PSA - Alpental opening for the memorial holiday

[Mtn Man]

What a great first season in Waaarshington! Way to close out the season on top of chair 2 at 4pm. Thanks for the WA hospitality. It's touring time now!

B)

[klaxed]

Corn yesterday at Alpental!!I don't think so!it was pretty slushy and corn like I guess but it weren't corn. If you think that's corn wait until you really ski ego corn. For corn you need it to freeze and then melt.

However, I agree it was good and was even slightly better today in terms of snow condition IMVHO. Tomorrow is last, last last day!

Ok true, it wasn't "corn" corn, but it was good enough for me as my spring break wasn't really spring break. (End of March/Beginning of April)

[ACH]

I rode up with a Ski-patrol and they said they were gonna try to stay open till June 1st

Closed for the season I am sorry to say...
What a run though.

Here's to Alpental and all the people that worked so hard to open and keep things running, for one of the best seasons ever... Thanks to all.

[Greydon Clark]

Soooo fun.

Glad you made it home okay, drunkard.

Anyway... While I’m sad to see Alpy close, my back isn’t. After a month of bashing slush bumps my body is sore.

[PNWbrit]

Fun day yesterday.

SQ and GC - Thanks for sharing the beers and grill.

What a great PNW winter it's been.

[Squirrel99]

Here's to Alpental and all the people that worked so hard to open and keep things running, for one of the best seasons ever... Thanks to all.

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[GeezerSteve]

Lauds to the Alpy management and staff for staying open through MD weekend. We spent all three days there this weekend, after electing not to tour due to the iffy weather (which, it turned out, would have been fine for W slope Cascade touring -- but who would have known?).

We had a ball dodging the holes in the snow, tree wells and exposed cliffs in the Alpy BC all weekend.

My only regret -- not taking a rope and rack to climb The Tooth via the Great Scott Traverse yesterday. Oh well, The Tooth will be accessible via skins for another 2 to 3 weeks.

[Buster Highmen]

Whooooppeee for the seasons lift served closer @ Shralpensmall.

Despite the glide cracks and gaping holes, there was a lot of good turns to be had. And it was good to see the beaming smiles of reHabit, mtnman, Spindrift, PhiLL and sweet to run some laps with the posse of k00ks like greydon clarke, squirrel99 (thanks for the Rosa Regale, that shit r00lz), PNWBrit(thanks for the ride) and unca zeedashbo.

Here's to skinning season, summer, sun dresses (not yours z-bo) and hopes for major dumpage early next year!

[The AD]

This definitely would have been the season to get the Big S pass. I thought about heading up yesterday but decided against it because I'm too cheap! If I had bought a pass I'd have been there for sure.

[rehabit]

Fun times all weekend long! Does it get much better really? Huge props to the entire summit crew! It was great to see some of them getting in on the last of the last runs yesterday btw.

Did anyone else see Shot 6 go boom on Saturday?

There are too many memories from the weekend to highlight any one of them specifically, but thoughts of multiple maggots tearing down the fan yesterday for one more before 4, and then watching everyone tear down Nash at the end will carry me over 'til next season quite nicely.

woot woot!
ps:who's up for gettin down @ Chinook soon?

[Greydon Clark]

This definitely would have been the season to get the Big S pass. I thought about heading up yesterday but decided against it because I'm too cheap! If I had bought a pass I'd have been there for sure.

Dude, the fired the ticket checkers weeks ago.

[Phill]

This definitely would have been the season to get the Big S pass. I thought about heading up yesterday but decided against it because I'm too cheap! If I had bought a pass I'd have been there for sure.

my friend rode all day without a ticket.

[The AD]

Well NOW you tell me!

[Buster Highmen]

woot woot!
ps:who's up for gettin down @ Chinook soon?

June 5 opening, so I'll make it up there around the 6th or 7th.

[Greydon Clark]

Any chance Chinook will be in season the weekend of the 21st or is that usually too late for the pass?

[Buster Highmen]

Any chance Chinook will be in season the weekend of the 21st or is that usually too late for the pass?

My magic 8 ball says yes.

Especially if you can wield that avie shovel spatula over your sexy grill like you did yesterday.

[PNWbrit]

Any chance Chinook will be in season the weekend of the 21st or is that usually too late for the pass?

Good chance it will - there's so much more/lower snow than last year when it was still good into mid june - so long as we don't have any particularly crazy weather before then.

Have a great NY/Norweedgien trip.

Especially if you can wield that avie shovel spatula over your sexy grill like you did yesterday.

If there is interest I'll happily provide Groinwater beer chilling and grilling facilities for post Chinooking get together.

[rehabit]

this photo dated May 7th from the WSDOT flickr page indicates YES!

The sign is like 12 feet tall for reference...

[altasnob]

Road to Sunrise may be open by then as well.

[Scotsman50]

Ahh, chutefest at Sunrise, my favorite spring festival. That's good news Altasnob. Chinook is scheduled to open on Wed June 5th from what I hear.
Is Sunrise scheduled for the same day or that weekend?

[Buster Highmen]

Road to Sunrise may be open by then as well.

My magic 8 ball says no.

[altasnob]

paper is reporting a July 3 opening date for Sunrise road

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...updates29.html

[powsearcher]

The waterfall goes!

[skier666]

^^^^^^^^^^

That's one badass photo...

stoke!

[Dug]

Damn dude!! Siiiiiiick.