In contrast to the Mount Hood experience, Alpental last night DID suck.



Nope.
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Yeah yeah, boo hoo, el nino sucks the snow is awful we should all stay home. Or go mountain biking in Issaquah...


What this year is teaching me is that you gotta pay to play.

Backcountry near Crystal today was excellent, and it will be tomorrow too.

Rain is likely to be a factor. The snow at Alpental was not great yesterday. It looks like things might have stayed juuuuuust cold enough today but it will warm up tomorrow.

The road should be...

JONG here...

Why is Alpental closed tomorrow?

...I did not mean to suggest I was presenting a fully complete and accurate meterological model.

But check this shit out now.

Well, it's 50 in town right now.

Rule of thumb is you lose 3 degrees per 1000 feet of elevation.

What does the math tell you?



If it snows up there this week, it'll melt next week. BUT,...