I haven't posted here in awhile, but things up north are back to normal.

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I was rather impressed/confused with the masses that showed up from down south for a day...

I went up to Mt Baker on Sunday after the last round of pineapples. Things didn't fair well at the lower elevations. There were some good spring turns to be had however on the runs steeper than a...

Weird bump! I'm pretty sure ikkin isn't spending much if any time here anymore, so I'll chime in for her. She ended up getting a turner dhr for dh, and then a tranny bandit for the rest. She hated...

Some pics from the pnw

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Things started out pretty epic for around here. Hero dirt......

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Did some of that enduroing I think. The trail went up and down a few times. That is...

God damn it..... This really makes where I live feel smaller than it should be. Pouring a little out tonight for a good man, and for the other victims. Fuck avalanches

Solid day repping for the 12th man in the baker slack country today

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Finally got out both days this weekend with hop, his lady and a few others.

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It was a bit busy on the lifts with questionable grooming, so we did this

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Then we got hungry and...

I've seen firsthand a skier triggered 6 meter crown. It sucked. I've also seen an uncontrolled 6 meter crown slide which hit an area with regular sidecountry traffic (should have killed someone...)...

They're not revolting, they're just spending copious amounts of time writing on message boards about how top 10 lists are all bullshit, and how it doesn't matter because they can get Hill Farmstead...

It's like this all the time. Make sure that you tell everyone!

A couple poor seasons might actually be a good thing. Too many people are jumping on the bandwagon and moving/visiting here...!

Glad to see more people recognizing the human factor. Taking the classes, having the gear, digging the pits, assigning a number to the danger level etc... are all great things, but being able to say...

Man, some serious hop animosity! He hits on everybody's sister/wife/daughter (usually asking if they speak the "international language" or something...) so don't bother trying to exact vengeance,...

http://youtu.be/F95dqXX_fJI

This

Hungry Like the Wolf always makes me think of serious apres ski action also...

If you've ever spent much time at baker, you'd realize that each run you take will have changing conditions at least 3 times per run, on every run. Unless you are planning on buying 30 pairs of...

Fall in Bellingham

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Almost one year later, the title of this thread should probably be changed to "Biggest thing in Hip Hop right now..."

Sounds like some Grand Fondo roadie spandex slap and tickle fest will be fucking Hwy 99 up royally between Vancouver and Whistler Saturday. I'll still hopefully be dead sailoring crank it up and...

The bee's are pissed all over the PNW this year. More so than usual.

Ride 3 can be done right after ride 2 (minus pseudo tsuga) in 1 ride if your legs are feeling good.

You can also ride up jacks from town to the 50 shades trail, do entrails/credit line/etc......

We did the Rainbow drop. It was really cool. If you do it i highly recommend riding jaws lower down instead of the easier stuff.

Big Business is rad. So are the Melvin's of course. Long live fucking Karp!

Actually screw the lifts all together. And pedaling. Heli's baby ;)

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Pretty sure the only trails set up for sending it are Crab Apple hits and.....crab apple hits. Dirty and A line both have easily exceeded speed limits, even by hacks like me! Blue Velvet = braking...

I had the pleasure of drinking a 2006 New Belgian cork and cage La Folie recently. Probably the best American sour I've tasted. Lost Abbey Cable Car is probably a close second.

Bellingham Solstice ride. Bbq, bacon, beer, bourbon, bikes, success
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Ikkin finally rode Squamish.
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I had a bachelor party in Winthrop (sorry ladies). The trail lived up to...

I did another Squamish day last Sunday. Incredible as always

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The bears are out
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The park was awesome saturday. A Line is in the best shape I have ever seen it. Too bad in the afternoon it seemed like early season lack of fitness was causing people to get carted off the hill in...

My office is less then a minute from that bridge, and I cross it twice a day commuting. Not stoked.... Sounds like an oversize load hit several overhead girders and that was that. A witness driving...

For those of you with spring plans to do Baker via the standard coleman glacier route, the road washed out yesterday 7 miles from the trailhead. It is still passable on foot or by bike, but they...

I've been running non-exo single ply 2.35 minion dhf's front and rear with xc tubes all winter and spring in bellingham. No issues whatsoever. Just don't let the psi get below 30. I also ran 2.2...

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Hop got some today.

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The fox 36 with the low speed dampening fairly stiff on my 2010 frame seems to put the HA right at the ideal spot for me. 2010 was when trek started putting pussy forks on the remedy which messed up...

I am currently riding a 2010 remedy frame with a fox 36 160 talas on the front. It is a weapon around the PacNW where I live and ride. I have ridden it down some things that would still be...

From bedknobs to broomsticks, we lookin to start some new shit

Early spring in the PNW has led to some epic riding conditions lately

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Last weekend started it all

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Classic Bellingham after work shred last thursday

Decided to do a...

Gojira! L'enfant Sauvage is one of the best albums I've heard in a long time.

It's a large step-up gap onto woodwork

It seems like spring is actually making an appearance this year, and while there is still good skiing the bikes have been calling louder lately.

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Feel free to not ask where this...

When in Seattle make it out to Duthie Hill to start. It's a city park with every type of riding imaginable and not intimidating at all. Your wife may not want to ride anywhere else. Also consider...

Baker set a single day ticket sales record today. Biggest Taco Bell + Whiskey shit show i've seen in 20 years of skiing there.

Assuming that you meant 6' and 195 lbs then you will have no problems on the 191. They ski like a 185 if you mount them on the line. I am the same size as you and if there was a 196 length.......oh...

Damn it! I've been using and abusing their primo jacket and pants for the last season! Not to mention a nano puff pullover and some fleece. I thought that they worked great, but since winters in...

Just to follow up, I ended up with the regular 191 goats, mounted with dynafiddle ft 12's. These skis are rad. My first day on them was awkward, due to a few reasons....but I could see potential. ...

Since all the baker locals on this forum are jaded and angry, I'm guessing that you will strike out finding a guide here. However, a couple pieces of advice:

-90% of the backcountry users around...

I'm not sure what's more impressive, that kind of snowfall before halloween or the fact that you time travelled to bring us that edit!

I'm assuming that most of the snow fell during the previous...

The number of newbie gaper ski touring douches seems to be increasing as fast as the number of gaper dumbass splitboarders. Last weekend around baker I lost count of the number of groups of 10+...

Thanks for the feedback everyone. Now if I can just find a deal on a pair of new 191 goats in the plastic.....

Anyone have any ski time on this years Wrenegade yet? My 4 year old lhasa pows are threatening to self destruct, and I'm looking for a 1 ski quiver replacement for them. I ski Baker pretty much...