Kongsberger Ski Club

  Let's review: Most (all?) of the ski trails in the State that are groomed at State Sno-parks are on US Forest Service land (like Cabin Creek) or State Parks land; either way, the grooming at the Sno-parks is managed by State Parks, which works with either private contractors (like LandTek at Cabin Creek and Erling Stordahl) or State employees, and paid for with the revenues from the Sno-park permits we buy -- 100%, no property tax or sales tax, strictly user fees. Every year, the State Parks staff puts together a preliminary budget projecting next year's expenditures, including standard budget items as well as new funding requests from representatives of various Sno-parks for their various projects, based on last year's revenues. That budget is then handed to the members of the Winter Rec Advisory Committee, who represent all the different districts across the State. They discuss it at the summer WRAC meeting, make suggestions, ask questions of State Parks staff and the c...

 For many of us KSCers who have been around a while, Memorial Day weekend means Ski to Sea, and for many Ski to Sea-ers, that means our own goofy Dick Arkley, a classic in every sense of the word. Scott Tucker, long-time member now skiing and racing out of Portland (and father of Montana Tucker, the overall women's winner at this winter's 30k Gunnar Hagen--the apple doesn't fall far!), sends us this gorgeous little history of Arkley and Ski to Sea. Thanks, Scott, for sharing these memories with us; I miss Arkley! A Ski to Sea Anniversary and Memorial By Scott Tucker May 26, 2024   Today is the 51st running of the Bellingham Ski-to-Sea race. Those of us who have been around that long remember that it was established in 1973 as the first multisport relay of its kind, and it was a phenom!  A local phenom, that is, because it was just us yokels who thought it would be great to do a ski race at the end of May. The anniversary of the event reminds me of a memorial, th...