Spring Instructor’s Meeting Avalanche, MTR and Nordic National Ski Patrol Eastern Division April 19, 2008.
Accommodations: Make your own reservations at the Hotel Coolidge, in White River Jct, VT.. Rooms are $79 plus 9% tax. Price is per room (one person in a room or two persons in a room). A block of rooms have been set aside for 18 and 19 April. There is a 48-hour cancellation policy. Call the hotel: (802) 295-3118. Be sure that you tell them you are with the National Ski Patrol.
The Seminar: Begin at 8:30 AM at the U. S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, in Hanover, NH more commonly referred to as "CRREL".
The laboratory will provide a brief orientation on where it fits in the scheme of things as well as what it does for both the U.S. Army and the Corps of Engineers Civil Works. There will be two CRREL speakers that will cover recent research in snow.
Two other speakers are being sought, one from the U.S. Army Research Institute for Environmental Medicine (USARIEM) and one from the Soldier Systems Commands' Natick Research Laboratory at Natick, MA.
Banquet: Our banquet social hour will take place in the Hotel Coolidge at 6:15 PM with a Cash Bar. The hotel will provide a variety of cheese and crackers. Dinner will be served at 7:00 PM.
A green salad and fresh baked rolls will be served at the table.
On the buffet -
- Hot vegetable
- Mashed potato
- Stuffed Chicken Breast Medallions
- Carved Prime Rib of Beef
- Chocolate Cake served at the table
- with coffee or tea.
A guest speaker is being sought at this time.
All attendees that have a current NSPS registration card will be eligible for the industrial rate to ski at Killington. I have hopes to be able to obtain free skiing. The current industrial rate is $21. (Retail is $79.00)
To get to the Hotel Coolidge from the West: take the Northway to exit 20, as you come off the ramp turn left on Route 9 for .7 mi and turn right on route 149 to Fort Anne. At the traffic light turn left on route 4 and stay on route 4 all the way to White River Jct VT. When you come to the intersection with route 5, you will see the 25000 Gifts Shop opposite the intersection, turn left on route 5 and stay in the right lane thru a set of lights; stay in the right lane downhill to a stop sign, then proceed straight thru the intersection, you will see the Polka Dot Diner on the left, stay right around the corner, go 100 yds and the Hotel Coolidge is on the right.
Maps will be available at the Coolidge that provide directions to CRREL.
Registration form must be returned to Butch MacQueen by April 7th to avoid $10.00 late fee. - Download Registration form here
For more information contact:
Dick Townsend
42 Fairlawn Ave.
Gardner, MA 01440
Home Phone: (978) 630-4925
email:
r.l.townsend@worldnet.att.net
