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OSC Summer Events
By Sylvan Ludewigt With only a couple weekends left before the end of the season, I hope you can reflect happily on another season well...
Shura K
Apr 211 min read
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Pickleball weekend. December 15th 2024
Story by Xuan Quach. We had a small but fun group of people turn out for our pickleball social event in the East Bay last weekend. ...
Shura K
Apr 141 min read
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My Adventure as Winter VP: Hiring a Winter Caretaker:
A Snowy Tale from the '90s By Robert Rickman Way back in the '90s, I was the Winter VP, tasked with hiring a Caretaker for the season....
Shura K
Apr 141 min read
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Club president's note: OSC Fall 2024 Newsletter.
Contents Summer Update Getting Ready for Winter: Changes and Updates Change in the Caretakers Quarters New Members Weekends Summer Update...
Shura K
Oct 20, 20244 min read
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Work parties are in hot demand!
Summer VP (Sylvan Ludewigt) reports: Hello OSC! The snow is melting, and it is Summer at OSC! Soon, the hiking trails will be uncovered,...
Shura K
Jun 23, 20241 min read
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History of Donner Summit Ski Clubs in Tahoe Guide by Jim Gasperini
Last fall writer Mark McLauglin contacted us through the website looking for pictures to illustrate a series of articles he was writing...
Shura K
Mar 11, 20241 min read
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2024 February presidents note. Sad one
Publishing by request from Sylvan and Julian Ludewigt. ——- Dear Friends, It is with overwhelming grief that I must announce that our...
Shura K
Feb 29, 20242 min read
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Kickoff Board Meeting Tues Sept 5 @ 7pm: All Members Welcome
Preliminary agenda New Upski Editors SummerVP report Work parties and lodge status Membership report Treasurer report Finance report...
camillewattszagha
Aug 30, 20231 min read
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2023 Labor Day Work Party Full, and Summer Work Recap
The last of this summer's work parties September 1 - 3 is full. As Summer VP Sylvan announced on his Aug 14 VP blog post, snow stake...
camillewattszagha
Aug 27, 20232 min read
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Experienced New Board Elected, and Other News from the May 2023 General Meeting
All officers and directors nominated at the May 21 General Meeting were elected by 33 adult members at the picnic. This was no surprise,...
camillewattszagha
Aug 27, 20232 min read
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Interested in cross country? OSC has skis and boots available.
Just a heads up - if you're into cross country skiing, there's a sweet stash of skis and boots up for grabs in the lodge. They're on the...
Brian Buntz
Mar 1, 20231 min read
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Attention skiers: Help us keep the lodge tidy by labeling your skis
Hey folks, just a heads up that there's a bunch of skis piling up at the bottom of the stairs in the lodge. Totally cool to leave your...
Brian Buntz
Mar 1, 20231 min read
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Late-February blizzard!
On the last day of February, nearly everything in the greater Tahoe area was closed. Multiple feet of snow fell in one day, requiring a...
Brian Buntz
Feb 28, 20231 min read
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A wonderful post-pandemic winter
Image of Sugar Bowl from Wikimedia Commons This first post-pandemic winter season at the OSC lodge has been an excellent one. We were...
Bernhard Ludewigt
Feb 15, 20231 min read
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Welcome New Members
It’s the New Year and winter is well underway. We are beginning to accept new members into the OSC as they complete their winter visit...
Vicki Luibrand
Feb 5, 20232 min read
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Introducing Prospective Members
Tom Nix (71) lives in Chico. Member, Ruben Martinez, introduced him to the OSC. As a retired general contractor, Tom has lots of...
Vicki Luibrand
Feb 5, 20232 min read
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February 23 Berkeley Mixer Invite
Hope you and the club are doing well. What a great start to the ski season! As you may recall, Scott Stell and I were members of the...
Evan Ohs
Feb 4, 20231 min read
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From a prospective member
This was handwritten by Sadie, age 13, a new member, in November 2022. This being my second time at OSC, I feel so connected and a part...
Vicki Luibrand
Feb 4, 20231 min read
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New Upski Format
After years of producing Upski as a PDF, we have gone digital. This platform makes it update and can potentially allow contributors to...
Brian Buntz
Feb 4, 20231 min read
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