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Tales from the Lift Line V: Pack Rat
“I wish you had a backpack!” We’d stopped to get rid of some layers. It was January, but we were hot. As I unzipped my daughter’s jacket, I realized she had three layers beneath her lined jacket.
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Icicle Brewing Leisure Games
The Icicle Brewing Company has announced the first-ever Leisure Games to be held at the Leavenworth Festhalle on Feb. 16.
Worst Day of the Year Ride
Expect to see 4,000 crazy cyclists in downtown Portland Feb. 10 for the Worst Day of the Year Ride.
$4 million in improvements planned for Stevens Pass
Look for some great changes at Stevens Pass next year. The resort recently announced there would be $4 million in lift and terrain improvements
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Hog Loppet celebrates its 25th year!
The Hog Loppet will celebrate 25 years on Saturday, Feb. 23. The non-competitive 30-kilometer ski trek from the top of Mission Ridge
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Tales from the Lift Line IV: Velocity
“I just knocked down a little kid,” laughed the snowboarder to his friends when he slid to a stop. They had come, one-by-one, across the single green run at Alpental to the parking lot.
NW SnowSports: Discovering Thompson-Okanagan in Winter
It’s the snow. That’s why people keep coming back to Kelowna, B.C. Lots of resorts might boast about powder, but one day of skiing in the Thompson-Okanagan’s often-overlooked ski resorts and you’ll have a new benchmark for “champagne powder.”
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Tales from the Lift Line III: Expeditionary Forces
After a decade of strategizing, with much trial and error, we have developed a system for the most dreaded chore of the weekend: packing.
Tales from the Lift Line II: Seeing is Believing
As our chair passed over the run, we heard a little boy’s wail across the mountain, “I. Can’t. See. ANYTHING!” Heavy fog shrouded the ski area, muffling every sound . . .
Pickup Point of the Month:
Fleet Feet in Tacoma, Wash.
Our Pickup Point of the Month is Fleet Feet in Tacoma’s north end, located at 3812 N. 26th Street. Opened in October 2012, it’s the South Sound hub of all things running.
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