WENATCHEE — Back for another round, Numerica Credit Union presented the Rails & Ales return to the bottom of Orondo Avenue on Friday night, a unique rail jam contest that attracted some of the region's most talented skiers and snowboarders.
Photo Gallery: Rails & Ales in Wenatchee
Trick snowboarders and skiers took to a strip of snow brought into downtown Wenatchee for the annual Rails & Ales event on Orondo Avenue in Wenatchee Friday.
World photo/Don Seabrook Trick snowboarders and skiers start from a wood platform and head down a course of snow brought into downtown Wenatchee for the annual Rails & Ales event on Orondo Avenue in Wenatchee Friday, March 10, 2023.
World photo/Don Seabrook Trick snowboarders and skiers wait their turn to practice on a strip of snow brought into downtown Wenatchee for the annual Rails & Ales event on Orondo Avenue in Wenatchee Friday, March 10, 2023.
World photo/Don Seabrook A skier lands a twist off of a rail at the annual Rails & Ales event on Orondo Avenue in Wenatchee Friday, March 10, 2023.
World photo/Don Seabrook Reese Carroll, Hood River, jumps onto a rail at the annual Rails & Ales event on Orondo Avenue in Wenatchee Friday, March 10, 2023.
World photo/Don Seabrook Trick snowboarders and skiers took to a strip of snow brought into downtown Wenatchee for the annual Rails & Ales event on Orondo Avenue in Wenatchee Friday, March 10, 2023.
World photo/Don Seabrook Jake Salvador, Snohomish, crashes off the snow onto the pavement of Orondo Avenue Friday, March 10, 2023. Trick snowboarders and skiers took to a strip of snow brought into downtown Wenatchee for the annual Rails & Ales event in Wenatchee.
World photo/Don Seabrook Cadel Velazquez, Wenatchee, tries to hang onto a landing at the annual Rails & Ales event on Orondo Avenue in Wenatchee Friday, March 10, 2023.
World photo/Don Seabrook People watch from a beer garden as trick snowboarders and skiers took to a strip of snow brought into downtown Wenatchee for the annual Rails & Ales event on Orondo Avenue in Wenatchee Friday, March 10, 2023.
World photo/Don Seabrook A crowd hangs by a bonfire as they watch from a beer garden as trick snowboarders and skiers took to a strip of snow brought into downtown Wenatchee for the annual Rails & Ales event on Orondo Avenue in Wenatchee Friday, March 10, 2023.
World photo/Don Seabrook Snowboarders wait for their turn at the annual Rails & Ales event on Orondo Avenue in Wenatchee Friday, March 10, 2023.
World photo/Don Seabrook Trick snowboarders and skiers took to a strip of snow brought into downtown Wenatchee for the annual Rails & Ales event on Orondo Avenue in Wenatchee Friday, March 10, 2023.
World photo/Don Seabrook Trick snowboarders and skiers took to a strip of snow brought into downtown Wenatchee for the annual Rails & Ales event on Orondo Avenue in Wenatchee Friday, March 10, 2023.
Literal tons of snow were hauled down from Mission Ridge by Selland Construction and dumped down the center of the closed street, then groomed into a park-style course. But it almost didn’t happen since there was almost too much snow on Mission Ridge for the trucks to make the journey.