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  1. #76
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    Winter Storm Warning now in effect through Sunday - with a couple feet of snow on the way

  2. #77
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    NWAC says 30" in last 48hrs at Big B...at a nice steady 25*F.

    Cloudless, still, starry AM here in F-Town.

    Happy Birthday to me...I'm SR-542 bound.

    Peace, out.


    Oh, and Happy Holidays To All!


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  3. #78
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    1-2" per hour of new snow by this afternoon according to the nws. oh well...time to scrap plans for a backcountry day and head back to the resorts.
    Last edited by Bud; 12-29-2007 at 06:43 AM.

  4. #79
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    bring on the firehose.

    24 HOUR FORECAST OF PRECIPITATION IN INCHES OF WATER
    EQUIVALENT ENDING AT 4AM

    SUN MON

    * HURRICANE RIDGE .75-1 .75-1
    * MT BAKER 1-1-5 1-1.5
    * WASHINGTON PASS. 75-1 .75-1
    * STEVENS PASS 1 1-1.5
    * SNOQUALMIE PASS 1-1.5 1-1.5
    * MISSION RIDGE .25-.5 .25
    * CRYSTAL MTN .75 .75
    * PARADISE 1-1.5 1.5
    * WHITE PASS 1 1
    * MT HOOD 1-1.5 1.5
    and some pithy poetry from the NWAC:

    New gear’s all gathered for a trip to the pow—
    Got to try it out, like yesterday, like now!
    But just remember, as you head out the door?
    Think snowpack, think weather, terrain and more.
    Plan routes with wisdom, and the utmost of care?
    For friends don’t want searches for you out there.
    The mountains will be there, and so will the fluff?
    There’s almost always plenty, and it will be enough.
    It’s hard to say the new snow’s too deep,
    But tree wells are looking for souls to keep.
    Swallow some pride, less adrenalin please?
    A little less air, more turns in the trees.
    High marking is fine, with fluffy new snow,
    But not when the snowpack is ready to go.
    Stay close to your friends, and watch each other,
    Let’s all make it through this year and into another.
    Play safe people.
    Move upside and let the man go through...

  5. #80
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    It just does not stop snowing...Incredible. Tomorrow morning is going to be, once again, off the hook.

  6. #81
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    From the Mt.Baker website.
    During these deep snow conditions, we remind you to be safe and ski and ride with a partner when off the groomed runs, staying in visual and voice contact.

    does this mean they will require you to ride with a partner like they did for a period last year (full avy gear was required for chairs 1 and 6) cuz as much as id rather ski with a partner,tommorow is looking like a solo day.

  7. #82
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    Two words to sum up Alpental today:

    Elevator Open.






    The patrol are still keeping the upper gates closed because they're worried about fractures like this:



    60"-72" sitting on the frozen rain crust from last Sunday, though we observed a well consolidated snow pack on all steep aspects today in contrast to the slides and cracking the last few days. The PNW "sun" was nearly out as well.

    Great charging crew and Elevator open made it one of the more satisfying days out of the last 5 or 6 in a row.
    And yes, it's snowing again right now.
    Move upside and let the man go through...

  8. #83
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    Possibility of Heather Meadows not opening tomorrow due to forecast conditions. was cool being the last one on Pan today and seeing the black clouds rolling in for round 2,498 tomorrow. See ya there.
    Living vicariously through myself.

  9. #84
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    Southback > yesterday

  10. #85
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    Tonight
    Tonight, snow in the evening, then snow showers after midnight. Breezy. Snow level 3000 feet in the evening. Snow accumulations of 12 to 18 inches. Pass winds southwest 15 to 30 mph. Gusts to 40 mph ridges after midnight.
    Sunday
    Sunday, snow showers. Windy. Snow accumulation of 12 to 16 inches. Total snow accumulation of 2 to 3 feet possible. Pass winds southwest 15 to 30 mph. Gusts to 35 mph ridges in the morning.

  11. #86
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    Xtal was off the hook today. Deep, deep, deep everywhere. I don't think I believe the telemetry from http://www.localsnow.org/aval1.htm that showed 12" over night, but it was close and given all the new in the last few days and really cold temps, it was knee deep to waist deep blower all over the place. Southback was open by 10AM and amazingly uncrowded. I think the new Northway chair has done powder fans at Xtal a favor by keeping lots of people over on that side of the mountain while the savvy among us hit up Campbell Basin and points East. I lapped the Throne 3 times, followed by the King twice with some runs off the Campbell basin traverse thrown in for good measure. It was practically bluebird in the morning but once the weather started to clamp down and my legs were tired out I headed over to Green Valley (where the chair was ski-right-up) and found untracked deep pow off skier's right of that ridge that separates Green Valley from Snorting Elk bowl. Then I went out to Gun Tower just to see the carnage. The former North Back was completely skied out, way worse than Campbell Basin. Not a line untracked and moguls in Bruce's Bowl and below Penny Dawgs. <sigh> Mixed blessing I guess for reducing the competition to make first tracks off the Throne and the King.

    I wonder though, should I have hit Alpy instead?
    ...Some will fall in love with life and drink it from a fountain that is pouring like an avalanche coming down the mountain...

    "I enjoy skinny skiing, bullfights on acid..." - Lacy Underalls

    The problems we face will not be solved by the minds that created them.

  12. #87
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    crystal was bluebird most of the day today and the snow was super light. On the forward: its gonna snow soooo much in the next two days. I thinking I'm riding baker or possibly alpy solo manana

  13. #88
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    with some luck i'll be up on tuesday. second string car lost it's alternator on the way back to seattle. now i'm stuck in roseburg OR till monday morning when a new alternator shows up. thankfully i can install myself and hopefully be on my way.

    have fun dudes. hope ya'll prosper in pow while i am gone.

    heart youz - flow

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    Stevens bluebird
    Quote Originally Posted by twodogs View Post
    Hey Phill, why don't you post your tax returns, here on TGR, asshole. And your birth certificate.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mofro261 View Post
    Two words to sum up Alpental today:

    Elevator Open.






    The patrol are still keeping the upper gates closed because they're worried about fractures like this:



    60"-72" sitting on the frozen rain crust from last Sunday, though we observed a well consolidated snow pack on all steep aspects today in contrast to the slides and cracking the last few days. The PNW "sun" was nearly out as well.

    Great charging crew and Elevator open made it one of the more satisfying days out of the last 5 or 6 in a row.
    And yes, it's snowing again right now.

    ^^ ditto what he said ^^

    Popping Elevator Gate's cherry was nice.

    Oh- and did somebody say convergence zone?

  16. #91
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    [QUOTE=Chainsaw_Willie;1608723]Xtal was off the hook today. Deep, deep, deep everywhere. I don't think I believe the telemetry from http://www.localsnow.org/aval1.htm that showed 12" over night, but it was close and given all the new in the last few days and really cold temps, it was knee deep to waist deep blower all over the place. Southback was open by 10AM and amazingly uncrowded. I think the new Northway chair has done powder fans at Xtal a favor by keeping lots of people over on that side of the mountain while the savvy among us hit up Campbell Basin and points East. I lapped the Throne 3 times, followed by the King twice with some runs off the Campbell basin traverse thrown in for good measure. It was practically bluebird in the morning but once the weather started to clamp down and my legs were tired out I headed over to Green Valley (where the chair was ski-right-up) and found untracked deep pow off skier's right of that ridge that separates Green Valley from Snorting Elk bowl. Then I went out to Gun Tower just to see the carnage. The former North Back was completely skied out, way worse than Campbell Basin. Not a line untracked and moguls in Bruce's Bowl and below Penny Dawgs. <sigh> Mixed blessing I guess for reducing the competition to make first tracks off the Throne and the King.QUOTE]

    I agree in regards to the lightening up of crowds in the South.
    Stood upon a mountaintop.
    Walked barefoot in the Snow.

  17. #92
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    Quote Originally Posted by BC-FLOW View Post
    with some luck i'll be up on tuesday. second string car lost it's alternator on the way back to seattle. now i'm stuck in roseburg OR till monday morning when a new alternator shows up. thankfully i can install myself and hopefully be on my way.

    have fun dudes. hope ya'll prosper in pow while i am gone.

    heart youz - flow
    weaksauce man. we'll make turns for ya tomorrow.

    tue could be either touring day or slaying alpy. waiting to see how much warming happens and if the east winds kick in to keep the passes cool (please please please)

  18. #93
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    Quote Originally Posted by BC-FLOW View Post
    now i'm stuck in roseburg OR till monday morning when a new alternator shows up.
    O the humanity! Roseburg? Ugh....
    thankfully i can install myself and hopefully be on my way.

    have fun dudes. hope ya'll prosper in pow while i am gone.

    heart youz - flow
    send pigeons when you hit the moldy burg.
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  19. #94
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    mmmmm......

    SNOW IS STARTING TO PICK UP IN THE MOUNTAINS AS
    EXPECTED THIS EVENING WITH THE FRONT NOW INTO ERN WA. MODELS SHOW
    THE 850 MB FLOW TO PICK UP SUBSTANTIALLY OVER THE NEXT FEW
    HOURS...POSSIBLY AS STRONG AS 40-50 KT. AT THE SAME TIME...MUCH
    COLDER...MOIST...AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL BE MOVING INTO WRN WA. THIS
    SPELLS HEAVY OROGRAPHICALLY ENHANCED SNOWFALL OVER THE CASCADES.
    BOTH THE NAM AND GFS MAINTAIN THIS STRONG WLY FLOW THROUGH SUNDAY
    AND PROBABLY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT AS WELL...ALLOWING SNOW AMOUNTS TO
    REALLY PILE UP. WITH MESO MODEL LIQUID QPF AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS 3+
    INCHES THE NEXT 24 HOURS...2 TO 3 FEET OF SNOW IS LIKELY WITH
    HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER W FACING SLOPES ABOVE THE PASSES. THE CURRENT
    WINTER STORM STATEMENT INDICATES UP TO 30 INCHES WHICH LOOKS GOOD.


    Oh- and it looks like we get back on the pow train express again toward the end of the week!

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    I'm kicking myself for not going up today. Hopefully the wind doesn't shut things down too much tomorrow.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Squirrel99 View Post
    SNOW IS STARTING TO PICK UP IN THE MOUNTAINS AS
    EXPECTED THIS EVENING WITH THE FRONT NOW INTO ERN WA. MODELS SHOW
    THE 850 MB FLOW TO PICK UP SUBSTANTIALLY OVER THE NEXT FEW
    HOURS...POSSIBLY AS STRONG AS 40-50 KT. AT THE SAME TIME...MUCH
    COLDER...MOIST...AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL BE MOVING INTO WRN WA. THIS
    SPELLS HEAVY OROGRAPHICALLY ENHANCED SNOWFALL OVER THE CASCADES.
    BOTH THE NAM AND GFS MAINTAIN THIS STRONG WLY FLOW THROUGH SUNDAY
    AND PROBABLY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT AS WELL...ALLOWING SNOW AMOUNTS TO
    REALLY PILE UP. WITH MESO MODEL LIQUID QPF AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS 3+
    INCHES THE NEXT 24 HOURS...2 TO 3 FEET OF SNOW IS LIKELY WITH
    HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER W FACING SLOPES ABOVE THE PASSES. THE CURRENT
    WINTER STORM STATEMENT INDICATES UP TO 30 INCHES WHICH LOOKS GOOD.


    Oh- and it looks like we get back on the pow train express again toward the end of the week!
    La Ninna I love you.... The whole PNW loves you.
    Stevens Pass Kicks Ass

  22. #97
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    Just came back off a couple hours of night-patrol shift. Lower hill is already filled back in but it's blowing like a bitch. Gusts easily to ~60 mph at times. Good snow though.

    Sq99, my last run after beers, waaay right of (8), was $$$$.
    Move upside and let the man go through...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mofro261 View Post

    Sq99, my last run after beers, waaay right of (8), was $$$$.
    BWHAHAHAHAH! LOL

    I should have walked back to the car.

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    hooray home team!!!

    get the pow!!!

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    Baker

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