Powder Hounds Ski School

Greetings,
Powder Hounds Ski School has been teaching families to ski since 1972. Pete Hat started the ski school as a concessionary school that used Timberline ski school staff to teach its students in the winter of ‘72. Over the years, the ski school was owned and operated by the Zimmerman, Jewett, Buckley, Keister, and Perry families. As a family ski school, each family made their impression and helped shape the program we know today.

Lee and I tried to honor the tradition that was started and expand the reach of the Powder Hound family with each new student and instructor to our program. I can say with pride; I feel like we succeeded. Unfortunately, like many things in our changing world today, we have experienced adversity and loss. In January of this year, Lee passed away, and a few months later, Mary left us too. Both of them were cornerstones to the Powder Hound experience.

As I approached September, I started to query staff about their interest in joining Powder Hounds for the 2021 – 2022 season. Unfortunately, like everything in our world today, priorities and interests have changed, and we do not have the staff to continue our program in the manner we have for 47 years. Therefore, after a great deal of thought and conversation with my family, we have decided to close Powder Hounds Ski School.

Karen, Alexis, Erin, and I would like to thank all our customers, past and present, for your patronage and support of our program. We hope we have touched your lives and left you with a passion for the mountain, skiing, and learning. Finally, to all of our staff, thank you!. You were the magic behind the success of our programs, and it was a privilege to work with you over the years.

We hope to see you on the mountain or in Government Camp. If you see us, please take a moment to say hello and check in. You have all been a part of my winter's teaching since 1978.

Sincerely,

Victor, Karen, Alexis & Erin

Due to COVID-19, our operational schedule for the 2021 season has not been established. To better serve our customers and to provide a safe learning environment, we have decided to postpone our registration opening until December. We are working with Timberline and PSIA to develop a ski school-specific protocol to help protect our staff and customers to the best of our ability. We recognize that this pandemic is ever-changing, and we will adjust accordingly. Please visit our website for updates as we near the start of our season.

Our January session starts this weekend. We are looking forward to the new snow and getting our students on the hill.

Remember to leave plenty of travel time. Lessons will start 10:00 AM and recommend that everyone be at the corral by 9:50 to check-in.

If there are any weather related issues or closures we will post them on our page.

We will see you on the mountain!

Instructor clinics scheduled for December 7th have been cancelled due to lack of snow. We are planning to meet on December 14th and 21st.

Let it snow....

Do you want to:

Inspire, share your passion for skiing or snowboarding with someone else.

Learn, grow, and work towards mastery.

Connect, engage with the people around you.

Teach!

If these words connect with you, then maybe you should look into teaching for Powder Hounds Ski School this winter. If you would like more details contact us at https://powderhound.com/Contact/ContactUs. Powder Hounds is looking for people interested in teaching others to ski or snowboard. Our clinics start in December, and our lessons run in January through the first part of March.

Powder Hounds is looking for some new instructors for the 2020 season. If you are interested, visit https://www.powderhound.com/Contact/ContactUs and send us an email.

Powder Hounds 2020 registration is now open, and classes are starting to fill up.

Preparation for the 2020 season has begun.

Pricing and session dates are on our website as we start our 48th season. We will open registration on November 1st.

We are lookin forward to another great year!

Session Dates for 2019/2020 Season

January session starts on January 4th and 5th. February session starts on February 8th and 9th. Make sure you mark your calendar.

Registration opens on November 1st, 2019.

A Big Thank You!

Thank you to all of our customers this last season. Thank you to our staff for working so hard to teach, coach and help your students explore the mountain safely. It was a season filled with some great snow and skiing days, and also with great sorrow and loss.

We hope all of our customers enjoyed and benefitted from their session or season with Powder Hounds. We look forward to next season, and we hope you will consider joining us.

In the meantime, we will be healing, skiing, training, and working on improving our program.

Thank you,

Lee & Victor Perry

Just a reminder that our February session starts on the 9th and 10th. We have a couple of 4-week spots open on both Saturday and Sunday. Registration will close on February 6th.

Merry Christmas to all from Powder Hounds. Make it great and memorable.