Alpenglow Gallery - Construction Notes

The Alpenglow Gallery is an ongoing project. Here's a list of updates.

December 2007
Published "Tools or Playthings," an essay about the role of skis in mountaineering. Click here.
Published "Steep and Far," an essay about the twin dimensions of ski mountaineering. Click here.
Published a story about filming KOMO-TV's "Backcountry Ski Tour" in 1978-79. Click here.
Published a story about filming KOMO-TV's "Goldenhorn Pinnacle" in 1980. Click here.
November 2007
Published documentation of skis once belonging to Northwest pioneer Dwight Watson. Click here.
August 2007
Published a chronology of early Northwest paragliding. Click here.
May 2007
Published stories about skiing the Cascade Crest from Mount Baker to Mount Rainier between 1982 and 2007. Click here.
August 2006
Reprinted "Alpinism As Humanism," an essay by Lito Tejada-Flores. Click here.
Reprinted a story about a 1975 world record backflip at Ski Acres, Washington. Click here.
July 2006
Published a story about Sigurd Hall, who died in the 1940 Silver Skis race on Mt Rainier. Click here.
June 2006
Moved my late brother Carl Skoog's website (carlskoog.com) into the Alpenglow Gallery. Click here.
May 2005
Published a story about the historic Silver Skis race on Mount Rainier. Click here.
December 2004
For Tom, who may not appreciate them until he's older, I gathered some family pictures. Click here.
March 2004
Published a story about the historic Snoqualmie to Stampede Pass Patrol Race ski route. Click here.
September 2003
Published a story about the 1953 Ptarmigan Traverse - then and now. Click here.
March 2001
Published initial findings of the Alpenglow Ski Mountaineering History Project. Click here.
December 1999
Published Sub-Alpinism, the first of the mountain themes. Click here.
April 1999
Published the first edition of the Paragliding section. Click here.
March 1999
Published the Northwest Weather, Snow and Avalanche Info page. Click here.
Fall-Winter 1998-99
Started tinkering with servers, photo scans, and page layout as the idea of a gallery took shape.
May 1997
Registered the alpenglow.org domain.
--Lowell Skoog

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