Our Membership Is Now Open for the 2024 Calendar Year

The CAI-PNW 2024 membership application and renewal process opens on March 4, 2024.

If you live in the Pacific Northwest and would like to become a new member, please do the following:

  1. Send an email message to caipnw@gmail.com and request mailing instructions. Once you have those, complete and mail in the following:

  2. Download, print, and complete a CAI-PNW Membership Application and Renewal Form

  3. Download, print, and complete an Annual Release and Indemnity Agreement form for each person who is joining

  4. Address a stamped business-sized (4 ” x 9 ½”) envelope (one postage stamp needed)

  5. Provide a passport-sized and quality photo for each new member. This photo will be placed in your tessera, the CAI passport booklet.

  6. A check made out to CAI-PNW for the total annual membership fees (listed below).

    1. OR, you can pay the annual membership fees online by selecting the appropriate product from the Membership store, adding it the shopping cart, and checking out.

Membership Categories

CAI-PNW offers four membership categories. The categories and their annual fees are:

NEW MEMBERS

Prices listed are inclusive of a $15 administrative fee for processing new memberships, including the tessera, the CAI passport booklet.

  • $60 - INDIVIDUAL (Ordinario) – The first adult in a household

  • $40 - SPOUSE/PARTNER (Familiare) – Additional adult in a household

  • $40 - YOUNG ADULT (Ordinario Junior) – 18 through 25 years of age, independent of a household

  • $36 - YOUTH (Giovane) – Up to 18 years of age

RENEWING MEMBERS

Renewing members have a membership for the prior year as well as the tessera, the CAI passport booklet.

  • $45 - INDIVIDUAL (Ordinario) – The first adult in a household

  • $25 - SPOUSE/PARTNER (Familiare) – Additional adult in a household

  • $25 - YOUNG ADULT (Ordinario Junior) – 18 through 25 years of age, independent of a household

  • $21 - YOUTH (Giovane) – Up to 18 years of age

  • If you are an existing CAI-PNW member, you’ll need to do the following every year to renew your membership:

    1. Download, print and complete a Membership Renewal form and an Annual Release and Indemnity Agreement form for each person who is renewing.

    2. Address and include a stamped letter-sized (4 1/8” x 9 1/2”) envelope (one postage stamp needed).

    3. Write and include a check to CAI-PNW for the total annual membership fee(s) listed above.

    4. Send an email message to membership@cai-pnw.org and request mailing instructions.

Advantages of Joining CAI-PNW

  • Joining others in the Seattle, WA area for monthly hikes and other activities

  • Opportunity to lead hikes and other outdoor activities

  • Making friends in the USA as well as in Italy for joint hiking and cultural activities

  • Joining us for trips and exchanges in Italy and other countries

  • Visiting and hiking affordably in Italy

  • Staying in rifugi (mountain huts) in Italy, many with discounts

  • Utilizing reciprocal relationships for benefits in clubs in other countries such as Germany, France, Spain, Austria and Switzerland

  • Having accident insurance while on CAI-sponsored hikes in Europe

  • Mountaineering rescue insurance in the mountains in Italy and other European countries

CAI In Italy

If you are interested in joining CAI in Italy to enjoy member benefits including discounts at their refugi, please visit www.cai.it/diventa-socio/ and follow the instructions there. Note that their site is entirely in Italian; if you have difficulty interpreting it, we recommend using a browser-based translator such as Google Translate.