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In a photo provided by Mount Rainier National Park, Yong Chun Kim, 66, of Tacoma, smiles after he was rescued Monday, Jan. 16, 2012 on Mount Rainier after being missing since Saturday. He was reported missing on Saturday after he fell down a slope and became separated from a group he was leading in the Paradise area, a popular high-elevation destination on the mountain's southwest flank, about a 100-mile drive south from Seattle. A rescue team reached Yong Chun Kim on Monday afternoon but it took nine hours to bring him from the rugged terrain covered in deep snow to a road, spokeswoman Lee Taylor said late Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Mount Rainier National Park)

Missing snowshoer near Mount Rainer found alive

SEATTLE -- A 66-year-old snowshoer who was missing on Mount Rainier since Saturday was found alive Monday afternoon by a team of three rescuers, a national park spokeswoman said.

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Kira Hooyer contends in the Alpine Giant Slalom event during the Special Olympics 2011 Winter Games held at Powder Mountain ski resort on Saturday.

Special Olympians team up for snow games

LIBERTY -- Beverly Williamson helped one athlete with his gloves, adjusted the top of three knit caps a second was wearing, told a third to tighten his snowshoe bindings, checked jacket zippers all around and didn't even flinch when one of the squad plucked a safety pin from one of the several cords dangling around her neck.

If the shoe fits, hit the snow

FREDERIC, Mich. -- Archaeologists believe that about 6,000 years ago in central Asia, some bright fellow figured out that he could lash thin slabs of wood to his feet and walk through deep snow.

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(NICHOLAS DRANEY/Standard-Examiner) Competitors brace for the start of the Xterra Winter World Championships last March.

Snowbasin's annual Xterra Winter World Championship put on hold indefinitely

OGDEN -- An annual winter race at Snowbasin that combines skiing, biking, running and snowshoeing will not be held this year because of economic concerns.

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Photography exhibit and sale by Tiffany Daines: Today through Dec. 23 in the visitor center. Regular admission rates are $2 for children, $3 for seniors, $4 for adults or free for members. Tiffany Daines of Salt Lake City is an award winning landscape, nature and wildlife photographer. To preview her photographs, visit www.naturespixels.com.

Wild Wednesdays: Weekly series at 3:30 p.m. Today's topic is "Wild Autographs". Can you walk like a bear? Are your feet larger than a skunk's?

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