Sierra Regional Ski for Light

Join us for another fun filled SRSFL hiking weekend in the Truckee area:  Saturday, August 26, – Monday August 28 2023. Make sure you mark your calendars and sign up early.  We will be staying at the Best Western Hotel in Truckee for two nights, with dinners at the Glenshire Clubhouse, a short drive away from the hotel. We are sure the hiking weekend will fill up fast for VIP Hikers and will be dependent on the number of guides available. There is no fee for guides unless they are staying at the hotel.  To secure your space, your application and trip fee must be received before the sign-up deadline of August 3, 2023.  Your application, and trip fee for VIP hikers of $230.00 double occupancy, (an additional charge of $200.00 for a single room) will secure your space at the Best Western. There will also be an additional charge of $73.00 ($146.00 for a single room) for those coming from out of town and staying at the Fairfield Inn on Friday, August 25.  We are looking forward to seeing all of you.  VIP Hiker Applications are available now on the VIP Hiker Page.  For the Guide and Volunteer application go to the Hiker Guides and Volunteers page.

It is with sadness that we share with you our board’s decision to cancel our SRSFL Three Day Event this weekend.  Both the National Weather Service in Reno and for the west slope have issued Winter Storm Watches for Saturday through Monday.  As most of you know there is an incredible amount of snow up here already and recent storms have exceeded predictions.  While I’m heartbroken, after all the work put into this event and the excitement generated among new skiers and guides, we must err on the side of safety.

It will be at Tahoe Donner Cross Country.  VIP Children are welcome on day trips. The number of VIP persons we can accept depends upon the number of guides available. The fees for this day trip are as follows: First Time Young Adults 18 to 30: $25.00 including equipment rental. Other Adults: $50.00 including equipment rental. Children Under 18: No cost, due to a designated grant we have to get VIP Children out on the snow. Adults with their own equipment will receive a $25.00 discount.

The 2023 SRSFL three-day cross-country ski event will be held in Truckee, CA Saturday,  March 4, 2023–Monday March 6, 2023.  This year all of our application forms are online forms!  There is nothing to download. Simply go to our Skier, Guide or Volunteer Webpages on this website, read the information on the page,  click on application link, read the application carefully, fill it in fully, answering all questions and click on “Submit.”

Sharon Guiding Mike Bitner

Sharon Fong, a long time accomplished guide for Sierra Regional Ski for Light, suffered a tragic accident and passed away in the early afternoon on Friday 10/7/2022, a week before her 65th birthday. She was a registered organ donor and was able to save the lives of two other people with her passing. She was an amazing partner, mother, grandmother and ski guide. We will miss her tremendously. Throughout her life she was an accomplished athlete, world traveler, and avid outdoor enthusiast. She loved playing with her grandkids, running with her dogs, backpacking, skiing and guiding for Ski for Light. Sharon’s passing will be a huge loss for Ski for Light and an almost unbearable one for her family.
I write this with sadness and thanks for all she contributed to our organization!

If you send me remembrances of Sharon from her Ski for Light, I will add them to this post.

Here is Sharlene Wills:
I was sitting at a table, one day, during an SRSFL event, when a voice
said, cheerfully, “Hi Sharlene, this is Sharon Fong.  Do you remember
me?”  Of course I remembered her and was absolutely thrilled to find
out that she was a guide for SRSFL.  Sharon had guided me in running
races before (I believe one of them was the Tahoe Marathon) and she
had also trained with me, as well.  Even though she was much faster
than I, she graciously slowed her running pace to match mine.  And
then, most exciting of all, she guided me at an SRSFL event, and, for
only the second time in all my years at this winter fun-filled
weekend, I skied (more or less) down to the Euer Valley and we spent
the whole day there!  Sharon was a wonderful person — gracious, kind
and giving, and I know we who had the pleasure of knowing her, even a
little bit, are going to miss her!  My deepest sympathy to her family.

The hiking weekend was tremendously successful — from lovely trails, to delicious food, but most of all to wonderful camaraderie and the building of friendships!  After coming back from a 2 year Covid induced halt of all activities it was great to be together in the mountains again!

The ” Monte Rowell Memorial Hiking Weekend”  will be held in Truckee, CA Saturday, June 11 through Monday, June 13, 2022. It will be held in Truckee with lodging available at the Truckee Best Western.   For the VIP Hiker application  and information go to the VIP Hiker page.  A  Hiker Guide Application is posted on the Guide Page

Last night our board made the difficult decision to cancel our January 22nd Day Trip.  With the current rise in covid cases we feel it would be irresponsible to hold the event on the 22nd.   We are still hoping to hold our Tom Gorin Memorial 3 Day event  on February 26th to 28th.  If you are planning to ski or guide, and haven’t turned in your application yet, please do so now.  A final decision on the 3 Day Event will be made on January 31st and will be dependent on covid numbers turning around.   Watch this website for updates!