I've been a card-carrying member of the Apres Ski club since March of 2007. Â The facility is efficient, with communal bunk-house style or "youth hostel" accommodation. Â Ample parking is a definite plus as are the high speed WiFi and the huge jacuzzi. Â
This Ski Cabin could be so much more. Â The update to this review is due to the fact that there is a faction within this ski cabin community that want to infuse it with younger members and make it the vibrant, dynamic, fun environment it truly has the potential to be. Â Meanwhile, the core membership, who started the house in the 70's, are still there and have a distinct antipathy to younger members. Â I'm talking about 'veteran' members in their 50's, 60's and older demonstrating a disdain of younger members in their 20's and 30's. Â This has been a very dysfunctional ski cabin community that can lash out at younger members for minor or imagined 'lodge rule' infractions (which I have been at the business end of). Â All the while, the 'pay as you go' pricing model makes it stupid to NOT join.
Note for summertime usage; this ski lodge is a great jumping off point to and from Burning Man. Â I've used it as such for four years in a row. Â I'd like to see a group of 20-something ski and snowboard enthusiasts infuse themselves here and take control of the Board of Directors that governs the non-profit organization.