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White Pass Highway and Ski Area

1951: Highway dedicated: yvrl-white-pass-hwy, yvrl-wp-brochure.
1952-53: Ski area cleared, first rope tows installed: yhr-1953-oct-11, asa-1956-p49.
1956-57: First chairlift installed: nwskier-1958-nov-13-p1.
1970s+: Hogback expansion proposal: tnt-1988-nov-14, yvrl-winter-sports, lds-ski-areas.
Other references: asa-1957-p131, nwskier-1971-dec-17, nwskier-1985-feb-p9, bennett-nelson.

Wilderness

See also Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Glacier Peak Wilderness, Pasayten Wilderness.

1920s-30s: Forest Service primitive areas: nccc-1957-nov-p13, louter-1998-p18, whitesell-2004-p126, whitesell-2004-p130.
1964: Wilderness Act: nwskier-1959-apr-3-p1, nccc-1963-oct-p16, nccc-1964-aug-pB, mtneer-b-1964-oct, mtneer-a-1965, whitesell-2004-p136.
1977-79: RARE-II: whitesell-2004-p73, nwskier-1979-oct-29, nwskier-1979-nov-26.
1984: Washington Wilderness Act: manning-1984, usfs-1984-wmaps, omr-1988-p26, whitesell-2004-p79, whitesell-2004-p178.
1988: Washington Park Wilderness Act: whitesell-2004-p189.
1980s: "Timber Wars": whitesell-2004-p146, whitesell-2004-p182.
1990s+: New threats to wilderness: backcountry-1998-dec-p36, nccc-2000-sum, spring-2004-p103.
2008: Wild Sky Wilderness Act: st-2008-may-9-B2.
Wilderness and developed skiing: nwskier-1963-nov-15-p2, nwskier-1969-oct-24-p6, powder-1978-feb-p19.
White Wilderness concept: mtneer-a-1958-p7, summit-1970-apr-p28, pnw-1984-apr-p38, mtneer-b-1990-nov, freesnow-1993-aut-p7, rock-ice-1994-jan-p24, couloir-1994-feb-p2.
Other references: NCCC Newsletters, manning-1984-part1.

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