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Download the SNOW Guide SPECIAL EDITION WINTER 2017–18 FREE POWDER DOWN! Exclusive Guide to Northwest Ski Resorts Wenatchee/Mission Ridge: A Mountain Oasis Also: Big White Masters Ski Week How to Choose a Snowshoe • Hot Gear for Winter Snow Films • Winter Festivals • Winter Resources Check out exclusive Web-only content and VIDEO on our Website: www.OutdoorsNW.com Your Crater Lake Basecamp! 20 miles from the National Park • Low Winter Rates • Snowshoe, XC Skiing #1 Birding Area in the West! • Authentic Log Houses FREE Trail Map and Expert Information www.lonesomeduck.com 541-783-2783 come stay & play on the ice with us! FIGURE SKATING HOCKEY CURLING BROOMBALL LESSONS BIRTHDAY PARTIES CORPORATE TEAM BUILDING PRIVATE ICE RENTALS Photograph by Randy Machado TICKETS AVAILABLE ONLINE General Admission Reserved Bleacher Seating Reserved Hockey Box Seating Reserved “On Ice” Seating Reserved “On Ice” Tables With Beverage & Dessert Bar STARRING... RYAN BRADLEY KEEGAN MESSING U.S. MEN’S CHAMPION AND TOP TEN CANADIAN SENIOR MEN’S POPULAR PROFESSIONAL COMPETITOR AND INTERNATIONAL MEDALIST FIGURE SKATER. ERIN REED ANGELA WANG PROFESSIONAL FIGURE SKATER TOP TEN U.S. SENIOR LADIES COMPETITOR FEATURED PERFORMER AND INTERNATIONAL MEDALIST. ICE SHOW CHOREOGRAPHER ...together with other talented skaters! FIGURE SKATING CLINICS Sunday, January 28, 2018 Register Online Your Crater Lake Basecamp! Instructors Discounted lodging available! FOR ALL LEVELS... Erin Reed & Ryan Bradley 20 miles from the National Park • Low Winter Rates • Snowshoe, XC Skiing #1 Birding Area in the West! • Authentic Log Houses FREE Trail Map and Expert Information 5075 FOX SPARROW DRIVE, KLAMATH FALLS - at THE ENTRANCE TO THE RUNNING Y RANCH RESORT 541.850.5758 KlamathIceSports.org www.lonesomeduck.com 541-783-2783 Table of Contents OutdoorsNW — 2017/2018 NW SNOW Guide VOLUME 30, ISSUE 7 www.OutdoorsNW.com FEATURES ONWard Big White A Clean Slate for Powder Down! Baby Boomers Guide to Northwest Snowbound Adventure 6 Masters of Ski Weeks Snow Resorts By John Rezell By Yvette Cardozo 20 30 By OutdoorsNW Staff Snow Drifts Kircher buys Crystal Mountain; Gear Mt. Hood Meadows’ Altitude; How to Choose a 8 Snowshoe Newport Ski Swap; Gerk’s New Digs Snow Play Resources By John Rezell 24 By OutdoorsNW Staff By OutdoorsNW Staff 42 Winter Forecast Gear Review One More Time: Hoping for Hot Gear for a Cool Winter Another White-Out Winter By OutdoorsNW Staff 26 Nordic Resources By John Rezell 10 By OutdoorsNW Staff 43 Snow Films Wenatchee Warren Miller, Banff Films Set the Tone for Winter Winter Festivals By OutdoorsNW Staff 28 A True Mountain Oasis By OutdoorsNW Staff 46 By Jennifer McLaughlin 14 Young Blood Pumps in New Life By John Rezell 16 and Jennifer McLaughlin Landing Snow-Lovers for Life By John Rezell 18 ON THE COVER: Snowboarders enjoy deep powder Above Photo: Ian Donnelly leads Jossi down Newton-Clark Moraine Check out some exclusive at Big White in Kelowna, British Columbia on more on Mt. Hood in one of the photos submitted for our annual Outdoor video on OutdoorsNW.com than 115 runs. Photo courtesy of Big White Adventure Dog Photo Contest. Photo by Katherine Jondro 4 2017 –18 NW SNOW Guide OutdoorsNW Gerk’sGerk’s SkiSki && CycleCycle HASHAS MOVED!MOVED! OUR OLD LOCATION erk’s is what you wish a ski OUR NEW shop could be. We pride LOCATION! Gourselves on having the friendliest, most experienced sta in town. See us for custom boot tting, tuning, rentals and all the latest in 1485 11th Ave NW new equipment. Our new location in Issaquah, WA 98027 Pickering Place has abundant parking 425-270-3061 and easy access o I-90. www.gerksonline.com By John Rezell ONWard STAFF PUBLISHERS Carolyn Price [email protected] Greg Price [email protected] YEARS A Clean Slate for EDITOR John "Raz" Rezell [email protected] Snowbound Adventure COPY EDITOR Amy Whitley n my perfect world, it begins in the pitch-black darkness of winter, evident only from the glow of a street light. ART DIRECTOR Chuck Schultz I A flurry of snowflakes gently float down toward the [email protected] ground, appearing like magic when they grace the light. SENIOR MEDIA MANAGER My stomach flutters and my head swirls. Anticipation for the PJ Watanabe dawn’s morning light feels immense. [email protected] The only experience that tops sliding open the window Advertising curtain for a peek at my world covered softly in white might be [email protected] expecting it because of the snowfall beginning the night before. Even when the only interaction with the latest covering from EVENT SPECIALIST Devon Haight the heavens involves shoveling it aside to meet my appointed [email protected] rounds, it brings a smile to my face and shuffle to my step. It’s all about the timing. ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Megumi Price Covering trees and flowers in full summer bloom with snow wouldn’t cut it, nor does an early arrival shaking autumn colors CALENDAR from branches and covering piles of leaves on the ground. The OutdoorsNW.com/add-your-event timing of snow in winter sets emotions whirling. ACCOUNTING Bright white snow smothering naked branches and creating [email protected] crystal clear icicles reaching for the ground transforms the CONTRIBUTORS bleakest of winter days into scintillating possibilities. Yvette Cardozo, Mike Cushman, Katherine Jondro, Jennifer The ability to hop into a car and drive to your wonderland McLaughlin. remains one of the true perks of enduring more than a few cloudy, rainy days when you call the Northwest your home. COMING EDITORIAL DECEMBER 2017: What you do in your snow-laden dreams says as much about Three Adventures: The Dalles; Walking with Wolves in British Columbia; you as anything. Building an Igloo; Winter Mindset for Runners; Island Winter Hiking; Winter Bike Commuting; Lindsy Warren profile; Winter Gear, Calendar Skiing of any persuasion, snowboarding, snowshoeing, and more. sledding, ice skating, ice climbing or simply crunching through the woods … the choice is yours. OutdoorsNW is published 8 times a year and is distributed throughout the Northwest and directly to participants of outdoor Celebrate snow. sports. All contents of OutdoorsNW are copyrighted and may not be used without the written consent of the publisher. OutdoorsNW is printed on recycled paper and is fully recyclable. Subscription price is $21 per year; $35 for two years payable in advance. Each subscription Raz includes 6x OutdoorsNW, 1x NW Cyclist and 1x SNOW Guide. Editorial aka, John Rezell, Editor contributions are welcome. Email [email protected] for guidelines. [email protected] Contact us for advertising at [email protected] CONTACT US AT: Visit our website for Exclusive Online material including www.OutdoorsNW.com videos, photos and stories in our ONWard blog. OutdoorsNW 10002 Aurora Ave. N.#36 Seattle, WA 98133 (206) 418-0747; fax: (206) 418-0746 @OutdoorsNWMag facebook.com/ youtube.com/channel OutdoorsNWmagazine UCW-3oYyEgC8vw8B4wRaZm7g OutdoorsNW is a division of Price Media, Inc. A proud partner of: Sign up for our E-newsletter! MEMBERS OF: Pacific NW Ski Areas Association; www.OutdoorsNW.com Cascade Bicycle Club ©2017 Price Media, Inc. 6 2017 –18 NW SNOW Guide OutdoorsNW we’re SO MUCH DEEPER than just THE POWDER Sandpoint, Idaho, is the kind of place to really fi nd yourself. Of course, there’s the deep powder skiing at Schweitzer Mountain, just 20 minutes from downtown, plus outdoor pursuits from snowshowing to XC to snowmobiling. But perched on the shores of huge Lake Pend Oreille, with the Selkirk and Cabinet mountain ranges at hand, our magnifi cent landscapes inspire so much more. There are award-winning breweries and wineries, art galleries, live music and performing arts and outstanding culinary choices. Go deep this winter, to beautiful Sandpoint. VISITSANDPOINT.COM Get visitor information at 800-800-2106 You should be www.VisitSandpoint.com HERE GSCCS-ONW_8.25x10.62.indd 2 10/20/17 1:15 PM A PLAYGROUND FOR ALL AGES | KIDS 10 & UNDER SKI FREE Fun is our middle name! This Northwest gem provides thrilling steeps, endless groomers, breathtaking scenery, gourmet dining, on-mountain ski shops, and the only high-speed gondola in Washington State. Averaging almost 500 inches annually, the snow here falls by the foot, giving powder-hounds plenty to smile about. The resort spans over half a dozen peaks and lends itself to seemingly limitless options, including easy access to some of the region’s best backcountry terrain. There’s something here for everyone to enjoy. We’ll see you at the top! www.crystalmountainresort.com @CrystalMountainWashington @CrystalMountain @CrystalMt Snow Drifts Kircher Buys Gerk’s Lands New Digs Crystal Mountain hile big corporations were Wbuying up ski resorts across the nation earlier this year, John Kircher bucked the trend to keep Crystal Mountain Ski Resort ownership local. After 20 years as President and CEO, he bought the resort. “The fact that Crystal Mountain is now a locally owned and owner-managed ski operation runs totally counter to the corporatizing trends in the ski business,” Kircher said. “The number of large resorts that are erk’s Ski and Cycle in Issaquah has been a mainstay of the Seattle locally owned and managed can Garea local ski and bike scene for many years and in October Gerk’s be counted on maybe one hand. moved into a refurbished grainery in town. John Kircher “It’s a small fraction of the “Our grand opening weekend surpassed every expectation; we enjoyed business. Crystal has done very back to back record-breaking days for October business,” owner Brian well over time and now we are free to re-invest our dollars with Gierke said. “Our new ski rental department handles high traffic even complete concentration here to make Crystal Mountain the best ski better than we hoped, and our retail shop is the most beautiful display of and summer resort in the Northwest.” equipment in town.” Kircher invested $5 million dollars this summer in capital You can find Gerk’s at 1485 11th Ave.
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