Affirmative. Wind forecast died down a bit. Looks like game on!

That was me. Props to getting out there though! Hoping you used a sled? You’ll be shocked how easily accessible it is here in a couple weeks.

West willow has options for safe, easy skiing. Not sure how well it would have survived todays warm up. Granite is a big day (from the Burke side) and gets nuked by the sun pretty hard. I’d be a...

Missed this post somehow. Been wondering how the snowpack is faring up that way, thanks for the report. I love skiing that NE face of Snow, just wish the open skiing went down a bit lower. It’s...

Yes, yes it was!

Hmmm. Not sure that’s a thing around here….What specifically are you looking for?

I think I’m there right now. Just hard to tell with the fog

No joke! The wind was ripping by the time I hit Pinehurst but was completely dead on top of Kellogg Peak. 🤷♂️

Good call. Snow was soooo slow and really abrasive on the bases today!

Temps at Silver were a non issue this morning (given the right layering). Beautiful, calm bluebird day. No chair 4 at all though, so there will be tons of preserved pow for you guys tomorrow. Go get...

Agreed! First few laps of untouched were great. Nice to see the sun too. I think I spotted you up there today. Were you skiing QSTs?

Sex Panther makin’ a cameo on teh TGRs! Bummed I missed today’s shenanigans. Will make an appearance at Silver soon!

Still ridin’ the high from today! Can’t wait to slash around on the Protests again

Yeah I guess that’s a good description of the conditions. Fun either way. No rocks hit here either… but I did see not one but two snowboarders with destroyed edges on what looked to be brand new...

Pretty good insight on Silver. Holds are almost guaranteed with wind forecast of 70mph tomorrow. Mission was fun yesterday with the inversion in full effect. Was 47 degrees at the base resulting in...

Amazing way to start the lift served season! Had to keep reminding myself that it’s early November. More of the same tomorrow!!

Sick! Thanks for the heads up. I know where I’m headed Friday morning!

Damn, I missed it by a day! Yesterday was great, but I knew today would be the day. Glad you guys got some!

It’ll be…fast!

Was up today cruising greens with the kiddo. Waited all day for the sun to soften things, but no dice. Crowds were a little lighter than expected. Should be a sweet blue bird day...

Good times today with the crew! Had a stupid smile on my face all day with the whacky snow conditions. Props to you three three that stuck it out to the end - ya definitely got rewarded!

Yeah buddy, get it! How’s coverage looking in there?

Yeah buddy, get it! How’s coverage looking in there?

Here’s to many more like today! Amazing opener. Great day out there boys!

Thanks for the photog work SkiLyft!

Yep. Even on that cinco de Mayo we used sleds. Fair amount of dirt riding but still saved a bunch of miles of road walking. It looks like one could come in from Sand Canyon rather than Tacoma creek,...

Don’t waste too much time with that south face - unless it’s a high avy day (it looks nice from 49N, but it’s really flat). The N bowl is damn steep and holds snow late in the spring. This pic is...

I’ve always gone Tacoma creek road. Would love to know about other alternatives though.

It’s very good!

NE face of Snow didn’t go natural but was really loaded that day. We didn’t go anywhere near it. Tons of whoomphing on the flats and road cuts breaking easily on the storm slab. We had a great time...

^agree with the above. Just don’t plan on consistent powder skiing in the kettles. It’s a dry, rocky place that doesn’t really fill in until January or February most years.

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Just my experience I guess. I suppose you could this year with lack of low elevation snow. If you want to ski up high it just seems like it could be a real slog

Salmo-Priest requires a sled IMO where the Kettles are easily done without. I wouldn’t be surprised if the salmo-priest (the furthest inland rainforest in the US) gets 2-3x the snowfall the Kettles...

Exactly what I was thinking

Yeah super weird. Website says 40-60mph, but none of the forecasts saw that. It’s coming out of the East too, so maybe that’s creating issues??

Ha! If it wouldn’t be too much trouble...

I need to make this happen, haven’t been up there yet this year.

Great day out there with a big crew! Looking forward to a repeat of this soon!

Great skiing with SkiLyft and 2funky today! Chair 4 popped right as you guys left and gave us 3 more laps of springy untouched pow. Like SkiLyft said, a real sleeper day given the mediocre snow report

Still haven’t picked up my Silver pass, but I’ll come out for this event! Looks like things will fill in a bit this week. Stoked to see ya on skis again 2funky!

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This!

Holy shit! I had just unloaded when it stopped. I assumed it was a mechanical issue. Hope everyone’s ok

Great day out there with you and SpokaneMike. Definitely didn’t feel like October. Let’s get this La Niña party started!

Lots of social distancing going on at 49 this morning. Keeping it mellow. Hot pow over corn was absolutely butter.

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Good seeing you too man! I’m betting the corn was primo by the time you guys got to the summit. Jealous I wasn’t able to join, but what a great day seeing my little guy enjoy his first (dad assisted)...

49 was fun yesterday. Busy, but not as much as I’d expect given the lack of options remaining. Enjoyed warm temps, soft snow and parking lot bbq/beers. Our group kept a good distance at all times...

I laffed [emoji38]

Protesting!!

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Morning report of 24” was actually accurate for once! Maybe underreported?

Made a little tour of the inland NW this weekend. Friday was dead at Silver with great pow skiing if you could find where the wind blew it. Saturday was a sleeper pow day at Schweitzer with NO...

Late to the party. Both Saturday and Sunday were the shit! Great times cranking laps with 2funky and SkiLyft. Bummed I missed the deepness yesterday and the ch4 opening today!

Saturday at Silver...