The Mount Baker Highway (SR 542) from Bellingham provides access to groomed cross-country skiing trails in the Mt. Baker Snoqualmie National Forest. Salmon Ridge Sno Park is just 13 miles past the ... [Continue Reading]
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The Best Early Season North American Ski Resorts
Alex Silgalis / Local Freshies|Local Freshies /
If you haven’t heard Mammoth Mountain just received their first snowfall and they are predicting over 8 inches of snow for the Northern Rockies this week. Everyone who is a skier and snowboarder is ... [Continue Reading]
Mt. Baker Slush Cup 2017: A Shenanigan Fueled Pond Skim Party
Ben Shanks Kindlon / The Snowboarders Journals /
“They usually set up jumps at the end of the pond, not in the middle of it. Where are we even supposed to land?” The random skier standing next to me atop the drop-in point asks me this like I have a ... [Continue Reading]
X-C Skiing from the Glacier Creek Sno-Park in Mount Baker Wilderness
From my own personal Basecamp Bellingham, I get on to Sunset Drive and follow it east until it turns into State Road 542 (Mt. Baker Highway). This is the road that leads to the winter playground ... [Continue Reading]
15 Must-Do Bellingham Adventures in 2015
Brian Bates / Roots Rated Stories /
From epic hikes in the Cascades to climbing in nearby Canada, this bucket list is all Bellingham Nearly a month into 2015, if you still haven’t compiled a list of bucket-list adventures to do in ... [Continue Reading]
Backcountry Preparedness at the Mt. Baker Beacon (+BACON) Rally
Head up to the Mt. Baker Ski Area on Saturday, December 13, 2014 to prepare and practice for a safe season of snowbound fun ahead. The Baker Beacon (+ BACON) Rally is fully loaded and ready to release ... [Continue Reading]