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HAPPY NEW YEAR! 2025 here we come
Jan. 3, 2025 It is a Happy New Year and start it with your snow dances!! La Nina fizzled and now we are in a neutral winter season. I...
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Jan 42 min read
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cold and snow
Hey, it snowed! Did anyone tell you? Well, it was a decent storm cycle, but not as robust as one would wish for right now. But with...
CCWRC
Jan 12, 20241 min read
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whats new?
Happy Solstice! Update Friday Dec. 22nd - snowing!!! It seems we might get a bit more snow soon, lets hope it stays! Earlier this month,...
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Dec 22, 20232 min read
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Summer 2023 funding meeting
Summer funding meeting, August 2023, Wenatchee Oh my, what an animated meeting. The group asked hard questions, made tough decisions, and...
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Oct 24, 20233 min read
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Crystal Springs Part 1
All things Crystal Springs, Part 1 Feb 18, 2023 A number of things / issues/ questions have come up concerning life at Crystal Springs...
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Feb 19, 20235 min read
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Get up and ski
Jan. 6, 2023 We have snow and grooming! This is a nice combination. So when it comes to wondering what the conditions are, not to worry,...
CCWRC
Jan 6, 20232 min read
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8 degrees and raining
Dec. 29, 2022 8 degrees and hours and hours of freezing rain Wow, what a week of weather – all over! Extended pass closures, roads...
CCWRC
Dec 30, 20222 min read
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signs signs signs
Dec. 15th, 2022 Signs signs signs and more signs. You have no idea how much work it is to put up signs. Hundreds of them. I call this...
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Dec 16, 20223 min read
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Welcome back! 2022/2023 season is here!
Dec. 8th, 2022 Happy winter! Welcome back everyone! I for one am looking forward to a new season and loads of fun. This may be about my...
CCWRC
Dec 9, 20224 min read
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Thank you Pamela
Thank you Pamela for all your years of dedication. Pamela is facing audience back left. Pamela McConkey, our Winter Recreation Program...
CCWRC
Mar 14, 20223 min read
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Erling Berg and Ski For Light
Erling Berg is front row center, he just turned 95! This was the recent dedication for the newly named "Erling Berg Forest Loop". Skog...
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Mar 4, 20222 min read
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Mid winter and we are back to routine schedules
Gosh, no storms on the horizon and meteorological winter is drawing to a close in a few weeks (according to Cliff Mass), and we still...
CCWRC
Feb 4, 20223 min read
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a lull
January 27, 2022 After going 24 x 7 for 7 weeks, and a couple weeks of catch-up, it is a bit of a letdown – frozen solid tree debris...
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Jan 28, 20222 min read
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Well that was quite the storm!
Well, went from cold and fluffy snow to spring conditions. Crazy. And a crazy deep snow-pack for this time of year or compared to the...
CCWRC
Jan 14, 20223 min read
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snow and trees and snow and trees
Trees falling, snow and more snow and now avalanches and rain. Those of us who have ventured up to the pass for many years now remember...
CCWRC
Jan 7, 20222 min read
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Happy Holidays!
Holiday time and we can enjoy plenty of snow! Maybe even some at sea level. Holiday schedule - pretty much all open everywhere except for...
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Dec 24, 20212 min read
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Winter Wonderland and Be Safe!
Was it ever pretty up there yesterday! The trees were full of snow, and it is / was about 2’ deep on the ground. Many of us are wondering...
CCWRC
Dec 17, 20213 min read
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Snow!
Whoo hooo! snow is falling, freeway’s been closed 3, 4 maybe 10 times already and it’s looking like it is still snowing right now. When...
CCWRC
Dec 10, 20212 min read
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Summer 2021 funding meeting decisions
CCWRC - Winter Recreation Advisory Committee - Summer funding meeting Wenatchee, July 24, 2021 The overall budget was 2.6 million up from...
CCWRC
Nov 14, 20215 min read
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Sno-Park Permits are on Sale!
2021 / 2022 season fee increase information: This is a repost of what I posted end of the season in March 2021...
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Nov 3, 20213 min read
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