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First Ascent Rainier Storm Shell Pants?

Fixed for bobby.

Tahoe brahs got it right, it's Baker or bust. Don't bother anywhere else.

Average foot= 98-103mm wide. Once a ski gets wider than the foot leverage becomes very noticeable on harder snow.

Highway of Death was actually 522 from Bothell to Monroe. Thankfully (for safety and congestion) they've divided a lot of that highway.

Call the wildcatz lift what it is, a private chair for SPAC. The lift north of chief is supposed to be a detachable quad, WTF? This lift will be used in the morning to access double diamond or to get...

Yep. I'll take 50 and sunny over cloudy with dust on crust every time.

That was the best January high pressure ridging I've ever had.

So the Sidestash is getting a slightly rockered tail? What about the Hardside? And the Sideshow is moving from the adventure series back to the Apache/AMP/Rox all-mountain series?

I liked Dave better too. Cody seems to be phoning it in at times this season. Last season he and Dave butted heads but compromised to get things done, this season he just shakes his head at Joe and...

Because there's no creativity in going straight.

Line 2014 Catalog was up briefly on Newschoolers, seems to have dissapeared. Of note:

-190cm Sir Francis Bacon
-Influence series mostly gone, only 115 remains
-New Sick Day series, lightish,...

Hate to say it but we need a quick warm cycle to knock the snow off the trees.

Limited ops at Stevens because the east side Hwy 2 is closed for tree danger/removal. Also heard from lift guys...

How's that snowpack in Vail right now? Psst, Mt. Baker has a 149"-179" base.

If I recall correctly all Coombas are regular cambered and all Coombacks are tip rockered.

Yes, a couple gusts nearly stopped me in my tracks going down Chief. I was on 7th and by the time I got to Tye the backside was closed but from what I heard it was deep and soft, little if any slab....

Stevens today was probably the best leftovers day I've ever had. Lines were minimal and still plenty of soft left inbounds.

Great morning at Stevens today at least for the first hour or two inbounds. Mid-shin deep, soft, lots of features to play around on. Things tracked out fast with only Chief, Hogs, Skyline open. At...

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And that 20% is what Mntlion described. The rich guys that come in and drop $4,000 at full retail prices to outfit himself, wife and kid for their annual week long trip to ski groomers. I have...

I never understood the hate for SKI magazine or the segment of the sport it reaches. That segment pumps a lot of money into the industry and is needed to keep the sport healthy. Their skiing...

I miss rap-rock.

Agree. It seems every seasoned Puget Sounder I talk to has the same feeling.

I think it will start out ok, a late November opening in the Cascades, normal December, sputtering January then it...

Economic Left/Right: -2.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.46

Checked the beta, thought I had clicked REI by mistake.

Hard Ticket to Hawaii

Hilariously bad Andy Sidaris classic. Still not sure if he was serious or laughing at himself as he made these.

Seattle, lots of biotech companies.

That thread needed no more replies after Buster's. In 7 years nothing has changed, his words are true as ever.

And the ski scene at UPS? People ski Crystal a lot because it's closest. People...

A cubic yard of the "garden mix" from the local nursery has always worked better for me than any of the bagged options you listed. A nursery that knows soil will set you up with the best stuff to...

"However, extended forecast models indicate another deep upper low should engulf the Gulf of Alaska on Tuesday...with another batch of strong late winter storms circulating out of this low and over...

Interesting. Back in December I found Kinco 901's in the garden section at Fred Meyer, less than $20 if I remember right. I'm starting to think one of their buyers is a dirtbag skier. What's next,...

Since we're talking Stevens, rumor has it management is working on a plan to run the area deep into spring, maybe end of May or later. Bad news is it might only be the park. Makes sense since they'll...

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Elyse Saugstad carried 2-3,000 feet, saved by airbag. Wow.

More details from Alpental:



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Not a good day in the Cascades.

I skied Stevens on Saturday. There was 7" reported new but it started off calf deep and snowed all day. By 3pm untouched stashes were legitimately knee deep. And it was a tricky snow to ski, the snow...

Newest reports are saying three dead, all others accounted for.

Also reports of a snowboarder killed at Alpental today.

Is the metal flat? Is it a one-off piece as in "one shot to get this right"? Nearly all trophy shops have an engraving machine, the hardest part will be finding a shop who will do personal items due...

Stevens was really fun today. Snow was boot deep and relatively dry, great vis with mostly sunny and high clouds. Long lift line to start the day then it thinned out nicely considering lots were...

I got dive-bombed by a great horned owl a few weeks back. It was huge, close to two-feet tall. After the bombing run it just sat on a branch giving me the stare down. Pretty cool to see in a...

x4 On the specialty running store recommendation, especially if you've never been. Add to that any legit running store will have some sort of fit guarantee, if the shoes hurt bring them back and try...

Thank you Portlandia for the laughs. Now every time I see this:

http://www.ridestevenspass.com/sites/ridestevens/images/rsp_logo.png?1304019312

I think of this:

Put A Bird On It

New marketing slogan?
"Alpental, You'll hate loving it here"

He never said who (or what: see Enumclaw) was giving the BJs.

Rumors of K2 Pettiter and Side Seth, Pettit's pro model and Seth's sidecountry skis.

Stevens today was 33 in the lot and 40's up high. Nice cream cheese even in the shade and only a tad more firm down low. Best day I've had since the drought started.

Thanks, looks like that's them. Anyone know about the Pettit pro model or Side Seth?

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Poached from the Antarctica thread, what K2's are those? A quick google search reveals an Aussie shop with placeholders for a 2013 Side Seth and 2013 Pettiter aka Sean Pettit pro model....

^^ Crystal always opens with too little snow pack, you can tell their goal is to beat Baker every year.

I had a pair of Salomon Falcon 9's I added a pair of rivets, actually t-nuts and screws, to. Those boots had dimples inside the shell where to drill to match the Falcon 10 rivets and even a third...

I'd love to see a Soul 3, a little brother to the 7. 184 & 191cm, 100-105 waist, soul 7 tip and tail, metal, 25-30m radius. Rossi, build this ski.

I'm in the Seattle area and I switched to all seasons years ago. I ran studded snows, then studless snows, then finally went to all season tires during the ski season. Like you pointed out I realized...