Monthly Membership Meeting
Tuesday, September 8th, 2026
7:00 pm
Register To Attend
by Monday August 31st if you want to be sponsored
for long-term Ft. Myer visitor access (see below)
Our first monthly meeting for the coming ski season will be on Tuesday, September 8th, 7:00 pm at Ft. Myer's Spates Hall. We expect to meet in the Ballroom. Here's the link to a map showing the location of Spates Hall on Ft. Myer.
The evening will focus on trips. Our complimentary menu will include Honey Glazed Ham, Slow Roasted Beef Brisket, Roasted Potatoes, a Fruit Tray, Mixed Green and Caesar Salads, and Assorted Baked Cookies for dessert. A cash bar will be available for the drinks of your choice.
Trip Payments: Most of our ski trips have interim payments due coincident with the meeting, or before our October 13th meeting, including:
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Snowbird, Utah ($1,000 plus $500 for the Single Supplement)
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St. Moritz, Switzerland ($1,600 plus $700 for the Single Supplement)
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Breckenridge, Colorado ($700 plus $300 for the Single Supplement)
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Big Sky, Montana ($1,100 plus $700 for the Single Supplement)
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Sun Valley, Idaho ($800 plus $500 for the Single Supplement)
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Red Mountain, Canada ($800 plus $400 for the Single Supplement)
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Steamboat, Colorado ($1,000 plus $600 for the Single Supplement)
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Vail, Colorado (Due by October 1st: $900 plus $400 for the Single Supplement)
There are several ways you can make interim payments:
- You can pay online by going to our Partial Payments Page.
- We can take credit card payments at the meeting.
- If you prefer to pay by check, make it payable to the Pentagon Ski Club and mail it to our treasurer: Tom Gallagher, 8203 Lazy Point Lane, Lorton, VA 22079. Indicate which trip, and what skier(s), it is for. Or give it to your trip leader (or to Tom) at the meeting.
- If you wish to pay your entire remaining balance (as opposed to just an interim payment), you can pay online directly against your trip invoice. After logging-in, you can find your invoice(s) from your profile page by selecting your name in the upper right corner of the website.
Registration Required
We're asking everyone to register to attend. This will allow us to adjust the catering, and to offer you an opportunity to apply for long-term (1-year) Ft. Myer Visitor Access (see below). You must register by Monday, August 31st, to be sponsored for long-term visitor access.
If you need to apply for or renew your long-term access, but can't actually come to the meeting, there's an option for that: Register for the meeting and select the option that you want long-term access sponsorship but won't be at the meeting.
Bringing a Guest?
If you plan to come to the meeting with someone else, there are two ways to let us know:
- If your companion is a club member in their own right, they can log in with their credentials and register for the meeting much as they would do if signing up for a trip.
- Whether your companion is a club member or not, you can simply include them in your own meeting registration by clicking on the Add guest button before submitting your registration.
If Your Plans Change
If your plans change and you can no longer attend, please let us know (ideally by Monday, August 31st) so we can adjust our catering order. You may do this by:
- Calling (301-579-2749) or emailing Dave Olsen
- Cancelling your registration yourself:
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- log into your account
- click on your name at the top
- click on My Event Registrations
- click on your meeting registration
- click on the Already registered link
- click on the Cancel registration button
Entry to Ft. Myer
REAL ID Requirement
Ft. Myer has implemented a REAL ID Requirement (click for the full explanation on their website). Briefly:
- All occupants of a vehicle should be prepared to present a REAL ID at the security checkpoint.
- Any occupant who does not have a REAL ID-compliant state driver’s license will need to provide a second form of identification. We suggest you check Ft. Myer's website for the list of acceptable ID.
- You should be able to enter the base as normal if you have an active duty, retired, or dependent military ID, or a DoD-issued Common Access Card (CAC).
- One-Day Access: You might consider instead applying for a temporary/one-day access online at this website:
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- Select Other and indicate Pentagon Ski Club Meeting as your Reason for Visit.
- If approved, you'll receive a text notification on your phone that links to your ID credential.
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Your application must normally be submitted at least four days (but not more than two weeks) in advance of your visit, but might be approved almost instantaneously depending on your footprint in various online systems.
Long-Term Ft. Myer Visitor Access
You may recall that we offered an opportunity, when signing up for several previous meetings, to be sponsored for obtaining long-term (1-year) access to Ft. Myer. We're able to offer that opportunity on a quarterly basis, so here's another chance!
- Register for the meeting by Monday, August 31st, and indicate your desire for long-term visitor access.
- We'll include you on the list that we'll send to our contact at Ft. Myer (Ms. Helena Hollo) to request her sponsorship.
- We'll send you an email (on September 1st or soon after) confirming that your name has been forwarded by Ms. Hollo, and that you can go to Ft. Myer's Visitor Control Center (VCC) to apply for your long-term access.
- Go to the VCC during their normal hours (see below) sometime before the meeting. We suggest you go well before the meeting to avoid slamming them that afternoon.
- When you arrive at the VCC, tell them that you're part of the Pentagon Ski Club group that is being sponsored by Ms. Hollo, the Business Manager at Spates Hall. They'll have pre-printed Installation Access Request Forms with her sponsorship. All you'll need to do is present your REAL ID-compliant state driver’s license and complete their form with your DOB and SSN.
- Assuming you pass their vetting process, you should be able to be approved for year-long access during your visit to the VCC.
- Note that Ft. Myer is no longer issuing physical visitor passes. Instead, they will link your access approval to your REAL ID. Then, they will simply scan your REAL ID at the gate. If your state driver's license is not REAL ID compliant, they will link to it, but you will still need to provide a second form of identification (discussed above) each time you enter.
We anticipate that the next subsequent opportunity for long-term access sponsorship will be in conjunction with our planned December 8th, 2026 meeting. If you have a pass that hasn't yet expired but will expire before our planned October 13th or November 10th, 2026 meetings, go ahead and request sponsorship now, then go to the VCC once your pass has or is about to expire and they should have your name from the September meeting list.
VCC Operating Hours: Ft. Myer's Visitor Control Center has shortened their hours:
- They were previously open 0600-1700 Mon-Fri and 1000-1500 Saturday
- Their current hours (since September 2025) are 0700-1530 Mon-Fri ONLY.
