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Nerves slippery for Washington’s Ski to Sea race

By Courtney Flatt May 3, 2024

Cross country skiers line up at the start of the 2014 Ski to Sea race. (Credit: Courtney Flatt / Northwest News Network) Listen (Runtime 1:04) Read Snow-covered undulating trails will […]Read More

Conservation group hopes to protect habitats, skiing and affordable housing in WA’s Methow Valley

By Courtney Flatt April 3, 2023

A skier in a red and white jacket and black pants skis on a trail covered in snow. The field is covered in snow. There is a red building in the middle-distance with hay under it and a gray building across the trail. The background has snowy hills with evergreen trees on them.

A cross country skier follows a trail on the Sunny M Ranch property in the Methow Valley. The Methow Conservancy hopes to purchase the land this summer. Credit: Courtney Flatt […]Read More

These Athletes From The Northwest Are Going To The 2022 Winter Olympics

By Tom Banse January 24, 2022

Washingtonians Corinne Stoddard of Federal Way (third from left) and Eunice Lee of Bellevue (third from right) punched their tickets to Beijing at the 2022 U.S. Olympic Short Track Speedskating Team Trials in December.

The presence of eleven skiers, skaters and sliders with ties to the Pacific Northwest should add intrigue to the 2022 Beijing Olympics, although the upcoming sports spectacle beset with extreme COVID precautions, a diplomatic boycott and scarce snowfall hardly needs more drama. Several late additions to the Team USA Olympic roster upped the regional representation at next Read More