Welcome to SnowPals Off-Season Recreation!
Trips on the calendar:
Ongoing activities (weekly, etc)
️Rotating MTB 
locations: ride UCSC, Pacifica, Del Valle, Briones, Quarry Park, Santa Teresa, further, and longer rides on weekends, MTB pretty much every Friday to JMP in Oakland
“Everyone welcome, usually with new riders in the group we start hitting the easy trails to check skills and confidence, and go from there”
️World Cup 
Viewing Parties 
& Chat
️Wake boarding 
w/ Rick & pals
To be determined (TBD) ===
️ Scuba Diving Trips TBA
️ TBD Wilson: Mt Dana hike
️ TBD Eric: Clouds Rest & Mt Dana
️ TBD Fu-Chen: Upper Yosemite Falls Trail (https://www.alltrails.com/
May 2026 ===
️ Sunday May 17, 42 miles Gravel MTB ride through scenic strawberry fields https://www.
️Friday May 22: Hike – Dinner &
IMAX Movie, Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu
Meet 2:30 pm on Friday May 22 to hike Land’s End: gather at the Gift shop at
https://maps.app.goo.gl/
.. those interested can join anytime, from start time, dinner and/or movie only
Dinner at 5:45 pm at Marufuku Ramen
7:30 pm IMAX showtime
https://www.amctheatres.com/
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️ Day hike with Nora & friends Half Dome before the sunrise May 16-18, headlamps, carabiners, harness
️Sunday 5/24 Memorial Weekend Hike & Dinner w/ Maureen
June ===
️ Sunday to Monday 6/21-22 Night Hike Yosemite’s Clouds Rest: Sunrise Lakes Trailhead via Tenaya Lake. Strenuous ~ 14 miles round-trip, ~3k feet of elevation gain, ~ 6–8 hours
️ 6/20-21 Intro to backpack camping May Lake Trip, kids, family friendly
️Vinar’s Half Dome hike fully booked in June; however, weekend hike conditioning in progress if like to join in
July ===
️ Death Ride July 11 w/ Howon https://www.deathride.com
August ===
September ===
October ===
November ski, ride season starts ===
Join SnowPals to sign on for the above trips.
2026-27 POWDER HOUND Trips in the works to Whistler Blackcomb, Colorado (Steamboat, Loveland, Aspen, Telluride, etc when there are significant freshies in the 2-5 days OpenSnow app forecast), resorts in the state of Washington, and other powder hound destinations such as the Japanese, Italian, French, and Swiss Alps, Austria, and in summer, New Zealand, Argentina, Chile, and Australia.
August 1-8, 2026 Ski, Ride Destination Trip Valle Nevado, Chile: we’re fully booked at 10 participants. Waitlist available; inquire after joining SnowPals.
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