ALL ABOUT SAGA LA
Welcome to the 52nd year of SAGA!
In October 1975 a group of six friends decided to start a new gay ski club in Los Angeles. They put up fliers, and the first meeting attracted about 20 men. Our first Mammoth trip was that December, and SAGA was off and skiing! After a season of Mammoth and our first trip to Colorado, SAGA held elections to choose an Executive Council, and the club has held annual elections in May ever since.
SAGA’s day-to-day operations are still managed by our Executive Council, elected from the general membership and open to all members in good standing. Our bylaws are available on our website (below), and meetings of the Executive Council are open to all members to attend.
For our fifty second year, we have a slate of popular events, starting with social gatherings in Los Angeles in late September or early October, and our annual holiday party in December.
Ski season kicks off with the first of our drive-up caravans to Mammoth in early January, followed by more Mammoth trips in February, March for gay ski weekend, and tentatively April for the Pond Skim event. Don’t miss Aspen Gay Ski week in mid-January, and out of state trips curently being considered for Zermatt Switzerland, Bear Valley CA Snowbasin UT or Mt. Bachelor OR .
Come ski with us!
SAGA Ski Club is a registered California Seller of Travel (CST 209112-40)
The following officers were elected from the general membership in May 2026. Officer positions are open to all members in good standing. For SAGA’s 52nd season, these dedicated volunteers are:
Allen Menton — President
Chris Hogan — Treasurer
David Karcher — Secretary (recorder)
Andrew Ma — Digital Marketing Chair
Bob Harrington — Membership Chair
Daniel Szuhay — Accountant
Ken Slater — Website Administrator
Robert Kilgore — Mammoth Trip Chair
Ryan Thomson — Elevation in the Village Chair
Raphael Stewart — Coordinator of out-of-state trips
Come join us and help the club function and grow!