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• Access to
women-only
ski trips
• Never ski
or ride alone
• Find a ski
buddy for life
• Curated
discounts
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$25
For 🟦 Blue Level Membership
Why did we launch
a membership model?
Due to the high demand to continue offering ski and snowboard trips under the Women Who Ski (WWS) banner going into the 2024 / 2025 winter season, it was imperative we evolve to a membership model to administrate and facilitate offering quality ski vacation packages. When a group such as Women Who Ski (originally just a Facebook group) works with a travel agent to hold a block of rooms, the group must put down a deposit. Without a treasury from which to draw the deposit, Women Who Ski is unable to have access to quality lodging at the best ski resorts. There are many groups and ski clubs vying for these properties. If you want to join our trips, you’ll need to be a paying member of Women Who Ski. We’ve built in other benefits to make membership worthwhile.
If you can’t make our ski trips, but still want access to Women Who Ski perks, take a look at the Blue Level Membership.
♦Black Diamond Level
Become a Peak level member to get first access to our trips
Cost: $48 (sold out for this season)
Available starting June 1, 2024: includes early access of our ski trips as well as other benefits. Trips are now sold out so this membership level is no longer available (except for one spot for Breckenridge we’re trying to fill.) No refunds on membership fee. Expires May 31, 2025.
🟦 Blue Level
Join at the “Intermediate” level to enjoy benefits beyond ski trips
Cost: $25
Includes access to our exclusive Women Who Ski mountain texting groups as well as special curated discounts. Scroll down to find out what those are. Benefits launch November 1, 2024. No refunds. Expires May 31, 2025. **Upon signing up for membership, you will receive an email within 24 hours with access to a password-protected page listing promo codes and links to the texting groups. Look for those details in your payment receipt from Cheddar Up, our membership platform.**
🟢 Green Level
Entry level access to join our global virtual community
Cost: Free
Just opting in to our all-women outdoor winter activity community, you can enjoy entry level benefits. To opt-in, subscribe to our WWS Newsletter and/or join our Facebook group. There is no cost to join and receive these benefits. This season, so far, we are offering special discounts not available to the general public at Palisades Tahoe Ski Resort as well as online ski conditioning classes lead by a skier physical therapist. Receive 20% to 35% discount on lift tickets, lodging, rentals, lessons, and activities at Palisades Tahoe, and 10% off ski fitness classes. Again, sign up for our newsletter and/or join our Facebook group so you don’t miss when we share updates. Visit our Deals and Merch page to learn more.
2024 / 2025 Winter Season Ski and Snowboard Trips
Update from Genevieve on Nov. 19, 2024:
The benefits of our early bird Diamond “Peak” Level membership, which ran June 1 until Sept. 1, is first access to the limited spots on our trips. Many thanks to those who invested in membership during this time to be the first to know of our announced locations and get exclusive early access to the available spots.
Where we are going this season:
Breckenridge, sold out (Epic pass resort)
Jackson Hole, sold out (Ikon pass resort)
Our third bonus trip is Big Sky Resort (Ikon), which sold out in two weeks.
If you are a local to these areas, and want to meet up with us, visit the Event page
for that trip on our Facebook group for updates.
Yes, you can still join Women Who Ski to take advantage of additional benefits listed below.
From Nov. 1, 2024 to May 31, 2025, the membership fee is $25 to enjoy our other benefits, including the exclusive discounts as well as the Women Who Ski texting groups.
Scroll down to read the details on each benefit.
♦ Black Diamond Membership Includes all 5 Benefits:
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1. Early Access to our Trips
Exclusive first access to our ski and snowboard trips. Information sent via newsletter directly to your email inbox. Paid members will have time to decide to commit. Only if there are unsold spots as the deadline approaches will the trip will be offered to our Women Who Ski members in our Facebook group. Anyone who decides to go on our trips will then have to pay the membership fee. Paying your membership fee sooner ensures you have early access to a spot on our trips. Last year, all four trips sold out relatively quickly.
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2. Better Chance to Secure a Spot
Trips are sold on a first come / first serve basis, so being a paid member means you are the first to know about our trips, increasing your likelihood of securina a spot. Maximum number of spots is 25 including one or two trip ambassadors. Being a paying member does not guarantee a spot. Paying a non-refundable deposit is what holds your spot. Again, membership buys you access to our trips.
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3. Investment in a New Ski Venture
A toast to us! If you’re a member of the Women Who Ski Facebook group, you feel the excitement, positive energy, and virtual love as we encourage and high-five each other on our posts. That same compassion and support characterizes our in-person trips. Your membership fee not only helps us secure lodging for trips, but will help offset expenses to maintain this incredible community through this website and domain name, the WWS newsletter, mailing list, and the membership portal, as well as the swag we give away. You can feel good that you’re paying it forward by helping attract more women to the sport by how we show our heart to them. (Photo of some of the ladies who joined our Whitefish Ski Resort trip in Montana in March 2024.)
More Benefits
🟦 Blue Membership Gets This ($25 a season)
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4. Access to Exclusive Mountain Text Groups (these are now live)
Members have access to join exclusive group text channels for major ski area / resorts so members can meet-up in real time with other members at that location. This private texting channel will allow you to send out a text to other WWS members at that resort any given day and time and connect with them. Non-paying members on our Facebook group do that by creating a “meet-up” notice in the Events tab but there is a delay as not everyone is on Facebook every second of the day. A private text to, say, the Big Sky Resort channel can alert others in the group in real time where you want to meet while keeping track of who’s where and when. Being part of the channel can also motivate you to ski more if you know one or two ladies want to meet up that day.
Here is the list we have this first year.
- Big Sky Resort, Montana- Mammoth Mountain, California
- Jackson Hole, Grand Targhee, Wyoming
- Salt Lake City area: Park City, Deer Valley, Brighton, Solitude, Alta, Snowbird
- Steamboat Ski Resort, Colorado
- Vail, Beavercreek, Colorado
- Breckenridge Ski Resort, Colorado
- Copper, Keystone, Arapahoe Basin, Colorado
- Tahoe area: Palisades Tahoe, Northstar, Sugar Bowl, Heavenly, Kirkwood
- Maine: Sunday River, Sugerloaf, Saddleback
- Northern Vermont: Killington, Stowe, Jay Peak, Sugarbush, Mad River Glen, Burke Mtn., Bolton Valley
- South Central Vermont: Stratton, Mt. Snow, Okemo, Magic Mtn., Bromley
- New Hampshire: Bretton Woods, Attitash, Canon Mtn., Loon Mtn., Mt. Sunapee, others
- New York: Hunter Mtn., Belleayre Mtn., Greek Peak, Holiday Valley, Gore Mtn., Whiteface
- Snowshoe Mtn., West Virginia -
5. Curated Deals
Members will have access to a private page on our website with discount codes. Members will receive an email with a password to access page in early November 2024. Here’s what’s been curated for the 2024/2025 season.
• Mountain Range of Motion, LLC:
20% off online ski fitness classes, and 20% off personal training sessions with physical therapist with free initial 15 minute consult.
• Stio, 40% off
• Backcountry.com, 15% off full-price items
• To The Mountains branded apparel, 25% off
• LILO Active Collections, 20% off designer ski, snow, and outdoor related accessories
• Palisades Tahoe Ski Resort, 20% to 35% off lift tickets, lodging, rentals, lessons, activities, and more. (Note that this discount is also available to our main WWS Facebook and newsletter communities.)
**Upon signing up for membership, you will receive an email within 24 hours with access to a password-protected page listing promo codes and links to the texting groups. Look for those details in your payment receipt from Cheddar Up, our membership platform.**
Women Who Ski Vacation Packages Include:
• Discounted room rate for single and double rooms
• One or two happy hours with complimentary food and drinks
• Shuttle to and from the mountain each day
• Mountain tour first day when available
• Small group of no more than 25 ladies
• Women to ski and “aprés” with each day
• Pre-trip meet and greet Zoom meeting
• Opportunity for non-ski group activity add-on like snowmobiling,
cross country skiing, snowshoeing, and wildlife viewing tours
• Private group chat during the trip so you always know where the fun is
• All participants’ contact info (opt-ins only) after the trip to stay in touch
• Welcome bag or raffle with fun WWS swag and other merch
“The supportiveness of the environment makes it easy to overcome the awkwardness of meeting new people.”
Leslie Sharp, San Diego, Calif.
Attended a Women Who Ski trip
“It’s great to be with likeminded people. We all not only love to ski, but we do other things. We mountain bike, we hike. It’s really good networking. ”
Lisa Weiler-Parsons, Tempe, Ariz.
Attended a Women Who Ski trip
Looking Ahead
Based on initial interest in the WWS membership this first season, 2024 / 2025, we will be exploring the possibility of partnering with more organizations who want to work with us. We will expand our curated discounts to include experiences like women’s ski clinics, trade shows, and related events. Looking ahead, as we find ambassadors, they can help us host WWS social meet-ups to keep the love and energy going. The sky’s the limit!
Our Commitment to Each Other
“As I work to build the first Women Who Ski membership model, I am committing to serve you with curated all-women trips defined by camaraderie, fast friendships, and lifetime memories. In addition, the private mountain chat channels I’m developing, along with the discounts I secure will further my goal of connecting you to a new ski or snowboard friend. You will, in turn, be investing by paying a non-refundable membership fee to have access to these benefits. We can both feel blessed that we are investing in something new and exciting that will impact the greater outdoor winter community by attracting more women to the sport.”
Genevieve Schmitt, Founder
Women Who Ski