WHATCOM COUNTY, WA (MyBellinghamNow.com) – Racers in this year’s Ski to Sea race battled rain, slick roads and a low tide. Racers competed from the Mt. Baker Ski Area to Bellingham Bay, with groups of people all along the course to cheer on their friends and family.

For the third year in a row, Birch Equipment took first place with Boomer’s Drive-In and the Inn at Lynden following for second and third.

A total of 504 teams registered to participate in this year’s Ski to Sea race. A full list of the results is available here.

Boomer’s Drive In and Inn at Lynden finishing the canoe leg at Hovander Park in Ferndale. Photo courtesy Dave Walker.

Birch Equipment’s Matt Bailey closes out the road biking leg in Everson.

Photo by Dave Walker

Photo by Dave Walker