GALLERY: Ski to Sea pedals and paddles through Everson, Ferndale
Each year, Ski to Sea is a multisport relay race from Mt. Baker to Bellingham Bay. In the following photographs, shot on May 29, Ski to Sea participants make their way through the fourth, fifth and sixth legs of the race: road bike, canoe and cyclocross bike. Bikers are seen wrapping up the 42-mile fourth leg from the Shuksan Maintenance Shed on Mount Baker Highway, to the fifth leg, which began at Riverside Park in Everson. Canoers then plop their boats in the water and begin paddling 18.5 miles down the Nooksack River. From there, cyclocross bikers take the team's time chip and begin the sixth leg: a 14-mile ride from Hovander Homestead Park in Ferndale to Zuanich Point Park in Bellingham. (Dennis Cairns Photography for the Tribune)
Ski to Sea 2022 Road Bike
Ben Burtner passes in front of Everson City Hall on his way to Riverside Park during the Road Bike Leg of the Ski to Sea.
Ski to Sea 2022 Road Bike
Ski to Sea Road Bike rider Mike Robson leads Ben Peterson and Mischa Burnett on Main St Everson.
Ski to Sea 2022 Road Bike
Leighton Overson leads Bryan Torian and Casey Alex through Main St Everson during Sunday's Road Bike Race.
Ski to Sea 2022 Road Bike
The Unorthodocs Team's Matt Oswin leads a group of Road Bike leg racers (Andy Leveto #223 and Jeff Nyman#280) through downtown Everson.
Ski to Sea 2022 Road Bike
Road Bike Leg rider Matthew Cormier passes through downtown Everson during Sunday's Ski to Sea Race.
Ski to Sea 2022 Road Bike
Ethan Hunger leads a group of Road Bike racers through downtown Everson.
Ski to Sea 2022 Road Bike
Zeos Greene of Team Seed Spreaders makes the timing chip handoff to Milda Krištupaitėas she starts the Canoe race leg.
Ski to Sea 2022 Canoe Leg
Canoe Leg racers, Luke Bryngelson and Elliot Smith, start down the Nooksack River in Everson.
Ski to Sea 2022 Canoe Leg
Sam Stoner and Brady Lester make their way past the Ferndale Main St area Railroad Bridge on their way to Hovander Park.
Ski to Sea 2022 Canoe Leg
Carolyn Wise and Meadow Didier near the Ski to Sea Canoe Leg finish line at Hovander Park, Ferndale.
Ski to Sea 2022 Canoe Leg
Team Once Moore For Good Old Times leads a group of Canoe racers under the Ferndale Main St bridge during Sunday's Ski to Sea Race.
Ski to Sea 2022 Canoe Leg
Team Slurry in a Hurry carries their canoe out of the Nooksack River at rthe transfer point in Hovander Park for the cyclocross race.
Ski to Sea 2022 Canoe Leg
The canoe team of Aaron Bauer and Alex look with anticpation for the arrival of the call for a handoff from their Road Bike rider.
Ski to Sea 2022 Canoe Leg
Ski to Sea Canoe Leg competitors make their way into the Nooksack River on their way to Hovander Park in Ferndale.
Ski to Sea 2022 Canoe Leg
Team Nuthin But a Ski Thang (left) and Team Pat's Dr Pepper Team bring their canoe into the Nooksack River for the race to Hovander Park, Ferndale.
Ski to Sea 2022 Canoe Leg
Ski to Sea Canoe Leg racers, Heather Clarke and Lachlan Armstrong paddle below the Ferndale Main Street bridge.
Ski to Sea 2022 Canoe Leg
Many race fans gather at the Nooksack River shoreline to watch the Ski to Sea canoe leg this past Sunday.
Ski to Sea 2022 Cyclocross Leg
Nico Petch makes his way over the Cyclogcross course.
Ski to Sea 2022 Cyclocross Leg
Alyssa Reetz navigates the Cyclocross course at Hovander Park, Ferndale.
Ski to Sea 2022 Cyclocross Leg
Cyclocross leg rider Jennifer McFarland, zips through Hovander Park on her way to Zuanich Point Park.
