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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The Banff Mountain Film Festival tour is in the Puget Sound area this week.
The film festival, which started with a four-day event in Alberta in October, will make stops in Seattle, Olympia and Tacoma. The events are hosted by The Mountaineers, an outdoor recreation club.
The Tacoma screening will be at the University of Puget Sound on Dec. 9. Tickets are $11, but UPS students and staff and members of the Mountaineers get in for $8.50. The film will be shown at the Schneebeck Concert Hall. Call 253-879-3419 for more info.
The festival is at Olympia’s Capital Theater Dec. 6-7 with different films each night. Tickets are $12 Saturday and $10 Sunday with a $2 discount for those who buy tickets for both nights. Tickets are available at the Alpine Experience (360-956-1699) or Olympic Outfitters (360-943-1114).
A larger screening will be in Seattle Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at the Mountaineers headquarters (7700 Sand Point Way NE). The same film is shown each night and tickets are $15 ($10 for Mountaineers).
Not any time soon if resort webcams are any indication.
Here's a look at our local ski areas this morning. There's no snow in the forecast this week.
CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN:
ALPENTAL:
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WHITE PASS:
Mt. Baker and Mission Ridge have some snow (It's mostly man made at Mission) but neither resort has announced an opening day.
The bears seem to have left the Paradise area at Mount Rainier National Park.
“They’re not sleeping yet, but they are heading down to lower elevation,” said Ellen Myers, acting wildlife ecologist at the park.
Myers said there have been several bear sightings in the last month. On Nov. 8, a black bear was sighted on Stevens Canyon Road. On Nov. 22, another bear was seen at Milepost 8 on the road from Longmire to Paradise.
At the end of the busy summer season, several bears were causing concerns at Paradise. One bear broke a window in the Paradise Inn dining room. Myers and other staffers eventually trapped the bear and were able to scare it away from the Paradise area.
