Salmon Ridge Snow-Park - Mt. Baker, WA

This past Friday the 8th of March 2013, I met up with my adventurous friend Tigerlily (aka David) up in Sedro-Wolley at Ranger station.  From there we commuted up the rural route 9 North then 542 East to the base of Mt. Baker (not far from the Canadian boarder).  Neither of us had ventured to the Salmon Ridge XC snow-park before, but on this near perfect day of late Winter weather the sky was mostly blue and the temperature in the upper 30's.  We did both sides of the snow-park, about 20km and could have gone further had we not lost day light.  I've included a couple of photos for proof of the splendid scenery both on the drive as well as the ski.  I'd surely recommend the visit, week day if at all possible.  The park was well groomed for both XC, a nice wide section for Skate, and nicely marked snowshoe paths as an alternative.  Note, it's a good 2.5-3hrs from Seattle but well worth the scenic drive.  Enjoy the quaint towns of Acme, Deming, and Glacier.  And don't forget your Snow-park Pass!  - Cheers