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Club Profiles

400 Ski Club We’re a club of mature indi-

viduals, married and single,
Tired of looking at group pictures of who welcome new members
beautiful skiers on beautiful mountain- and make them feel at
tops? The photo here shows what some home. We go to the best ski
of our members bagged on a fishing trip areas and stay in first-class
on Lake Michigan earlier this year. ski-in, ski-out condos and
Other summer activities that keep our lodges.
members busy are golfing, biking, river-
boat cruises, and a variety of other trips We’re sure you will enjoy
and events. our club, and we would love
to meet you at one of our
Our main activity, of course, is skiing, meetings. We meet for lunch
which took us to Snowmass, Winter Park and the Upper the second Wednesday of the month from September
Peninsula this past season. through April at conveniently located restaurants in
Chicagoland. Our Christmas meeting and party will be
Now we’re looking forward to another great lineup of ski held at the Skokie Valley VFW on Dec. 3 and our annual
trips for this coming season: Snowmass, Dec. 6-13; Spring Awards and Reunion Banquet will be held at the
Telluride, Feb. 28-March 7; and Lake Tahoe with CMSC, Wellington of Arlington on April 24.
March 21-28.

We’d love to have you join us. We’re a friendly club that
will welcome you and make sure you always have some- For more information:
one to ski with. Len Schneller, President, 847-825-2829
lenski2@sbcglobal.net
ski400.park-ridge.il.us

Chicago Friars Ski Jan. 22-27: Taos, New
Mexico
and Bike Club Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Marquette
Mountain, Marquette,
Looking for an active club that doesn’t Michigan’s Upper
judge you by the brand of your ski jack- Peninsula
et, the kind of beer you drink or the age February: Midwest Family
of your car? You’ve found it. The Trip
Chicago Friars Ski & Bike Club is a cen- Feb. 28-March 1: Granite
trally located club that skis, camps, Peaks, Wis.
hikes and bikes, and we’ll try just about March 14-21: Schweitzer
any activity as long as we’re having fun. Mountain, Idaho – ski
in/ski out
We meet at 8 p.m. every first and third Monday at
Ricochet’s, 4644 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago, to announce We also have lots of racers in the CMSC Racing Program.
activities, share a few drinks and laugh…a lot. You’ll find us competing for bragging rights (and not much
else!) at Wilmot and around the Midwest throughout the
We have cliff-jumping skiers and beginners. We stay active winter. Our members are singles, couples, and range in age
all year with tent and cabin camping trips, show-and-go from 20-somethings to 70+. Stop by…we’re sure you’ll find
bike rides, day trips for hiking and canoeing, pub crawls, activities you like and people you’ll like to do them with.
mini-golf, concerts, dinners, an annual winter chili cook-off
and annual summer family picnic.

For those who live to ski, the 2008-09 season will not dis-
For more information:
appoint. Here’s what we have planned:
Jill Hronek, President, 773-761-1492
Dec. 13-14: Brule, Iron Mountain, Michigan’s Upper
chicagofriars@gmail.com, chicagofriars.com
Peninsula
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