Seem’s everyone is talking about the weather. It’s normal–the talk, that is. What’s apparent here is the lack of snow. It was slow to arrive at first, then we got dumped on, and then we had a pineapple express, leaving the snowpack very shallow.
Freshly groomed trail on the North Summit of Loup Loup
It’s not just [...]
Posted on January 15th, 2009 by methowoutdoors
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Winter just doesn’t want to let go. Last weekend the valley received snow here and there. By Monday morning there was up to a few inches of new snow in some places. Three of us decided to test it out with a trip up to Loup Loup. Driving in, we noticed the snow was fairly [...]
Posted on April 23rd, 2008 by methowoutdoors
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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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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 methowoutdoors
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It was a very beautiful day in Mazama today, made even better by the fact temperatures broke the 20 degree mark for the first time in days. We settled on a family snowshoe activity to get out and enjoy some fresh air and sunshine. Since the Lunachick trail, maintained by MVSTA, is nearby [...]
Posted on December 30th, 2007 by aana
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Skiers raced under clear blue skies and on fresh snow today during the Mazama Ski Rodeo. The event took place this morning in temperatures hovering in the mid-teens.
The event featured a 10k which is the first in the Nordic Cup Series. The Methow Pursuit on January 19 and 20 and the Rendezvous Mountain Tour on [...]
Posted on December 29th, 2007 by admin
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As of 4:00 PM the upper Methow Valley near Mazama has received approximately 5 inches of snow. There was very few skiers out so if you like solitude on a beautiful snowy day, you will enjoy being on the trails today.
Posted on December 22nd, 2007 by Jim
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