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Community
Stevens Pass cares about our relationship with the community, especially since the vast majority of our staff live off-mountain in the surrounding towns. We support a wide range of non-profit and educational causes that seek to expose people to the alpine environment in some way.
Nature Education – Inside the ski school building, a very popular natural history mural helps us explain the ecology of our alpine setting to many of our younger skiers.
Nordic Center Adopt-a-Highway – For over a decade, Stevens Pass Nordic Center has adopted its own section of U.S. Hwy 2, keeping it clean of litter using volunteer work days; much of the litter is recycled (aluminum cans and plastic bottles).
Summer Parking Cleanups – Every Thursday, all summer long, all staff spend two hours collecting litter and recycling from the slopes, and especially the parking lots, in order to restore the beauty and health of our mountain environment.
Environmental Education Programs – Stevens Pass helps support day-long winter environmental education programs for youth groups, conducted on-site by the U.S. Forest Service. Part of the trip includes a rescue demonstration by a Stevens Pass Pro Patrol avalanche dog handler, who will also explain the safety hazards of the winter mountain environment. These midweek-only trips are ideal for schools, outdoor clubs, or other extra-curricular groups during school breaks. Call Skykomish Ranger District for more information at 360-677-2414.
Snowshoe Trek with a Ranger – learn about Stevens Pass winter ecology and the outdoors from a Forest Service interpretive ranger, offered weekends only, on-mountain January through February each winter; sign up directly with the Skykomish Ranger District.
“Sustainable Slopes” Environmental Charter for Ski Areas – The National Ski Areas Association (NSAA), together with its member ski areas and partnering organizations, has created an environmental charter: a set of voluntary environmental principles to aid in ski area planning, operations and outreach. The Charter affirms the commitment ski areas have in improving environmental performance in all aspects of operations and managing their specific resorts, making possible their continued enjoyment by future generations. Pacific Northwest ski areas have provided recreation to millions of guests each year on a very small portion of public land; this very efficient and closely managed utilization of resources limits total impact on mountain ecosystems.
Sustainability Networking with Local Leaders – Leavenworth, WA, is our nearest large town and serves as the eastside gateway to Stevens Pass Resort and the Central Cascade Mountains. Recently, local community members and business owners have launched a citizens’ process to discuss how to harness sustainability as a tool for community and business development in Leavenworth, and also how to promote the significant low-impact recreation potential the region. Stevens Pass is proud to be a member of this initiative and attend Committee meetings.
Outdoor Recreation for Disabled Populations – Since 2004, we have partnered with Outdoors for All, a Seattle-based non-profit providing year round instruction in outdoor recreation for people with physical, developmental, and sensory disabilities. Participants enjoy cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, and alpine skiing at Stevens Pass facilities at reduced rates, often as part of multi-week camps, and we are proud to support this work.
Other Support
We are also partnered with the Service Board, a non-profit group based in Seattle that uses mentors, community service and snowboarding to change the lives of disadvantaged youth in the metro area: Stevens Pass provides all participants in the program free rentals and free lift tickets.
We support other progressive community efforts such as the SHARE Community Land Trust which helps provide affordable housing for low-income residents around Leavenworth, WA. Stevens Pass has committed $10,000 over 5 years.
Frequently throughout the year we also provide support to a number of non-profit organizations in the form of donated lift tickets for fundraiser events; recipients include groups such as the Friends of the NW Avalanche Center, the Environmental Education Association of Washington, The Homewaters Project, etc.
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