Muscle-powered skiers find powder in high Selkirks

Mon., Oct. 24, 2016

Jason Hershey makes turns in mid-October fresh snow from Mount Roothaan toward Priest Lake in the distance. (Chris Linden)

By Rich Landers richl@spokesman.com (509) 459-5508

WINTERSPORTS — Fall colors are overrated if you’re a die-hard backcountry skier or split-boarder looking for whiteness.

Jason Hershey and his powder-hound friends trekked up from Priest Lake to Horton Ridge and the slopes of Mount Roothaan this weekend to carve tracks and usher in the winter season.

Be on the lookout for denning grizzlies, boys.

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