those who would like to ski with group but no lodging - use "Ski only" registration option 
• For those who want to extend skiing thru the weekend, the trips calendar for 2026 has the Petoskey Weekend trip "back-to-back" with the Boyne Mountain mid-week trip. Sign up for one or both trips seperately on the website and double your skiing fun!

Carpool Day Trip

              Caberfae Park and Ride

All members and guests are invited on Park and Ride Day Trip adventures!

Please register on the WMSC website for each event.  This allows Shirley to contact everyone if any changes happen.  Please include email and phone number on your registration.   New website address is www.wmskiclub.org

JOIN US ON WEDNESDAY 02/25/26 AT CABERFAE PEAKS

          Park and Ride to Caberfae Peaks — Wednesday FEBRUARY 25, 2026

You have the option to either meet at the park and ride lot on Post Road or at the resort.  Join the gang for a fun Caberfae Pre - Christmas Adventure. 

Questions to Shirley at 616-361-8390 home, 616-340-8586 cell, or shirleyjnevins@gmail.com.

Meet at 131 Expressway and Post Road carpool lot at 8:00 AM. Lifts will be running from 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM

Pricing and Possible Discounts: Wednesday

Adults:  18 -64 $ 59.00.      Juniors / Seniors ( 9- 17 and 65+ ). $ 49.00.

*****NOTE: If you go online to their website you can buy tickets ahead of time for a reduced rate. 

Lift Rates - Caberfae Peaks Ski & Golf Resort

Please register online for this trip by Tuesday night at 8:00 PM.

  ALL COSTS FOR THE DAY ARE ON YOUR OWN.

   Sign up for the email list for quick park and ride trip reminders!       Contact Shirley to get on this list. 

Downhill and x country skiing is available.

Trip Flyer: Park and Ride Trips Flyer -- 2025-2026. PDF Revision .pdf

Park and Ride

Carpool Day Trips

All members and guests are invited on Park and Ride Day Trip adventures! We will be joining skiers on the Boyne Mountain IKON Pass Midweek trip.

If interested in going, call Park & Ride director Shirley Nevins H 616-361-8390 C 616-340-8586 or email her: shirleyjnevins@gmail.com

Please register on the WMSC website for each event.  This allows Shirley to contact everyone if any changes happen.  Please include email and phone number on your registration.

You will be joining up with the skiers that are staying and skiing at Boyne Mountain on Feb. 25-27.

 WHEN:  Thursday Feb. 26, 2026, 

WHERE:  Boyne Falls — Boyne Mountain

TIME:  Meet at Post Road Carpool Lot and 131 at 6:30 AM

Please register (WMSC website ) online so we know to look for you!  Option to meet at park and ride or at the resort.  

West Michigan Ski Club - Home

Questions to Shirley at 616-361-8390 home, 616-340-8586 cell— Email or shirleyjnevins@gmail.com.

   Trip Itinerary:                                                                            

 Meet at the carpool lot— 6:30 AM 

 Carpool or Drive to the Ski Area.

 Ski with friends ( ticket on your own).   Call Shirley and we can watch out for you on the slopes or let you know where we are in the AM.

 Lunch in the Eagles Nest  at 12:30 PM ( top of Hemlock)   Let’s meet there to gather the group.     

 Ski with old and new friends.  

 Apres skiing 4:30 PM— gather at the 40 Acres Tavern next to the food court cafeteria.  

 Possible stop on the way home for a bite to eat if you do not need to be home right away.  Group can decide. 

Thanks,

Shirley                       

ALL COSTS ARE ON YOUR OWN FOR THE DAY UNLESS YOU ARE PART OF THE MIDWEEK TRIP TO BOYNE.

Downhill and x country skiing is available.

Trip Flyer: Park and Ride Trips Flyer -- 2025-2026. PDF Revision .pdf

        Petoskey Weekend Trip

Feb. 27 - March 01, 2026

Registration Deadline Feb. 22

Enjoy great skiing at Nubs Nob, Highlands & Boyne Mountain! Cross-country skiing & Snowshoeing also available. New - Join the Mt. Everest Challenge on Friday Feb. 27 or just ski at Boyne Mountain and cheer on club members doing the challenge. Sign up on website - Mt. Everest Challenge 2

Stay at the Apple Tree Inn in Petoskey, MI with discounted rates for WMSC.  Lodging options:

	1 Night Two Queen Beds	2 Nights Two Queen Beds
Single	$171 per person	$ 321 per person
Double	$86 per person	$171 per person

Apple Tree Inn Features:

• Includes all taxes and fees
• one or Two Nights Including Breakfast Buffet
• Indoor swimming pool, hot tub, fitness center

To sign up for the trip, please do these steps:  Try to register before 10:00 AM on Wednesday morning !

1. Register on W M Ski Club website www.wmskiclub.org
2. Please Include: Downhill skier /boarder, XC Skier
3. Room preference and roommate(s)
4.  **** Try to email or text trip leaders with your ski plans so we can try to coordinate some group skiing.

NOT INCLUDED:

Trail fees and lift tickets

Transportation to the Ski Areas

Dinners Friday and Saturday night

Trip Registration Final Deadline-- Payments due by Feb. 22, 2026

Option also available to join for a day or skiing - Please register under "Ski only - No lodging"

Sign up for Boyne Mountain Mid-Week Trip and Petoskey weekend for a full week of skiing !

Trip leaders: Andrea Gerstle andreapgerstle@gmail.com 609-504-6379

Flyer:  2026 Petoskey weekend flyer.pdf

 WEST MICHIGAN SKI CLUB

MT. EVEREST SKI CHALLENGE 2

Boyne Mountain

Friday February 27, 2026 

 Come join the challenge at Boyne Mountain Ski Area! 

All members and guests are invited to participate in a one day challenge to ski the equivalent of Mt. Everest elevation - nearly 30,000 vertical feet!

WHERE: Boyne Mountain 

WHEN: Friday Feb. 27 at 9am for first chair (Meet at 8:50am at the base (Gear up on lower level at 8:30am)

Apres ski celebration at Victor halfway house and IGLU

MORE INFO:  If interested in joining this challenge, call organizers :

      Lisa Bremer  616-916-6466  Christina Morales 616-345-9003

 Please register so we know you are coming.  All are welcome to participate in the challenge or just cheer them on!

Alyeska & Anchorage Alaska

March 1 to March 7, 2026

More information to come

• 5 Night Lodging at Alyeska Resort
• Double Occupancy (2 queens or 1 King)
• Ski in & Out to chair 7 OR 2 minute walk to aerial tram
• 1 night lodging at Hilton Anchorage
• Round Trip Air on Delta
• IKON Resort

Total Cost Full Trip- $3,020

Leads:  Greg Bremer / Co-lead TBD

2026 Alyeska and Anchorage Flyer

Park and Ride

Carpool Day Trips

    CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN SKIING INFORMATION — Thursday March 5, 2026

To WMSC members and friends: Join the ski club for a day of skiing at Crystal Mountain on Thursday March 5, 2026.  Members and guests are welcome. This trip is for both downhill and XC skiers and boarders. 

We are meeting at Post Road ( Drive) NE Carpool lot and 131 expressway at 8:00 AM for our journey north. Your other option is to just meet the group at the ski resort instead of carpooling.  When you register please indicate this on your reservation.  See question on the bottom of the registration form.  

If interested in going on the trip: Please register online www.wmskiclub.org under this March 05  park and ride event.

Or you can: Call Michigan Park and Ride Trip Leader : Shirley Nevins H 616-361-8390C 616-340-8586 or Email her: shirleyjnevins@gmail.com   Please let her know one way or another that you are coming.  I will call up with the number of those registered on our website by 8:00 PM Wednesday night so register ASAP.

Park N Ride Trips Flyer: Park and Ride Trips Flyer -- 2025-2026. PDF Revision .pdf

For the March 6th Happy Hour please join West Michigan Ski Club members for beverages, food, and socializing.  Bring your friends that may like to join the ski club.  Here is a great opportunity to meet new friends and just plain enjoy the early evening to start the weekend.

We'll be meeting at The Casino Club with a few extra activities at this Happy Hour.                                                                                                                      1) You may purchase the fish dinner at the Fish Fry.                                      2) For a per game fee, enjoy some bowling. 

Look for our West Michigan Ski Club banner inside the Casino Club, 3260 Salerno Drive NE, Grand Rapids  - be sure and stop by. 

Carpool Day Trip

              Caberfae Park and Ride

All members and guests are invited on Park and Ride Day Trip adventures!

Please register on the WMSC website for each event.  This allows Shirley to contact everyone if any changes happen.  Please include email and phone number on your registration.   Website address is www.wmskiclub.org

JOIN US ON TUESDAY 03/10/26 AT CABERFAE PEAKS

          Park and Ride to Caberfae Peaks — Tuesday MARCH 10, 2026

You have the option to either meet at the park and ride lot on Post Road or at the resort.  Join the gang for a fun Caberfae Pre - Christmas Adventure. 

Questions to Shirley at 616-361-8390 home, 616-340-8586 cell, or shirleyjnevins@gmail.com.

Meet at 131 Expressway and Post Road carpool lot at 8:00 AM. Lifts will be running from 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM

Pricing and Possible Discounts: Wednesday

Adults:  18 -64 $ 49.00.      Juniors / Seniors ( 9- 17 and 65+ ). $ 39.00.

*****NOTE: If you go online to their website you can buy tickets ahead of time for a reduced rate. 

Lift Rates - Caberfae Peaks Ski & Golf Resort

Please register online for this trip by Tuesday night at 8:00 PM.

  ALL COSTS FOR THE DAY ARE ON YOUR OWN.

   Sign up for the email list for quick park and ride trip reminders!       Contact Shirley to get on this list. 

Downhill and x country skiing is available.

Trip Flyer: Park and Ride Trips Flyer -- 2025-2026. PDF Revision .pdf

Look for migratory warblers and scarlet tanager's while hiking (XC ski or snowshoe if snow). Eat at the Cascade Roadhouse, 6817 Cascade SE., afterwards.

Organizer: JoAnn Sisco 616-745-8542

Searchmont 4 Day  Weekend

March 12 - 15, 2026

Registration Deadline - February 28, 2026

UPDATE!

Wait list only.... 

Contact trip leader Jack Servis for details!

Join us for a long weekend at this club favorite resort!  3 nights lodging at the Quattro hotel & Conference center including free breakfast buffet each morning and a "Welcome" pizza party on March 12th.

Downhill skiing at Searchmont resort for skiers of all abilities. Plus premium cross country and Snowshoe trails at Stokely Creek & Hiawatha Highlands. Drivers will be needed so be sure to indicate whether you are willing to drive on your registration.

This year there is an opportunity to combine the Searchmont Weekend trip and the Marqette trip since they are "back-to-back" on the calendar. You can choose to drive from Searchmont on Sunday the 15th to Marquette Mi for 2 more days of skiing on March 16 - 17 or return home on Sunday the 15th. Please register for one or both trips separately on the website.

Lodging Package Prices: 3 nights: 

Two Queen Beds plus pullout:      Double: $ 303 per person

                                                                 Triple: $252 per person

King bed plus pullout:   Double: $273 per person

Trip Leader:

Jack Servis 989-205-5753    badref1@yahoo.com

Trip flyer: searchmont flyer 2026 v4.pdf

Marquette Mid-Week Trip

March 15 - 18, 2026

ASST. TRIP LEADER NEEDED

Come ski the Upper Peninsula of Michigan! Marquette Mountain is a great downhill ski area. Choose to stay two or three nights at the Comfort Suites hotel - 2 queen beds per room. Group discount makes trip affordable:

2 nights $158 per person  (includng taxes & fees)

3 nights $208 per person  (including taxes & fees)

There is also cross-country and snowshoeing nearby at NTN trails.  

Add on the Searchmont weekend and make it a week of skiing.

• Two or Three nights lodging options
• Hotel only 4 miles from mountain.
• Onsite restaurant and bar
• Welcome party and Breakfast included in price
• Indoor swimming pool and hot tub
• Note: All other meals & lift tickets not included in price

Trip Leader  Shirley Nevins  616-940-8586  shirleyjnevins@gmail.com

Deadline: March 8th or until full

Trip Flyer: 2026 Marquette Trip Flyer v3.pdf

Park and Ride

Carpool Day Trips

Friday March 20th, 2026

Friday Ski at Nubs Nob.  Join skiers returning from Marquette mountain and/or other ski resorts in the UP.

Downhill and X-Country / Snowshoe trails available at Nubs.

Après Ski in Nubs Pub and head over to Side Door Saloon for dinner. (can change if anyone has another option)

 Park N Ride Trips Flyer:Park and Ride Trips Flyer -- 2025-2026. PDF Revision .pdf

Park and Ride

Carpool Day Trips

    CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN SKIING INFORMATION — Monday March 23, 2026

To WMSC members and friends: Join the ski club for a day of skiing at Crystal Mountain on Monday March 23, 2026.  Members and guests are welcome. This trip is for both downhill and XC skiers and boarders. 

We are meeting at Post Road ( Drive) NE Carpool lot and 131 expressway at 8:00 AM for our journey north. Your other option is to just meet the group at the ski resort instead of carpooling.  When you register please indicate this on your reservation.  See question on the bottom of the registration form.  

If interested in going on the trip: Please register online www.wmskiclub.org under this March 23  park and ride event.

Or you can: Call Michigan Park and Ride Trip Leader : Shirley Nevins H 616-361-8390C 616-340-8586 or Email her: shirleyjnevins@gmail.com   Please let her know one way or another that you are coming.  I will call up with the number of those registered on our website by 8:00 PM Sunday night so register ASAP.

Park N Ride Trips Flyer: Park and Ride Trips Flyer -- 2025-2026. PDF Revision .pdf

Aspen Snowmass, CO - IKON Resort

March 28 to April 4 2025

More information to come

• 7 Night Lodging - Top of the Village - Double Occupancy

• 2 Bedrooms - 2 Bath 

• Ski in & Out Snowmass
• Outdoor Hot tubs
• All Local Transportation to Ski Areas

Air Transportation Roundtrip GR to Aspen

• Bus to & from Snowmass Village
• All Social Activities

2026 Aspen Snowmass Flyer

Join us for a few days of fun camping and paddling July 16-18, 2026. Just 45 minutes north of Grand Rapids!  DETAILS ON FLYER BELOW

Camp reservations:  Reserve online through Sandy Beach newaygocountymi.gov (pick Sandy Beach option) or call 231-689-7340 off season or 231-689-1229 starting May 1.  The Oakes Cabin is where coffee/bonfires and Friday night potluck will be.

Please register here for equipment rental (if needed), group campsite (if preferred), or simply attending.  This gives us a headcount.

If you want to just go canoeing/kayaking on Friday, that is fine also. Optional dinner out Thursday night 7:00 pm place TBD.

Registration  Potluck this year will be entirely of items brought by attendees, so no charge for food.  Rentals of Kayaks are $35 and canoes $50.  Rustic group campsite is $30/site for two nights.  If canoeing with two people, one will register for attending and canoe and the second person for attending only.  Ditto if two people sharing the Group campsite.

Trip leaders are Lynne Black lynneblack@tds.net and Cherie Fuss cheriefuss@yahoo.com 

Event flyer with details: Sandy Beach 2026 flyer.jpg

Campground Map:  Sandy Beach Campground Map.pdf 

Overseas Adventure Travel

Peru - Machu Picchu and Sacred Valley

Ecuador - Galapagos Island Cruise

Begin Registration on WM Ski Club site

Complete Registration on O.A.T Call Center

Call OAT Reservations: 1-800-955-1925.

Open Monday – Saturday 9am-7pm EST.

Reserve the 10/29/26 departure for Machu Picchu and Galapagos

Mention the group code: G6-30784 and promotional code DOBE 523

Mention Greg Bremer 3280791 for additional $100 off

Base Price: $8,385

Early Sign-up Discount available

Contact Greg Bremer for more information

616-450-4359

Machu Picchu and Galapagos.pdf

2026 - OAT-Peru.pdf