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Catch The Cost Lift: Up And Down ‘Airline Pricing’ Coming To Northwest Ski Areas

By Tom Banse October 17, 2018

Mt Hood Meadows chair lift with Mt Hood in background

The cost of lift tickets at Mt. Hood Meadows in Oregon will rise and fall daily based on demand. What the ski industry calls "dynamic pricing" was pioneered by major resorts in Colorado, Utah and California. It has been slow to spread to the Northwest.Read More

Northwest Raised And Trained, But Competing Under Foreign Flags At Olympics

By Tom Banse February 20, 2018

File photo of PyeongChang Olympic Plaza. CREDIT: KOREA.NET

If you've been watching the Winter Olympics, you may have noticed athletes native to one country competing for a different country's team. In fact, there are three Northwest-raised and trained Olympians who are competing under foreign flags.Read More

Jamie Anderson Repeats, Winning Olympic Gold In Slopestyle

By NPR News February 12, 2018

Gold medalist Jamie Anderson of the United States celebrates during the victory ceremony for the snowboard slopestyle, at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics. CREDIT: CAMERON SPENCER/GETTY IMAGES

Strong winds forced a change: instead of snowboarders getting three runs to net a best score, they got just two tries. Jamie Anderson needed only one — and, she said, "my lion power."Read More