Pine Street Sled Hill ready to create memories, magic
A local youth laughs as he slides down the Pine Street Sled Hill on Tuesday, Jan. 16. The sled hill reopened after the Kaniksu Land Trust purchased the 48-acre site last year after a successful community fundraising campaign.
(Photo courtesy WOODS WHEATCROFT)
Local youth and Kaniksu Land Trust officials cut a ribbon to officially open the Pine Street Sled Hill on Tuesday, Jan. 16. The sled hill reopened after the Kaniksu Land Trust purchased the 48-acre site last year after a successful community fundraising campaign.
Local youths make their way up the Pine Street Sled Hill on Tuesday, Jan. 16. The sled hill reopened after the Kaniksu Land Trust purchased the 48-acre site last year after a successful community fundraising campaign.
A local youth closes his eyes as his sled gets ready to had down the Pine Street Sled Hill on Tuesday, Jan. 16. The sled hill reopened Sunday after the Kaniksu Land Trust purchased the 48-acre site last year after a successful community fundraising campaign.
A pair of sledders are sprayed by snow and they fly down the Pine Street Sled Hill on Tuesday, Jan. 16. The sled hill has reopened after the Kaniksu Land Trust purchased the 48-acre site last year after a successful community fundraising campaign.
Sledders and community members gather for a group photo at the Pine Street Sled Hill on Tuesday, Jan. 16. The sled hill has reopened after the Kaniksu Land Trust purchased the 48-acre site last year after a successful community fundraising campaign.
Sledders are sprayed by snow as they fly down the Pine Street Sled Hill on Tuesday, Jan. 16. The sled hill has reopened after the Kaniksu Land Trust purchased the 48-acre site last year after a successful community fundraising campaign.
DOVER — After getting the all-clear, they charged up the hill as fast as they could.
Gathered for an informal opening of the Pine Street Sled Hill, area youth kept peeking toward the hill as a ribbon-cutting ceremony marked its return after years of being closed.
"That was what we all worked for," Katie Cox, executive director of Kaniksu Land Trust, said of watching several dozen winter-garbed youths charge their way up the hill, sleds in hand. "That moment, those faces, those giggles and laughter … that was the reason this community came together on this special place."
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