From Seattle you cant go wrong for family trips to either Big White or Sun Peaks. Exchange rate, good lodging slopeside/village options, on Ikon/Indy passes, can’t imagine how either would cost...

The 4am wake ups to beat the 7:30 greenwater / blvd red snake, 4x a winter pineapples and $24 half plate of fish n chips out of a shipping container don’t have you jazzed to spend 4 digits?

Most of that due to the reservation/day pass surge pricing/blackout/parking reservation cluster maze that a seasons pass seems to solve (and clearly by design by Alterra/Vail)

Ikon full pass went up $200 no?
The inevitable increase in cost after many years of being (too) cheap is upon us.

Curious who the western additions will be.
Find the Indy to be a great little pass, will renew

I'll probably get flamed for this but ~110 +/- a few underfoot imo is plenty wide for resort pow planks, frankly don't see a need to go wider...once the snow gets cut up (which happens far faster...

Glad I put a fresh set of AT3W’s on then….
My prior set had 60k miles and nearly 6 or 7/32nds left, which is ample tread depth for most.
Granted they were getting loud and rubber compound was...

Around the PNW at least:
Bachelor
Big White
Whitefish

The Armada Declivity 102 and 92 seem interesting for a daily and a low tide ski...
anyone on them with feedback?
(I do agree with others, a sub 90mm ski is useful in the quiver and makes groomer...

Mindbender 99
Enforcer 94
the new Stance 96?

@ muggy Been a few of us that have taken 2-3-4 days for the Hotshots to click, maybe it’s the same with the Masterblasters for you?think they are in the same Jskis lineup from the “charge(r)”?...

These have worked well for me
StoreYourBoard Ski Storage Rack, Horizontal Wall Rack https://a.co/d/7tW3Qvy
Not sure I’d call them super rad, but cheap, doesn’t extend super far from the wall and...

Crystal cams around the mountain are rather brown, afraid there’ll need to be quite a dump (or 3) before anything steep is skiable again

There appears room to expand both south and north along the Ridgeline, with the north side seemingly steeper.
I recall hearing about a master plan approved for some additional terrain and lifts, be...

Seems like the R9 and R11 over the past few years have gained fandom but the R10 has been either in between or just meh....always thought an R10 would be a great 1 ski quiver, low/mid 100's...

I only know Stevens from what I see on kooksofstevenspass socials, haven't skied there in years, do the carpool lots park out? Must be if they are adding one? I've avoided Stevens in recent years due...

These rip

Its busy and degree of crowds is drastically related to conditions. This weekend doesn’t look like it’ll be too crazy up there.

That was there this weekend as well and likely the cause for South being closed for an extended period of time.

Pretty good crown across most of Employee housing as well

Fwiw my Jskis were used when I got on them first, and didn’t do any tuning or wax.

I and others had the same experience with the Hotshot, taking even a couple days for them to click. Description of issues very similar.
Interesting to me that the Masterblaster had a learning curve...

can’t recommend the hotshot enough for PNW conditions

So his hypothesis is that climate change is causing more drastic inversions via warmer "maritime" air?

And no surprise that a snow starved season drew weekday crowds for the first round of good conditions. Hopefully the chill keeps lines tempered this weekend

Might be for the better. That other side meshes into the Gondy line and becomes impassable at times as folks are queuing, stepping out and stepping into their skis, for the two different lifts

Cause no one likes spending $$ on low tide skis:
Saw a lot of previous season 191 Nordica Enforcer 94's on sale at shops around Seattle (if that's what your PNW reference refers to) over the summer....

Decent, a drastic cosmetic improvement from the current iterations

Total unicorn but a Trutta topsheet in a 189 would be interested if anyone’s holding

Good. I’d give them a B. Some scuffing on tips and tails (topsheet only) over a few years of use, but no issues edges or bases. Warden 13’s.
I bought them secondhand and had to remount (currently...

It’s a great leftovers/chop ski, love it for our maritime PNW funky snow.
Have that Sunrise graphic and could part with it, but only on a trade for another topsheet in same 189.

Can you see if they have a 191 E110?

I and a few others (I think @snowmachine) found it took a few days on the Hotshots for the skis to click... took me 3 maybe 4 days, then loved them. But I was tee'd up to catch and release them...

If you need a local Seattle handoff, I’ll scoop em (in event that others fall thru)

I think we’re back to needing a couple feet before Crystal can get the upper half back open.….webcams showed pretty bare at the base of Rex yesterday.

Nice to see the precipitation form turn a little whiter finally on webcams...
If I'm reading it right, looks like nearly 6 inches of rain landed at Sea Tac since Dec 1st, just a soaker in town since...

Last few I hit (pre Covid) we walked out at intermission, there was more pimping of sponsors than skiing. Hope it’s turned around but having been duped to sit thru countless close ups of Helly Hanson...

Any idea if there’d be issues mounting STH’s on the line at 326bsl?

Send a TR eSock or report back here. Have my eye on that

Would consider letting mine goÂ….2018, with Green STH13Â’s mounted for 326 I believe. Edges and bases are in pretty good shape, one or two scuffs as expected on top sheets. Located in Seattle, maybe...

Would consider letting mine go….2018, with Green STH13’s mounted for 326 I believe. Edges and bases are in pretty good shape, one or two scuffs as expected on top sheets. Located in Seattle, maybe...

I think you do more harm than good if your solely banging out weights in the form of squats and leg presses as pre season ski conditioning. Quad dominance is detrimental to knee strength and...

I’ll hop in line for 2nd if whyturn falls thru
(If anyone else has a spare probe/shovel please PM)

Lookout, Mt Rose, Whitefish, Whitewater could have been nice (but at the same time it’s nice to know some do remain truly independent, even from an Indy pass)

Uninspiring adds out west, but at the same time not sure there’s many left unclaimed in the mega pass landscape

Not sure if the lack of crowds last year can be attributed to not having a base lodge, (it was probably more so due to the $$$ and ikon restrictions) but I’ll gladly freeze eating outside if it means...

Looks like they are announcing 50 additions come Tuesday

Took Wildpeaks at3 off with nearly 60k and still 6-7/32nds…. Enough tread to last 70k plus easily, but were starting to get loud and I don’t like running rubber on its 4th winter

They advertise 2700-2800 ft of vert and it feels like half of that

not sure if the lack of crowds this past winter can be attributed to the lack of a lodge and the bad parking hangover + shuttle mess, but it sure was a nicer winter up there.
Do any of the proposed...

All those are long drives.