Greetings, fellow Sitzmarker members and to our many former members reading this message. On behalf of the Board of Directors, I would like to take this opportunity to share with you the many new and exciting things going on in our club. I will break this into several sections, as this will be a long, but hopefully informative email.

60^th Anniversary Celebration

We are very excited about our 60^th Anniversary Celebration being held this fall. It will be on Saturday, November 7^th from 5 to 9 pm at the Homestead Bistro & Café at the base of the Tram (in the old Santiago’s space).

The celebration will include a slideshow of photos from the past 60 years; a fantastic raffle featuring items donated by members, partner companies, and organizations; and keynote speaker Michael Donovan, Manager of the Tramway, who has decades of experience in the ski industry. The Turner & Grimes Trio will perform from 7 to 9pm. If you remember Olivia Grimes from the 70s and 80s, you’ll recognize her son Mike as the lead singer.

Downstairs from the event is the NM Ski Hall of Fame Museum, which will be open during the celebration so folks can check it out. Many of you know that our friend and fellow Sitzmarker, Paul Souder was inducted into the Ski Hall of Fame in 2013; you’ll be able to read about him and other Hall of Fame members at the museum. We also hope to have tables with several of the local ski and sports stores available to talk to folks about equipment for the upcoming ski season and other sports-related items.

For further details and to RSVP, please visit our web site at 60th Celebration Announcement – NM Sitzmarkers. We will continue to update the announcement with additional information, so please visit the page from time to time.

2026-27 Ski Season Planning

We have some preliminary plans for ski trips this coming season. Current proposed dates include:

• Wolf Creek – January 8-10
• Monarch – February 4-7
• Wolf Creek – March 5-7

We also hope to plan several day trips to Santa Fe, perhaps as often as one weekday and one weekend per month. These may be regularly scheduled dates such as the first Friday and third Sunday of each month. We will continue to let everyone know as we confirm these dates and plans.

Web Site and Social Media Enhancements

Hopefully, many of you have visited our new web site at NMSitzmarkers.org. If you are a member, you can login to see your membership information and view any “member only” posts and events. You can log in by clicking on the Member Login under Account. If you have trouble getting into your account, please email us at [email protected].

We post all upcoming events on the site under Club Info, in Public or Club Announcements, and under Events as well. Please visit the Galleries area to see pictures from various past events.

I also post a monthly Prez Sez article highlighting upcoming activities. All Prez Sez articles are found under Club Info and the Prez Sez link.

In addition to our website, we actively maintain a Facebook page (NM Sitzmarkers Facebook) and an Instagram page. We encourage you to visit these pages and follow us. The events that we post on the website will also be posted on Facebook. Please “like” and comment on our Facebook posts to help increase the club’s exposure.

Other Coming Events

Although our club was formed as a ski club 60 years ago it has always been more than that. We are truly a social club, with year-round events, thus our motto, “We Ski Too!”. We plan Sitzmarker Nights Out (SNO) every month, and sometimes multiple SNOs per month. We recently held the annual Isotopes tailgate and game event and the annual 4^th of July cookout. On July 15^th, we will have an SNO event at the Tin Can Alley Santa Fe Brewery to enjoy our very own Mike Grimes perform with The Turner and Grimes Trio. In August, we have a member sponsoring an RV and camping event at the Angel Fire Resort. We encourage our members to suggest and sponsor SNO events such as the RV and camping event, hiking, or other interesting and fun adventures. If you have an idea for an event, please contact us at [email protected].

Thank you for reading through this. We look forward to seeing you at one of our upcoming events and especially at the awesome 60^th Anniversary Celebration!

• Mike Campbell, President

SNO – Santa Fe Brewery at Tin Can Alley

Featuring: The Turner & Grimes Trio

July 15^th 6:45pm – 9:00pm

Tin Can Alley – 6110 Alameda Blvd. NE

Come join us for an evening with our fellow Sitzmarker Mike Grimes and his group, The Turner & Grimes Trio, as they perform at the Santa Fe Brewery at Tin Can Alley. There are plenty of food choices at Tin Can Alley.

We plan on meeting around 6:45 upstairs if the weather is good to watch the trio (starts at 7:00). If the weather doesn’t allow the upstairs outdoor event, we’ll meet downstairs by the stairway.

Visit the Tin Can Alley website to see more details – Tin Can Alley | Food Hall + Craft Beer Taproom | Albuquerque, NM

And visit The Turner & Grimes Trio facebook page to follow them.