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Newsroom, Spring 2020
World paddling film festival
The Paddling Film Festival World Tour is coming to Bellingham for the second year in a row, bringing about...
Legendary Banked Slalom 2020 gallery
Photos by Oliver Lazenby and Louise Mugar
The Legendary Banked Slalom course was slightly shorter than last year, but prime conditions made it at least...
Q&A: Grant Gunderson on his photography career, safety in the backcountry,...
For more than 15 years, Bellingham-based photographer Grant Gunderson has shot for ski publications around the world and exposed skiers to destinations ranging from...
Avalanche Skills Guide: Identifying the mental traps that lead to most...
Story by Jason D. Martin
You’ve skied this slope a hundred times and nothing’s ever happened before.
The line isn’t what you thought, but,...
Community-built hut is the first of three in the Whistler backcounty
By Lisa Pulsifer
Just beyond the chairlifts and busy slopes of Whistler Blackcomb Ski Resort lies over 750 square miles of protected land encompassing jagged...
Opening Day: An ode to the unscheduled holiday
Story and photos by Brad Andrew
Opening day at Mt. Baker Ski Area – the day when snow-lovers rejoice and reunite – happens annually. Exactly...
Strengthen and lengthen your core for ski season
By Luca Williams
The young children walking beside me through the tiny village in Kenya carried small loads on their heads. They were practicing to...
Wake ‘N Bakery: Glacier institution has new owners
By Oliver Lazenby
After 15 years in business – growing from a coffee cart with baked goods on the porch of the Glacier Ski Shop...
Whistler on a budget – shoulder season fun
By Lisa Pulsifer
Whistler is a high end, world-class ski resort, but it doesn’t have to put a dent in your wallet. The picture-perfect, international...
Mt. Baker Slush Cup: The pond skim emulated around the world
By Oliver Lazenby
Historic photos courtesy of Marshall Lockman
Deep, wet snow, steep terrain and pond skimming: A few years after the first ski lift came...