The Adventure Guys
We admit it. We've got great jobs. How many people get told by their bosses to go out and play? We write about those experiences each Thursday in The News Tribune’s Adventure section. But there's always more to the story. Here, Craig Hill and Jeffrey P. Mayor will share the inside stories on their adventures - including their misadventures - plus post news and answer your questions.

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 inside story on outside recreation for South Puget Sound and beyond
Friday, December 19th, 2008
Posted by Craig Hill @ 03:55:18 pm

School might be canceled in the Puyallup School District but plenty of kids are heading to school anyway - Carson Elementary on South Hill to be specific.

Why?

Because the back side of the staff parking lot offers a sweet sledding hill with a nice safe runoff into an open field. About 150 people were on the hill this afternoon, but the action has been going on there since the snow started falling earlier this week.

Here are some pictures from last night and this afternoon:

Shannon Hammel of Puyallup straps on her snowboard and prepares to take a run on the hill behind Carson Elementary. (Photo: Craig Hill)

Taylor Hammel, a fourth-grader at the school, rips down the hill at about 8 p.m. Thursday. (Photo: Craig Hill)

Inspired by the Hammels, I took my skis up for a couple of runs this afternoon. I think I notched about 40 vertical feet today. (Photo: Kristen Hill)

Alex Hill (my kid) takes the more traditional route down a hill near the school, but not on school grounds.

(Photo: Kristen Hill)

Kids have been playing on the hills at Carson Elementary since snow started falling earlier this week. Yes, the dorky guy on skis is me. (Photo: Kristen Hill)

Posted by Craig Hill @ 01:23:56 pm

Hurricane Ridge has a new webcam. Here's what it looked like up there a few minutes ago.

Click here for the live view.