The Endangered Morning Mountain Workout Just Off I-90

Dawn Patrol lets you get your steps in—with the reward of sweet downhill runs.

It takes 51 minutes to drive from my home to Snoqualmie Pass when there’s no traffic. At 5am on a winter weekday, that’s almost always the case. Peeling away from the semis barreling east on I-90, I pull right up to the snow berm that lines the parking lot of gravel and ice at Summit at Snoqualmie Ski Area. The dome light of my SUV illuminates just enough for me to pull on my ski boots, take out my skis, and start my workout.

It’s known as “dawn patrol,” prework exercise done by

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