Amazing Views

We’ve been receiving reports and news releases about the grand opening of  Whistler/Blackcomb’s new Peak 2 Peak Gondola on December 12. This new lift, costing $51 million, will connect the near-timberline slopes of Whistler Mountain with the near-timberline slopes of... Read More...

Written By Andy Dappen From the top of Mission Ridge, Matt Dahlgreen looks westward at a reservoir of brooding clouds stacked against the peaks of Washington’s Cascade Crest. Right now, he predicts, the West-side hills are enjoying “liquid skies and... Read More...

Photo: Freeman Keller nearing Aasgard Pass. Words and pictures by Tom Janisch Perhaps this should be dubbed the special-place-special-people ski tour. Little Annapurna graces the cover of Chester Marler’s book, East of the Divide.  In the Cascade Alpine Guide Fred... Read More...

Photo: Views to north while skiing Icicle Ridge By Chester Marler In mid-March 2009, Robbie Scott and I could not resist a good weather window (recent new snow followed by a forecast for sunny weather) to get out. We hastily... Read More...

“Why have so many people given up on this type of cross-country skiing?” I ask Matt Dahlgreen as we stride up the Preston Creek Road above the Entiat River. It’s a bluebird day in mid-March, the sun is warm on... Read More...

ATTRACTIONS. This 20-kilometer groomed trail system begins at the Nason Ridge Sno-Park at Kahler Glen, within the South Park trail system. The first 7k (“Lower Nason”) has rolling hills.  At 7k a challenging 13k loop option begins (“Upper Nason”).  The... Read More...