CLEVELAND METRO SKI COUNCIL, INC.

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 CELEBRATING OVER 40 YEARS OF GOING DOWNHILL

The Cleveland Metro Ski Council (“CMSC”) is an umbrella organization comprised over 25 ski clubs reaching more than 8,000 skiers in northeast Ohio.  Managed by enthusiastic volunteers, its mission is to promote the excitement and camaraderie of Alpine and Nordic skiing and snowboarding to everyone --- regardless of ability, age, or economic background.

While CMSC member clubs hail from as far west as Sandusky, east to Warren, Youngstown, and Erie Pa., and south to Akron/Wooster, the majority of CMSC clubs are concentrated in the Greater Cleveland area.  Run by energetic volunteers, generous of their time and talent, the year-round social and ski activities of each club are limited only by their members' imagination.

If a person is married, single, a single parent or married with children, over 21 years old or over 71, a novice or expert skier, is physically challenged, has an unlimited budget or is budget-minded, is active or enjoys being around active people, CMSC has a ski club that will suit anyone's lifestyle. 

CMSC's annual activities include an Olympic-style, ability-based adult race program with corporate sponsors that challenges both beginner and expert skiers with double-pole slalom, giant slalom and dual race courses.  Snowboarders race on giant slalom courses.  Our Kids Racing program caters to kids aged 4 to 17.  A Ski Queen pageant recognizing a woman's contributions to skiing or boarding; and her ski club, ski trips to the American West, Canadian Rockies, Europe; an annual golf tournament dubbed "The Metro Cup" that takes golf outings to a higher level; and travel seminar pairing ski industry representatives with ski clubs members are also part of the schedule. 

Beneficiaries of CMSC's annual Charity Race have included the Ohio Special Olympics, Hospice of the Western Reserve, American Cancer Society, U. S. Ski Team and the American Red Cross.  The diverse activities of CMSC's member clubs include car rallies, camping, golfing, cycling, inline skating, wine tastings, enjoying the fine arts, whitewater rafting, sailing and more.

Formed in 1967 as an Ohio non-profit corporation, CMSC's constitution provides for an annual election of officers.  Each member ski club sends a delegate to the Council's meetings, held the first Thursday of every month, 7:30 p.m. at the Quality Inn & Suites on Route 21, Richfield, Ohio.  Its newsletter, the Sitzmark, is published during the winter months.  CMSC is a charter member of the National Ski Council Federation, representing over one-third of a million skiers in the U.S.

Cleveland Metro Ski Council's mission and active participation of its member clubs in skiing locally, around the country, and around the world make CMSC the Heartbeat of Skiing in northeast Ohio.