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Outdoors blog archive for Feb. 23, 2012

THURSDAY, FEB. 23, 2012

Sky-high skiers to fly at Schweitzer

Yokes Outrageous Air 2011 Schweitzer Show Highlight from Bob Legasa on Vimeo. WINTER SPORTS -- Crane your necks upward for some serious ski stunts Friday and Saturday.... What: Yoke's Outrageous Air Show aerial ski-jumping exhibition, plus fireworks, music Who: Olympic freestyle gold medalist Jean Marc…

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King County Sheriff's officers and other emergency officials work along Highway 2 near Stevens Pass ski resort in Skykomish, Wash., near where three skiers were killed in an avalanche Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012. The avalanche swept the three skiers about a quarter-mile down an out-of-bounds canyon at the popular resort. A fourth skier caught up in the slide was saved by a safety device, authorities said.  (Associated Press)

Avalanche survivor: 'We weren't being idiots'

WINTER SPORTS -- Elyse Saugstad, who survived the Stevens Pass-area avalanche that killed three of her skiing companions on Sunday, provided more details about the event in a followup interview with the Anchorage Daily News, her hometown paper so to speak. Click "continue reading" for…

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 (Idaho Department of Fish and Game)

Idaho Panhandle wolf toll up to 58 

PREDATORS -- Idaho hunters and trappers have killed a total of 58 wolves in the Idaho Panhandle region with another five weeks left in the seasons that started last fall. At least 318 wolves had been reported killed by hunters and trappers across the state…

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