I grew up in Eagle riding horses, participating in 4-H, Little Britches, and High School Rodeo. My parents said I had to sell my horse if I wanted to ski, and I just could not part with my horse, Stormy. My first day skiing at Bogus was with a group of Sun Dance Dodge Mechanics who I worked with at the time. These great and cheerful practical jokers gave me a couple of lessons on the rope tow and then promptly took me over to, and up, Superior Chair. They ditched me at the top of Superior laughing as they took off down Inspiration. Well you guessed it, I lived and found that I love skiing!! I joined Bogus Basin Ski Club for the second time in 2015. I served as club Secretary and followed as President from 2019-2021.

I started skiing as a teenager in Alaska at Alyeska. At about the same time, I picked up a camera, and I am still skiing and taking photographs. Most of my life I have been self employed as a photographer and a sales representative for Air Photo Inc. In the 1980s I had a studio near the Pike Place Market in Seattle and shot the brochure for Pac West Ski Resort up at Snoqualmie Pass. For the past twenty years I have lived in Boise. Currently, I take photographs for the local theaters, local musicians, people and special events. I really enjoy volunteering as a photographer for BBSC the last two years, and our club activities offer many great photo opportunities.  I had a super time participating on the BBSC night race team this year, and I look forward to being more involved with the BBSC in the coming years.

From Montana to Mountains: A Journey of Skiing, Adventure, and Tech...
Based in Boise since 2008, but my heart still roams the hills of Livingston, MT. Bridger Bowl raised me on skis - a passion that never melts away.
Escaped a 20-year 'ski drought' in Dallas, TX, but found my way back to the slopes. Tracy &I traded city lights for Boise's natural delights - outdoor wonders/incredible souls. Hung up the work boots in 2020 after a career weaving through Sun Microsystems, BEA, Oracle, Netscape, and Symantec.
Outdoors is my canvas: Capturing moments through photography, filming, camping, hiking, running, and of course, skiing.
Currently soaring as a Mountain Ambassador at Tamarack Ski Resort - where every trail tells a story.
Life's a journey, and I'm the snow-enthusiast, tech-veteran, and outdoor explorer writing my story one adventure at a time.

I was 6 years old when my family moved to Boise from Missoula, Montana. My dad started taking me to Bogus that following winter, and as I aged, I rode the ski bus from Sib Kleffner Sports driven by Gus Urresti (later McU Sports) and then from South Junior High. My love of skiing also included ski touring/camping which started with pack boots fitted loosely with cable bindings and then the 3-pin style. When I met my wife Cheryl, I immediately enrolled her in ski lessons (she comes from Florida). We later introduced our kids to skiing Bogus at early ages and are proud of their accomplishments. I’ve been involved with the PrimeTimers ski group and have met some of most wonderful new friends in the BBSC.

Donned in my Valiant wooden skis with cable bindings and lace up boots, I started skiing when I was eight years old, thanks to my father. From the icy slopes of the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania where we lived, to the bitter crisp cold snow of Vermont and New Hampshire, to the epic vistas in Colorado, Utah, California, Montana, Oregon and Switzerland, skiing was a family passion. Of all the places I have skied, my favorite was skiing the champagne powder of Steamboat Springs, Colorado and the epic snowfalls of Big Sky, Montana. With my continued enthusiasm for the sport, I taught my three children to ski and snowboard, which I also learned when I was 40 yrs old. More recently, I am teaching my grandchildren how to ski and fulfilling our family tradition of generations of skiers. New to Idaho, I skied Bogus in March and April last year. The first BBSC event I attended was the April 2021 Bogus Basin Extravaganza. I knew from that day forward that the people of BBSC are a great bunch of folks that like to have fun and are a testament to the success of the club and giving back to the community.  As a retired public servant, always a public servant, I want to get more involved in a cause that I can support in Bogus Basin Ski Club.

I grew up far, far away from a winter with snow. My first opportunity to ski wasn’t until I was 18. I longed to get good enough at alpine, but it just wasn’t in the cards at the time. I began nordic skiing because the learning curve didn’t seem as steep.  
After undergrad, I worked two seasons as a tour guide for Suntrek Tours before being accepted into the Peace Corps for two years of service after which I enjoyed leading kayaking tours of Monterey Bay while working towards my teaching credential. I have been an educator in both public and private schools from K-12, and currently work at Boise State.
When I relocated to Boise, I was beyond excited to live somewhere with four “real” seasons! And I was thrilled that Bogus Basin is in our own proverbial backyard. As soon as I got my first all mountain pass, I couldn’t stop; it was like my dream found me. In January 2019 I joined BBSC to attend a ski trip to Utah. Now, I look forward to serving on the board in my recreational “true calling” (on more than one occasion I’ve been referred to as Julie from The Love Boat), as well as leading adventures for our BBSC members in the future.

My first experience with skiing started at age 9 and it was love at first sight! I have been skiing at Bogus since the winter of 1986/7. I joined the Bogus Basin SkiClub in 2016 and started the Social Media pages on Facebook and Instagram. I have made many new friends, and love the trips and activities! And then I handed off the Social Media to another and took over Purchasing. That's one of the best things about our board, you can move from one position to another to keep the fun happening.

Born in Michigan, I moved to Boise, Idaho in 1983 and have been loyal season pass holder of Bogus Basin Ski Resort ever since. I joined the Bogus Basin Ski Club in 2015. Sue and I owned and operated Boise area Moxie Java coffee shops for fifteen years and sold them in 2008. Since that time I have been involved in two start-up companies. I am an avid snowboarder, fly fisherman, biker and outdoor enthusiast, and I recently joined the legions of RV campers. I look forward to serving as trip coordinator for BBSC.

I started skiing about 10 or 11 years of age.  I enjoy the freedom it gives you swishing down the mountain.  There was a period in my life that I didn't ski.  But when I got back to it, I remember thinking, "Why did I ever leave!"  Been skiing ever since!  I enjoy the camaraderie and the friendships in the Bogus Basin Ski Club!

Although I no longer ski, I love this club! The culture of our club—a fun-loving, energetic, compassionate, and sharing conglomeration of members. I enjoy spending time with you at our social events. After four-plus years editing the Mogul and website, I took a hiatus in 2018. I went to the April 2019 Board meeting to observe the election and found myself volunteering to be the secretary. And now I am back to the Mogul, communications and the website. It's always fun.

I am a Boise native and outdoor girl having descended from past generations of homesteaders and ranchers. Retired from a social work career, I enjoy skiing, gardening, reading, camping, traveling and volunteering in the community.  I have a married daughter and two grandchildren whose family loves to ski as much I do.   I joined the Bogus Basin Ski Club over 25 years ago and am proud to have brought Ullr Fest to our club and to Bogus since 2008.  See you on the mountain!

I learned to ski on the icy slopes of Stowe, Vermont, and it only got better from there. The mountains called me again to move west to Seattle, then to Colorado, and finally home to Boise.  I am most fortunate  to have so many wonderful ski buddies and ski areas nearby, with Bogus Basin in my backyard and a great ski club to promote and participate in  the many joys of skiing, community events and  outdoor sports.

I have lived in Boise since 2017. I came here from Lockwood Nevada, in search of a better lifestyle {and I found it for sure}. My skiing history was Lake Tahoe and Donner Summit. I was a volunteer Ski Patroller at Homewood Mountain Resort, on Tahoe’s west shore, back in the 1900’s. That was one of the best times of my life being of service to the ski life that I love so much. Living in Truckee Ca., afforded me the most awesome ski opportunities ever! Now that I live here in Boise, I have found Bogus Basin to be a great mountain. I enjoy the local feel of the atmosphere there. I enjoy gardening, cooking, RVing, fishing, and hanging out with good people. The BBSC has been a great experience for me, and I look forward to giving back to the Ski Community.

As a Boise native, I was five years old when I learned to waterski with my older sister’s tennis shoes on-over my own little sneakers so that my feet would fit into dad's waterski bindings. It was 1973, and that following winter my mother let me put on cable bindings and lace-up boots and told me that I would get used to walking in the snow with skis on in our yard. My father purchased a brand new Rupp snowmobile, and we drove right past bogus basin to ride it. Between my sister, mom and me, dad realized we wouldn’t get many turns in this way, so the following year he purchased another snowmobile. After that was when I started to snow ski as a wee lad at the bottom of Moore’s Mountain. I did not understand why we couldn’t ride the chair lifts at Bogus Basin. They just seemed so inviting to me. Dad said it was because we got snowmobiles. Fast forward again to the 1980’s, when my parents, George and Virginia Medek, were members of the Bogus Basin Ski Club. In the mix of partying with all these fun people my father offered to clean the club's barbecue, affectionately named Big Bertha. I remember at dinner one night, he said that the grill was so dirty he didn’t even like eating off of it. We started storing the barbecue at our property and cleaning it whenever needed. Eventually, the club purchased a storage shed, and we contracted a deal to place it on my property. Unbeknownst to me my fate as future quartermaster was sealed!