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Jay Creek to Icicle Ridge

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ATTRACTIONS. The Jay Creek area provides snowshoers, telemark skiers, and Alpine-tourers a long but moderate climb out of the Icicle River Valley up to the views of the Icicle Ridge. This broad ridge, gladed with ponderosa pines, Douglas firs, and spruces,... Read More...

Sheep Mountain Area Tour

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Sheep Mountain Avalanche Avoidance Tour by Andy Dappen One wintertime beauty of having Highway 97 dissect a big slice of the Eastern Cascades near Blewett Pass is the enormous avalanche flexibility this terrain offers backcountry skiers, snowboarders, and snowshoers. It’s... Read More...

Tronsen Ridge via Bojangle Ridge

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ATTRACTIONS. An interesting and aesthetic tour following a fairly open ridge system that climbs steadily to Tronsen Ridge. A variety of slopes found along the route give skiers fun detours ranging from 600 to 1000 vertical feet in length. A... Read More...

Eastern Vs. Western Ski Resorts

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Story by Allison Dappen This story was originally published on 3/3/2008. Two years ago, at the beginning of my senior year of high school, I was forced to abandon my non-committal attitude about the future and consider colleges. After weeks... Read More...

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