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The home of K2 skis - Puget Sound and Vashon Island - faces climate "disaster"
 Poster: A snowHead
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Back in 2001 K2 moved the bulk of its ski production from Vashon Island, near Seattle, to China. The company has been there since the two Kirschner brothers (you thought 'K2' just meant the mountain?) first made a pair of skis there in 1961. It's now the administrative base of the company, with R+D and racing ski production retained on the island.

Climate change is predicted to bring the chickens home to roost for Puget Sound, where Vashon Island sits. Here's a report from The Olympian Online on less snowy winters ahead, and their consequences for the eocsystem of the waters there.

“It’s like a slow-motion natural disaster,” said Brad Ack, director of the Puget Sound Action Team. A sad reflection, given the natural beauty of the place.

This photo shows the ferry docking at Vashon Island.
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