This season marks GMNC’s 20th year. Look for a short history of the GMNC in our next newsletter. We’ll hold a 20 year anniversary event later in the season—stay tuned!

Thanks to you, we posted a significant increase (+$9,228!) in donations last year. Much of the extra money came from generous members joining at the Friend, Glider, Strider or Trail Breaker levels and from kind-hearted donations from users. Assuming the 151 family memberships we received represent at least two people, then the actual number of paying GMNC members last year exceeded 550.  Last year we collected $35,035 in member donations. Can you help us top that? Here’s what we hope to accomplish during this, our 20th year.

GROOMING

In last year’s member survey you told us that grooming is your #1 priority. We’ve responding by hiring a part-time operations manager to oversee grooming ops. We intend to provide guaranteed weekend and holiday grooming in the main season— December through February. If donations rise, we hope to move toward daily grooming in the future. We’ll continue to groom based on snow conditions, but this year we’ll also focus on touch-up grooming on weekends to keep high-use trails in top shape. Stay tuned to the blog for updates.

GRAND MESA NORDIC NEWS BLOG

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We’ll continue to post real-time grooming reports, trail conditions, race results, news and photos on the blog.

LESSONS

Al Fournier is back by popular demand to offer low-cost group and private lessons to adults.

DONATE ONLINE

Last spring, we established a Google checkout account so you can join GMNC or make a spontaneous (and safe) donation anytime via our google button at gmnc.org or the blog.

SKIS FOR KIDS

Our Skis for Kids program logged nearly 600 skier days last year and we hope to expand on that success with our travel scholarships.

GLIDERS

Our juniors program, the Grand Mesa Gliders expands to three distinct programs this year (see next page).

SOCIAL FUN

Last year we hosted a full moon bonfire party and a spring BBQ at Skyway. Weather permitting, we’ll do it again this year. Save us money on printing and mailing, sign up to receive your newsletter via email by emailing me.

Thanks for your support! Contact me anytime at grandmesanordic@gmail.com

Christie Aschwanden

President, GMNC