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Edna Walsh

1930: First woman to ski Mountaineers Patrol Race route: st-1930-mar-12-p19,
Other references and writings: mtneer-a-1927-p46, mtneer-a-1928-p45, mtneer-a-1928-p51, mtneer-a-1929, kjeldsen-1998-p42

Duke Watson

1941-45: 10th Mountain Division veteran: rdw-record-mtn-troops, offbelay-1973-apr-p25, tnt-1999-aug-12-B1, sanders-2005.
1940s-60s: Pioneering trips: North Cascades, Alpine Lakes
1957: Early member of North Cascades Conservation Council: nccc-1957-aug-p5.
1953-62: Helped found Crystal Mountain ski area: rdw-record.
Personal communication: watson-duke.
Other references: rdw-record, nwskier-1963-nov-1-p2, backcountry-2002-nov-p44, ak-2007-last-ridge.

Dwight Watson

1930s-40s: Pioneering trips: Mt Baker area, North Cascades, Alpine Lakes, Mt Rainier, South Cascades, Olympics
1930s-40s: Other ski mountaineering: dw-scrapbook-idx, dw-scrapbook-p101, dw-scrapbook-p319, dw-scrapbook-p321, dw-scrapbook-p433, dw-scrapbook-p457, dw-scrapbook-p468d, dw-scrapbook-p471, dw-scrapbook-p473, dw-papers-box2-beckey, dw-shoeboxes-A-folder-B.
1940s: Ski patrol work in cooperation with War Department: dw-scrapbook-p511, ocd-ski-defense.
Movies: dw-movies, mtneer-b-1939-jan, mtneer-b-1958-apr.
Personal communication: watson-dwight.
Other references: mtneer-a-1937-p28, dw-papers, dw-scrapbook, dw-shoeboxes, st-1996-mar-7.

Eric Wehrly

2000s-2010s: Pioneering trips: Mt Baker area, North Cascades, Alpine Lakes, Mt Rainier, Olympics

Chuck Welsh

1940s: Pioneering trips: Mt Rainier
Personal communication: welsh-chuck.
Other references: mtneer-b-1943-oct, mtneer-a-1949-p37, molenaar-1997-p301.

Jim and Lou Whittaker

1960s: Pioneering trips: Mt Rainier
Other references: spring-movies, whittaker-1994, whittaker-1999.

Greg Wong

1970s-80s: Pioneering trips: Mt Baker area, Alpine Lakes

John Woodward

1940-41: Officer in 15th Infantry ski patrol: asa-1942-p5.
1940s: Pioneering trips: Alpine Lakes, Mt Rainier, Olympics
Personal communication: woodward-john.
Other references: jbw-scrapbook, spi-1934-apr-23, asa-1935-p5b, asa-1935-p78, st-1966-dec-25-mag10, burton-1971-p88a, ancient-skiers-1984, isha-1998-3rd-p31b, brooks-1998-p184, sanders-2005, ak-2007-last-ridge, 48north-2016-mar-p44.

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