Day Trips:

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=95 BGCOLOR="#666699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="052005f0erlcjm.png"> <div> <B> "CASTA"  </B><B> </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B> </FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="BauerBodni BT" >Capital Area Ski Touring Association </FONT></div> <div> <B> </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" CASTA "><U>Home</U></A> /  <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Meetings:"><U>Meetings</U></A>  / Day Trips  / <A HREF="id35.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U>Links</U></A> /  <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Trips"><U>Trips</U></A> <B>  </B><B>  </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#666699" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Bus Coordinator</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="626" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="622"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="622" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <div> If you  would like to sign up for a day trip, please  contact:  </div> <div> <A HREF="mailto: davidesmond@nycap.rr.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto: davidesmond@nycap.rr.com"><U>Dave & Alice Esmond</U></A></div> <bR> <div>  </div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=385 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Day Trips:</div> <bR> <div> <B>Bus Trips</B><B> </B>are held on Saturdays and leave from the Yankee Trails Bus Terminal in Rensselaer at 7:30 AM on Saturdays. This year we are looking at a few changes in the bus routine to make the locations more attractive and the price more affordable for families. We are looking into scheduling buses for<B> The Von Trapp Lodge</B>, <B>Woodstock</B>, <B>Blueberry Hill in Vermont</B>; <B>Northfield Mountain in Massachusetts</B>, and <B>Tug Hill in New York. </B>We are looking at scheduling <B>Lapland Lake</B>, <B>Garnet Hill</B>, and <B>Prospect Mountain</B> as backups if there isn’t snow at our proposed destinations. This year, we won’t be attaching dates to specific sites. We haven’t gone to a scheduled site with any regularity in the past 10 years. We’re skiers; we need to go with the snow. <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > ~ Fred Adriance</FONT></div> <div> __________________  </div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Proposed ski dates for this year:</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>December 15th - </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g57415-Stowe_Vermont-Vacations.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g5741"><U>The Von Trapp Lodge </U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>January 5th -  </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.woodstockvt.com/skiing.php" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.woodstockvt.com/skiing.php"><U>Woodstock </U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>January 26th - </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" >Osceloa Tug Hill</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" ><B>February 9th -   </B></FONT><A HREF="http://www.blueberryhillinn.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.blueberryhillinn.com/"><U>Blueberry Hill</U></A> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial Narrow" >  </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>March 1st - </B> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.orda.org/newsite/todo/winter/mtvanhoe_conditions.php" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.orda.org/newsite/todo/winter/"><U>MT. VanHovenburg</U></A> </FONT></div> <bR> <div> _______________</div> <bR> <div> The bus fee will be $15 for CASTA Members. We will also propose to the Club Members that a new bus fee rate be voted in to help families afford our trips. If they are accompanied by an adult, family members 17 years of age and under can travel on the ski bus for <I><B>half price</B></I>. Also, we propose that CASTA members be allowed to bring a one-time guest on a trip for $15.</div> <bR> <div> <B>The Bus will leave at 7:30 am from Yankee Trails.</B></div> <div> For all trips that head north along the Northway, the Bus will also make a stop at the Exit 8 Park and Ride.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Always check the CASTA HOTLINE or Website </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#262626" FACE="CenturySchoolbook" >to make sure that the Bus is actually going to the scheduled ski area for a particular trip. Our actual destination on the date of any ski trip will determine if the Bus will stop at the Exit 8 Park and Ride. </FONT><B>HOTLINE: 489-2275</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#262626" FACE="CenturySchoolbook" >.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Directions to Yankee Trails:</B></I></div> <div> I-90 East to Exit 8. Right at 2nd light (Route 4). Go 7/10 mile to 2nd light. Right at light. Go 3/10 mile to Yankee Trails on the right. Park in the rear of the lot. Vehicles are safe to park  There is no fee for parking; it is safe to park and  leave your vehicle at the the Yankee Trial's parking lot.</div> <bR> <div> <I><U>Policy for Bus Trips: </U></I><I>    </I></div> <bR> <div> <B>1. Payment for trips must be made at the time you sign-up.</B></div> <div> If reservations are made over the telephone through the trip coordinator, payment must be received within one week of the call. After that, your name goes on the waiting list.</div> <bR> <div> <B>2. No refunds for any reason! </B></div> <div> There is only one exception to this rule: If there is a waiting list for the bus trip and the trip coordinator is able to fill the seat from the waiting list, a refund will be granted.</div> <bR> <div> <B>3. There are no substitutions.</B></div> <div> All assignments are made through the trip coordinator. In other words, if you cancel, you <B>cannot</B> find your own replacement.</div> <bR> <div> <B>4. Fares per person and do not include trail fees.</B></div> <bR> <div> Payments may be made at the monthly meetings, make checks out to<B> CASTA</B> and please give checks to Dave or Alice Esmond.  Thanks!</div> <bR> <div> <B>T</B><B>here may be a late change in the destination as determined by snow fall, check this website or call the Hotline for up-dated information just before a trip.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Hotline:</B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> 489-2275</B></FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >CALL the HOTLINE NUMBER FOR THE MOST UP-TO-THE-MINUTE INFO ON CLUB ACTIVITIES. </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>Please, check the Hot Line or website before each trip! Thanks to Clair Hard for all her efforts to keep us up-dated!!</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>