Four South Sound residents were among the winners in the 2011 Northwest Exposure photo contest held by Washington Trails Association.
The winners of the ninth annual contest were announced in the January-February issue of Washington Trails magazine. Sixteen of the winning images are included in the magazine.
Here is a link to Sunday’s story about the local winners.
You also can see the winning photos by clicking here.
Searchers have yet to find any sign of two groups of people stranded on Mount Rainier by the recent storms.
Park spokeswoman Patti Wold said the search crews have yet to return from the field, but they had not reported any findings.
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Two helicopters and a plane have joined 40 people on the ground as the search continues today for four people stranded on Mount Rainier for more than a week.
A break in the weather this morning has allowed a Chinook helicopter from Joint Base Lewis-McChord and a Bell 206 helicopter from …
With 15 inches of new in the last 24 hours, Crystal Mountain issued a “Powder Alert” this morning. While this sound like a warning, it’s more of invitation to what is expected to be one of the best ski days of the new season.
Although, the deep snow can also be unforgiving. The ski area is reminding visitors to practice deep snow safety by skiing with a partner in sight at all times.
White Pass is reporting 24 inches of new snow in the past 24 hours. The Summit at Snoqualmie is reporting 10 inches of new snow since yesterday …
Washington State Parks announced today the 2012 dates that its parks will be open for free:
- Jan 14 through 16 – Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend
- March 18 and 19 – In honor of Washington State Parks’ 99th birthday on March 19
- June 9 – National Get Outdoors Day
- Sept. 29 – National Public Lands Day
- Nov. 10 through 12 – Veterans Day weekend
According to the state Parks and Recreation Commission: “The “free days” are in keeping with legislation that created the Discover Pass, a $30 annual or $10 one-day permit required on …
UPDATE: The park sent a corrected statement on Jan. 7. The updated statement is below.
Margaret Anderson’s family released a statement this afternoon via Mount Rainier National Park:
The family of Margaret Anderson has asked Mount Rainier National Park to release the following statement:
The husband, daughters, and family of Margaret Kritsch Anderson, the fallen Law Enforcement Ranger
I spent much of this afternoon emailing back and forth with Brian Vogt of Allentown, Wash., requesting that he share his group’s story and pictures with The News Tribune. His four-person group spent the night camping at Mount Rainier while a manhunt for a killer was going on near them.
He and his party – Natalia Martinez-Paz, Matt Pokrywka and Jen Berthiaume – were hesitant to share their story because, Vogt said, “Our group feels strongly we don’t want to contribute to sensationalism in this story, and that the focus ought to be on the …
UPDATE: The day after this was posted we contacted the four people in the hiking party. Click here to read their story.
By Craig Hill, Staff writer
While most of the world learned from the media that a killer was loose in Mount Rainier National Park, a group of backpackers in the park got the news in the form of a note scribbled on a coffee cup dropped from a hovering helicopter.
The hikers posted a report of their hiking trip at Rainier during the manhunt at nwhikers.net. The report, posted by “kayakbear,” did …
C.R. ROBERTS
Staff writer
Henry Johnsen of the rural New Jersey town of Scotch Plains remembers slain Mount Rainier National Park Ranger Margaret Anderson as “a quiet, reserved person. She was a sweet, loving young woman.”
Johnsen has lived next door to Anderson’s family for more than a decade, and said Monday that he attended Margaret’s wedding to husband Eric six years ago.
He heard the news of her death Sunday when Anderson’s parents, Paul and Dorothy Kritsch, “walked across the driveway arm-in-arm.. It was late in the day. This was a most unusual visit. They walked toward me …