Skier on snow covered view of Wardner Peak

ID: 5546 ~ Source: Image Courtesy of: The Seattle Times, John Nelson.

This file appears in: A jackass, a big hill, and the community that loves them: This is the story of the lucrative jackass that started it all (up on a hill), the memory and embodiment of that jackass (and that hill), and the story of survival of a beloved ski area that was far from lucrative.

Views from behind the powder spray. Looking over at Wardner Peak from the North Face Glades of Kellogg Peak.

A jackass, a big hill, and the community that loves them: This is the story of the lucrative jackass that started it all (up on a hill), the memory and embodiment of that jackass (and that hill), and the story of survival of a beloved ski area that was far from lucrative.

By Katherine Hentges

All ski areas have many ups and downs in their history, not just in relation to lift operations up and down the mountain. But the Jackass Ski Resort has had more downs than ups in its lifetime. It is…