Humans Were Never Meant to Hibernate!

January is Learn To Ski & Snowboard Month and Mission Ridge is making easier than ever for you and your friends or your family to pick up a new active winter sport or hone your existing skills.

We’ve got private lessons, group lessons, specialty and multi week programs – the whole shebang! The whole enchilada! The...the...well, you get the picture. 

And for a really great deal check out First Turns Pass Package.  It includes 3 beginning lessons, a season pass and rental gear for the whole season. Check out the deets here.

Also check out our “E Z 123” and “Three Pete” lesson packages!

This is the time to get up the mountain and learn a new lifelong outdoor hobby! Conditions are great and there’s never been a better time to learn than the New Year!

You can call the office for more information or check out the lessons page on our website for more details. Also check out our Facebook photo album of some of our expert instructors with their classes! 

Just like in years past, Mission Ridge is bringing in some of the best regional talent to delight and entertain you after full Saturdays of riding the Ridge!

We're kicking off night skiing and our Mountain Music Festival this Saturday, Dec. 31 and for our first artist we're welcoming talented Seattle reggae singer Adrian Xavier!

Xavier has played music festivals like Bumbershoot and worked with legendary musicians from genres like reggae, rock, hip-hop and beyond.

As an activist and promoter of conscious culture, Xavier's music crosses social and cultural barriers, helping provide deeper understanding of our global community.

Here's what The Seattle Times had to say about Xavier: "Seattle's Adrian Xavier blended sax and fiddle, reggae and soul, in a highly appealing musical brew."

So come listen to the sounds of tropical grooves in the alpine mountains, get in some night riding and have dinner and libations in the lodge with friends and family!

For more information, here's a link to Xavier's website.

We'll see you at the Mountain Music Festival!

Salomon, the leader in technical design innovation in mountain sports, is setting off on another nationwide road trip with the groundbreaking BBR ski.

The Salomon BBR tour will offer opportunities for retailers and skiers to test Salomon’s latest challenge in conventional alpine skiing.

The revolutionary Salomon BBR ski was unveiled last winter and is hitting retail shelves this fall. Known as the product you’ve got to “ski to believe,” the Salomon BBR is touring again to give more people the opportunity to experience the radical V-shape design,oversized tip, rocker, narrow waist and pintail, resulting in a super playful ski on any mountain in any condition.

Salomon is also partnering with Skiing Interactive to provide a digital national tour map showcasing the stops.

The BBR ski is the latest innovation by Salomon ski designer Bertrand Krafft, (aka: BeBeR) the shaper behind groundbreaking innovation in skiing, the X Scream Series and Pocket Rocket. Inspired by the spontaneity and freedom of action found in water sports, the BBR ski offers the liberty to carve, cruise, float and play.

Keep tabs on the four regional tours with the Skiing Interactive website and the Salomon BBR Facebook page.  

Check out this epic shot of the bird man carving a line out of bowl four. Download and enjoy this epic shot thanks to skipow.com. This is the first desktop wallpaper installment for our 2011-2012 series. Click on one of the screen resolutions that meets your specifications and then save it to your desktop! 

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Last year we launched some beautiful desktop wallpapers for our skiers and boarders to download. From the feedback we received, they were a big success. So, due to recent requests we have decided to bring them back!

For starters, we are releasing last year's series. Keep checking back frequently for we will be making new 2011-2012 wallpapers FREE for download. 

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