Greetings Volunteer Ski Guides! Here is our our 2025 Winter Schedule and Information! Our 2025 dates are February 8th and March 8th-10th!
February 8th Day Trip at Tahoe Donner XC: Please submit your applications to guide soon and let me know your availability to guide on Feb. 8th and The number of skiers we can accept is dependent on the number of guides available.
The 2025 SRSFL three-day cross-country ski event will be held in Truckee, CA Saturday, March 8–Monday March 10, 2025. Lodging will be at the Best Western Hotel in Truckee, CA. Skiing will be at Tahoe Donner Cross Country, Truckee, CA. The cost to stay at the Best Western for two nights is $260.00 double occupancy. This includes breakfasts and two dinners. We also hope to offer a Day Ski Trip on Saturday, February 8, 2025
Experienced guides please share this information with friends who might be interested in training to be a ski or snowshoe guide for a visually impaired person. The dates for Guide Training will be announced soon.
This year our Guide and Volunteer Application Form is an online form! There is nothing to download. Simply click on the link below for the application, read it carefully, fill it in fully, answering all questions and click on “Submit.” If you happen to be staying at the Fairfield Inn or the Best Western with the skiers you can pay the hotel fees by contacting Jean Snuggs at snuggsj@gmail.com for information on how to pay online with Zelle, or you may pay by check. Mail your check to Jean Snuggs, 609 42nd Street, Sacramento, CA 95819.
Volunteer Ski Guide and General Volunteer Application Form coming soon!
Guides Needed!!
If you are an intermediate or advanced cross-country skier, consider training to guide a blind or visually impaired person. It is a wonderful way for you to share your skills and love of the outdoors and to give another person the opportunity to develop his or her potential.
2025 Guide Training Schedule
Both parts are required. The evening clinic will be recorded.
Part I: Evening Clinic on Zoom, Thursday, February 6, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. An evening clinic for training and videos to learn sensitivity, awareness, guiding techniques and terminology.
Part II: On the Snow Guide Training, Saturday, February 8th, 2025, 9:15 A.M. to 3 P.M. at Tahoe Donner Cross Country Center, 15275 Alder Creek Road, Truckee, CA 96161. This is a day to practice on the snow the guiding techniques. You will work with an experienced guide and visually impaired person to learn guiding techniques. On ski days skiers and guides are paired one-on-one, and spend the day or weekend skiing together. They ski in parallel sets of tracks with the guide giving verbal information to the skier including instructional tips and suggestions, changes in terrain and direction, and describing the beauty of the surroundings. Some skiers are beginners and some have skied many times. There is a wide range of abilities and we try to pair you with the level of skier you indicate you will feel comfortable with. The number of skiers we can accept for each event depends on the number of guides who have indicated they are available.
For more information contact Edie Lott, Guide Coordinator at: 530 414-0799 cell, 530 582-5362 home or thelotts@gmail.com
