Nov 7, 2026
Ski Fair
Time: 1:00 – 4:00 Cancels if snow! Just kidding!
Where: PATC Headquarters (118 Park St, SE, Vienna, VA 22180) just off Rt 123.
Description: Sign-up for your ski trips – bring your check book. See pictures of trips, talk with trip leaders, hear “snow” tales of incredible distances traveled in deep white stuff. Swap gear. Eat food (your potluck salad or dessert contribution appreciated), be happy. Fill out your trip applications before the Fair and bring them with you to save time. One application for each trip.
Cost: Free
Nov 13-15, 2026 (Fri-Sun, 2 nights)
Help Chip out preparing White Grass trails for Winter
Lodging:A house at Timberline SKi Resort has been donated for Friday and Saturday nights
Description:Every November, Chip Chase, owner of White Grass Touring Center, welcomes volunteers to help prepare the trails for the ski season. Work entails tasks such as clearing brush, establishing and maintaining drainage, repairing palette bridges, and oth- ers. No particular skills are needed. Work will be all day Saturday and Sunday morning. Join Stacey for the work, fun and camarade- rie for which White Grass is well-known. . Lunch will be provided by White Grass for all workers. Bring work clothes, gloves, warm layers, your own breakfasts. We usually eat out in Davis for dinners.
Coordinator:Stacey DiMaria 301-908-7115 or staceydim@gmail.com
Cost:FREE
Jan 8, 2027 (Friday, Day trip only) Alternate Dates: January 10, 2027 (Sunday)
New Germany State Park Day Trip Skiing
Cancels if no snow
Description:Ski on the groomed trails at New Germany State Park. Maryland State Park pass required or pay day-use entrance fee. Carpool meeting location at the Myersville Park & Ride located just south of I-70 at the Myersville exit. About a two hour drive to the park from Myersville. Trip will cancel for inadequate snow (or no) snow conditions. Alternative date if needed will be January 10, 2027 (Sunday)
Coordinator:Dave Jordahl 301-491-1356 westpatc@hotmail.com
Jan 15-17, 2027 (Friday-Sunday, 2 nights)
Laurel Highlands PA Area XC Ski Weekend #1
Cancels if no snow
Lodging:Red Roof Inn on Waterworks Road in Somerset PA
Description:Join fellow Nordic skiers gliding at usual and less traveled favorites in the Highlands of SW PA (e.g., Laurel Mountain, Laurel Ridge, Roaring Run, North Woods, Laurel Hill) with more kms of trails and choices than time available. Only 1 of these 5 places charges a trail use fee, and there is a walk option to meals from inn if interested. Chill out at local Somerset Fire and Ice 2027 Festival activities.
Coordinator:Greg Westernik 571-552-7307 gmwester@gmail.com
Cost:$115/applicant assuming double occupancy .This lodging fee cost for double occupancy includes 2 full beds per room.
Jan 22 - 24, 2027 (Friday to Sunday, 2 nights)
Black Water Falls SP, Canaan Valley, WV
Cancels if no snow
Lodging:Blackwater Falls State Park Lodge, Davis, WV
Description: TJoin fellow Nordic skiers at Whitegrass Cross-Country Ski Area and Blackwater Falls State Park for a fun weekend. We will have a block of 2 double-bed rooms at the newly renovated Blackwater Falls Lodge in Davis, WV. Participants will make their own reservations and have the option to share a room or reserve a room on their own. and "
Coordinator:Steve Jarvis 703-282-6752 jarsnv7@msn.com
Cost:Approximately $175 per room per night, which includes 2 beds in the room. Participants must coordinate with trip coordinator before making room reservations. Once screened by coordinator, a participant should make their own single occupancy reservation within the PNSC group block of rooms and then make their own arrangements with potential roommates to share the cost, if desired. Trip cost is $25 paid to Potomac Nordic Ski Club.
Feb 8-14, 2027 (Monday-Sunday, 6 nights)
North Creek/Garnet Hill NY ADK Ski Trip.
No Cancellation
Lodging:Two Rental Houses in Garnet Hill see here
Description:Ski Garnet Hill Ski area, North Creek Ski area, Great Lodge Santonini (Newcomb), Siamese Ponds Wilderness trails and others. Easy access to Gore Mountain for Alpine skiing. Includes dinners, does not include ski area passes.
Coordinator:Ralph Heimlich, 240-472-8825 heimlichfamily@comcast.net
Cost:$365 per person, lodging and dinners, based on 11 people.
Feb. 19-21, 2027 (Friday-Sunday, 2 nights)
Laurel Highlands PA Area XC Ski Weekend #2
Cancels if no Snow
Lodging: Red Roof Inn on Waterworks Road in Somerset PA.
Description: Join fellow Nordic skiers during this February weekend gliding at usual and less traveled favorites in the Highlands of SW PA (e.g., Laurel Mountain, Laurel Ridge, Roaring Run, North Woods, Laurel Hill) with more kms of trails and choices than time available. Only 1 of these 5 places charges a trail use fee, and there is a walk option to meals from Inn if interested.
Coordinator:Greg Westernik 571-552-7307 gmwester@gmail.com
Cost:$115/applicant assuming double occupancy .This lodging fee cost for double occupancy includes 2 full beds per room.
Feb 22-Mar 1, 2027 (Monday-Monday, 7 nights)
Maine Hut-to-Hut Skiing in the 100-Mile Wilderness
No Cancellation
Lodging: AMC Huts, West Branch Pond Cabin, and motels on the drive to and from skiing. Limited to 5 participants.
Description: Ski hut-to-hut in Maine’s 100-mile Wilderness. Skiers will carry a small day pack and backcountry ski 8-10 miles per day. We will have a two-day layover at the AMC Chair Back Lodge to explore the Gulf Hagas, Maine’s Grand Canyon. We will drive in at least 2 cars, stopping overnight at motels in Pittsfield, ME on the way, and Hartford, CT on the way home because of the long drive time. I will carefully screen skiers for ability to keep up with the group on this trip. See here for description"
Coordinator:Ralph Heimlich, 240-472-8825 heimlichfamily@comcast.net
Cost:Approximately $1200 per person for 9 nights (2 nights traveling and 7 nights skiing) includes meals while skiing and gear shut- tle from hut to hut. Does NOT include meals while traveling and your share of gas and tolls driving in shared vehicles.
Feb 26-28, 2027 (Friday – Sunday, two nights)
Western Maryland
Cancels if no snow
Lodging:Oak-Mar Hotel; Oakland, MD; 208 North 3rd Street; Oakland, MD (oakmarmoteloakland.us)
Description:Ski options in far western Maryland include nearby Herrington Manor State Park for Saturday and New Germany State Park after check-out on Sunday. Participants will make their own reservations and have the option to share a room or reserve a room on their own.
Coordinator:Dave Jordahl,301-491-1356, westpatc@hotmail.com
Cost:Approximately $150 per room per night, two beds per room. Participants should coordinate with trip coordinator before making room reservations. Booking through intermediary sites such as Priceline may offer better rates. Cancellations need to be made 48 hours in advance. $25 administrative fee to be paid to the Potomac Nordic Ski Club due at signing. Trip will cancel for lack of snow and the $25 administrative fee will be refunded.
March 5-7, 2027 (Friday – Sunday, two nights)
Canaan Valley, Blackwater Falls State Park
Cancellations need to be made 48 hours in advance
Lodging:Blackwater Falls State Park Lodge; Davis, WV
Description:Close out the 2027 ski season with fellow Nordic skiers at White Grass Ski Touring Center and Blackwater Falls State Park trails. Participants will make their own reservations and have the option to share a room or reserve a room for themselves. Blackwater Falls Lodge reservations can be made here.
Coordinator:Dave Jordahl,301-491-1356, westpatc@hotmail.com
Cost:Approximately $175 per room per night, two beds per room. Check with the lodge directly for exact price. Participants should coordinate with trip coordinator before making room reservations. Cancellations need to be made 48 hours in advance. $25 adminis- trative fee to be paid to the Potomac Nordic Ski Club due at signing. Trip will cancel for lack of snow and the $25 administrative fee will be refunded.