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Article: Summit East won't open this season; Outdoors notebook; Ski, snowboard area was hit by landslide, may open next season.(Sports)
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- The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA)
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- November 8, 2009
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Byline: Mark Yuasa; Seattle Times staff reporter
The Summit East Ski and Snowboard Area at the The Summit at Snoqualmie won't be open this winter, but the hopes are to have it operating in time for next season.
On Jan. 7, a huge landslide several hundred feet wide of debris, snow and trees wiped out the resort's Keechelus double chairlift and a cabin.
"It is our high priority to get the area back up and running [by the 2010-11] winter season, and that is the direction we're headed, but there is no way to say it will definitely happen at this point," said Trevor Kostanich, planning director for The Summit at Snoqualmie.
The forest ...