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From Stevens Pass to Stampede Pass including Snoqualmie Pass.
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Key:
| White = Foreground chronology | Blue = Background chronology | Yellow = Undocumented chronology |
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| Year | Month-Day | Who | Where | What | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1888 | - | Northern Pacific Railroad | Stampede Pass | Tunnel opens trans-continental link between Puget Sound and eastern U.S. | subject index |
| 1893 | - | Great Northern Railroad | Stevens Pass | Surface railroad completed over the pass. In later years tunnels were bored under the pass. | subject index |
| 1910s | |||||
| Early 1910s | - | - | Scenic Hot Springs | Location for tobogganing and skiing | subject index |
| 1914 | - | Mountaineers | Lodge Lake | Mountaineers establish Snoqualmie Lodge | subject index |
| 1915 | - | Milwaukee Railroad, State Highway Department | Snoqualmie Pass | Snoqualmie Tunnel opened from Rockdale to Hyak. Permanent highway opened over the pass. | subject index |
| 1920s | |||||
| 1922 and 1923 | Washington's Birthday | Mountaineers | Lodge Lake | Annual Mountaineer skiing tournaments, women's trophy (1922) and novice skier trophy (1923) awarded for the first time | subject index |
| 1924 | February 12 | Cle Elum Ski Club | Cle Elum | First annual skiing tournament | subject index |
| 1925 | July 11 | State Highway Department | Stevens Pass | Highway completed, open in summer only | subject index |
| 1926 | May | W.J. Maxwell | Denny Mountain | Ski ascent | st-1933-sep-23 |
| 1927-28 | - | Mountaineers | Mt Catherine loop, Chair Peak loop, Silver Peak, Mirror Lake, Keechelus Mtn | Ski tours from Snoqualmie Lodge | mtneer-a-1918-p50, mtneer-a-1920-p51, mtneer-a-1928-p45 |
| 1928 | January 16 | Wilcox Wilde (with Hermann Ulrichs) | Guye Peak | Ski-climb (during 1st winter ascent) | Email correspondence with Harry Majors (May 3, 2021) |
| 1928 | February 11-12 | Rudy Amsler, Andy Anderson, Bill Maxwell, Art Marzolf, Alex Fox, Lars Lovseth | Snoqualmie Pass to Stampede Pass crest route | Trek from Lodge Lake to Stampede Pass with an overnight bivouac near Stirrup Lake | subject index |
| 1928 | November 11 | Mountaineers | Martin, near Stampede Tunnel | Meany Ski Hut dedicated | subject index |
| 1929 | February 10 | Walt Anderson | Leavenworth | First annual ski jumping tournament | subject index |
| 1929 | Probably March | Andrew Anderson and Norval Grigg | Snoqualmie Pass to Stampede Pass crest route | First one-day traverse of the route. Following this adventure, Anderson and Grigg donated the Ski Patrol Trophy. | subject index |
| 1930s | |||||
| Circa 1930 | - | Mountaineers | Granite Mountain | Ski ascent | mtneer-b-1928-jan, mtneer-b-1930-feb |
| 1930 | February 8-9 | Seattle Ski Club | Beaver Lake | First annual ski jumping tournament | mtneer-b-1930-feb, prater-1981-p133a |
| 1930 | March 23 | Mountaineers | Snoqualmie Pass to Stampede Pass crest route | First Patrol Race, won by Hans-Otto Giese, Andrew W. Anderson, Fred Ball (elapsed time 7-1/2 hours). | subject index |
| 1930-31 | - | State Highway Department | Snoqualmie Pass | Highway open all winter for the first time | subject index |
| 1932 or before | - | Mountaineers | Snoqualmie Pass area | Many tours to peaks, passes and lakes had by this time been established within a day's travel of the Snoqualmie Lodge (31 tours) and Meany Ski Hut (18 tours) | mtneer-a-1932-p28, mtneer-a-1932-p26 |
| 1933 | - | Washington Alpine Club members | Red Mtn, Kendall Peak, Snoqualmie Mtn | Ski ascents (not the first?) | st-1933-sep-23 |
| 1934 | January 21 | Seattle Park Board | Snoqualmie Summit | Municipal ski area opened without tows | subject index |
| 1937 | Early May | Sigurd Hall, Walt Hoffman, Dwight Watson | Mt Stuart | Ski-climb, left skis at Ingalls Creek | mtneer-a-1937-p28, dw-scrapbook-p445, dw-scrapbook-p329b, dw-papers-box2-G, dw-papers-box2-J. |
| 1937 | - | Sigurd Hall and Dwight Watson | Mt Daniel | Ski summit | mtneer-a-1937-p28, dw-scrapbook-idx |
| 1937-38 | - | Chicago, Milwaukee, St Paul and Pacific Railroad | Hyak | Milwaukee Bowl ski area opened | subject index |
| 1937-38 | - | Don Adams and Bruce Kehr | Stevens Pass | Stevens Pass ski area opened | subject index |
| 1938 | April 10 | Lloyd Anderson, Burge Bickford, John James, Werner Roepke and Marjorie Thayer | Mt Kent | Ski ascent | mtneer-b-1938-may |
| 1940s | |||||
| 1941 | February 17-23 | 15th Infantry Ski Patrol, led by John Woodward | Cascade Crest | Ski traverse from Snoqualmie Pass to Naches Pass | woodward-john, mrnp-ranger-1941-feb-Chief |
| 1942 | - | State Highway Department | Stevens Pass | Highway open all winter for the first time | subject index |
| 1943 | early May | Walt Little and George Dennis | Enchantment Lakes | Ski trip to Prusik Pass via Snow Creek | mtneer-a-1943-p18, little-walt |
| 1944 | May 6 | Charlie Cehrs, Dave Lind, Gene Paxton, Dean Thompson, Dwight Watson | Mt Hinman | Ski summit | mtneer-b-1944-aug, dw-scrapbook-p567, dw-papers-box1-D |
| 1950s | |||||
| 1948-49 | - | Ray Tanner | Snoqualmie Pass | Ski Acres ski area opened | subject index |
| 1960s | |||||
| 1962 | February 18 | Tony Hovey and Duke Watson | Big Chiwaukum Mountain | Ski-climb | rdw-record-1962-feb-18, watson-duke |
| 1964 | - | Cal Magnusson, Hal Williams, Hans Zogg | Big Snow Mountain | Ski summit, via west flank | magnusson-cal |
| 1965 | April 11 | Jack Hossack, Tony Hovey, Duke Watson | Snowgrass Mountain | Ski summit | rdw-record-1965-apr-11, watson-duke |
| 1966 | December 11 | - | Mission Ridge | Mission Ridge ski area opened | subject index |
| 1967-68 | - | - | Snoqualmie Pass | Alpental ski area opened | subject index |
| 1970s | |||||
| 1976 | - | U.S. Congress | Alpine Lakes | Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area established | subject index |
| 1978 | February | Karl Erickson, Greg Wong | McClellan Butte | North couloir, ski descent | undocumented |
| 1979 | April 28 | Eric and Kurt Feigl | Mt Stuart | Cascadian couloir, ski descent | undocumented |
| 1980s | |||||
| 1980 | May 2 | Karl Erickson, Greg Wong | Mt Stuart | Ulrich's Couloir, ski descent | undocumented |
| 1985 | April 13 | Lowell and Carl Skoog | Red Mountain | West Face | lds-journal-p255, strawman |
| Circa 1985 | - | Gordon Briody and Rob Harris | Cannon Mountain | NE "Cannon Mountain" Couloir (Mountaineer Creek drainage), ski descent | undocumented, strawman |
| 1989 | April 15-16 | Lowell and Carl Skoog | Chiwaukum Mountains | Ski traverse from Whitepine Creek over Snowgrass Mountain to Chatter Creek | lds-journal-p503 |
| 1990s | |||||
| 1995 | - | Jethro Robinson, Dave Warnick | Guye Peak | East Gully, ski descent | undocumented, strawman |
| 1996 | April | Martin Volken, Andy Dappen | Overcoat Peak | North couloir, ski descent | undocumented |
| 1997 | January | Steve Martin | Kaleetan Peak | Ski descent (spiral S-E-NE) | undocumented, strawman |
| 1997 | April | Jan Kordel, Steve Martin | Mt Snoqualmie | Northwest ("Slot") couloir, ski descent | undocumented |
| Circa 1997 | - | Jeff Mazinko and Shane Wilder | Mt Stuart | Sherpa Glacier couloir, ski descent | undocumented, strawman |
| 1998 | February | Martin Volken, Peter Avolio | Kendall Peak | West flank, ski descent | undocumented |
| Circa 1998 | - | Gordon Briody | Mt Cashmere | SE face, ski descent | undocumented, strawman |
| 1999 | February | Martin Volken, Ben Haskell, Jim Sammet, Scott Schell | Mt Snoqualmie | "Crooked couloir," ski descent | undocumented |
| 1999 | June | Martin Volken, Mike Hattrup, Peter Avolio, Andy Dappen, Carl Skoog | "Snoqualmie Haute Route" | Ski traverse from Big Snow Mtn to Mt Hinman, Overcoat Glacier, Chikamin Peak, Gold-Burntboot Creek divide, Snoqualmie Pass | skiing-2000-feb-p100 |
| 2000s | |||||
| 2000 | March | Martin Volken, Peter Avolio, Jim Graham | Mt Roosevelt | East flank, ski descent | undocumented |
| 2001 | May | Martin Volken, Chris Solomon | Alaska Mountain | SE face, ski descent | undocumented |
| 2001 | May | Martin Volken, Jim Graham, Jim Sammet | Big Snow Mountain | East cirque, ski descent | undocumented |
| 2002 | June 1-4 | Joe Catellani, Matt Firth, Bruce Goodson, Lowell Skoog | "Alpine Lakes Traverse" | Ski traverse from Snoqualmie Pass to the Cle Elum River via Snoqualmie Haute Route, Mt Hinman and Mt Daniel | lds-journal-p1456 |
| 2003 | April 6 | Armond DuBuque and Harlin Shepard | Mt Cashmere | NW Face, ski descent | undocumented |
| 2003 | May 10-11 | Jason and Josh Hummel, Ben Manfredi | Colchuck Peak | NE couloir (started below top, downclimbed the narrows), North buttress couloir, ski descents | undocumented, strawman |
| 2003 | May 12 | Mark Simon | Mt Stuart | Stuart Glacier couloir, ski descent (downclimbed the narrows) | undocumented |
| 2004 | February 5 | Sky Sjue | Chair Peak | South gully, ski descent | undocumented, strawman |
| 2004 | Late February | Armond DuBuque, Craig Hatton and Scott Wicklund | "Jay Peak" | "Crescent Couloir," ski descent | nwmj-1-shorts |
| 2004 | April 3 | Ross Peritore | Dragontail Peak | NE couloir, ski descent | nwmj-1-shorts |
| 2004 | April 26 | Rob Castillo, Armond DuBuque and Jim Jack | Big Jim Mountain | NE face, ski descent | nwmj-1-shorts |
| 2006 | January | John Race and Ben Mitchell | Chiwaukum Mountains | Full traverse from Whitepine Creek to Chatter Creek (including the Swauth) | undocumented |
| 2006 | January 25 | Sky Sjue, Eric Wehrly | Chair Peak | North Face, ski descent (with rappels) | nwmj-3-shorts |
| 2006 | February 12 | Ryan Lurie | Argonaut Peak | NE Couloir, ski descent (required one rappel and two down-climbs) | nwmj-3-shorts |
| 2006 | March 12 | Jeff Hansel, Jens Klubberud | Guye Peak | West Face, ski descent | nwmj-3-shorts |
| 2006 | March 13 | Martin Volken, Dave Perkins | McClellan Butte | East Face (from summit), ski descent | nwmj-3-shorts, strawman |
| 2006 | April 4 | Ross Peritore | Dragontail Peak | Triple Couloirs, ski descent (rappels at bottom of 2nd couloir) | nwmj-4-shorts |
| 2006 | May 10 | Casey Ruff, Sky Sjue | Mt Stuart | Ice Cliff Glacier, ski descent | nwmj-4-shorts |
| 2007 | February 10 | Jason Hummel, Sky Sjue, Eric Wehrly | Chikamin Peak | South Couloir, ski descent | undocumented |
| 2008 | April 22-28 | Trevor Kostanich and Peter Avolio | "Central Cascades Traverse" | Ski traverse from Icicle Creek road to Prusik Pass, Lake Stuart, Jack Creek, Granite Mtn, Mt Daniel, Williams Lake, Overcoat Col, Chikamin Ridge and Gold Creek | undocumented |
| 2008 | May 4 | Monika Johnson, Ryan Lurie, Sky Sjue, Eric Wehrly | Colchuck Peak | NE Couloir, ski descent (complete) | nwmj-6-shorts |
| 2009 | April 5 | John Plotz | Mt Cashmere | East Face, ski descent | nwmj-7-shorts |
| 2010s | |||||
| 2010 | March | Martin Volken, Dan Nordstrom, Charles Lozner | "Melakwa Point" (6000ft+, above Chair Lake) | Traverse from Chair Peak and NW Face ski descent | undocumented |
| 2010 | March 21 | John Plotz, Will Terrano, Dan Helmstadter | Dragontail Peak | Triple Couloirs (North Face variation), ski descent | nwmj-7-shorts |
| 2010 | March 27 | Dan Helmstadter | Sherpa Peak | North Face Couloir and NE Couloir, ski descents | nwmj-7-shorts |
| 2010 | April 26 | Dan Helmstadter | Argonaut Peak | Upper NE Face and NE Couloir, continuous ski descent (from summit ridge) | undocumented |
| 2010 | May 13 | Dan Helmstadter | Mt Stuart | Stuart Glacier couloir, complete ski descent | undocumented |
| 2010 | June 5 | John Plotz (with Tom Janisch) | Eightmile Mountain | North Couloir, ski descent | undocumented |
| 2011 | March 23 | Forest McBrian, Erin Smart | Alta Mountain | West Face Couloir, ski descent | undocumented |
| 2011 | April 19 | Dan Helmstadter, Drew Tabke | Chair Peak | NE Buttress, ski descent (20m rappel over lower step) | undocumented |
| 2011 | April 22 | Dan Helmstadter, John Plotz | Cannon Mountain | ENE Couloir (Rat Creek drainage), ski descent | undocumented |
| 2011 | June 4 | Eric Wehrly, Pete Hirst | Argonaut Peak | SW Face, ski descent | undocumented |
| 2012 | February 2 | Forest McBrian, Erin Smart | Lemah One (Lemah Thumb) | SW Face, ski descent | undocumented |
| 2012 | April 14 | John Plotz | Axis Peak | NE Face, ski descent (one rappel) | undocumented |
| 2012 | May 12 | Martin Volken, Dave Jordan | Lundin Peak | North Face, ski descent | undocumented |
| 2012 | December 31 | Forest McBrian, Erin Smart | Four Brothers | Glacier Lake Couloir, ski descent | undocumented |
| 2013 | March 8 | Scott McAllister | Argonaut Peak | NW Couloir, ski descent | undocumented |
| 2013 | April 16 | Scott McAllister | Mt Index (Main Peak) | East Route (couloir), snowboard descent | undocumented |
| 2014 | April 26 | Drew Tabke (with Eric Wehrly) | Chair Peak | NE Buttress, complete ski descent (by Tabke, no rappels) | undocumented |
| 2015 | January 21 | Saign Charlestein, Scott McAllister | Sherpa Peak | NW Couloir, ski/snowboard descent | undocumented |
| 2015 | December 30 | Peter Avolio, Dave Jordan, Trevor Kostanich | Mt Si | Ski descent from true summit ("Haystack") to 2000ft | undocumented |
| 2016 | January 8 | John Plotz | Mt Cashmere | North Ridge (east flank), ski descent | undocumented |
| 2016 | March 29-April 1 | Jason Hummel, Kyle Miller | "14 Lakes Traverse" | Ski route from Cle Elum River to Robin Lakes and along Cascade Crest to Stevens Pass | undocumented |
| 2016 | April 19 | Sam Duke, Tom Murphy, Aaron Scott | Colchuck Peak | NW Face, ski descent (one 15m rappel) | undocumented |
| 2016 | April 30 | Aaron Scott, Matt Bowen | Mt Stuart | West Ridge Couloir, ski/snowboard descent (rappeled in from summit) | undocumented |
| 2016 | April 26-30 | Kurt Hicks, Erin Smart | "Stuart Range Traverse" | Ski traverse (horseshoe) from Enchantment Lakes to Mt Cashmere | undocumented |
| 2017 | April 18 | Rob Bolton, Stefan Knorr | Chair Peak | West ("Armchair") Couloir, ski descent | undocumented |
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