Amended Employment Agreement For Exec. Vp-operations

EXHIBIT 10.47


June 1, 2000


Mr. Dennis Trausch c/o Sport Chalet 920 Foothill Blvd. La Canada, California 91011


Dear Dennis:


This letter will serve as an amendment to your current employment contract dated October 1, 1999.


The Agreement is hereby amended as follows:


Paragraph 3 Compensation: As compensation for the services to be performed
hereunder, Executive shall receive a salary in the amount of One Hundred
Seventy-Nine Thousand Dollars ($179,000) per annum. Payable in bi-weekly
equal installments retroactive to the beginning of our fiscal year on
April 10, 2000.


Exhibit "B" This schedule has been revised to include the amount of 20,000
N.Q.S.O.'s dated May 26, 2000 at a value of 4 3/4 with a vesting schedule
of five years and an expiration date of May 26, 2010 (copy attached).


Please retain this letter in your files with your employment contract.


Congratulations on your additional compensation and stock options.


Sincerely,


/s/ Craig Levra


Craig Levra President/CEO


cc: Mr. Nobert Olberz, Chairman of the Board
Mr. Jack Attwood, Chairman of the Compensation Committee
Mr. Peter Menard, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP


Exhibit "B"


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