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OutdoorsNW E-Newsletter
Volume 8, Issue 3b
March 20, 2014

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In This Issue
Spring Pond Skimming, King County Parks Launches Photo Contest, Crystal's Damaged High Campbell Chairlifts
Writer Spotlight: NW Kids author Amy Whitley
Editor's Note: Getting avalanche savvy with a backcountry dummy
Run your best half, at June's Scotiabank Vancouver Half!
Tales from the Lift Line VIII: Nickels and Dimes, Part 1
Upcoming Events
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Spring Pond Skimming
It's just about time to bring out your finest costumes (Batman or otherwise), colorful regalia or teeny bikini to take a pond skimming challenge . . .

    King County Parks Launches Photo Contest
King County Parks has launched a contest for the best photo taken on its regional trail system. The winning photo will become the cover of the "Regional Trails in King County" map . . .

      Read more . . .



Crystal's Damaged High Campbell Chairlifts
A large mass of snow that resulted from a routine blast knocked the High Campbell chairlifts out of commission . . .

Writer Spotlight: NW Kids author Amy Whitley
Meet Amy Whitley, the writer extraordinaire behind our NW Kids column. Whitley is an editor for family travel and outdoors websites Trekaroo and Pitstops for Kids . . . 

 

Editor's Note: Getting avalanche savvy with a backcountry dummy
By Diane Rudholm
The sun was sinking into the valley when my two friends and I pulled up to the Mt. Baker Lodge, 55 miles east of Bellingham, Wash., for the final fieldtrip of our AIARE Level I avalanche course . . . 

 

Run your best half, at June's Scotiabank Vancouver Half! 
Go ahead! Treat yourself to your best half-marathon, at the Scotiabank Vancouver Half-Marathon on Sunday June 22! Register now at www.vancouverhalf.com . . . 

 

Tales from the Lift Line VIII: Nickels and Dimes
Part I
By Mary-Colleen Jenkins
This is the year that a lot of families I know have discovered (or rediscovered) a love of skiing. Unfortunately, with any kid's plans to "do this for the rest of my life" comes a problem that all skiing families face: Sticker Shock . . . 

 

Upcoming Events
Apr. 5: The Slime Run 5K, Carnation, WA

Apr. 5: Yakima River Canyon Marathon, Ellensburg, WA

May 10: Skagit Spring Classic, Burlington, WA

May 18: Snohomish Women's Run, Everett, WA

Jun. 1: Sixth Annual Windermere Marathon and Half Marathon, Spokane, WA

Jun. 7: Survivor Mud Run 5K, Carnation, WA

Jun. 8: Red Devil Challenge 25K and 10K Trail Runs, Wenatchee National Forest, Cashmere, WA

Aug. 30: Pocatello Marathon, Pocatello, ID


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