AP Photo/Marco Trovati/The Canadian Press
The 28th annual OSCR cross-country ski marathon is this Saturday at the Seeley Lake trailhead. There’s a 50-K, 20-K and 10-k races. You can still register on Saturday at 8 a.m. For more information, go to the missoulanordic.org.
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It’s College Day at Discovery Sunday Jan. 31, for UM students with a valid student I.D. Lift tickets selling for $22, which includes BBQ lunch and a Keetlehouse brew for those over 21.
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More photos from last year’s Seeley Lake Winterfest courtesy of the Seeley Lake Chamber of Commerce. The top photo is of the Christmas tree bonfire. Below, a photo of one of the ice sculptures.
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Biathlete Garth Scott heads to the finish line in last year's biathlon event in the second annual Seeley Lake Challenge Biathlon. The race is part of the Seeley Lake Winterfest. Photo by MICHAEL GALLACHER/Missoulian
Lots going on in Seeley Lake this weekend!
Winterfest is an annual event held in the logging town northeast of here. [...]
Schweitzer Mountain trail map. Courtesy of Schweitzer Mountain
My legs are spent after three days of skiing at Schweitzer Mountain over the long holiday weekend. It was my first trip to the ski resort located near Sandpoint, Idaho, and it surprisingly surpassed my expectations. (Not that I really had any to begin with)
Driving up to [...]
Why do I feel the snow is falling in all the wrong places? Top snow news for today:
Heavy snowfall in Britain (what some are calling the coldest winter in three decades) is halting transportation.
In British Columbia, Olympic organizers are shutting Cypress Mountain to preserve the snow conditions after several days of rain and warm temperatures. [...]
A Metro-North train at Grand Central Terminal. Matt Gross for The New York Times
Imagine taking a Subway to the ski hill.
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I just love this photo by Flathead Beacon photographer Lido Vizzutti. You can find his work on the Beacon Web site.
Dusk paints a blue hue around a cross-country skier on the Whitefish Golf Course ski trails. – File photo by Lido Vizzutti/Flathead Beacon
One thing I find most interesting about skiing is the people you meet on the chairlift. And the crazy things people talk about.
For eight minutes, you are suspended in air within inches of a complete stranger that you may as well get to know because making small talk is far less awkward than sitting in [...]
I love the dateline of reporter Michael Jamison’s sledding story in today’s Outdoors section. “Killer Hill” is where he reported the story, which was as much about crashing as it was about actually riding the sled. One of the YouTube videos he references in the article is shown below. A reporter gets pummeled by a [...]
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