[FWM News] Holiday Break, January races

[Far West Masters news]

Happy holidays to everyone! The 2013 year is winding down today with warm, dry, sunny conditions - 
and reportedly the driest year ever recorded for California (not so great for Sierra skiing and 
water supplies). Our Sierra ski areas are doing their best for the holiday crowds, with snowmaking 
supplementing the rather meager snowfall so far this season. Even with the limited snow and terrain 
available, there are opportunities to get out for some turns, so enjoy it for what it is and 
appreciate that we get to be out playing on the ski slopes!

With the dry conditions forecast to continue into early January, race scheduling chief Mike Braun 
is working closely with the organizers of our next scheduled races on Friday Jan. 10 at Heavenly (2 
SL races) and Sat-Sun Jan. 11-12 at Sierra at Tahoe (2 GS races) to monitor conditions. 

The current outlook is that Heavenly looks good to be able to hold the Viva Italia SL races, but 
the GS races at Sierra at Tahoe may be at risk. Mike is exploring possible alternatives if schedule 
changes are needed and we'll get details out as soon as possible to allow everyone to plan their 
schedules and travel. In the meantime, keep an eye of the weather and check the farwestmasters.org 
web site for updates.