The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

WAITSBURG-Since the age of one, brothers Isaac and Ethan Mahre traveled in their dad's backpack as he skied the slopes at White Pass. When they were two years old, they were learning to ski with their dad. Isaac, an eighth grader at Waitsburg Preston Hall, started competing with the White Pass Ski Club at age six.  Ethan, a third-grade student at Waitsburg Elementary, started competing at age four. 

The brothers practice every weekend from December through April unless they are at a meet. Most of their ski meets are held at White Pass, Mt. Spokane, Mission Ridge, or Schwitzer. Isaac compe...