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is a city in Kittitas County, Washington, United States. The population was 1,755 at the 2000 census.
At the site of the future city, a Northern Pacific Railway station was named Clealum after the Kittitas name Tie-el-Lum, meaning "swift water", refering to the Cle Elum River. In 1908, Clealum was altered to Cle Elum. The name was given to the river, the city, and Cle Elum Lake.
Headed by John Bresko, Cle Elum was the first to have 'organized' skiing west of Denver, Colorado. Starting in 1921, 100–400 people would be on the ski hill every weekend through the winter. 1931 saw the largest crowd est. at 8,000 spectators for the ski jumping events. The depression ended the skiing and jumping events in 1934.