The Daily Outside: SheJumps, Tacoma Light Trail Ends 1.11.26
Sunday’s Daily Outside is about learning how to move through a place with confidence — whether that place is a steep, consequential mountain or a familiar forest path you suddenly see more clearly.
Mountain Skills & Women’s Mentorship
SheJumps — Calling Women In Ski Patrol
Sunday, Jan. 11, 7:30 a.m.–5 p.m.
Crystal Mountain
This is a full-day look behind the curtain of how a ski mountain actually stays safe. SheJumps’ Calling Women In Ski Patrol invites experienced women skiers and snowboarders to spend the day learning alongside female ski patrollers, from first chair to final sweep.
The learning is physical and practical: terrain awareness, safety decision-making, patrol landmarks, and a mini toboggan clinic, all absorbed while moving through Crystal Mountain’s terrain with women who do this work for real. It’s demanding, deeply informative, and grounded in mentorship rather than performance or posturing. Open to women 21+ who identify as female and are comfortable on ungroomed black diamond terrain. This is education, not emergency response — no real patrol calls or medical aid involved.
More info & registration: SheJumps
Local Trails & Quiet Wandering
Point Defiance Park — Trails Across the Park
Open daily from just before sunrise until shortly after sunset
Tacoma’s big backyard offers paths for nearly every mood. Take the Outer Loop for a few miles of old-growth forest and cliffside Puget Sound views, wander connector trails under moss and cedar, or stretch your legs near the Rhododendron Garden and Fort Nisqually. Five Mile Drive threads it all together, while smaller spurs offer pauses by water, roots, and weather. Whether you have half an hour or an afternoon, Point Defiance lets you be properly outside without leaving town.
More info: Parks Tacoma Point Defiance Park
Native Plants & Local Skills
Pierce Conservation District — 2026 Pierce Native Plant Sale (Online Pre-Sale)
Pre-sale open now through Jan. 15
This is quiet, powerful groundwork for spring. Pierce Conservation District’s annual Native Plant Sale lets you reserve hyper-local, conservation-grade plants grown from regional seed sources — plants that actually belong here and know how to survive our soil, rain, and seasons. No pots, no fluff, just strong roots and a long view. Pre-sale orders close January 15, with plant pick-up in March.
Ordering now is an act of stewardship that shows up months later as habitat, shade, and resilience — right where you live.
More info & plant reservations: Pierce Conservation District
Arts & Night Walks
Tacoma Light Trail — Downtown Tacoma
Self-guided, evening-friendly through Jan. 11
This is the outdoors after dark, reimagined. The Tacoma Light Trail turns downtown streets into a glowing, walkable gallery of illuminated art installations, inviting you to wander slowly, look up, linger, and see familiar blocks with fresh eyes. It’s part art walk, part night stroll, and part reminder that being outside doesn’t stop when the sun clocks out. Go solo, bring a friend, or let curiosity lead. The trail is self-guided, free, and built for discovery at your own pace — no schedule, no tickets, just light doing what light does best: changing how a place feels.
More info & installation map: Tacoma Light Trail
Afterward, meet up at Peaks & Pints
We suggest celebrating your good attention with Peaks & Pints‘ house pours — Lumberbeard Cut-Off Flannel IPA and Finnriver Buckhorn Dry Cider — because noticing the place you live deserves a proper conversation.
LINK: The Daily Outside explained
LINK: Peaks & Pints beer and cider cooler inventory
