Kongsberger Ski Club

 The long-awaited permit is in place, and below is a letter from The Nature Conservancy allowing the warming hut on Amabilis.   The hut is now officially open to the public; to find it, take the left fork at the Y and head up to the saddle. *** Updates on the Amabilis Mountain Hut, Trail System, and Land Transfer   We are happy to announce that there will be a ski hut, built by Kongsberger Ski Club volunteers, on Amabilis Mountain for public use for the remainder of the winter 2022 season. The hut, the Pickett trails adjacent to it, and various open viewpoints off the Amabilis Road are the result of a 6-year partnership between the Kongsberger Ski Club and The Nature Conservancy, who currently manages this area, with the shared mission to provide the public with winter recreation opportunities and access to Amabilis Mountain.    The Nature Conservancy is in the process of transferring its Amabilis Mountain parcel, part of the 48,000-acre Central Cascades Fo...

 Below, a letter from Rune Harkestad, Kongsberger Ski Club president, to the State-wide Nordic skiing community: As I am currently watching the City of SeaTac council meeting on-line right now, I would like to draw a parallel to the system of how our taxes are collected and spent on a State, county and city level, all depending on where you live.  Unfortunately, the State's sno-park system doesn’t operate that way.  Can any of you imagine what it would be like if, e.g., the Methow were a part of the sno-park system and had to argue for annual funding for the Methow trail system in front of the WRAC?  It  would  have no data as to how much revenue was actually generated from pass purchases in the Methow, and it would be a case of comparing a private grooming operation in the Methow to State-operated grooming operations, where machinery is paid for through the sno-park budget.   It would be a very messy situation, and that is precisely why I am asking al...