Managed to finally convince the girlfriend to join me on a tour. Did an easy skin up to Artists Point to take in some views and get some August 28th skiing in. All in all, not a bad day.
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I didnt spend much time at Alpy this winter, so why not make some turns there on August 7th? A buddy of mine had mentioned he saw some snow hanging around, and thats all we needed.

After a 12:30...

Crystal was a total sleeper day yesterday. I have no idea where everyone was. Conditions were pretty good in the morning, but there were some areas where you could feel the wind crust. We went in for...

I spent a few weeks hitting up friends in other places to deal with la nina being a bitch, but damn is it nice to be back. Crystal all weekend was a shit load softer than it was a few weeks ago....

It was the first time I had been up there all season (usually at XTal), so I dont know how it compares to last week.

Central seemed a little bit better. Most of the runs themselves had coverage,...

This was pretty much the exact conditions last night. Did a few runs at Alpental, and opted for Central to see if things were any better. Slushy due to the warmer temps, but froze up later in the...

Was thinking of hitting up Whistler this weekend as well, but Im unsure about that forecast. Sounds like rain up to Peak to Peak and winds up top. Id hate to be stuck skiing in the rain while the...

Crystal is on wind hold as well and it looks like its already raining at the base.

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Exactly. Plus, its not like I can ski this week anyways since Im most likely coming down with something nasty that will be bad enough to make me miss a few days of work.

Yea, thinking about trying the metal detector route. Just need to find one first. We searched for a while, and didnt find anything. Thinking its in the trees, but who knows. Might not be until April...

Yea, thanks Drom and Shin. Shes doing alright, knee should be alright for next weekend, just bummed as shes skied on them a total of 3 times. Glad to hear you at least found the Bro, Shin. I think Im...

Crystal was fun for a few runs, until the GF lost a ski and twisted her knee.:(

If anyone sees a black K2 gotback off Grubstake that would be awesome. She ate it near a treeline, but I dont know...

Welcome to Seattle. You get to ski in the rain. Its tradition.

Ill be around, but Ill be skiing with the GF and her friend. Not expecting it to be very fast-paced day, if you know what I mean.

Haha, yea thanks man. I expected as much. As to full on vs. half on, I just use the same skis but crank open the bindings depending on conditions :wink:. Loose bindings totally help absorb the impact...

So did the new snow at Crystal fix the nasty situation going on near the bottom of Northway? Also, hows the rock situation up HC?

Trying to decide whether or not to go full on rock ski tomorrow.

Hey, I saw you skiing under REX on Saturday. Actually, my girlfriend turned to me and said "Maybe hed be better if he got some poles." :fm:

Nice video though. Keep the Crystal stoke coming.

Crystal was fun today. I ended up with Northway practically all to myself after lunch. Guess everyone else was avoiding bushwhacking/rocks/tree stumps on the last section of Otto Bahn.

2 more feet...

20" in 24hrs at Crystal with more on the way. Sound like they really wanna open this weekend:

The goods have arrived! A very healthy layer of snow blankets the slopes - and there's still more on...

From the Crystal site: "The forecast is calling for some serious snowfall over the next several days and that could lead to a possible opening later this week/weekend – stay tuned!"

Said forecast:...

Good to know. Gonna keep an eye on things. I'd still like to get out tomorrow if at all possible.

Yup, someone went and jinxed it. Shit. Maybe next weekend.

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Was thinking about it. Waiting to hear back from a buddy of mine, but Ive got some new boots I need to break in and Id rather do it sooner than later.

I was just about to post this exact same thing. Sitting at work today, staring at the cascades with new snow and the sun was shining. If I didnt have 12 hours of work to do... that would have been...

Snowing at Crystal as well.

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