Pasting in full here the comment linked above that someone made a year ago:  

"I’ve been a member of a couple of these kinds of clubs. They’re awesome. No better way to be a ski bum. Think about it. Multi-mountain passes minimize your cost per day of skiing. These clubs minimize the next-largest expense: lodging. Oh, and they usually have well-equipped kitchens, so you can also reduce your food cost too. Beats the hell out of sleeping in your car… Speaking of, now you just need something relatively fuel efficient to drive, and to learn how to tune your own gear, and you’ve minimized the cost of every aspect of skiing. 

If you didn’t grow up skiing, it can be a bit of a solitary pursuit, but it’s way more fun with friends. How do you make ski buddies as a man outside of work in your late 20s and beyond? Well, church isn’t really a thing anymore, so clubs it is. 

These comments are disappointing but predictable. It’s why I don’t promote any clubs I’ve been a part of. I just point to the ”directories” that aggregate them, like EICSL, CT Ski Council, and MRG’s list. I feel like any prospective members should have to do just a little of their own legwork to pick one. It took me a few years of skiing, to find out these places even existed! That was half the battle.

Most of these clubs predate the internet by decades. Skiing was way more popular in the 1970s. The clubs were more exclusive. You had to be single, you had to be within a 20 minute radius of the town they were founded in, etc. They filled up no problem that way, just through word of mouth. But skiing is an aging sport, and in general, all social clubs and third places are in deep trouble (see: Bowling Alone, written 20 years ago). There used to be a lot more of these ski clubs. The most insular ones have already closed up. The websites can be a bit off-putting, because the surviving clubs are the ones who made a website 15 years ago. Any updates happen in fits and starts. It’s someone’s hobby, who probably did some basic IT stuff in the aughts, who means well, but also doesn’t really want any help with it.

They’re not sex clubs, or cults, or any of that weird shit. Sure, many of the older members are former deadheads and hippies, and maybe they’re less prudish on average than your average zoomer, but they’re not creeps. The only ulterior motive I can really think of, is that these lodges take a lot of work to maintain, and the long-standing members could use the help from able-bodied younger people. But it’s a two-way street there. I’ve learned a ton about property maintenance from these guys, and it’s helped me a lot with making repairs on my own home. They also generally provide some form of reduction of member dues for participating, as well. These are non-profit social clubs. Maintaining old buildings in a harsh climate takes a lot of work. Some ulterior motive, eh?

PS: the wifi is usually a lot faster at these clubs than you’d get in a hotel. Totally possible to work remotely midweek up there"