Far West Racing Association is sponsoring the 4th Annual Keystone Nationals Race at Keystone, Colorado, Click Here for The Official website The 4th Annual Keystone Nationals Race will be held at Keystone, December 10-13, 2008. This is an open race event to any skier that would like to compete against other racers from around the country with different ability classes like we have in Far West. Individuals and race teams are invited to participate. Councils compete for National Championship. Click Here for Complete Packages If you have any questions contact Call Nancy at Keystone Nationals: 775-338-3438 Email: keystonenationals@sbcglobal.net

Big Sky and Moonlight Basin offers "Everything" for the Skier and Snow Sports enthusiast including the largest skiable terrain in the US! It is located 45 miles south of Bozeman, and only18 miles from the border of Yellow Stone National Park. Over 5500 skiable acres, Base elevation is 7,500', Vertical Drop 4,350', Longest run is 6 miles. Families are welcome - ask Debbie for more details.

We proudly offer 76 spots for lodging at The Summit Condominium Hotel which is a luxury 4 Star, slopeside property with wonderful amenities. See Big Sky Resort

Big Sky Resort Lodging for Sierra Council (availability subject to change):

The Summit Condominium 2 bd/3 bath Condo (4 per condo) $1300.00* - 16 condos available

The Summit Studio Studio w/ Boyne Wall bed (2 per studio) $1088.00* - 4 studios available

The Summit Hotel Room Hotel Room (2 per room) $1175.00* - 2 hotel rooms available

*Pricing does NOT include TRANSPORTATION. Single Supplements may be available.

Note: Children are invited to participate during the FWSA Ski Week 2009 with certain restrictions.

FWSA Lodging and Amenities Package includes: 7 nights lodging, Registration, Welcome Reception, Mountain Picnic, Apre Ski Party, Racing, Farewell Awards Banquet and 5 day lift ticket (there are no senior rates).

SIGN UP TODAY by completing the revised sign up sheet, include your check and payment voucher. Click Here for sign up form! Click Here for payment vouchers!

Any questions, please contact Debbie Stewart, VP of Travel

Email Address - gwstewart@prodigy.net

FWSA International Ski Week 2009 will be to the Austrian Alps: February 27 - March7, 2009 in Bad Gastein, Austria. There will be an extension trip to Munch and Prague from March 7-14, 2009. Sign up early for this trip since it may sell out early. Click here for details

FWSA Ski Week 2008 was held in Blackcomb/Whistler, Canada with over 750 FWSA participants. With Sierra Council members totaling 86 people, many enjoyed the grand ski areas, a wonderful Council Dinner at the Fairmont Chateau, Zip Trek Adventures for 20 people and an incredible ski week for all. Our council participated in the Council Challenge races with 5 teams. In summary, we all had a FABULOUS Trip!

In March, the FWSA International Ski Week was held in Le Trois Vallees, France. 159 enthusiastic skiers and non-skiers participated in a very exciting and enjoyable trip. Organized and very ably led by Norm and Mary Azevedo, with Harry and Karen Davis as assistant trip leaders, we flew from Seattle, San Francisco or Los Angeles to Paris, then to Geneva. Our ski week home was La Tania, a village in the French Alps where we stayed at La Montana and the Chalets at the edge of the village, yet centrally located to the gondola for easy access to the slopes. Le Trois Vallees, meaning "The Three Valleys", truly was spectacular and enormous. The three ski resorts- Courchevel, Meribel and Val Thorens together boast the largest ski area in the World, with over 181 lifts, not including the many T-bars. We had sunny, clear, overcast and snowy conditions which were truly welcomed. Having not had snow in 6 weeks, the storms came in to greet us and provide fresh snow for our skiing pleasure.

For those who chose the day excursions, there were many options such as trips to Geneva, Turin (host of the 2006 Winter Olympics), Chamonix, Annecy, Aix-les-Bains where site seeing, wine tasting and touring was enjoyed by many. There were 2 pub crawls and one trip to the spectacular scenery at La Rosiere, where many skied from France to Italy for lunch. Mont Blanc was in full view there.

After a week of wonderful days and nights in the Alps, 109 people continued on the extension trip. We spent three nights in the charming, small (140,000) city of Aix-en-Provence and three nights in Paris. In Aix there were optional excursions to St. Tropez on the French Riviera, a medieval abbey (Senanque) and to the perched village of Gordes. In Paris, there were optional excursions to two different cabaret shows (Crazy Horse and Moulin Rouge), to Versailles, to the basilica Sacre Coeur and to the Seine for a cruise on the last evening. Our hotel was situated just a stone's throw from the Eiffel Tower and we all got around the city via the subway system, by a train line, by hop-on hop-off buses or by taxi. Paris was a wonderful way to end a terrific trip, despite some logistical glitches. From Paris, with amazing energy, Norm and Mary took off to explore sites in Austria for next year's International Ski Week - 2009.

I'll keep you all informed on next year's trip!