Hög Loppet Ski Trek 2011

Ski 30 km from Mission Ridge to Blewett Pass. Stay in Leavenworth!
For the second year in a row I skied the Hög Loppet and Rebecca, our office manager, coordinated the huge event for the third year with the Leavenworth Winter Sports Club.  This was the first Saturday in a long time that our AMS Inspection office was completely closed...and for skiing!  The event was a great success with over 600 registrations and folks traveling to the Leavenworth-Wenatchee area from all over the Pacific Northwest and other areas.  Here are some intersting facts that Rebecca shared about the event.

Cashmere World articles:
"Hog Loppet Draws Record Attendance Despite Near Record Cold Temps"
"Hog Loppet Highlight Colorful Capes and Shot Ski"

"Hog Loppet Ski Trek Feb. 26th"

YouTube Video From A Participating Skier:  Hög Loppet 2011

Wenatchee World blog:  Hög Loppet 2011
Leavenworth World:  Hog Loppet Weekend
Cross Country Skier Magazine:  Leavenworth Winter Sports Club to Present Hog Loppet Ski Trek

 

Data about registrations:

• 5% from Wenatchee
• 6% from Leavenworth
• 19% other
• 70% from Western WA

Other Info:

• Farthest Participant From: New York
• 70% stay in Leavenworth
• 87% use shuttle buses
• 3 shuttle buses were required in Wenatchee
• 10 shuttle buses were required in Leavenworth
• Youngest Skier= 10 years
• Oldest Skier= 73 years
• Last chairlift: 8:30 a.m.
• First Skier to finish: 9:45 a.m.
• Last Skier to finish: 5:10 p.m.
• 70 staff/volunteers
• 557 participated
• 602 registered
• 30 kilometers

Northwest ENERGY STAR's New Standards

Northwest ENERGY STAR Verifier Update Training started in November 2010 to educated certified Verifiers about the new standards for ENERGY STAR Homes, with a roll-out date of January 1, 2011. In the November/December 2010 "Builder News" Northwest ENERGY STAR Homes said that, "due to the changing energy codes across the Northwest, the January 1 roll-out of the enhanced specifications was necessary to maintain the high level of quality and performance associated with the Northwest ENERGY STAR Homes label."


Our company owner, Aaron Schreiner, attended the update training in Olympia in January.  For more information about the new standards visit the ENERGY STAR Insider News page.  Aaron's professional achievement was highlighted in the Wenatchee World People & Places article on March 5th.

-Rebecca Darley