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Nashville Ski Club

Welcome! Looking for folks who love to ski? You've come to the right place!

Our 2026 trips are now available for sign-up for our members! If you're not a member but want to come, just click on the JOIN option in the menu bar to get started. Once you're a member, log in and go to our Trips page, select your trip and then scroll down and click on the big red button to start the sign-up process.

Our locations for 2026:
- Winter Park, CO - January 4-11, 2026
- Keystone, CO - January 24-31, 2026
- Steamboat, CO - February 7-14, 2026
- Telluride, CO - February 21-28, 2026 - (8/2) trip is in wait-list status. Didn't grab a spot? Please join the waiting list in case we can expand the trip!
- Snowmass, CO - March 7-14, 2026 - (8/2) 6 spaces available before the waiting list kicks in

Missed the August meeting? Join us for our September meeting at Jonathan's in Cool Springs. We'll begin socializing around 5:30 PM and the meeting will begin at 6:30 PM. Guests and Visitors are always welcome! Trip leaders will be on hand to answer your questions. Help us out and please register for the event if you plan to come.

If you're not a member but would like twice-monthly updates on our social events, join our email list by clicking on the Add Me To Your Mailing List link at the very top of this page. If you'd like to receive our annual trip mailer in late June/early July, please include your postal address too. Members of our club receive a more detailed email each week with members-only discounts and events. Once you join the club you'll automatically be switched to the members email list.

Update 6 August:
- Added a couple of photos from our August membership meeting below.

Update 1 August:
- We have a new Featured Member! Learn more about Michael J. below
- Added a few photos below from our Ice Cream Social event last night. More are available in our Photo Gallery.

Next membership meeting:
Tuesday, September 2nd
Gather: 5:30 PM Meeting: 6:30 PM
Jonathan's, Cool Springs
See Upcoming Events page for more info

Members, Guests and Visitors: Please register if you're coming so we can be sure to have enough space and staff at the restaurant. Login not required but if you're a member that's a faster way to register.

Our August meeting was at Kings Bowl in Franklin where we got together for food, conducted some club business, and had fun with all the games available. Missed this meeting? Join us next month at Jonathan's in Cool Springs.

We closed out July and its oppressive heat with ice cream! We joined club member/owner Matt Higgins at his newly opened Handel's Ice Cream franchise in Franklin for some cool goodies. It was a great way to end the month.

On July 24th we visited Pelican and Pig for our July Gastronomic Gallivant. It's always fun to get together to try out new restaurants and you can now sign up for our August GG!

We had a fantastic turnout for our July Membership Meeting which included our 2026 Trip Presentations! Whether you want to join us at Winter Park, Keystone, Steamboat, Telluride, or Snowmass be sure to sign up soon before the trips sell out!

A few of us spent the evening of July 4th at the Brentwood concert series that featured The Downtown Band and fireworks. It proved to be a very popular choice with a great turnout in the park!

We kicked off summer by taking a kayak trip to Burgess Falls on June 22nd. The falls are amazing and it was nice to approach them from the water instead of our usual access by hiking!

On Wednesday, June 18, we took ourselves out to the ballpark where we enjoyed a game between our Nashville Sounds and the Iowa Cubs. Hot dogs, cold beverages, a warm summer evening - it was a great time! There are more photos in the Photo Gallery.

In June, the Brentwood Concert Series kicked off with the Monsters of Yacht Rock band playing tunes we all know and love. Missed this free event? The next concert is June 28!

We had a terrific turnout at our June membership meeting at Crow's Nest in Green Hills. It was great to catch up with everyone and start getting excited about our upcoming trips. You don't want to miss next month's meeting where we'll start accepting sign-ups for those trips!

Our May Gastronomic Gallivant was at Sojourner Restaurant at Southall Farm where we enjoyed some wonderful food and beverages and topped it off with some giant s'mores!

In mid-May we had a Happy Hour event at one of our club favorites, Blue Moon Waterfront Grille. It's always a great time hanging out by the marina and enjoying good company!

In mid-May we took advantage of the great weather and paddled down the Red River. It was a nice kick-off to the summer. You can find more pictures in our Photo Gallery. If you missed it, join us next month for our kayak outing!

Our May meeting was at Quinn's Neighborhood Pub in Franklin. We enjoyed a new-to-us place and getting to catch up with folks we hadn't seen in awhile. Be sure to join us next month in Green Hills!

We ended our April events with psychedelic mini-golf at Puttshack in the Gulch and topped it off with Happy Hour. Be sure to join us in May for more fun events!

In late April we visited Kitchen Social in Brentwood and took their Midnight in Paris cooking class! Great fun and now the members who didn't attend will expect a gourmet feast at our next gathering!

In late April a few of our members hit the beach at the annual Crescent Ski Council spring convention. Mini-golf, a beach run, pickleball, and the beach Olympics were great fun and the weekend was topped off with cartoon characters costume party. Be sure to join us next year!

Our April Gastronomic Gallivant was to Etch at the Franklin Factory. Good food, good friends, these events are always a lot of fun. Make your reservation now to join us in May!

Michael Janusek

Hometown: I was born in Chicago Heights, Illinois and I spent my time growing up between Chicago Heights, Illinois with my extended family and Itasca, Illinois where I went to High School.
When did you first join the ski club? 2023 in preparation for the 2024 Banff, Canada trip
Ski club offices held: foot soldier
Favorite ski resort? Mammoth Mountain, California It is my favorite because it is only a 7-hour drive from my home and it offers all of the variety and challenges I need to keep me "snow happy". The downside is the erratic weather in the Sierras, you never know if you are going to show up to 2 feet of fresh powder or a life-altering week-long blizzard that moves in off the Pacific Ocean.

What’s the best trip you ever had?
My favorite trip was with my father and my brother to Oaxaca, Mexico in the mid-1990s. My brother was a South American archaeologist at Vanderbilt, so I got a private guided tour of all of the archaeological sites from Mexico City and Puebla down to Oaxaca City and the coast of Oaxaca. The trip to Oaxaca led to more opportunities for me to study Spanish and now I work as a Spanish-language court interpreter.

Do you have any pets? What are their names?
I have two cats that my son and I have raised since they were newborn kittens. One is an orange tabby/martian oddball named Stampy Longhead. Our other cat is a loving grey short-haired domestic named Notch. The names of our cats were derived by my son from the English creators of the MineCraft Game.

What is your favorite hobby?
1st Favorite Hobby: My first favorite life-long hobby is railroading. This includes everything from riding the prototypes, reading up on railroad history to modeling the miniature trains at home. Currently I have found a wonderful expression for this love by riding railcarts that are pedaled like bicycles upon abandoned railroad lies. This is a new hobby and I have been riding on railroad lines from the Santa Paula-Fillmore line in California to a variety of different railroads in the mountains of Oregon and the Puget Sound area of Washington.

2nd Favorite Hobby: My second favorite hobby is swing dancing. I am lucky that in San Diego I can find classes and dances in all of the major forms of swing. These are: Lindy Hop, Balboa and Shag. I am naturally uncoordinated so any step I make without falling is a step in the right direction! I also really love swing dancing because I used to be a jazz musician and all of the music that is played for swing dancing is the music I used to play professionally as a trombonist.

Do you have any hidden talents? What can you do?
Nobody knows this except my immediate neighbors, but I am a full-fledged home coffee roaster. I focus on roasting the best coffees from Central America, Colombia and Peru. I buy the raw coffee beans from a supplier who travels around the world to find the best coffee crops. Then I spend hours and hours tinkering with my roasting equipment until I create the best coffee flavor for each type of coffee bean that I purchase.

What show did you binge watch embarrassingly fast?
I did and sometimes still do binge watch episodes of Seinfeld. I find the show extremely humorous.

Who is your favorite cartoon character and why?
Sponge Bob Square Pants. I love the assortment of characters and the dry humor.

During the pandemic did you learn a new skill or improve an old one?
I used all of my indoor down-time to practice the lindy hop swingout with all of its variations. It is the base move for lindy hop dancing. All of that practice comes in handy now when I am out dancing.