Alpenglow Ski History

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1940: Highway supporters settle on a route over Rainy and Washington passes: roe-1980-p166a, nccc-1968-oct-p16.
1958-59: State appropriates money for the highway, begins construction: devin-1997-p106, roe-1980-p172.
1968: Pioneer road completed, first crossing by four-wheel vehicles: roe-1980-p191.
1972: Highway opened: roe-1980-p195.
1983+: Heli-skiing operations begin in Methow Valley: subject index,
Personal communications: lachapelle-ed.
Other references: st-1960-jul-10-mag8, mtneer-a-1964-p10, mtneer-a-1967-p128, ww-1968-jun-30, whn-1972-sep, roe-1997.

Chronology:

1936-40: Three Fingers, use of skis by Bob Craig, Harland and Catherine Eastwood: harland-eastwood
1938: Dakobed Range traverse (Boulder Pass to White Mtn) on foot by Watson and Flint: dw-scrapbook-p311, dw-scrapbook-p315.
Circa 1940: Ski crossing of Cascades from Darrington to Lake Wenatchee by Allen and Anderson: chronology.
1977: Dakobed Range traverse (Trinity to Whitechuck River) on foot by King party: mtneer-a-1978-p23.
1982: Dakobed Range traverse (Glacier Peak to Clark Mtn) on skis by Brill, Catellani and Sullivan: chronology.
1989: Buckindy Range ski traverse (Green Mtn to Snowking Mtn) by Skoogs and Sullivan: mtneer-a-1955-p58, summit-1973-apr-p4, chronology.
1989: Suiattle High Route (Lyman Lake to Dakobed Range and Glacier Peak) on skis by Skoogs: chronology.
1990s: Solo ski ventures by Don Gardner: backcountry-2001-dec-p22.
Other references: mtneer-a-1964-p27, mtneer-a-1964-p41, mtneer-a-1958-p85, roe-1980, woodhouse-1996, manning-1992, louter-1998, beckey-2003.

Impressions:

See also Glacier Peak Wilderness, Pasayten Wilderness.

These tournaments were held annually at Paradise on Mt Rainier.

1917: Olga Bolstad defeats all male competitors in first ski jumping tournament: tnt-1917, tnt-1918.
1918: Sigurd Johnson wins with jumps of 67 and 68 feet: tnt-1918.
1919: Sigurd Johnson wins with jumps of 95 and 100 feet: tnt-1919, std-oil-bull-1919-sep.
1920: L. Larsen wins with jumps of 95 and 88 feet: tnt-1920.
1921: Sigurd Johnson wins with a jump of 126 feet: tsl-1921-jun-12, tnt-1921.
1922: Ivind Nelson wins with a jump of 86 feet, Chris Bakken wins XC race in 27:28: tnt-1922, tnt-1923, st-1946-apr-07-p9.
1923: Ivind Nelson wins with a jump of 124 feet, Chris Bakken wins XC race in 19 minutes: tnt-1923, st-1923-jul-3, tt-1923-jul-5, giese-photos-alb7.
Other references: schmoe-1925-p348a, helleson-1972-c1917, mrnp-super-monthly.