LOL! I wish!:biggrin:

I guess I called this pretty accurately back in mid-March :tongue:

That's interesting but the document you cut from/linked to is specific to leasing land for proposed geothermal power plants on land that is not even contiguous with the ski area lease. Also, the...

Great trip report, awesome photos. Thanks for sharing!

Good start!


Once you have a grasp of the basics (and it sounds like you do), observational skills are the most important. It sounds like you are already ahead of at least 60% of the people who...

It was good today but Friday was even better:

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Where are all the people?
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Thanks for the heads up! I might have missed it thinking it was about drug addicted prostitutes...:biggrin:

The Forest Service lease is a negotiated contract. My point was that the specific terms are negotiated to suit both parties - I am not talking about modifying a lease that has already been finalized...

That sucks, I hope you get better soon. I know a lot of people have been battling tenacious bugs this season.

My memory is fuzzy too but I recall Baker being open most of May all through the '80's...

I think your attitude is lacking but perhaps you would like to learn more.

Mount Baker Ski Area is run by a private company that pays shareholders with annual dividends (every year I might add)....

I saw one next to the Beast, no idea who but it looked like they had a "no turn" av strategy. Looked like it worked that time.

I forgot one, the monster cornice over by Mt. Herman:

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Any hucksters out there? LOL!

OK, sounds like you guys have a valid excuse ("work" is a four letter word on a powder day) :mad:

I took a hike near Table Mountain today since the area was closed. Baker had 3-4" more of light,...

I'm often confused but if Sunday was awesome with not many peeps there, what do you call Friday?

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And the Ski Report is wrong. It's dated today at 2:50pm, lists only 6" of new but it is really yesterday's report. I hope it keeps some peeps at home. Not to sound too greedy or anything but I'm...

Thanks for the heads up. However, according to this article it is only closed between 7:30 am and 4 pm:
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2011/04/11/1963353/crews-to-remove-hazardous-trees.html

I...

Yes, AWESOME. But I liked the previous day better. In the haste to get out the door I accidentally grabbed the wrong pair of skins for the skis I brought so I stuck to laps in the area (and the...

Baker was incredible Tues, Wed and Thurs. Wednesday was the best powder day (in the top 5 of the season) and Tues was not too far behind. It snowed all day long Tues. and until 2pm Wed. Thurs was...

Close... I can feel it in my bones.

And my bones are almost always right.

I'm predicting huge powder dumps in the PNW (and particularly at Baker) towards the end of March and also some very nice mid to late April dumps of surprising quality and quantity.
Spring skiing?...