The meeting, preceded by a banquet, was well attended, over 14 clubs out of the 22 member clubs being represented. President Allan Granstrom gave a report on the season's activities and expressed the hope that ski competition be kept active, especially for juniors.

After the general business meeting and the selection of dates for various meets, the following officers were named:
President, Allan Granstrom, Seattle Ski Club, re-elected; first vice-president, Corey Gustafson, Seattle, Cascade Ski Club; second vice-president, Ebb Schuehle, Seattle, Penguin Ski Club; secretary, Paul Gilbreath, Seattle, Washington Ski Club; treasurer, John Simchuck, Spokane, Spokane Ski Club; executive directors, C.J. Ritchie, Bremerton Ski Cruisers and Jack Eilertsen, Fjeld Ski Club, East Stanwood, Washington.

Competitive skiing remained alive in the Pacific Northwest and it is reasonable to believe that a good number of those who were able to compete will in the future years be heard from.  Most of the meets held were for juniors or entries mostly were junior competitors. 

The season began with a Junior downhill and slalom meet on February 11th, sponsored by the Penguins at Stevens Pass, WA. In a hotly contested race for combined junior honors, Bill Talbott, Seattle Ski Club, won over Ralph Jean, of the Penguins; combined points, Talbott, 73.52; Jean, 73.92.

The following week-end, February 18, saw Seattle Ski Club sponsoring a junior cross country and jumping event and Class A cross country at Snoqualmie Pass.  The cross country covered about 3 1/2 miles and was laid so that by Class A racers, it could be run twice.

The jumping was on the Seattle Ski Club's eighty-foot practice hill. Winner in the junior cross country and jumping again was Bill Talbott of the Seattle Ski Club in the time of 25.54 for the cross country and 211.5 points for first in jumping, winning both events.

In Class A cross country, Axel Wickstrom, Seattle Ski Club, won over Elov Bodin, Mountaineers.  The winning time was 46.13. For the first time, however, it was noticed that without the help of Olav Ulland, who is now in the service, interest in junior jumping had fallen off.

On February 25th, the Mountaineers held an invitational downhill and slalom for men and women on their own grounds at Martin, Washington. Unfortunatly, the field was large and teh downhill was fairly long. As teh racers had to catch the train at 3:45 in the afternoon, there was only time for a smaller slalom course then that which should have been the equal of the downhill to make it a fair combined race. There was a fine representation from the various Northwest clubs. The results were:
Downhill, Don Amick, Washington Ski Club, first, 2:07; slalom, Don Amick, first, 62.2; combined, Don Amick, first, 214.1 points. Downhill, Matt Broze, Seattle Ski Club, second, 2:09; slalom, Kenneth Van Dyke, Cascade Ski Club, second, 65.2; combined, Matt Broze, second, 236.1.
Thelma Osborn, Penguin Ski Club, was first in the womens's downhill in 1.41.2 and Mary Ann Hill, Cascade Ski Club was first in slalom, 1.15.2.  Thelma Osborn won the combined with 167.2 points.

On the same day, the Seattle Ski Club, at the request of the Seattle High School Ski Council, sponsored the Council's ski meet. The boys, 44 in number, competed individually in slalom, jumping and cross country, and also for team honors. Eleven girls were in the slalom race.

On March 4, the balance of the Four-Way Snoqualmie Pass team championship was held, the downhill and slalom having been run in connection with the race at Martin on February 25. In the team competition in cross country and jumping Seattle Ski Club was first, thus keeping its record clean of never having been defeated in the four-way team competition in the Snoqualmie meets. They defeated the Mountaineers by a small margin, 207 to 193 points. The winning team included Arnt Ofstad, Ole Tverdal, Axel Wickstrom and Bert Mortenson.

On March 11, the Penguin Ski Club held a giant slalom in Class A and B for men and women. Entered was a field of 52 men and 25 women. In one of the Class A races that will be talked about long afterwards, Wilmer Hampton, Wenatchee Ski Club, won over Don Amick, Washington Ski Club, by a fraction of a second, the times being 1.03 to 1.03.1. In Class A women, Edna Bonn, Mountainerers, won with a time of 1.22, followed by Marquerite Troupe of the Penguin Ski Club, 1.26.4. In Class B for men, Marco Johnson, Mountaineers, won by a time of 1.15 over Don McDonald, Sahalie Ski Club with a time of 1.18.3.  In Class B for women, Mary Ann Bell of the University of Washington won over Phyliss Magee of the Penguins. 

All of the meets were PNSA sanctioned.  However, there were several otehr competetions in the Northwest, both in smaller areas and inter-club affairs. 

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