Thread: Snow in the PNW

Originally Posted by Chainsaw_Willie

Looks like I'll be touring again Sunday just to keep in shape.

Where, Will? I'll lower my expectations and might be up for a mellow tour on Sunday. Shoot me an e-mail.

OMG LOL TGIF It's snowing in Glacier! Fucking finally... geez.

This Tuesday is going to suck. I am not excited.

It was dumping at Snoqualmie when I left there around 3:45. If that rate keeps up, there'll be a decent amount of fresh by morning, and boy do we need it.

Originally Posted by Chainsaw_Willie

It was dumping at Snoqualmie when I left there around 3:45. If that rate keeps up, there'll be a decent amount of fresh by morning, and boy do we need it.

Agreed. I just got back now and it was snowing pretty hard when I left. Hopefully it'll cover up at least SOME of the ice that was most everywhere by late afternoon.

Of course, then there's the R word in the forecast for Tuesday...

Originally Posted by ey_allen

Of course, then there's the R word in the forecast for Tuesday...

and wednesday and thursday and friday and saturday and

ahhh fuck...............

I thought Stevens bordered on heinous yesterday, but today wasn't so bad, particularly after it started dumping. It was, at least, uncrowded.

Sadly playing hooky this week isn't in the cards until possibly Friday. Happily NOAA seems to be revising its forecast from rain to snow. Keeping fingers crossed.

finals until thursday, fuck me!

Oh well. I am leaving the PNW for a month on Thursday, so all I can say is that we'd better have some good coverage for when I get back.

That, and I'll be expecting some waist deep on my first run of course. I guess I would settle for Alpental not being a skating rink though.

Originally Posted by hop

OMG LOL TGIF It's snowing in Glacier! Fucking finally... geez.

The mtn was actually okay yesterday afternoon.

yeah it was. snowing nicely all day, by 2 or 3 pm there was a good few inches most everywhere, but not enough to totally cover the ice. hopefully this storm cycle doesn't create a persistent weak layer, but if it snows enough it likely will

Today: Snow showers likely. Cloudy, with a temperature rising to near 26 by noon, then falling to around 18 during the remainder of the day. East wind between 8 and 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 3 to 7 inches possible.

Tonight: Snow. Low around 15. Wind chill values as low as -1. East wind between 14 and 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 9 to 13 inches possible.

Tuesday: Snow. High near 21. South southeast wind between 7 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 6 to 10 inches possible.



Yeah now that the weekend's over it starts snowing again.

Coming soon to a mountain near you.......

^^YES!!
im probably holding off on tomorrow and skipping work weds.

side note: does anyone know when who are doing demo days at stevens? I want to try out several skis and really dont want to miss more demo days.

JONG here...

Why is Alpental closed tomorrow?

Originally Posted by counterfeitfake

JONG here...

Why is Alpental closed tomorrow?

they're always closed on mondays?

edit: nevermind that its monday right now. I think they haven't started all day every day operation

Originally Posted by skiingsamurai

side note: does anyone know when who are doing demo days at stevens?

Mt. Pilchuck Ski and Sports and Sturtevants both used to have demo days at Stevens. I believe Pilchuck went out of business last year and a sales guy at Sturtevants said they won't be doing any this year, his words "Demo days don't sell skis and reps hate doing them".

Aside from the retailer demo at Mission Ridge in the spring there might not be any demos left in Washington. My information may be bad, anybody know more?

What? I've totally bought skis based on demo days.

Er...

* cough *

...just not from Sturtevants.

Anyway, Whistler still does demo days, or at least they did last spring.

dps skis is going ot have a demo somewhere in washington...or least i am pretty sure i heard that in their demotour thread.

what is it you're wanting ot demo though? A bigger brand like solomon? you can probably find a rental somewhere in seattle. If its lhasa pow well ask nicely and i might let you take my pair out

there will be a demo day at stevens,
they have not announced it officially yet.
Originally it was going to be this weekend, but has been pushed back, I do not know when though.

Sturts is not doing a demo day because it is a pain in the ass and no one showed up last year (although it was moved from stevens to crystal last min).
Also the shop has not had time to get the fleet up and running due to having to much customer stuff to do. There are a bunch of skis upstairs just waiting for the demo bindings.

Originally Posted by XavierD

Sturts is not doing a demo day because it is a pain in the ass and no one showed up last year (although it was moved from stevens to crystal last min).
Also the shop has not had time to get the fleet up and running due to having to much customer stuff to do. There are a bunch of skis upstairs just waiting for the demo bindings.

Uh on Crystal 's website, there's a sturtevants demo March 27
http://www.skicrystal.com/Events/505...y-Spring-Fling

*looks at the radar*


YEH-HESSSSS

Fuck, I really shouldnt skip work this week... but I might have to. Gotta shred before I am stuck in the midwest.

I'll be up @ Stevens tomorrow fighting for the pow. Holler for change in the Hogsback lineup...

w00t, schweitzer is finally starting to get some love, can't wait till finals are over!