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Cross country skiers line up at the start of the 2014 Ski to Sea race. (Credit: Courtney Flatt / Northwest News Network)

Nerves slippery for Washington’s Ski to Sea race

(Runtime 1:04)Snow-covered undulating trails will stretch out in front of hundreds of cross country skiers as they line up at the start of the multisport…

A skier in a red and white jacket and black pants skis on a trail covered in snow. The field is covered in snow. There is a red building in the middle-distance with hay under it and a gray building across the trail. The background has snowy hills with evergreen trees on them.

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Conservation group hopes to protect habitats, skiing and affordable housing in WA's Methow Valley

(Runtime 3:29)An important wildlife corridor – and a key access point for cross-country skiers – could be parceled out and developed. But the Methow…

Washingtonians Corinne Stoddard of Federal Way (third from left) and Eunice Lee of Bellevue (third from right) punched their tickets to Beijing at the 2022 U.S. Olympic Short Track Speedskating Team Trials in December.

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These Athletes From The Northwest Are Going To The 2022 Winter Olympics

The presence of eleven skiers, skaters and sliders with ties to the Pacific Northwest should add intrigue to the 2022 Beijing Olympics, although the upcoming sports spectacle beset with extreme COVID precautions, a diplomatic boycott and scarce snowfall hardly needs more drama. Several late additions to the Team USA Olympic roster upped the regional representation at next month’s Winter Games to similar levels as in past editions.