WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO
Husky Winter Sports has been around since 1937, making it the oldest and raddest Registered Student Organization at the University of Washington. During the weekends of winter quarter, we run a ski school - Husky Winter Sports Ski and Snowboard School - located at the Summit at Snoqualmie ski area, about an hour away from campus. We want to spend our winter having fun and spreading stoke to people from all over the Seattle area through our ski and snowboard lessons. Our official mission is as follows:
“Provide fun, safe, high quality and affordable mountain experiences
to skiers and snowboarders of all ability levels, and to foster friendships among like-minded winter sports enthusiasts.”
As a club, we shred all winter long and try to take advantage of every snow related opportunity we can. As a ski school, we teach lessons each Saturday and Sunday of winter quarter. This boils down to 6 total weekends, with 2.5 hour lessons on both Saturday and Sunday. When we're not teaching lessons, we're shredding the slopes of Summit together as a club.
Support our Stoked Volunteer
🏂 Instructors ⛷️
Help us keep the slopes alive! Our dedicated instructors volunteer their time to teach skiing and snowboarding to enthusiasts of all ages. With your donation, we can provide them with the resources they need to continue sharing their passion for the sport.
Be a part of our mission and donate now to hit the slopes together!
BECOME AN INSTRUCTOR
Husky Winter Sports offers a unique opportunity for UW students who are excited about snow sports and interested in sharing them with children and adults of all levels from the Northwest community. All members are trained as ski or snowboard instructors and receive a season’s pass to the Summit at Snoqualmie in exchange for attending a minimum of two weekend-long training sessions and teaching for all our six lesson weekends. Other benefits include lodging and a meal on Saturday nights, as well as travel compensation for instructor carpools.
Information Sessions
Information sessions typically occur during the first month of Fall Quarter. The purpose of these sessions is to give all students who are interested in Husky Winter Sports the detail about the club and what we do, as well as the opportunity to ask questions and meet club members.
THE PROCESS
So how do you join Husky Winter Sports? During fall quarter and the beginning of winter quarter we hold many events to give you information about the club, show you how we teach, and opportunities to meet club members and officers.
THE PERKS
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Free Summit at Snoqualmie season pass
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Arranged carpools to the mountain
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Organized trips to Whistler and other PNW resorts.
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Training for PSIA/AASI certification
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Guaranteed riding improvement
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A rad Community of snowsports and outdoor enthusiasts