CRAIG HILL
Craig Hill is The News Tribune’s injury-prone Adventure writer. After eight years covering college football and basketball, he started writing about adventure sports in 2004. He writes about everything from mountaineering and cycling to skiing and camping. You can reach him at craig.hill@thenewstribune.com
JEFFREY P. MAYOR
Jeffrey P. Mayor has been The News Tribune’s Adventure editor since 2003, and oversees our weekly Adventure section. His coverage focuses on fishing, hunting, Mount Rainier and the state Department of Fish and Wildlife. You can reach him at jeff.mayor@thenewstribune.com
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Winners of the lottery for a spot in the 2008 RAMROD were announced today. I was one of 450 who didn't get there name drawn.
RAMROD is the Ride Around Mount Rainier in One Day. It's about 160 miles and 10,000 vertical feet. Maybe I should be glad I didn't "win."
My buddy I was planning to ride with - Scott Wagar from last year's STP Project - also missed the cut.
We're on the waiting list and will wait for a call until July 1. The ride is July 31.
If you signed up, click here to check your status.
According to the e-mail I got from the Redmond Cycling Club several tickets will be auctioned off on eBay starting April 15. All proceeds go to Mount Rainier National Park to help with flood repair
For more info on the auction click here.
We know there has been plenty of snow at Mount Rainier, but here are some numbers to back up the assumptions.
The historic average snow depth at Longmire for April 4 is 9 inches. This year, there were 47 inches, 522 percent of normal
At Paradise, the historic average snow depth is 178 inches on April 4. This year’s depth was 124 percent of normal at 220 inches.
And the snow keeps falling. On Monday morning, the snow depth at Paradise was 226 inches.
So far this snow season, which runs from July 1 to June 30, Paradise has received 775 inches of snow. That is the most snow that has fallen since 2001-02 when 837 inches of snow fell at Paradise. The annual average is 691 inches.
The road to Paradise was closed Monday due to avalanche danger, the third time that has happened this year.
Click here to track weather conditions at Paradise.
To view conditions just below Paradise, check out this Webcam.
Help us determine the best ski area in the Northwest by voting for your favorite resort, lodge food, ski run and more.
Click below to take the quick survey. Your favorites will be featured in 2008-09 Ski preview sections in newspapers across the Northwest. Voters from around the region - Alaska, Idaho, Washington, Oregon and B.C. - are participating so make sure your favorites are well represented.
From Mount St. Helens National Monument:
Volunteers are needed this summer to help provide visitor information at the Johnston Ridge Observatory, assist with climbing and backcountry management, and help maintain trails around Mount St. Helens. Volunteers will have an opportunity to experience one of America’s most amazing places and receive in-depth training from scientists and other volcano experts.
