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In February 2014, the Mountaineers recreated one of the club’s grand traditions by holding the first Patrol Race since 1941, an 18.5 mile cross-country event along the crest of the Cascades between its two lodges, Snoqualmie Lodge and Meany Ski Hut at Martin near Stampede Pass. The race was variously reported to be 18, 18.5 or 20 miles long. From 1930 to 1941, three man patrol teams competed in the event that was based on military patrol races which were common in Europe. Initially the race was just for club members, but beginning in 1936, Open Patrol Races were held in which teams from clubs associated with the Pacific Northwest Ski Association could participate. Competitors had to carry a 12 pound pack containing prescribed equipment.
Publication Date
Summer 6-18-2018
City
Snoqualmie Pass
Keywords
ski, mountaineers, patrol races, Snoqualmie Pass, Stampede Pass
Disciplines
United States History
Recommended Citation
Lundin, John W., "MOUNTAINEERS PATROL RACES AT SNOQUALMIE PASS: A GRAND TRADITION REVISITED" (2018). Works by Local Authors. 10.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/local_authors/10
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Snoqualmie Pass
Comments
John is a lawyer and historian who has done extensive research and writing about skiing history. His mother, Margaret Odell, was part of Seattle’s early ski scene in the late 1930s,and as advisor to the Queen Anne Ski Club from 1938 - 1940, she took her students by train every weekend to the Milwaukee Ski Bowl for ski lessons. John is a long time skier who learned to ski on Snoqualmie Pass using wooden skis, cable bindings, leather boots and rope tows, was a member of Sahalie Ski Club, and has homes in Seattle and Sun Valley, Idaho. He is a founder of the Washington State Ski & Snowboard Museum and serves on its board. John’s book, Early Skiing on Snoqualmie Pass, won a Skade award from the International Ski History Association as outstanding regional history book for 2017. A short version of this paper appears on HistoryLink.org, the on-line encyclopedia of Washington history.