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February is MVSC Nastar Month

FEBRUARY IS MVSC NASTAR MONTH

UPDATE: The NASTAR Tailgate will be Saturday, February 27th at 1:30pm in the North Face Parking Lot. All MVSC members are invited to join in the fun.
The teams have been selected and the registration is closed. There are five (5) Teams, as there were five (5) Platinum recipients, and a total [...]

Conquer the Springs and Tailgate Party

This Saturday, February 20th, the Mon Valley Ski Club will be hosting the first ever Conquer the Springs Race, followed by a tailgate party. All club members and guests are invited to join in the fun.
Teams of 4-6 will race across the entire mountain to 8 designated checkpoints. First team to collect a photo with [...]

City Skier Conquers Mt Washington

Earlier this week Pittsburgh was featured on skinet.com’s Dump of the Week - http://www.skinet.com/skiing/resorts/2010/02/dumps-of-the-week?cmpid=enews021010
Even though it is an awesome photo, John is about 30 years too late. Mt Washington is already claimed by MVSC’s Howard Engelberg. Back on 1978, Howard went down Mt Washington under the Duquesne Incline. According to the article, this treacherous path [...]

MVSC Meeting - February 13

There is a MVSC membership meeting this Saturday, Februaury 13th at the Matterhorn. Happy Hour starts at 5pm and the meeting should start a little after 6pm. Come for the free beer, pizza and good times with friends on the mountain!
Member cost: Free
Guest cost: $10

Giant Slalom Race 3 Results

Please see the below PDF for the race results from the January 31, 2010 Giant Slalom Race on Avalanche!
Giant Slalom Race 3 Results - 01-31-2010
Make sure to check out the Race Schedule for all of our future races!

February Bus Trip to Wisp

MVSC Bus Trip to Wisp

Friday, February 12th, 2010
Meet at the bus at 6am at Seven Springs. We will leave at 6:30am and return later that day.
Call Bobby Motta (412) 606-4788 or Jade Vamos (412) 400-6087 to reserve your seat!
Cost is $39. ($20 for the Bus and $19 for the lift ticket).
Note: We got a special [...]

Pictures from the Snowtubing Party

The MVSC snowtubing party was this past Saturday at the Seven Springs Tubing Park.
Thanks to our new chairs of the event, Dave and Darla Nauman, for putting on an awesome party! Also, thank you to everyone who helped sign people in and brought food for the potluck.
Joe Perry provided us with the pictures below:
Thanks Joe!

Snowtubing Party at Seven Springs

The annual Mon Valley Ski Club Snowtubing Party will be at the Seven Springs Mountain Resort on Saturday, January 30th, 2010.
Place: The pavilion just past and up to the right of the main snow tubing lodge.
Time: The event starts at 5pm, but we will be snowtubing from 6pm-8pm
Cost: $15 for members, $20 for non-members
We will have [...]

Slalom Race 2 Results

Please see the below PDF for the race results from the January 17, 2010 Slalom Race on Avalanche!
Slalom Race 2 Results
Make sure to check out the Race Schedule for all of our future races!

Mon Valley Ski Club Tailgate Party

We will once again be hosting a Tailgate Party at the North Face Parking Lot this Saturday (1/23/10). We will have hamburgers, hot dogs and beverages. If you want anything else, please bring it. I need volunteers to help me park at the lot early (~8am) and help clean up after (we left the parking [...]