Ski area rewards rainy-day patrons

WINTER SPORTS — Mount Baker Ski Area took a beating over the Martin Luther King holiday weekend as rain pounded the ski area during a weekend that’s critical in a resort’s bottom line.

How did the ski area respond to the hardy skiers who showed up rain or shine.

“They gave everybody a free poncho,” said my daughter, who’s schooling at Western WA University.

Slick.