January 31, 2012: The Eagle Cap Extreme Sled Dog Race kept us busy over the last week. WAC plays a critical role in advising the race on snow safety conditions along the 200 mile course. Keith spent most of the day Wednesday before the race checking out areas of concern we identified on the course. The recent loading event prompted a lot of questions from volunteers working the race, and WAC was there to answer any concerns.

Here Keith investigates some recent activity along the ECX course. We helped ECX identify and map areas along the course that warrant extra attention from a snow safety standpoint.

We seem to wear a lot of different hats around here, so as Safety and Communications Coordinator for ECX, I worked closely with Jerry as the Fergi checkpoint manager and Keith as the Snow safety officer and SAR Team Leader. Paul was in charge of shuttling spectators to the start.

As many of us volunteer for multiple winter related activities in the region, the Frostbite Film Festival seemed a natural fit for WAC. Held on Thursday this week at the OK Theater in Enterprise, this event benefits a number of non-profits. Each organization brings items to the raffle and auction and we are bringing some pretty cool stuff, thanks to our great sponsors. Check some of it out HERE. Doors open at 6PM and we hope to see you there!

Julian