Central is closing Sunday, fortunately the powers that be decided Alpental should be open Thursday-Sunday next week since there's a 68" base and sufficient coverage, I was hoping they were going for...

As I understand it the problem is having to get the people to the tow yard, they would need an impound yard on the pass to make it work and you would need a large fleet of tow trucks and the tow...

On a busy ski school weekend all the lots on the pass can be full by 10 am

The parking situation on ski school weekends and powder days needs to be fixed. The number of people who drive by themselves and show up after 10 am is staggering, if parking is going to cost money...

The rain never showed up yesterday
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The snow started early in the morning and by 2:30pm there was a healthy 6" of fresh
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" Snow has a lotta body " I'm gonna have to use that

Armstrong was open at 10:30 today....

White Pass is becoming my new favorite place to ski on my days off, Monday was quite pleasant, nice and cool, some new snow, plenty of quality left overs, no lift lines, but I forgot to stock up on...

Waiting in what I thought was a short line to get my lift ticket and having everything ready to hand the guy behind the window when I start to notice almost every geezer ahead of me is saying "I need...

I'm planning going but I have a slight glitch to work out

I can't complain about today
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People must of got the word because lift lines were an all time low for a powder day

I'll be watching the weather for the next couple weeks and if it looks favorable I will try another 2 binge, this time 49* and Mt Spokane

Alpental won't be any good tomorrow, stay home, celebrate Mardi Gras don't waste time, money and gas driving to the pass

Thursday the 29th I finally made it to 49* North it nuked all day and it was a ghost town, storm skiing on a empty hill is one of my favorite things, the tree skiing there was a blast, Tmokes showed...

You looked like you were just getting started when I left

This morning had some nukage for about 3 hours, empty lots=empty seats, then it passed....
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Haven't finalized everything but aiming for Brundage and Tamarack at the end of the month, maybe a side trip to Bogus Basin

Alpental was amazingly uncrowded with a good 6" of new by 2pm, the upper mtn never opened

BARK RIP:mad:

Her first ski day was cold powder, a couple more during the cycle
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The inbounds was a little different
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NWAC has been flubbing the forecasts for the Pass a bit this year though all models are pointing towards a damp day, it's 32 degrees at the top of Alpental at 2300hrs I hate to be the Debbie Downer...

WSP said that 80% of the closures last year was because of truckers who didn't chain up.

Night skiing generally ends mid-March be sure to check the Summit Website or App for the most current information

It stayed snow until after 3pm today making for some nice, creamy turns, 5" of new in the morning with 3"-4" falling during the day, turned to clear flake at the end of the day tomorrow could be...

WSP said that 80% of the closures last year was because of truckers who didn't chain up.

Those are some of my favorite lines, "are you going to drop that?" ...."JAH, DAS IST ALPENTAL SCHLAMPE "

9am Thursday...
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This was sent to me…it has some important information http://youtu.be/zNUErUCzjvw?si=5ChYhFfJekWpSCqLg

Sessel has been load tested http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=218q5x8SdMA

And a number of people got fucked up or killed in the day....actually very few did it successfully , and I don't think it was a patroller in the video...

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The top terminal for the new chair is up on Knoll 1 ish
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Haul rope was going up the other day for Sessel

They better comp a ticket

Still needs some grading done but it's still scheduled to open this season
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https://youtube.com/shorts/i_JOrLYT2dI?si=Xzu1Gj8G3WxMqEyJ
More recent picture, the top lift shack for Sessel...

Never had a reason to get off I-90 while driving past Spokane

Sessel has a bottom bullwheel
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Some pictures of the lodge...

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In case you missed it the Thunderbird Lodge is no more. the demolition started the other day and went pretty quick now its a matter of hauling the debris down the hill, hopefully theres a place for...

Hyak face before picture
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It is, trying to go all the way down, get off the chair and make a hard right
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20' tall willow patch, hopefully it will fill in quicker and can open with less snow, Mom's got brush...

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Hyak is getting some cleaning up too
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Things are happening
Base of the new Sessel chair
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My team of riding a motorcycle to the top of 1 is getting closer
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Lot of rock
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It could be a great line on a pow...

Nika my new Brittany
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In good news the road to the upper lots is in the best shape ever

After losing Etta I didn't know if I washing to get a dog anytime soon but I came across a litter of Brittany pups that had two females left not too far away...meet Nika (Nee-ka) I've had her three...

It's all we can do while they are with us, give them the best life possible and love them. It was the suddenness of her leaving that hit me