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Two weeks into his Powder Highway road trip, PowBot calls in from Revelstoke, British Columbia to chat about life on the road in the new van, the differences between the U.S. and Canada when it comes to snow and ski culture, hiring a ski guide in Whistler to go big in the Blackcomb backcountry and interviewing “Trailhead Tim” Gibson, who PowBot met at the trailhead and suddenly became his backcountry partner in bagging the Aussie Couloir in Joffre Lakes Provincial Park. Also, the boys Dope or Derp snow stake cams, backcountry skiing solo, the magnetic Snow Strip product and reggae music. 3:00 – Catching up with PowBot on his road trip to the Powder Highway of Canada, calling from the Revelstoke Rec Center parking lot.8:30 – Trail Whisperer in Downieville.10:00 – Avalanche Canada is saying “it's time to consider getting into bigger terrain” – it's GO TIME in the alpine! Favorable clear high pressure weather all week.13:00 – Pow Bot's road trip so far – Mount Bachelor, Stevens Pass, Whistler, Duffey Lakes.18:45 – Vail Resorts is having a PR nightmare. Youtube Peak Rankings financial breakdown of Vail Resorts. Park City Mountain Resort Ski Patrol is on strike and Vail wouldn't give them a $2/hr pay raise.21:40 – PowBot arrives in Whistler/Blackcomb and stays at Riverside RV park. PowBot hires a ski guide from Altus Mountain Guides, Tim Ross, to take him touring off the Blackcomb glaciers.25:00 – How does Canada differ from United States when it comes to skiing culture?28:35 – What is Pow Bot's boondock overnight parking plan?29:30 – Parking and skiing at Joffre Lakes area, a Canadian Provincial Park. PowBot helped unstuck the local plow truck driver, Danny, a backcountry skier who plows the lots for skiers.33:00 – PowBot meets Trailhead Tim and skis the Aussie Couloir with him.37:55 – How do you know when you meet a stranger that they will be a good ski partner?39:35 – Dope or Derp? Skiing solo. PowBot skied the Seven Steps to Paradise on Rogers Pass by himself and it was the dopest tour of his life.49:24 – In order to ski parts of Rogers Pass you have to take a backcountry travel test.52:45 – New iPhones have a text to satellite feature, eliminating the need to have something like a Spot or Garmin InReach.54:45 – Dope or Derp? The Snowstrip - A magnetic rack that goes on the side of your vehicle so your skis/board doesn't fall and hit the ground.57:55 – Dope or Derp? Reggae Music – Tom's been listening to a bunch of reggae. Stick Figure, Arise Roots, John Brown's Body and 10 Foot Ganja Plant. David Lee Scales and Chaz Smith of The Grit podcast think reggae is derp. Bob Marley is The Legend for a reason.1:04:55 – ON A MUSICAL NOTE – Ross – listener recommending Tycho and Khruangbin.1:09:20 – Dope or Derp? – a listener Derek wants to know what's up with snow stake cams.1:16:25 – Last Saturday, tail end of the holiday, one of the busiest days of skiing in Tahoe ever due to the snow stake cam.1:20:25 – The sleeper pow days are the best days – the snow stake cam isn't always accurate.1:21:40 – PowBot recorded a conversation with Trailhead Tim after their adventure on Aussie Couloir and the concept of “risk shaming”.1:30:50 – A conversation with Tim Gibson at Joffre Lakes Provincial Park – living van life and skiing in Canada.1:36:20 – Quitting the corporate life, retiring and living the ski bum van life full time.1:40:45 – Partnering up with Tim to ski Joffre Peak and Aussie Couloir.1:48:24 – Moved to Chile in 2004 and got into backcountry skiing, fully self-taught through trial and error. Close calls with cornices, glaciers and crevasses.1:54:00 – The American ski culture of not reporting avalanche accidents, opposite from Canada. The concept of “risk shaming” and how risky behavior is frowned upon in skiing in the US.1:59:00 – Living in Seattle and skiing in Washington state – Mount Rainier, North Cascades, Snoqualmie Pass.2:07:00 – What does Mind the Track mean to you?

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You can also subscribe to the free tier below:WhoGeordie Gillett, Managing Director and General Manager of Grand Targhee, WyomingRecorded onSeptember 30, 2024About Grand TargheeClick here for a mountain stats overviewOwned by: The Gillett FamilyLocated in: Alta, WyomingYear founded: 1969Pass affiliations: Mountain Collective: 2 days, no blackoutsClosest neighboring ski areas: Jackson Hole (1:11), Snow King (1:22), Kelly Canyon (1:34) – travel times vary considerably given time of day, time of year, and weather conditions.Base elevation: 7,650 feet (bottom of Sacajawea Lift)Summit elevation: 9,862 feet at top of Fred's Mountain; hike to 9,920 feet on Mary's NippleVertical drop: 2,212 feet (lift-served); 2,270 feet (hike-to)Skiable Acres: 2,602 acresAverage annual snowfall: 500 inchesTrail count: 95 (10% beginner, 70% intermediate, 15% advanced, 5% expert)Lift count: 6 (1 six-pack, 2 high-speed quads, 2 fixed-grip quads, 1 carpet – view Lift Blog's inventory of Grand Targhee's lift fleet)Why I interviewed himHere are some true facts about Grand Targhee:* Targhee is the 19th-largest ski area in the United States, with 2,602 lift-served acres.* That makes Targhee larger than Jackson Hole, Snowbird, Copper, or Sun Valley.* Targhee is the third-largest U.S. ski area (behind Whitefish and Powder Mountain) that is not a member of the Epic or Ikon passes.* Targhee is the fourth-largest independently owned and operated ski area in America, behind Whitefish, Powder Mountain, and Alta.* Targhee is the fifth-largest U.S. ski area outside of Colorado, California, and Utah (following Big Sky, Bachelor, Whitefish, and Schweitzer).And yet. Who do you know who has skied Grand Targhee who has not skied everywhere? Targhee is not exactly unknown, but it's a little lost in skiing's Bermuda Triangle of Jackson Hole, Sun Valley, and Big Sky, a sunken ship loaded with treasure for whoever's willing to dive a little deeper.Most ski resort rankings will plant Alta-Snowbird or Whistler or Aspen or Vail at the top. Understandably so – these are all great ski areas. But I appreciate this take on Targhee from skibum.net, a site that hasn't been updated in a couple of years, but is nonetheless an excellent encyclopedia of U.S. skiing (boldface added by me for emphasis):You can start easy, then get as wild and remote as you dare. Roughly 20% of the lift-served terrain (Fred's Mountain) is groomed. The snowcat area (Peaked Mountain) is completely ungroomed, completely powder, totally incredible [Peaked is lift-served as of 2022]. Comparisons to Jackson Hole are inevitable, as GT & JH share the same mountain range. Targhee is on the west side, and receives oodles more snow…and therefore more weather. Not all of it good; a local nickname is Grand Foggy. The locals ski Targhee 9 days out of 10, then shift to Jackson Hole when the forecast is less than promising. (Jackson Hole, on the east side, receives less snow and virtually none of the fog). On days when the weather is good, Targhee beats Jackson for snow quality and shorter liftlines. Some claim Targhee wins on scenery as well. It's just a much different, less crowded, less commercialized resort, with outstanding skiing. Some will argue the quality of Utah powder…and they're right, but there are fewer skiers at Targhee, so it stays longer. Some of the runs at Targhee are steep, but not as steep as the couloirs at Jackson Hole. Much more of an intermediate mountain; has a very “open” feel on virtually all of the trails. And when the powder is good, there is none better than Grand Targhee. #1 ski area in the USA when the weather is right. Hotshots, golfcondoskiers and young skiers looking for “action” (I'm over 40, so I don't remember exactly what that entails) are just about the only people who won't call Grand Targhee their all-time favorite. For the pure skier, this resort is number one.Which may lead you to ask: OK Tough Guy then why did it take you five years to talk about this mountain on your podcast? Well I get that question about once a month, and I don't really have a good answer other than that there are a lot of ski areas and I can only talk about one at a time. But here you go. And from the way this one went, I don't think it will be my last conversation with the good folks at Grand old Targhee.What we talked aboutContinued refinement of the Colter lift and Peaked Mountain expansion; upgrading cats; “we do put skiing first here”; there's a reason that finance people “aren't the only ones in the room making decisions for ski areas”; how the Peaked expansion changed Targhee; the Teton Pass highway collapse; building, and then dismantling, Booth Creek; how ignoring an answering machine message led to the purchase of Targhee; first impressions of Targhee: “How is this not the most popular ski resort in America?”; imagining Booth Creek in an Epkonic alt reality; Targhee's commitment to independence; could Targhee ever acquire another mountain?; the insane price that the Gilletts paid for Targhee; the first time you see the Rockies; massive expansion potential; corn; fixed-grip versus detach; Targhee's high percentage of intermediate terrain and whether that matters; being next-door neighbors with “the most aspirational brand in skiing”; the hardest part of expanding a ski area; potential infill lifts; the ski run Gillett would like to eliminate and why; why we're unlikely to see a lift to the true summit; and why Targhee joined Mountain Collective but hasn't joined the Ikon Pass (and whether the mountain ever would).Why I thought that now was a good time for this interviewA few things make Targhee extra relevant to our current ski moment:* Targhee is the only U.S. ski area aside from Sugar Bowl to join the Mountain Collective pass while staying off of Ikon.* In 2022, Targhee (sort of) quietly opened one of the largest lift-served North American ski expansions in the past decade, the 600-acre Peaked Mountain pod, served by the six-pack Colter lift.* The majority of large U.S. ski areas positioned on Forest Service land are bashful about their masterplans, which are publicly available documents that most resort officials wish we didn't know about. That's because these plans outline potential future expansions and upgrades that resorts would rather not prematurely acknowledge, lest they piss off the Chipmunk Police. So often when I'm like “Hey tell us about this 500-acre bowl-skiing expansion off the backside,” I get an answer that's something like, “well we look forward to working with our partners at the Forest Service to maybe consider doing that around the year 3000 after we complete our long-term study of mayfly migration routes.” But Geordie is just like, “Hell yes we want to blow the resort out in every direction like yesterday” (not an exact quote). And I freaking love the energy there.* Most large Western ski areas fall into one of two categories: big, modern, and busy (Vail, Big Sky, Palisades, Snowbird), or big, somewhat antiquated, and unknown (Discovery, Lost Trail, Silver). But Targhee has split the difference, being big, modern, and lesser-known, that rare oasis that gives you modern infrastructure (like fast lifts), without modern crowds (most of the time). It's kind of strange and kind of glorious, and probably too awesome to stay true forever, so I wanted to get there before the Brobot Bus unloaded.* Even 500-inches-in-an-average-winter Targhee has a small snowmaking system. Isn't that interesting?What I got wrong* I said that $20 million “might buy you a couple houses on the slopes at Jackson Hole.” It kind of depends on how you define “on the slopes,” and whether or not you can live without enough acreage for your private hippo zoo. If not, $24.5 million will get you this (I'm not positive that this one is zoned for immediate hippo occupation).* I said that 70 percent of Targhee's terrain was intermediate; Geordie indicated that that statistic had likely changed with the addition of the Peaked Mountain expansion. I'm working with Targhee to get updated numbers.Why you should ski Grand TargheeThe disconnect between people who write about skiing and what most people actually ski leads to outsized coverage of niche corners of this already niche activity. What percentage of skiers think that skiing uphill is fun? Can accomplish a mid-air backflip? Have ever leapt off a cliff more than four feet high? Commute via helicopter to the summit of their favorite Alaskan powder lines? The answer on all counts is probably a statistically insignificant number. But 99 percent of contemporary ski media focuses on exactly such marginal activities.In some ways I understand this. Most basketball media devote their attention to the NBA, not the playground knuckleheads at some cracked-concrete, bent-rim Harlem streetball court. It makes sense to look at the best and say wow. No one wants to watch intermediate skiers skiing intermediate terrain. But the magnifying glass hovering over the gnar sometimes clouds consumer choice. An average skier, infected by cliffity-hucking YouTubes and social media Man Bro boasting, thinks they want Corbet's and KT-22 and The Cirque at Snowbird. Which OK if you zigzag across the fall line yeah you can get down just about anything. But what most skiers need is Grand Targhee, big and approachable, mostly skiable by mostly anyone, with lots of good and light snow and a low chance of descent-by-tomahawk.Targhee's stats page puts the mountain's share of intermediate terrain at 70 percent, likely the highest of any major North American ski area (Northstar, another big-time intermediate-oriented mountain, claims 60 percent blue runs). I suspect this contributes to the resort's relatively low profile among destination skiers. Broseph Jones and his Brobot buddies examine the statistical breakdown of major resorts and are like “Yo cuz we want some Jackson trammage because we roll hard see.” Even though Targhee is bigger and gets more snow (both true) and offers a more realistic experience for the Brosephs.That's not to say that you shouldn't ski Jackson Hole. Everyone should. But steeps all day are mentally and physically draining. It's nice most of the time to not be parkouring down an elevator shaft. So go to Targhee too. And you can whoo-hoo through the deep empty trees and say “dang Brah this is hella rad Brah.” And it is.Podcast NotesOn the Peaked Mountain expansionThe Peaked Mountain terrain has been marked on Targhee's trailmap for years, but up until 2022, it was accessible mostly via snowcat:In 2022, the resort dropped a six-pack back there, better defined the trail network, and brought Peaked into the lift-served terrain package:On Grand Targhee's masterplanHere's the overview of Targhee's Forest Service master development plan. You can see potential expansions below Blackfoot (left in the image below), looker's right of Peaked/Colter (upper right), and below Sacajawea (lower right):Here's a better look at the so-called South Bowl proposal, which would add a big terrain pod contiguous with the recent Peaked expansion:Here's the MDP's inventory of proposed lifts. These things often change, and the “Peaked DC-4” listed below actualized as the Colter high-speed sixer:Targhee's snowmaking system is limited, but long-term aspirations show potential snowmaking stretching toward the top of the Dreamcatcher lift:On opposition to all of this potential expansionThere are groups of people masquerading as environmental commandos who I suspect oppose everything just to oppose it. Like oh a bobcat pooped next to that tree so we need to fence the area off from human activity for the next thousand years. But Targhee sits within a vast and amazing wilderness, the majority of which is and should be protected forever. But humans need space too, and developing a few hundred acres directly adjacent to already-developed ski terrain is the most sustainable and responsible way to do this. It's not like Targhee is saying “hey we're going to build a zipline connecting the resort to the Grand Teton.” But nothing in U.S. America can be achieved without a minimum of 45 lawsuits (it's in the Constitution), so these histrionic bozos will continue to exist.On Net Promoter Score and RRCI'm going to hurt myself if I try to overexplain this, so I'll just point toward RRC's Net Promoter Score overview page and the company's blog archive highlighting various reports. RRC sits quietly behind the ski industry but wields tremendous influence, assembling the annual Kotke end-of-season statistical report, which offers the most comprehensive annual overview of the state of U.S. skiing.On the reason I couldn't go to Grand Targhee last yearSo I was all set up to hit Targhee for a day last year and then I woke up in the middle of the night thinking “Gee I feel like I'm gonna die soon” and so I did not go skiing that day. Here's the full story if you are curious how I ended up not dying.On the Peaked terrain expansion being the hypothetical largest ski area in New HampshireI'll admit that East-West ski area size comparisons are fundamentally flawed. Eastern mountains not named Killington, Smugglers' Notch, and Sugarloaf tend to measure skiable terrain by acreage of cut trails and maintained glades (Sugarbush, one of the largest ski areas in the East by pure footprint, doesn't even count the latter). Western mountains generally count everything within their boundary. Fair enough – trying to ski most natural-growth eastern woods is like trying to ski down the stands of a packed football stadium. You're going to hit something. Western trees tend to be higher altitude, older-growth, less cluttered with undergrowth, and, um, more snow-covered. Meaning it's not unfair to include even unmarked sectors of the ski area as part of the ski area.Which is a long way of saying that numbers are hard, and that relying on ski area stats pages for accurate ski area comparisons isn't going to get you into NASA's astronaut training academy. Here's a side-by-side of 464-acre Bretton Woods – New Hampshire's largest ski area – and Targhee's 600-acre Peaked Mountain expansion, both at the same scale in Google Maps. Clearly Bretton Woods covers more area, but the majority of those trees are too dense to ski:And here's an inventory of all New Hampshire ski areas, if you're curious:On the Teton Pass highway collapseYeah so this was wild:On Booth CreekGrand Targhee was once part of the Booth Creek ski conglomerate, which now exists only as the overlord for Sierra-at-Tahoe. Here's a little history:On the ski areas at Snoqualmie Pass being “insane”We talk a bit about the “insane” terrain at Summit at Snoqualmie, a quirky ski resort now owned by Boyne. The mountain was Frankensteined together out of four legacy ski areas, three of which share a ridge and are interconnected. And then there's Alpental, marooned across the interstate, much taller and infinitely rowdier than its ho-hum brothers. Alpy, as a brand and as a badass, is criminally unknown outside of its immediate market, despite being on the Ikon Pass since 2018. But, as Gillett notes, it is one of the roughest, toughest mountains going:On Targhee's sinkholePer Jackson Hole News and Guide in September of last year:About two weeks ago, a day or so after torrential rain, and a few days after a downhill mountain biking race concluded on the Blondie trail, Targhee ski patrollers noticed that something was amiss. Only feet away from the muddy meander that mountain bikers had zipped down, a mound of earth had disappeared.In its place, there was a hole of unknown, but concerning, size.Subsequent investigations — largely, throwing rocks into the hole while the resort waits for more technical tools — indicate that the sinkhole is at least 8 feet wide and about 40 feet deep, if not more. There are layers of ice caking the walls a few feet down, and the abyss is smack dab in the middle of the resort's prized ski run.Falling into a sinkhole would be a ridiculous way to go. Like getting crushed by a falling piano or flattened under a steamroller. Imagine your last thought on earth is “Bro are you freaking kidding me with this s**t?”On the overlap between Mountain Collective and IkonMountain Collective and Ikon share a remarkable 26 partner ski areas. Only Targhee, Sugar Bowl, Marmot Basin, Bromont, Le Massif du Charlevoix, and newly added Megève have joined Mountain Collective while holding out on Ikon.The Storm explores the world of lift-served skiing year-round. Join us.The Storm publishes year-round, and guarantees 100 articles per year. This is article 70/100 in 2024, and number 570 since launching on Oct. 13, 2019. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.stormskiing.com/subscribe

4PM  What’s Trending: A State employee at green hill school detention center in chehalis is arrested over allegation of riots in the prison. President Biden doesn’t remember the date of the death of his son Beau. Congressman Chip Roy highly doubts the mental capability of President Biden. // Big Local: The memorial of Washington state Trooper Christopher Gadd was held in Snohomish County. Bothell city council member Rami Al-Kabra is looking to push Washington voters to vote uncommited in the upcoming primary. Large RV fire, causes closure on I-90 on Snoqualmie Pass . Police warn people of a car accident scam in Pierce County. // A new survey says teens feel a lot more happier and more at peace without their phones.

Bryan explains how oil prices will be affected by Houthi attacks in the Red Sea. Bryan expresses frustration over WSDOT not being able to figure out problems with winter driving over Snoqualmie Pass. // Hot conservative sports takes. A checking of the texting.  // Takeaways from Sec. Austin's visit to Israel. More from Bill Maher's brilliant monologue about Israel from his show on Friday. 

On July 27, 2020, Diana Davis, a 50 year old certified nursing assistant, disappeared from the Seattle-Tacoma, Washington area. Two days later, her car was discovered on fire in a downtown Tacoma alley. Then, on August 5, Diana's body was found more than an hour east of Tacoma, in a wooded area. Someone had bludgeoned her to death. It's been over three years since Diana was killed, and investigators are still searching for the person responsible… Diana Davis was last seen at 5:50 pm on July 27, 2020 at an ACE Hardware near downtown Tacoma, Washington. Phone records show that within two hours, she was at Lumen Field in Seattle. On the 29th, Diana's silver 2013 Chevy Impala was found burning in an alley in the 1600 block of Court E in downtown Tacoma. On August 5, her body was found near Snoqualmie Pass. Her phone has never been located.  In addition to wanting to speak to anyone who knows about Diana's murder, detectives want to talk to anyone who saw Diana and/or her car between July 27 and July 29, as well as anyone who may have matched with or dated her in the past. If you have any information, you can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.  Check out Haley's new program! www.truecrimepodcasttraining.com and use code "DETECTIVE" for $150.00 off any course! Editor: Shannon Keirce Research/Writing: Haley Gray and Anna Luria SUBMIT A CASE HERE: Cases@DetectivePerspectivePod.com SOCIAL Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/detperspective/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/detperspective FIND DERRICK HERE Twitter: https://twitter.com/DerrickL Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DerrickLevasseur Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DerrickVLevasseur CRIME WEEKLY AND COFFEE Criminal Coffee Company: https://www.CriminalCoffeeCo.com Crime Weekly:  https://crimeweeklypodcast.com/shop

Bryan expresses frustration with DOT over a tweet about closing I-90 near Snoqualmie Pass. Friday morning news montage. Bryan points out numerous security failures in Israel before Hamas' brutal October 7th attack. // Will Ferrell is not optimistic about the Seahawks chances vs. the 49ers this weekend and Bryan agrees with his pessimism. The war continues in Gaza as the Hanukkah holiday begins. // NBC's Richard Engel talked with a woman who survived Hamas' brutal attack in Israel and is indignant that security forces took so long to counter the attack. 

Join us for an illuminating journey into the heart of brewery profitability with a twist – a real success story straight from the world of craft beer. In this dynamic webinar, we're thrilled to have Dru Ernst, the visionary owner of Dru Bru, sharing his unique experience on how the power of Brewery Scorecards transformed the way he tracks performance. Discover how Dru Bru cracked the code to true profitability by breaking free from tedious financial reviews and tapping into the true potential of their data. With A-Bay Engineers by their side, they crafted a streamlined approach that seamlessly integrates financial, production, and wholesale data in real time, empowering them to make instant, informed choices that impact their bottom line. Get ready to dive deep into Dru's remarkable journey, learn from his firsthand account of collaboration with industry experts, and uncover how Scorecards became the compass that led Dru Bru to a 50% reduction in budgeting time and 14 days of saved work annually. If you've ever wondered about the untapped potential of your brewery's financial data, this is your chance to unlock insights that can elevate your business to new heights. From tangible takeaways on annual budgeting to actionable tips on fostering real-time financial transparency, this webinar promises to be an eye-opening experience for every craft beer professional looking to navigate their brewery's financial landscape with confidence. Don't miss the opportunity to learn, connect, and thrive alongside Dru Bru and A-Bay Engineers. Secure your spot today and take the first step towards crafting your brewery's success story. Dru Ernst is the Co-Owner and President of Dru Bru, a distinguished Brewery and Taproom nestled in Snoqualmie Pass and Cle Elum, WA. Since 2014, Dru Bru has been crafting award-winning German-style beers, housemade sodas, and ciders, creating a beloved haven for mountain dwellers, outdoor enthusiasts, and beverage aficionados. With family-friendly taproom locations, Dru Bru celebrates the spirit of togetherness and the joys of Mountain Made creations. Jamie Schild is a sustainability enthusiast and Civil Engineer by trade, Jamie founded A-Bay Engineers in 2020. His passion lies in marrying sustainability and profitability. Guided by the belief in people and their innate capacity for good, he's driven to minimize the environmental footprint of breweries while maximizing economic efficiency. A-Bay's pioneering scorecards bolster resourceful operations, aligning with Jamie's vision of holistic sustainability. Join us in-person for CBP Connects | Half workshop, half networking Charleston, SC | December 4-6, 2023 Grab your spot now at https://cbpconnects-charleston.eventbrite.com/

Jay interviews Dr. Kristina Ernest, Biology Professor at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington, on I-90 about 50 miles east of Snoqualmie Pass. Kristina earned her Ph.D. in Biology from the University of New Mexico in 1993 and now teaches Mammology, Field Techniques, and Fisheries, Conservation and Community Ecology at CWU.Support the show

The Sunset Highway, one of Washington's earliest cross-state highways, offered the first vehicular crossing of the Cascade Mountains, which split the state in two pretty much up to that point. The highway mostly followed a Native trail that had been turned into a wagon road when it was opened in 1915. Throughout the years, the Sunset Highway saw a series of name changes, starting as State Road No. 2, then becoming the Sunset Highway, Main State Highway No. 2, U.S. 10, and Interstate 90, sometimes sequentially and sometimes concurrently. The highway, which carries traffic across the busiest mountain crossing in the state, is the main east-west route in the Evergreen State.Listen now to learn more about the fascinating history of this Evergreen State highway!A special thank you goes out to Al Hirsch for providing the music for the podcast, check him out on YouTube.Find merchandise for the podcast now available at:     https://washington-history-by-jon-c.creator-spring.comIf you enjoy the podcast and would like to contribute, please visit: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/EvergreenpodIf you have any questions, episode ideas you'd like to see explored, or just have a general comment, please reach out at Historyoftheevergreenstatepod@gmail.comTo keep up on news for the podcast and other related announcements, please like and follow:https://www.facebook.com/HistoryoftheevergreenstatepodcastFind the podcast over on Instagram as well: @HISTORY_EVERGREENSTATEPODCASTYou can also find the podcast over on YouTube:http://www.youtube.com/@historyoftheevergreenstatepodThank you for listening to another episode of the History of the Evergreen State Podcast!

6pm - Former NYT columnist Bari Weiss releases ‘Twitter Files Part Two' // Troopers urge drivers to slow down over Snoqualmie Pass in wintery weather // Meet the 18-year-old who just became the youngest Black mayor in the countrySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

3pm - John talks about the only times he saw his dad cry and Shari shares some details about sitting with her dad before he passed // Troopers urge drivers to slow down over Snoqualmie Pass in wintery weather // Meet the 18-year-old who just became the youngest Black mayor in the countrySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

6am hour -- its Wednesday and your chance to win Carlson's Legendary Lyrics, WA wildfires are down 70% so what does that mean for Gov. Jay Inslee and climate change?, South Dakota's governor issues ban of Tik Tok app for state employees due to China's data collection from users, driver hits snow plow trying to plow heavy snow on I-90 near Snoqualmie Pass, explaining the railroad union workers labor dispute and potential strike that the Biden Administration is trying to avoid, the sticking point in the union negotiation is sick days and paid holidays, 12 unions are involved in the railroad workers labor dispute, if one union strikes than all unions plan to honor the picket line and that's why Congress might get involved in forcing a deal, the contract offer is a 25% wage increase over 4 years. 7am hour -- GUEST: UW Atmospheric Sciences professor, Cliff Mass, tells KVI this week's snow forecast is an example of more accurately assessing climate related impacts in the future, a NYT science columnist now says his previous predition about earth's temperature increase by 2100 was significantly off, Mass says recent Egypt climate conference "accomplished extremely little", all of a sudden WA wildfire acres burned have dropped by 70%, Mass has a few hypotheses about why fewer acres burned and one of the primary ones is winds weren't as strong as previous summers, Mass tells KVI that 90% of the wild fire problem is "us" (humans) not the climate; NYC mayor will involuntarily commit mentally unstable people, can no longer deny the reality of mental psychosis on the streets. 8am hour -- winner Matt from Shelton knew today's Carlson Legendary Lyrics, newest Disney animated movie "Strange World" bombs at the box office and (spoiler alert) it incorporates some woke themes, advice for Disney: make movies that are "pure entertainment" for kids and parents, GUEST: historian and political commentator, Victor Davis Hanson, digs into the crypto collapse of FTX and its CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, a compare and contrast with Theranos convicted CEO Elizabeth Holmes and their respective Stanford connections, how Bankman-Fried's parents impact this convergence of tech money and political financial largesse, how moral superiority plays into these dangerous tech people, how the politics and the money converge in a "trifecta" in California's Bay Area, Hanson comments on Apple's possible threat to delete Twitter from the Apple app store; Iranian reporter tries to show-up the US Soccer team captain, Tyler Adams, before important World Cup game, some possible responses to this Iranian sports reporter's bogus political agenda.

Last week a family was driving over Snoqualmie Pass when they realized they had lost their son's toy dinosaur...so after a search and some social media help the kid got it back! Have yo ever had to walk the freeway looking for something you lost!?

Saul Spady is in! and hes here to talk about whats all been going in South King County. // CEO of Doc & Yeti Urban Farms Joseph DuPuis is in to discuss the current state of the Cannabis industry here in Washington State. // Saul & Shane chat about the recent upgrades coming to Snoqualmie Pass. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Drivers frustrated while waiting for Snoqualmie Pass to reopen // Heavy mountain snow continues Thursday // Breaking: Jussie Smollett is found guilty of filing a false police report in a fake hate crime case // Group apologizes after boat with ‘Let's go Brandon' on it wins parade in Virginia See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"I love you, now get out of here!" That's how Tammie Schrader sent her 7th grade science students to their next class after the bell rang on the first day of school. And every day after that was the same. After about 3 weeks, she missed the first part: "Okay, kids, get out of here!" She was gently nudged by her students who didn't stand up from their seats. "Mrs. Schrader, you forgot to start with 'I love you.'" Tammie's students were treated to hands on learning in that classroom, and to an incredibly nurturing, encouraging environment. That's because she knows that the only way people learn is by doing, and the most effective way to teach is to care for - to love - the people you're trying to influence. Her TEDxSpokane talk is what caught my attention a few months ago. The dynamic way she presented her "idea worth sharing" had me compelled to watch and learn. I had to reach out to hear more of this extraordinary teacher's story. We ran out of time before I could get an important question answered, "why did you leave the classroom?" It seemed like such a huge transition away from her purpose in terms of working with students. With grace and generosity, Tammie emailed me the answer: While working as a teacher, I was fortunate enough to have a superintendent, Dr. Michael Dunn, who possessed leadership qualities I had never experienced before. I remember sitting in on the superintendent interviews and recognizing that he was the only one that talked about serving students. This spoke to my heart. The great news is that the Cheney School Board had the thoughtfulness to recognize his incredibleness and hired him. Things in our district shifted immediately. Dr. Dunn is the kind of man who shares his vision just by being himself. He was in buildings and classrooms all the time. He wrote personal emails wishing teachers well and genuinely cared about each of us. I was once stuck on Snoqualmie Pass on a Friday heading to a conference over the weekend.  Monday morning I had an email from Dr. Dunn expressing how grateful he was that I was safe. To this day I have no idea how he knew I had been stuck during snowstorm.  Mike left Cheney to become the superintendent of an organization called an Education Service District (ESD) that serves 59 public school districts and upwards of 40 private schools. 7 years ago he asked me if I would apply to be the science coordinator for his organization. The conversation went something like this: Me: Mike, I just love my classroom and I love my kids Mike: Well I’m not asking you to come serve 59 school districts because you don’t love kids! And I was sold. I will say I cried the whole time I packed my classroom and at least for the year after that. I did go to Mike after a year and told him I missed kids way too much, and his reply was simply: I totally understand and I get it, and I’ll remind you that you have access to 59 school districts full of kids. After that I made it a point to be in classrooms with kids at least weekly. Mike always seems to say the right thing at the right time. Thanks for asking because you are so correct in knowing that leaving a classroom was one of the hardest decisions I’ve ever made. If it weren’t for Dr. Dunn’s leadership, I wouldn’t have done it. Ever. You'll want to connect with Tammie on LinkedIn after listening to this episode and watching her TEDx talk! Tammie is the Regional Science and Computer Science Coordinator for Northeast Washington Education Service District 101 in Washington State. She taught science at Cheney Middle School, in Cheney, Washington for 15 years. She's also an adjunct science methods instructor at Whitworth University.  When she taught middle school, her subjects were Life Science, Computer Programming, Gaming Programming, Robotics, as well as coaching the Science Olympiad Team, Robotics Club, SeaPerch Team and Future Business Leaders of America. She is currently enrolled as a Ph.D. candidate and am writing my dissertation on Leadership and Game Based Education in the Classroom. In 2013, she was selected as a Hope Street Fellow, working on Education Policy around coding in the classroom, was also awarded a National Science Foundation grant working with Filament Games on Educational Video Games in the classroom, was selected as a 2008-2009 Teacher Fellow for the Department of Education, and was named Pacific Northwest Earth Science Teacher of the Year, among other accomplishments in her career. --- ABOUT SARAH: "Uncovering the right stories for the right audiences so executives, leaders, public speakers, and job seekers can clearly and actively demonstrate their character, values, and vision." In my work with coaching clients, I guide people to improve their communication using storytelling as the foundation of our work together. What I’ve realized over years of coaching and podcasting is that the majority of people don’t realize the impact of the stories they share - on their internal messages, and on the people they’re sharing them with. My work with leaders and people who aspire to be leaders follows a similar path to the interviews on my podcast, uncovering pivotal moments in their lives and learning how to share them to connect more authentically with others, to make their presentations and speaking more engaging, to reveal patterns that have kept them stuck or moved them forward, and to improve their relationships at work and at home. The audiobook, Your Stories Don’t Define You, How You Tell Them Will is now available! Included with your purchase are two bonus tracks, songsrecorded by Sarah's band, Spare Change, in her living room in Montana.  

In this episode, I connected with Dru Ernst. Dru is the co-founder and head brewer of Dru Bru Taproom and Brewery, based in Washington state. Born and raised in Merced, California, Dru fell in love with beer when he spent a summer in Germany with his foreign exchange student's family. Dru then attended Gonzaga University on a tennis scholarship where he met his wife and graduated with a BS in Civil Engineering. Dru and his wife moved to Seattle where Dru became an avid homebrewer brewing small batches for friends and family in the backyard of his townhouse. His passion for beer quickly grew into an obsession and he decided to quit his job as a full-time civil engineer to pursue a career as a business owner and head brewer. Dru, along with his wife (Sara) and two other business partners joined forces and identified Snoqualmie Pass, WA as the perfect location for Dru Bru. They broke ground in the summer of 2013 and officially opened their doors to the public on December 19, 2014. Since then Dru Bru has been awarded 23 medals at regional and craft brewing competitions and opened a second 18,000 square foot taproom and warehouse in Cle Elum WA. For more information about Dru Bru, please visit www.drubru.com. Dru is a proud father of two and enjoys spending his time exploring all that the Pacific Northwest has to offer.

Madison Ford joins the podcast to chat about Kittitas County. Madison is the Director of Tourism and Events for the Kittitas County Chamber of Commerce. During our conversation we chat about a wide range of topics. Kittitas County has an abundance of outdoor recreation opportunities. From skiing at Snoqualmie Pass to boating on the Columbia River at Vantage you will find something for the whole family. Looking for fine dining? perhaps some wine tasting? Kittitas County will not disappoint.Find out about things to do in Cle Elum, Roslyn, Vantage, Ellensburg and more in this episode.Madison will have you planning your next staycation in Washington State, this time in Kittitas County.If you want other great ideas of places to visit, or to find out more about people who are making amazing things in Washington State you can visit Explore Washington State.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ExploringWash)

Your Guide for a Great Winter Ride!This is a special one, welcome to King of the Ride podcast. Here we have return guest/sometimes-co-host Laura King and Ted talk about how to optimize your cold weather riding. You asked, we answered. After more than 1000 questions came pouring in, Laura and I summarized them and answer them today in this podcast.Here in Vermont, where the sun rises at lunchtime and sets a few minutes later, we need to make the most of our riding window and that takes lots of hardware, software, and just the right equipment.Here are some products mentioned in this podcast:Velocio is the only clothing we use. From stifling hot to frigid cold, there is NO better clothing out there.Alternating piping hot Ginger Mapleaid and Lemon Tea Mapleaid from UnTapped in a vacuum bottle is a definite. Bar Mitts are our dropbar bike hand covering of choice, now with Extreme Cold models.45NRTH is our go-to for winter riding boots. Their Ragnarok are good MTB shoes for the slush and their Wolfgar are great in the deep frozen tundra. We also use their Cobrafist for arctic riding on a flat bar bike.Planet Bike SpeedEZ are the fenders currently on my bike.SKS Xtra Dry fender is currently on Laura's bike.Rene Herse Hurricane Ridge tires when I need some tread. Otherwise their Barlow Pass or Snoqualmie Pass are totally fine -- wide and supple.45NRTH Dillinger 5 are 5" studded tires for fat biking.More questions? Send them to @iamtedking or @lauracameronking.

Real Talk: Legendary Banked Slalom, Snowboarder Awards, Dew Tour, Freeride World Tour and DCP's Deeply Rooted.   Featuring Jeff Pensiero, Zoi Sadowski-Synott, Cooper Whittier, Dustbox, Jill Perkins, Luke Winkleman, Jamie Anderson, Sage Kotsenberg, Maria Thomsen, Drayden Gardner, Rene Rinnekangas, Benny Milam, DCP, and Jeff Pensiero. It's a jam packed show featuring the Mt. Baker Banked Slalom, Snowboarder Awards, Dew Tour, Freeride World Tour and DCP's Deeply Rooted.    Today's show is brought to you by http://neversummer.com http://686.com http://dcshoes.com   Mt. Baker Banked Slalom   Jeff Pensiero Interview featuring George Johnston   CATEGORY NAME BEST TIME HOME AGE Pro Men (All Ages) Seth Wescott 1:00.30 Carrabassett, ME 43 Pro Women (All Ages) Audrey Hebert 1:05.26 Banff, AB 31 Pro Women Masters (40+) Murielle Imhof 1:06.99 Grindelwald, SWITZERLAND 41 Pro Masters (40-49) Pontus Ståhlkloo 1:02.80 Sollerön, SWE 46 Pro Legends (50+) Tom Burt 1:05.69 Kings Beach, CA 55 Next Gen Girls (11 & under) Jade Knox 1:12.31 Snoqualmie Pass, WA 11 Next Gen Boys (11 & under) Rafe Hudson 1:10.80 Whistler, BC 11 Junior Girls (12-15) Madrona Raney 1:07.93 Bainbridge Island, WA 14 Junior Boys (12-15) Cannon Cummins 1:03.87 Sequim, WA 15 Younger Amateurs (16-19) Milo Malkoski 1:04.35 Seattle, WA 19 Older Amateurs (20-29) Hunter Knoll 1:05.75 Hood River, OR 27 Women Amateurs (16-29) Svenja Schallner 1:07.51 Gortipohl, AUSTRIA 25 Women Masters (30-44) Janessa Bork 1:07.46 Bend, OR 34 Masters (30-39) Che Contreras 1:03.60 Bellingham, WA 34 Women MidGrands (45+) Rosanne Lauderdale 1:13.42 Glacier, WA 45 Mid Masters (40-49) Chauncey Sorenson 1:03.67 Juneau, AK 40 Grand Masters (50+) Mike Cummins 1:07.41 Olympia, WA 50 Dew Tour Results   Womens Slope Jamie Anderson Miyabi Onitsuka Anna Gasser   Mens Slope Red Gerard Brock Crouch Stale Sandbech   Streetstyle Miles Falcon Rene Rinnekangas Benny Milam Girls Streetsyle Maria Thomson Alex Roland Emma Crosby Mens Mod Pipe Scotty James Yuto Totsuka Pat Burgener   Women Pipe Jiayu Liu Maddie Mastro Queralt Castelett  Freeride World Tour   Men   Johnathan Pennfield Sammy Luebke Victor De Le Rue Women Marion Haerty Claudia Avon Erika Vikander

The Dark Horde Podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-dark-horde Whispers Estate in Indiana for Sale for $130K, Ghosts Included Link: https://www.sfgate.com/realestate/article/Whispers-Estate-in-Indiana-for-Sale-for-130K-15017657.php A Victorian mansion dating to the late 1890s is for sale, but there's a catch. It may come with some permanent houseguests. “It's actually a gorgeous home. It's in really good shape for as old as it is,” says Heather Bland, the agent selling the home on Warren Street in Mitchell, IN. Known as Whispers Estate, the home has a history of paranormal activity. The $130,000 list price includes the furniture and ghosts. The 3,700-square-foot, four-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom home features original wood floors throughout much of the home. According to the website created by the homeowner, the structure was once part home, part business—as was the case with many homes in the 1800s. A doctor had his practice downstairs and, over the years, some patients died, including children. Several TV shows, publications, and paranormal groups have investigated the home. There have been numerous reports of a child seen running through the house, the smell of baby powder in one of the rooms, children singing or crying, doorknobs jiggling, and doors popping open. People who sleep in the room where the doctor died say they sometimes wake up to sounds of coughing and labored breathing. About the House Link: http://whispersestate.com/about/ Whispers Estate was built in 1894 (earliest discovered records). In 1899 (or 1901, depending on which source you reference), Dr John and Jessie Gibbons purchased the house from the original owners, Dr George and Sarah White. Dr John and Jessie Gibbons reportedly adopted abandoned/orphaned children. One of these children, a 10-year old girl named Rachael, started a fire in the front parlor, being badly burned, and died 2 days later in one of the upstairs bedrooms. But, you can still hear, and sometimes see, her running around the house today. A 10-month infant, Elizabeth, died in the master bedroom of unknown causes, but there's still the scent of baby powder, and you can sometimes still hear her cries. Jessie died in that same bedroom after a bout with double-pneumonia. Guests sleeping in that room often awake to labored breathing and coughing. Some even report feeling as if someone is sitting on their chest. The most common paranormal activity in this room is the closet doorknob will frequently jiggle for a few moments, stop suddenly, and the closet door will pop open. The maximum reported count for repeatable occurrences is 5 within a couple minutes. this of course required persons in the room to close the door each time. Dr Gibbons was a prominent doctor in town, having his office in the 1st floor rooms in the house. Given the time period and medical field, it is likely many patients died there during his practice of ~26 years. Stories of subsequent owners/occupants suggest others have encountered their own demise, such as a gentlemen in the 50s/60s that died in the upstairs bathroom, a young boy that died from falling down the front staircase (recently spoke with the relatives of this little boy; got name and keywords), and more. In 2006, The previous owner bought the house after being vacant for a few years. During its restoration, strange activity started to occur. Activity in the house continued, and even increased, subsequently earning the name ‘Whispers Estate' after guests repeatedly reported hearing disembodied voices whispering in their ears. Is that Bigfoot? A Washington traffic agency tweets a photo of, well, something Link: https://www.kmov.com/is-that-bigfoot-a-washington-traffic-agency-tweets-a-photo/article_7272b89f-f533-5ef3-9694-f39950e0702c.html (CNN) -- Is that... Bigfoot? Someone at the Washington State Department of Transportation certainly thinks there's a chance. The Twitter account for the agency shared a traffic camera's photograph that showed what appeared to be, well, something walking near a tree in the distance. "Sasquatch spotted!!! I'm not superstitious... just a little stitious," the person running the DOT account for the eastern part of the state tweeted on Wednesday. "If you look closely by the tree on the left there looks to be something." In the still image, taken by webcam on Sherman Pass, a dark, human-like can certainly be seen in a walking stance. Look for yourself: But Twitter sleuths weren't having it. One replied, "Zoom in, it's the tree trunk shadow. I want to believe but I don't believe this picture. Or that he stood still in multiple photos... unless he is frozen of course. Lol." The webcam is still posting photos from the spot -- a new one appears every hour. But then the official WSDOT account for Snoqualmie Pass joined in on the fun -- they tweeted a video of a similar figure walking through the snow. The mythical creature is widely associated with the mountains of the Pacific Northwest, but it appears to be a traveler -- sightings have been reported all over the world. It even has its own festival in North Carolina. But it's not all lighthearted fun. Last year, a man fired a gun in a Kentucky national park after he claimed he saw Bigfoot. That man said he fired into the darkness after the ape-like monster that has never been proven to exist lunged at him, a couple that talked to the man told CNN. Law enforcement rangers with the Mammoth Cave National Park responded to the incident involving the camper with the firearm at one of the park's backcountry campsites, park spokeswoman Molly Schroer said at the time. Show Stuff The Dark Horde Podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-dark-horde The Dark Horde, LLC – http://www.thedarkhorde.com Twitter @DarkHorde or https://twitter.com/HordeDark TeePublic Store - Get your UBR goodies today! http://tee.pub/lic/2GQuXxn79dg UBR Truth Seekers Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/216706068856746 UFO Buster Radio: https://www.facebook.com/UFOBusterRadio YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCggl8-aPBDo7wXJQ43TiluA To contact Manny: manny@ufobusterradio.com, or on Twitter @ufobusterradio Call the show anytime at (972) 290-1329 and leave us a message with your point of view, UFO sighting, and ghostly experiences or join the discussion on www.ufobusterradio.com For Skype Users: bosscrawler

The Dark Horde Podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-dark-horde Whispers Estate in Indiana for Sale for $130K, Ghosts Included Link: https://www.sfgate.com/realestate/article/Whispers-Estate-in-Indiana-for-Sale-for-130K-15017657.php A Victorian mansion dating to the late 1890s is for sale, but there's a catch. It may come with some permanent houseguests. “It's actually a gorgeous home. It's in really good shape for as old as it is,” says Heather Bland, the agent selling the home on Warren Street in Mitchell, IN. Known as Whispers Estate, the home has a history of paranormal activity. The $130,000 list price includes the furniture and ghosts. The 3,700-square-foot, four-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom home features original wood floors throughout much of the home. According to the website created by the homeowner, the structure was once part home, part business—as was the case with many homes in the 1800s. A doctor had his practice downstairs and, over the years, some patients died, including children. Several TV shows, publications, and paranormal groups have investigated the home. There have been numerous reports of a child seen running through the house, the smell of baby powder in one of the rooms, children singing or crying, doorknobs jiggling, and doors popping open. People who sleep in the room where the doctor died say they sometimes wake up to sounds of coughing and labored breathing. About the House Link: http://whispersestate.com/about/ Whispers Estate was built in 1894 (earliest discovered records). In 1899 (or 1901, depending on which source you reference), Dr John and Jessie Gibbons purchased the house from the original owners, Dr George and Sarah White. Dr John and Jessie Gibbons reportedly adopted abandoned/orphaned children. One of these children, a 10-year old girl named Rachael, started a fire in the front parlor, being badly burned, and died 2 days later in one of the upstairs bedrooms. But, you can still hear, and sometimes see, her running around the house today. A 10-month infant, Elizabeth, died in the master bedroom of unknown causes, but there's still the scent of baby powder, and you can sometimes still hear her cries. Jessie died in that same bedroom after a bout with double-pneumonia. Guests sleeping in that room often awake to labored breathing and coughing. Some even report feeling as if someone is sitting on their chest. The most common paranormal activity in this room is the closet doorknob will frequently jiggle for a few moments, stop suddenly, and the closet door will pop open. The maximum reported count for repeatable occurrences is 5 within a couple minutes. this of course required persons in the room to close the door each time. Dr Gibbons was a prominent doctor in town, having his office in the 1st floor rooms in the house. Given the time period and medical field, it is likely many patients died there during his practice of ~26 years. Stories of subsequent owners/occupants suggest others have encountered their own demise, such as a gentlemen in the 50s/60s that died in the upstairs bathroom, a young boy that died from falling down the front staircase (recently spoke with the relatives of this little boy; got name and keywords), and more. In 2006, The previous owner bought the house after being vacant for a few years. During its restoration, strange activity started to occur. Activity in the house continued, and even increased, subsequently earning the name ‘Whispers Estate' after guests repeatedly reported hearing disembodied voices whispering in their ears. Is that Bigfoot? A Washington traffic agency tweets a photo of, well, something Link: https://www.kmov.com/is-that-bigfoot-a-washington-traffic-agency-tweets-a-photo/article_7272b89f-f533-5ef3-9694-f39950e0702c.html (CNN) -- Is that... Bigfoot? Someone at the Washington State Department of Transportation certainly thinks there's a chance. The Twitter account for the agency shared a traffic camera's photograph that showed what appeared to be, well, something walking near a tree in the distance. "Sasquatch spotted!!! I'm not superstitious... just a little stitious," the person running the DOT account for the eastern part of the state tweeted on Wednesday. "If you look closely by the tree on the left there looks to be something." In the still image, taken by webcam on Sherman Pass, a dark, human-like can certainly be seen in a walking stance. Look for yourself: But Twitter sleuths weren't having it. One replied, "Zoom in, it's the tree trunk shadow. I want to believe but I don't believe this picture. Or that he stood still in multiple photos... unless he is frozen of course. Lol." The webcam is still posting photos from the spot -- a new one appears every hour. But then the official WSDOT account for Snoqualmie Pass joined in on the fun -- they tweeted a video of a similar figure walking through the snow. The mythical creature is widely associated with the mountains of the Pacific Northwest, but it appears to be a traveler -- sightings have been reported all over the world. It even has its own festival in North Carolina. But it's not all lighthearted fun. Last year, a man fired a gun in a Kentucky national park after he claimed he saw Bigfoot. That man said he fired into the darkness after the ape-like monster that has never been proven to exist lunged at him, a couple that talked to the man told CNN. Law enforcement rangers with the Mammoth Cave National Park responded to the incident involving the camper with the firearm at one of the park's backcountry campsites, park spokeswoman Molly Schroer said at the time. Show Stuff The Dark Horde Podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-dark-horde The Dark Horde, LLC – http://www.thedarkhorde.com Twitter @DarkHorde or https://twitter.com/HordeDark TeePublic Store - Get your UBR goodies today! http://tee.pub/lic/2GQuXxn79dg UBR Truth Seekers Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/216706068856746 UFO Buster Radio: https://www.facebook.com/UFOBusterRadio YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCggl8-aPBDo7wXJQ43TiluA To contact Manny: manny@ufobusterradio.com, or on Twitter @ufobusterradio Call the show anytime at (972) 290-1329 and leave us a message with your point of view, UFO sighting, and ghostly experiences or join the discussion on www.ufobusterradio.com For Skype Users: bosscrawler

Daniel Davis from DuckDuckGo on data privacy // Chris Sullivan's Chokepoint -- expect trouble getting to Snoqualmie Pass for the next five weekends // Carolyn Ossorio with Renton Mayor Denis Law, on Boeing 737 production // Dose of Kindness -- Catherine Gilker's feature on a woman who bought out a Payless store to give away the shoes // Sports Insider Danny O'Neil on the Seahawks rookies at training camp/ Marshawn Lynch's cameo // David Fahrenthold live on the Baltimore backlash/ the Democratic debates

  Today’s interview is with Amanda, the dogmom to Leilani @adventurepup_leilani, a Seattle bully breed hiking her way around the PNW! Originally from the island of Kuai and adopted in Washington, Lani has some favorite local hikes including her first big adventure at Rattlesnake Ledge, Snoqualmie Pass, and areas around Mt. Rainier National Park. Amanda included @sniffspots … Continue reading Amanda and Leilani @AdventurePup_Leilani

This episode is about Kristopher Fowler AKA Sherpa. He went missing on October 12th, 2016 in Yakima county, Washington. Kris was last seen at a Kracker Barrel store off Highway 12 in Yakima county. He had been hiking the Pacific Crest Trail and was headed to Snoqualmie Pass during his disappearance. 

On this episode Justin, Jeff, and Scott are hanging at the Union Club talking about what is going on with GCP and the haps in the community. They cover Snowmageddon, Emerald City Comic Con, and ideas for upcoming shows. For listeners that know of people or businesses in the PNW that have a great story to tell, e-mail info@gritcitypodcast.com. 1:55 – Justin shares the different patron levels GCP offers to those that want to support the podcast through Patreon, gives props to Jason with Castle Security and Protection, and Jeff talks about his recent purchase of a base guitar he found on Craigslist. They talk of instruments each of them have, Scotts want for an electric drum set, and Jeff encourages the team to get together and make a funky baseline for the show intro. 10:11 – Scott brings up a story on YouTube around first amendment audits where a person videotaping in LA was shot, Justin brings up Flatstick Pub opening in downtown Tacoma in late 2019, and the t-shirts and sweatshirts they offer to their supporting Patrons. Jeff gives a shout-out to Puget Sound Pizza's great job shoveling the sidewalk and street when it snowed, that leads to talk on the recent Snowmageddon, and the challenge of getting around Seattle and Tacoma when it snows. 20:05 – Justin talks about him and his wife getting involved in the community, watching a Subaru crash in the snow, and Scott talks about the fun of driving in the snow when he was a kid. They discuss ideas around getting a GCP station wagon, Jeff covers being recently stuck in Snoqualmie Pass during the storm, and they talk about the post snow tire chains on the road from people that did not put them on correctly. 34:31 – Justin shares his plans to attend Emerald City Comic Con, their plan to have another psychic on the show, and the desire to have a ghost hunt with the psychic and Andrew from Tacoma Ghost Tours at the Union Club. Jeff gives a shout out to Mary Mart, they discuss Mary Mart being open during Snowmageddon, and the friendly and helpful atmosphere Mary Mart has. Scott talks about upcoming guests they are going to have on, other creative ideas the guys have around live streams for the show, and how people can help the show out. Until next time everyone, thanks for listening!!!

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"The notion that there's one dream that we're all after and agreed upon ways in which you can verify that you are indeed living that dream drives me crazy," says Forest McBrian. "Everyone's dream is a little bit different. In May of 2017, Forest and Trevor Kostanich spent a month traversing the North Cascades from Snoqualmie Pass to the Canadian Border (well, almost) in a style that broke all the rules of an epic mountaineering expedition--in the best way possible. 

Last week I spoke with Lyndsay Kearns about a canister of bear spray that exploded in her car. It was a horrible situation and the damage to her car was significant. If you'd like to hear her interview, check out www.mountainnaturepodcast.com/ep033. During the podcast I mentioned bear spray safety containers sold by Kodiak Wildlife Products. I've since received one and decided to give it a test. Yesterday I placed it in a car parked in the hot sun with a thermometer inside the canister. I also placed an oven thermometer in the windshield to see how hot the interior of the car became after a few hours in the hot sun. The outside temperature was a scorching 28C, but the interior of the car, it reached 70C or a whopping 158F. When I picked up the bear safety container it was extremely hot to the touch. When I opened it to check the thermometer, it had exceeded its maximum temperature of 50C. The website says that it protects against "accidental impact and heat that could damage or discharge your bear spray canister". It's clear from testing that it does not keep the bear spray below the maximum storage temperature of 50C as shown on the label of the Sabre Max bear spray canister. Will it still protect your car in the case of a canister explosion? I contacted the manufacturer and they said that they had not specifically tested whether it would stop an exploding canister from piercing the container. They are considering using more 'cooler' style materials thought to try to reduce the chance that the temperatures keep climbing beyond dangerous levels. I'll keep you posted as this story evolves. Next up - wildlife crossings Wildlife Crossing structures are expanding and changing The wildlife crossing structures in Banff National Park are an amazing success story of protecting wildlife and people from high speed collisions along park highways. Studies have shown that a properly designed and implemented combination of highway fencing along with under and overpasses for wildlife can reduce animal vehicle collisions by up to 95%. Banff National Park led the way in terms of building the first series of under and overpasses along a major highway. Their studies have documented more than 200,000 individual animal crossings so there can be absolutely no doubt as to their effectiveness. The average cost of hitting wildlife can be very high, if not fatal. Deer impacts typically exceed $6,000 while moose average out at around $30,000 or more. Banff has shown that investing in wildlife is effective for wildlife and dramatically reduces loss of life along highways - both for people and wildlife. I remember in the early 1990s, we used to call the Trans Canada Highway between Banff and Lake Louise the meat grinder because of the number of people and animals that were being killed. Thankfully, we can now look at that same stretch of highway as an inspiration for other destinations to aspire to…and that's what I want to talk about today. The work that Banff has done has shown that not only do the structures reduce mortality but they dramatically increase connectivity as well. A large highway can have the effect of completely dividing a landscape into two. In the past 20 years, more and more research has shown that good habitat for wildlife is not good enough. We need corridors that allow for a steady stream of fresh genetic material to move through landscapes. In many cases, a stretch of road with as few as 3.2 deer-vehicle collisions per kilometre per year would actually see a net benefit by building structures. Studies have shown that in cases like this, the cost benefits of building the structures can quickly exceed any costs involved in their construction. In 2015, Banff saw a total of 19 moderate to large animals killed along the Trans Canada Highway. This was less than half of the 41 animals killed in 2006. The stats in Banff show an 80% reduction in wildlife collisions. Carnivores are seeing a huge reduction in deaths but the real winner seems to be elk. Virtually no elk die in fenced sections of highway in Banff as opposed to 100 or more prior to the fences being constructed. Today in Banff, there are a total of 44 different crossing structures of which six are overpasses and 38 underpasses. While Banff got the ball rolling, by 2010 the research had finally led to interest from other jurisdictions. That’s why in 2010, an organization known as Animal Road Crossings or ARC, sponsored a design competition designed to bring fresh ideas and potentially cost savings to the design and implementation of future crossing structures. Every dollar saved in the construction can help to move the political process towards a yes decision in terms of expanding the use of crossing structures to new destinations. In fact in a 2012 survey of U.S. State Department of Transportation professionals, 84% indicated that their state considers the building of crossing structures to improve safety and connectivity. Unfortunately, those numbers don't translate into implementation. Funding was the number one reason given for not including them in the planning of highways and upgrades to road systems. Despite resistance in some areas, other areas in Canada and the U.S. are going full-steam ahead with new projects. Now that the Trans Canada is twinned and fenced all the way through Banff National Park, crews are working hard on expanding the twinning and fencing through neighbouring Yoho. They are already working on both an overpass and an underpass just west of the British Columbia Border. Perhaps the most ambitious one at the moment is taking place along Interstate 90 in Washington State which runs between Seattle and Spokane. The first overpass is being built near Snoqualmie Pass, just an hour east of Seattle. Like the overpasses in Banff, it will eventually be a forest covered crossing. When the project is finished, there will be a total of 27 over and underpasses along a 24 km stretch of highway. Programs have also taken place or been started in Colorado, Utah, Montana, and Nevada. Jackson Hole, Wyoming is also looking into creating a series of structures as well. Florida has a long history of using crossing structures particularly to protect the endangered Florida panther and California has used them to protect desert tortoises. More and more, the value of these structures are being applied to a wider diversity of wildlife - even salamanders. In Waterton Lakes National Park, specially designed underpasses were built specifically for the long-toed salamander. In a study conducted in 2009, research showed the salamanders had suffered a 60% loss in population since 1994. By building the underpasses, 130 salamanders were able to safely cross the road, dramatically reducing highway mortality. Banff should be very proud of the role it has played in helping spread the word about fencing and crossing structures and their role in helping to reduce wildlife mortality. Over the next decade, we can hope to see them spread far and wide as new jurisdictions begin to add them to their normal planning process for highway improvement projects. After all, 200,000 animal crossings in Banff has to say something about their effectiveness, not to mention an 80% reduction in animal deaths caused by vehicles. Wildlife Crossings Next up…Bear 148 gets one more chance Bear 148 in Trouble Grizzly 148, the well-known daughter of Banff most famous bear, number 64, has once again run afoul of provincial conservation officers by leaving the protection of Banff National Park and hanging around Quarry Lake and the Peaks of Grassi neighbourhood in Canmore. Despite the fact that they are built on a primary wildlife corridor and that they are right on the route that any bear would need to take were it to connect with the (hopefully) soon to be established Three Sisters Corridor, it seems provincial conservation officers have little tolerance for 148. She has never made contact with people, but she does not do well with dogs. This past week, she bluff charged a man with a child in a stroller that also had two dogs on leash. Any time dogs are involved in bear encounters there is a chance that the encounter may escalate. In most situations, when bears encounter people, they are looking to see whether we pose a threat or not. Two barking, growling dogs can definitely be interpreted that way and so she escalated to a bluff charge just to let them know that she was in charge. Bluff charges are just that…a bluff. It's a way to let something know that she is ready for business if need be. Like most bears, she then left them alone. No injuries occurred, just some shaky nerves. She essentially just did what she was supposed to do. She warned them to stay away and then she moved on. She is collared and so officials should have known she was in the area. As a result of this encounter, officials live trapped her and moved her back to her main turf around the town of Banff. They did state though that if she comes back to Canmore and has another similar encounter that they will euthanize her. As Bill Hunt from Banff National Park stated in a recent story in the Rocky Mountain Outlook: "Female bears are the reproductive engines of the population and she's lived her entire life in Banff National Park and surrounding area without incident so far." There's also a very good chance that she has mated for the first time this spring. At 6-1/2 years old, she's right at the age when bears in the central Rockies tend to begin mating. As it is, we have one of the lowest productivity rates of any bear population and so the loss of even one breeding female can make a big impact on the population. Canmore is her territory, just as much as Banff. As a community we need to find ways to live with bears or we will see more and more of them shot simply for hanging out where people can harass them. Just after closing off the area where 148 had her incident, Conservation Officers charged two people with a dog for crawling under the closure tape and ignoring the closure. Unfortunately, all it takes is a few more morons like these two that will help ensure that bears are no longer welcome on the landscape. It makes no sense to fight for a corridor along the Three Sisters lands if bears are not allowed to move through the Canmore Nordic Centre, Power Line Trail, Quarry Lake and Peaks of Grassi in order to actually reach it. They are all connected. We already have the most developed landscape in the world where grizzlies still exist and unless we as a community vow to share the mountains with bears than the bears will simply be shot one after the other. Let's hope that 148 stays put in Banff, but the buffaloberry season is now upon us. I spotted my first ripe berries last week, right in the heart of Canmore. Even if 148 stays away, bears WILL be moving into the valley bottoms to feed on these berries. A bear like 148 can eat up to 200,000 buffaloberries every day. That's the equivalent of you eating 75 Big Macs, every day for the next 6 weeks. It's the one food that allows them to build their fat layers for winter. The safety concern is that the berries need sunlight to grow. That means they need an opening in the forest canopy…which is exactly what a trail or a road provides. This means that almost all low elevation trails in the area are lined with grizzly bear buffets. If there are buffaloberries, there will be bears nearby. If you learn to identify just one plant in the central Rockies, make it this one. This summer, instead of complaining about the closures that will be coming as bears gather to feed on berries, forget about the low elevation trails. This is a great time of year to do some of the higher ridgewalks like the Mount Allan Centennial Trail or Sunshine Meadows. You can avoid the bears simply by avoiding the berries. It doesn't mean you won't encounter a bear, but you can dramatically shift the odds in your favour by avoiding areas with large patches of buffaloberries. If you're a mountain biker, sloooooow down. The bears are so focused on feeding that if you scream down some of the nordic centre trails, you may find yourself with a very close encounter. Everyone needs to carry bear spray, even along local town trails. Make sure it is on your belt and not strapped to your pack or your bike. If you get separated from them, you will still have your spray only if it's on your person. Bears are an amazing part of the mountain landscape. They are one of the key reasons that visitors state for visiting this area. We all rely on tourism for the lifeblood of the valley and we need to do our part to make sure that the grandchildren of today's visitors will still be able to see grizzlies 50 years from now. I hope to be around to see bear 148s great grandchildren as well. New Method to Count Bears Biologists have developed a new method to estimate bear populations and densities in the mountains. By placing hundreds of remote wildlife cameras along trails throughout the mountains, and combining this with radio collar data, they can get a much more accurate estimate of grizzly populations. Historically, they would need to do extensive field work to collect dna from hair and scat samples. As biologists look at the cost of another dna study in Banff, the estimate runs at almost a half a million dollars and hundreds of man hours in the field. During the study, researchers Jesse Whittington and Mark Hebblewhite trapped and collared 22 grizzlies. This was followed up by placing 214 remote cameras they were able to track the collared grizzlies as well as unknown individuals as they were captured on the cameras. Without the help of cameras, they would have come to the conclusion that the population had dropped by as much as 51%. The use of cameras makes it much easier for researchers and land managers to estimate population densities for animals like grizzlies. Parks Canada cameras have captured more than 2,000 images of bears in just the past 3 years. They are also regularly capturing photographs of five females and their young. The important thing in this method is that the combination of collar data and cameras is what allows them to estimate density. In the central Rockies, they estimated around 13 bears per 1,000 km. These are fairly stable numbers and compare well to studies done 10 or more years ago. However, this stability relies on keeping breeding females like 148 on the landscape. If we start to lose the reproductive engines of the population, we could see a steep decline in numbers. Let's all do our part in not just staying away from bear prone areas during buffaloberry season but also reporting violations like off-leash dogs that could result in a very negative interaction with a grizzly. If a bear has to die because you thought it was your God given right to have your dog illegally off-leash, then you should not be living in a community that prides itself on being bear aware. And I would hope that everyone around you would report that violation to the appropriate authorities. Let's celebrate that our bears are doing well, but maintain our vigilance so that the trend continues. Next up…Where did Waterton get it's name. Carol Patterson has spent the last two decades traveling the world. She writes and speaks extensively about reinventing your business and your life with travel. Her writing has been featured in BBC Travel, Avenue Magazine, Roadstories.ca, Alaska magazine and more. More recently, one of her stories won second place in the Best Sustainable/Responsible Tourism Feature category at the Travel Media Association of Canada Conference. In June, Carol presented at the Waterton Wildflower Festival about the naming of Waterton Lakes National Park and about the park's namesake Charles Waterton. Recently she was nice enough to share some of her story with me in an interview. I hope you enjoy it.