The Texas Twisters Ski And
Adventure Club is a non-profit club that promotes snow skiing,
water skiing, and other outdoor adventures with members of all ages.
Our aim is to provide opportunities for skiers of ALL abilities to
ski with friends at excellent group rates. We encourage non-skiers
to join us on the mountain and learn to ski, or enjoy a getaway at
great rates.
We have
social activities including happy hours, special events, parties and
other non-skiing activities. It’s a great way to meet new people and
have a great time! The Texas Twisters Ski and Adventure Club is a
member of the Texas Ski Council, an association of about 16 ski
clubs representing close to 10,000 skiers throughout Texas.
Once Upon A Time It All Began...
Back in
1975 there was snow and there was snow skiing. The ski mountains
were just as close as they are today. The West Texas Ski Club was
formed in the mid-1970’s and had about 70 skiers. A few individuals
from those beginnings formed the Texas Twister Ski Club in 1983. We
actually still have a few of those original members still around!
The first
Twister ski trip was not a ski trip at all. In fact, about 20
members made a trek to the October Albuquerque Balloon Festival in
1983. Soon after, the first ski trip took place in Keystone, CO.
where about 36 members enjoyed good early season snow. Well
actually, great snow…the Twisters got snowed in on the very first
ski trip!!! The year was good with another four official trips that
initial season.
Through
The Years...
The
Twisters have had many, many memorable times over the years. There
were the great bus trips to Taos that introduced many of us to the
club. A person may have known only one or two people when they got
on the bus, 20 people by the city limits, and a 100 people at the
end of the trip. That’s right, our annual club trip to Taos has
attracted over 100 skiers at one time…that’s two bus loads! We had
the opportunity (or not) to see Taos actually close one of very few
days in history due to weather. We shifted gears and had fun
elsewhere.
Somewhere
along the way we introduced the world famous "Texas Twister Double
Release Rule". The rule states that "a person who releases from
both skis on the mountain is required to purchase drinks of choice
for all Twister witnesses to the release". Needless to say, this
can become rather costly at times. There was an instance where one
person released a $100 bill because of his two ski release on the
mountain.
There were
other trips where hot tubs got to be a main attraction because of
sore muscles after a long day of skiing. The Twisters have not
understood how the hotels select such a low number for the hot tub
capacity…we usually assume we should double it!
There were
the ghosts at the Banff Springs Hotel (“Redrum, Redrum”). One year
we had a costume party on the mountain while skiing! There was once
the unusual road trip to a road side park up by Plainview and
back…tee shirts and all. On the sentimental side there was a couple
who got married in front of 100 Twisters at the Sagebrush Inn in
Taos right before our regular wine and cheese party. There was one
couple who got married in 1986 just before they took off on their
honeymoon to Austria with 1,200 Texans. Oh, there was also the
couple who got married on the Tahoe Queen Paddle boat on Lake Tahoe
one morning. Then in 2001 they repeated the trip as co-trip
captains. How about the guy on the 1998 Purgatory trip who popped
the question AND got married on the same trip?
As you can see, there have been many
memorable moments. The good thing is that they are not
ending. Become a part of the memories and photos. JOIN US
TODAY!!! Go to
MAIN MENU
located at the upper left of your screen. Click on
CLUB INFORMATION,
then go
to the CLUB INFO
box and select
MEMBERSHIP.
Or join us for our next meeting and find out what you're missing!!!
See you soon...
