News from the Far West

The Far West Academic Team recognizes current U21-U16 athletes in the Far West whose grade point average for the previous season’s spring semester was 3.5 or better. Athletes are invited to send a legible copy of the spring report card to the FWS office by September...

Congratulations to the 2024 Far West Ski Team! The four Women and six Men that qualified for this years team have less than 90 points in two disciplines as a man and 100 points or less in two disciplines as a woman.  Two of these athletes qualified based on their...

The Grand Prix series is scored for U18’s as a series to qualify for scholarships to be used for the following season. The places are determined by adding up the total World Cup Points earned during ALL the races listed in the Grand Prix series for that season. Each...

We have past season jackets available for sale in the below styles. Each style has multiple sizes available from Women's Small, Adult XS, S, M, L, XL. Each jacket is $100. Please reach out to Kayla by email at manager@fwskiing.org for specific sizing per style.

The Marce Herz Foundation bears the name of an extraordinary individual, Marcelle (“Marce”) Barkley Herz. Marce, a track and field world record holder, champion amateur skier, and co-founder of the Sky Tavern Jr. Ski Program, was also a teacher who believed that...

We have put together the Fall Officials Training Schedule to be held at Palisades Tahoe. Registration will open with a link to be sent in September. We will offer courses and testing. This year, there is a new requirement that all existing RAs will be required to...

LTSCF is proud to offer various scholarships for ski racers from the Tahoe/Truckee area. Our first scholarship application (U14, U16, U18 and U21) deadline for this fall is November 30. LTSCH started in 1929. We raise funds for Alpine Ski racing in Tahoe Basin area....

Far West Academic Team nominations are open! The Far West Academic Team recognizes current Sr – U16 athletes in the Far West whose GPA for the 2023 ski season’s Spring Semester was a 3.5 or better. The athletes must be registered Sr-U16 during the 2023 spring academic...

Far West Ski Association would like to announce that it is now accepting applications for athletic scholarships for the 2023-2024 season. The purpose of the scholarship program is to assist junior USSA alpine racers (2nd year U16 to U21) in the funding of their racing...