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Skiing the Cascade Crest
A Twenty-five Year Journey Across Time and Terrain

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 summit of Mount Rainier. In 2000, Lowell launched a parallel effort to uncover and document the 100-year history of backcountry skiing in Washington. This presentation is a personal look at how these two journeys have become interwoven over time. The one-hour program includes a mix of modern and historical photographs as well as rare movie footage of Cascade skiing between the 1930s and 1950s.

Lowell Skoog has been backcountry skiing and climbing in the Cascades since the 1970s. He is founder of the Northwest Mountaineering Journal and chairman of the Mountaineers History Committee in Seattle. His research into Northwest skiing history and the full story of his quest to ski the Cascade Crest can be found on his website, The Alpenglow Gallery. Lowell works as a software development consultant in the Seattle area, where he lives with his wife and son.

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