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It’s snowing in the upper valley! There’s been a few inches of nice champagne powder so far.  If you like playing in the fresh snow, today’s the day.

Posted on January 29th, 2008 by methowoutdoors
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[ February 9, 2008; ] A 30k race held in the Rendezvous area of the Methow.  Part of the Nordic Cup Series.  Visit MVSTA for more info.

Posted on January 24th, 2008 by Events and Announcements person
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[ February 2, 2008; 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. ] Introduction to snowshoeing with free use of snowshoes at Sun Mountain Lodge.  Call 996-3287 for more info.

Posted on January 24th, 2008 by Events and Announcements person
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Methowoutdoors.com will be undergoing an upgrade today. The site may be down periodically.

Posted on January 23rd, 2008 by Events and Announcements person
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The Methow Valley is number 1 on the Weather Channel’s “Top 10 Winter Family Getaways”.  A short article on their site celebrates our rugged beauty, blue skies, and kilometers upon kilometers of cross-country ski trails.  It also makes mention of our “Rocky Mountain Powder”.  Whaaa?  Yeah, ok, this is the Pacific Northwest, but c’mon, we […]

Posted on January 13th, 2008 by Season LaSalle
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Here’s what “total snow accumulation of 3 inches” as predicted from the NWS looks like. No, not all of this is from today, just about 12 inches of it.  This storm’s dump meant getting up on the roof to take some of the weight off as well as cancellation of any plans to leave the house […]

Posted on January 4th, 2008 by aana
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Today’s family adventure took us to the Big Valley Trail between Winthrop and Mazama. This is another MVSTA-maintained trail that is free, open to dogs, skiers and snowshoers.  It features a figure-8 loop; 4k for the short piece, 8k if you do the whole thing.  The parking lot was full of vehicles, people and dogs; […]

Posted on January 3rd, 2008 by aana
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[ January 4, 2008; 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. ] The Methow Conservancy presents: Skiing the Cascade Crest : A Twenty-five Year Journey Across Time and Terrain with Lowell Skoog at the Methow Valley Elementary School multi-purpose room .

From the Conservancy:
In 1982, Lowell Skoog began what would become a twenty-five year project to ski the Cascade Crest from the summit of Mount Baker to the […]

Posted on December 31st, 2007 by Events and Announcements person
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