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Weekender: Scottish Lakes High Camp
Imagine this: you walk out of your cabin on a crisp, clear winter morning and step into the cross-country skis or snowshoes waiting on the porch. Then you ski right from your doorstep into some of the most gorgeous wilderness you’ve ever seen.
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Nordic Skiing: Citizens for a Nordic Republic
Nordic skiing has never possessed corporate glitz, but many cross-country areas here keep the big fun while taking the profit motive out of the picture
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Fur Rondy Celebration, Anchorage, AK
The outhouses came flying down the street and we hurried to cross before we were run down. The crowd cheered them to greater speeds, as the pushers ran holding crossbars attached to the (occupied) outhouses on skis.
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SnowSports: Quest for Vertical
For most skiers, a day in the mountains is its own reward. But for some, there’s an added bonus in racking up vertical feet on the slopes and then painstakingly tracking it.
NW SnowSports: Backcountry Skiing
The first thing backcountry skiers notice upon setting forth along the historic Barlow Road in the heart of the Mt. Hood National Forest is the absolute quiet of a snow-blanketed wilderness.
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Fat Tire Bikes: Fat and Happy
Fat tire bikes have names like Fatback, Surly Pugsley and Salsa Mukluk. Snow bikes, or fat bikes — popular in perpetually snow-covered locales like Alaska and northern Minnesota — are slowly becoming part of the cycling industry in the Northwest.
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Outdoor Research: Local company with a big heart
Kudos to Outdoor Research and employee Cherie Appleby-Lannan who decided to step up to help Hurricane Sandy victims. She was back east when the storm hit . . .
Snow Day Coming to Seattle!
Snow Day! It’s the mother of all snowball fights, and it’s coming to Seattle Jan. 12. Best of all, it will raise money for the Boys and Girls Clubs of King County. This city-wide snow-day festival will conclude with an attempt to break the record for the world’s largest snowball fight. It’s estimated that 81 [...]
Pickup Point of the Month: Mountain Shop in Portland, Ore.
Our Pickup Point of the Month is the Mountain Shop, at 1510 NE 37th Ave. in the Hollywood district of Portland, Ore. The shop is a Northwest icon, and opened 75 years ago, when the Timberline Lodge first opened.
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New Years Day 2013 Polar Bear Swims
For those who like a brisk start to the new year, there are a host of Polar Bear Swims at a variety of locations around the Northwest.
