WRI’s Red Barn Event-screening of Ridge to River
October 17 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Free
Streaming link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLvrqGFDLMs&list=PLjATQxBXvvgXSiC_qr24e5jmPS-LyJ5T9&index=33
No registration required, but RSVP to receive email reminders and updates about this event!
Doors open at 6:30pm for a community social with beer and wine available for purchase. The presentation will start at 7:00pm.
This event features new film “Ridge to River” created by Cashmere resident and Emmy-award winning videographer Steven Gnam. After the film, Friends of Mission Ridge (FOMR), a Wenatchee-based, grassroots non-profit, will host a Q&A session with the audience.
A developer proposes a 7,812-bed luxury resort near the top of Mission Ridge, adjacent to the Mission Ridge Ski Area. Orchardists, skiers, hunters, birders, and Tribes are concerned about the impacts that this development would have on the ecology and culture of the region.
Mission Ridge was an oasis during the last ice age, while the surrounding terrain was buried under thousands of feet of glacial ice or scoured by cataclysmic floods. The mountain became a refuge for plants, animals, and early humans, evidenced by the fact that it has one of the highest occurrences of endemic plants in the region, and continuous human habitation going back before the building of the pyramids in Egypt. The film, Ridge to River, follows locals as they trace lines across the mountain, following the migrations of the Colockum elk, chasing ski turns, and growing food at its base. Ridge to River is a love letter to this landform that stretches from Mission Peak to the Columbia River.
About the presenters:
Steven Gnam is a FOMR board member, National Geographic photographer, Emmy-award-winning videographer, and author of the book, Crown of the Continent, The Wildest Rockies. Steven lives with his wife and daughter in Cashmere, WA, with their four ducks.
Mike Rolfs is Friends of Mission Ridge’s executive director. Mike has skied on Mission Ridge for 50 years. Mike builds custom skis at COOP Ski Works. You can find Mike on Mission Ridge nearly every day of the year, on skis or on foot.
The opinions expressed in this presentation are solely those of the presenters and not necessarily those of Wenatchee River Institute.