one more offer

looking for someone to do something with this weekend.

Sam: check your pm's, ill call you tonight

^^will do dude

my usual touring partner is in China for a while working, so, I need someone to get some August turns with.

Anyone interested in skiing this month?

dunno. im going to talk to a buddy down here who might be joining me.
Ill give you a call if im heading up that direction. Same cell number right?

since there hasnt been a post here in a few days I dont feel bad doing this
off/counter topic:

I desperately want to get out backpacking this weekend. I live in Seattle, so central and northern...

Yesterday a buddy and I skinned from paradise to Muir. The weather was perfect, bluebird, occasional breeze, great temps. Both of us were hurting pretty badly by the time we hit Muir by 330, and...

Im possibly hitting rainier Saturday with a buddy. Were thinking of skinning Paradise to Muir and back down. Neither of us are experienced in glacial travel enough to hit the finger, so the...

^^cool, ill let you know, probably wont be for a couple weeks (drunk this weekend and driving to Yosemite next weekend)


SHIT: another dude missing on Ranier...

nice 542, I was up ther Sat with a buddy (see prev page) and the snow was amazing. Im still peeling from my sunburn though.

I might head back that direction next week sometime if the weather holds

Heres a pic of our laps from Saturday.

A buddy and I did a few laps at Table Mountain around Baker on Sat. Ill post some pics when I get home this evening.

North aspects were sweet, soft snow without being too sketchy. The steeper...

just got back from stevens
Its holding up pretty well all things considered.
The snow was slushy, but not tough to make turns in
We cranked out 2 laps under skyline, before the rain came
May...

goddamnitsonofabitchmotherfucker

A buddy and I are thinking about heading up somewhere Sunday to get some May turns in, before we run out of May.

We'd be coming from the Mukilteo-Seattle area, so something like Meadows is out. ...

Sam- check your pm's

who the hell vandalized a pond skim? honestly?
This has got to be a sign from Ullr that it was going to end badly.

slowly takes a pair of board shorts out of the pack

ill be at Stevens tomorrow in the usual garb till pond skimming starts. Then its board shorts

does anyone know if they are charging for the pond skimming?

anyone heading to stevens sunday for closing day?

I think i need to finally pop my pond skimming cherry

huh? no, im pretty sure hes a knuckle dragger

sarcasm meter is broken, cant tell if youre being serious
I hate mondays

heres Forest going massive at baker Friday
some other dude went at least 25% bigger, but didnt stick the landing

jhRpY8_gEYI

agreed, baker was a mess today with little slides. I watched a bunch of people kick them lose out there. A few bigger ones further out. Things were really sketchy.

The snow was great at first,...

looks like im heading to baker tomorrow morning. car's still full (sorry dude)
anyone else?

36 inches in the next 48 seconds? where?

dont think baker is happening tomorrow for me or my work crew. too much to do at work and not that much snow coming in.
maybe friday? or saturday? or...

sorry dude, cars gonna be full if we go

we're calling an audible tonight/tomorrow morning about heading up, snowfall dependent

holy shit
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=48.793294897853706&lon=-121.78482055664062&site=sew&smap=1&marine=0&unit=0&lg=en

looks like im skipping yet ANOTHER day of work for Thurs at...

baker
was
epic
again


3rd chair on 6 this morning. Balls deep turns for my first 4 runs. Epic conditions all day.

And I FINALLY got to take my praxis pow boards out
suddenly, they made...

looks like im rolling back up to baker Sat morning for the goods...again
who else?

haha, we were the 4some under the bottle wall.

figures I missed you twice in the same day

That was probably me. I was skiing with a few coworkers, but they dont ski quite as fast as I wanted to yesterday.
I was looking for mags, but didnt see anyone fitting the descriptions.

Also: who...

Today
Baker
Was
Epic

that is all

ill be up at baker early tomorrow.
red jacket, black pants. Im going optimistic and saying ill (finally) have the praxis pow's out for a while. Then on the bros
Yell for change, I could use a...

looks like winter is finally back...again
I might be "sick" tomorrow and head to baker

damn, and I was just about to put the pow sticks away for the season

anyone in the Seattle region care to comment on the conditions at baker, stevens, crystal, snoq, or alpy?

Debating about stevens tomorrow, I have a feeling inbounds will be the typical mank

stevens was fun today

hard at first, but the backside quickly softened up with the sun cooking it. Full on spring conditions.
Once it started to get overcast the snow set up hard, quickly.
...

Its right along the tracks dividing Everett and Muk.
You can get on the trails easily from the bridge on 5th St....

japanese gulch in mukilteo
galbraith in bham
duthy out in issiquah
exit 27 off 90 (DH that killed me a few weeks ago)

im new to the area, and mtb, so im still exploring

Ullr willing stevens...

Im thinking stevens for some corn tomorrow.

Does anyone whose been in the mountains this week think the corn cycle has started? or is it going to be mashed potatoes and crud?

its either that or...

baker was titties today.

Super soft snow made almost everything skiable. 9-1 was awesome, 2-330 was soft bumps.

Unfortunately my 3rd run I ate shit under chair 6 doing mach 9 to high speed...

damn you

^^I wish. Ive got to make up hours for a long weekend in tahoe.
Ill be up there sat and/or sunday

chainsaw: I leave for squaw tomorrow afternoon. Is it supposed to keep up?
Hows the tahoe region skiing?

Stevens was pretty fun yesterday. I got a late start, so I missed the best of it early on, but there were still TONS of stashes of ~6" of untouched all over the place. I had plenty of faceshots, and...

really?
shit

Im heading to stevens tomorrow and probably sat. If its bad, I might just give up on skiing for the season and just mtb

if anyone wants to make some turns at stevens tomorrow let...

where is this Granite? I was just told stevens was pretty hard and crusty today.
Id be more than glad to ski corn right now, despite real snow would be kinda nice

Dear Winter,

What the hell...

bump

how fucked are we this time? Im foregoing skiing this weekend for the stellar mtb conditions right now. Last weekend was tons of fun, but with how sunny and warm its been I have a feeling...

More bad news:
PNW related NSR
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/02/16/washington.hiker.volcano/index.html?hpt=T2

I dont think anyone hit that cliff under 7th. Conditions were good, not heroic. That would result in a definite impact with the hiding ice.

There was one brave (read: stupid) snowboarder who...

nope, gotta work m-f typically

ill shoot you a pm next time im heading up (probably sat if the below falls through)

ATTENTION PNW MAGS: I want to drive from Seattle to Jackson for a long...

stevens was a ton of fun yesterday. The backside was not great, but skiable. Front side was actually pretty good, especially higher up. I wish my partners wanted to tour yesterday, that would have...

yep, we only stopped to get some beers in the lodge at 6, then skied till 10

conditions were way better than I was expecting, nice and soft all over the place, the ice only poked its head out on...