Mt Baker skiers.

[samthaman]

sam, I can get you into a commune farm in van zandt for 40g. really nice hippy tree house with a moon roof and a bed on stilts under it. hand tiled standup bathtub, solar lights, and an outhouse are just some of the ammeneties.
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Thanks for the invite, but if I'm 22. If I had 40k lying around, you can bet I would not be living in Kendall.

[CookieMonster]

Crackheads aside, the skiing off 542 is grand when the snow is dry. Sure, the weather in the PNW can be 'difficult' but it's just a fact of life, not a reason to stay away or stay in. No one moves here for the good weather!

I don't see why some of the locals feel obliged to treat new arrivals like 'trespassers'. Who fucking cares if someone moves to the area to go skiing? Some of the locals might want to remember that living somewhere is not the same as owning the entire place. ( Friendly Reminder: the Pacific Northwest isn't your private property. )

Anyway, for the rest: have fun skiing at Baker this winter. It's a great place, there's great touring, and remember that you are absolutely welcome to come and spend your money in Washington. You're also welcome to relocate, and there are lots of nice folks who will show you around and share stashes.

[Gunder]

Crackheads aside, the skiing off 542 is grand when the snow is dry. Sure, the weather in the PNW can be 'difficult' but it's just a fact of life, not a reason to stay away or stay in. No one moves here for the good weather!

I don't see why some of the locals feel obliged to treat new arrivals like 'trespassers'. Who fucking cares if someone moves to the area to go skiing? Some of the locals might want to remember that living somewhere is not the same as owning the entire place. ( Friendly Reminder: the Pacific Northwest isn't your private property. )

Anyway, for the rest: have fun skiing at Baker this winter. It's a great place, there's great touring, and remember that you are absolutely welcome to come and spend your money in Washington. You're also welcome to relocate, and there are lots of nice folks who will show you around and share stashes.

GO FUCKING HOME!

[Gunder]

orchard and 8th, Ben's shed in the trailer park, or hobo isalnd...

I considered taking A2's raft guide course, but it would have cut into touring season too much.

sam, I can get you into a commune farm in van zandt for 40g. really nice hippy tree house with a moon roof and a bed on stilts under it. hand tiled standup bathtub, solar lights, and an outhouse are just some of the ammeneties.

If i could live off of 542, it would be at that dudes house with the bowl in his polebarn. Tic, tac?... I forget his name.

Then you really dont know Tak that well....... Dont think I have ever been to Czech road when the cops didnt show up.

[CookieMonster]

My giant ego smells like three day old fish.

I rest my case.

[White Chocolate]

Crackheads aside, the skiing off 542 is grand when the snow is dry. Sure, the weather in the PNW can be 'difficult' but it's just a fact of life, not a reason to stay away or stay in. No one moves here for the good weather!

I don't see why some of the locals feel obliged to treat new arrivals like 'trespassers'. Who fucking cares if someone moves to the area to go skiing? Some of the locals might want to remember that living somewhere is not the same as owning the entire place. ( Friendly Reminder: the Pacific Northwest isn't your private property. )

Anyway, for the rest: have fun skiing at Baker this winter. It's a great place, there's great touring, and remember that you are absolutely welcome to come and spend your money in Washington. You're also welcome to relocate, and there are lots of nice folks who will show you around and share stashes.

Back in the day you could start skiing at noon on a saturday and still get inbounds fresh under the lift. Those days are unfortunately long gone (even in a lot of backcountry areas), so you have to understand the need to defend the few stashes remaining. Also, no one actually posting in this thread can actually qualify as a true local since they have all relocated from somewhere else, just like the outsiders they are griping about...

[hop]

Aw, nevermind. I'm not a true local... I'm from CA.

[BakerBoy]

Also, no one actually posting in this thread can actually qualify as a true local since they have all relocated from somewhere else, just like the outsiders they are griping about...

I was born and raised in WA (went to college in MT), so I'm about as close as it gets. Short of Donkkie (RIP)

[samthaman]

Back in the day you could start skiing at noon on a saturday and still get inbounds fresh under the lift. Those days are unfortunately long gone (even in a lot of backcountry areas), so you have to understand the need to defend the few stashes remaining. Also, no one actually posting in this thread can actually qualify as a true local since they have all relocated from somewhere else, just like the outsiders they are griping about...

The few stashes remaining? What?

You guys do know where you live right? With the Olympics, the volcanoes, the north cascades, Vancuver island, and interior BC all within a days drive, you've got no reason to be fighting over the sidecountry at Baker. If you do it right, you could probably ski a lifetime in the PNW and never ski the same run twice, and maybe even never cross a track. Up your fitness and up your creativity, and you'll find the goods..... even at noon on a saturday.

In VT, i thought that argument made a little bit of sense. NYC and Boston both close by, large local population, and limited terrain, meant it was important to be a little quiet about your BC stashes. Even in VT we never crossed very many tracks though.

[Gunder]

The few stashes remaining? What?

You guys do know where you live right? With the Olympics, the volcanoes, the north cascades, Vancuver island, and interior BC all within a days drive, you've got no reason to be fighting over the sidecountry at Baker. If you do it right, you could probably ski a lifetime in the PNW and never ski the same run twice, and maybe even never cross a track. Up your fitness and up your creativity, and you'll find the goods..... even at noon on a saturday.

In VT, i thought that argument made a little bit of sense. NYC and Boston both close by, large local population, and limited terrain, meant it was important to be a little quiet about your BC stashes. Even in VT we never crossed very many tracks though.

Hey east coast boy... you need to learn to keep your mouth shut... we dont need the whole PNW to turn into another version of VT..... and while there is a ton of BC options, we only have a handful of good snow days, so shit does get hammered the few days it is good.

[samthaman]

Hey east coast boy... you need to learn to keep your mouth shut... we dont need the whole PNW to turn into another version of VT..... and while there is a ton of BC options, we only have a handful of good snow days, so shit does get hammered the few days it is good.

yes sir

[grrrr]

Hey guys, dis is way better than jerzey! Everybody move here, quick!

[puma]

Back in the day you could start skiing at noon on a saturday and still get inbounds fresh under the lift. Those days are unfortunately long gone (even in a lot of backcountry areas), so you have to understand the need to defend the few stashes remaining.

I think the problem is, this is true of most places. Crowds have increased everywhere.

[Stikki]

Hey east coast boy... you need to learn to keep your mouth shut... we dont need the whole PNW to turn into another version of VT

Don't worry, he hasn't spent a full year here. He'll be crying about the graybird/fog/dampness and longing for a place where the sun comes out more than once a month before we know it.

[deeppo]

Don't worry, he hasn't spent a full year here. He'll be crying about the graybird/fog/dampness and longing for a place where the sun comes out more than once a month before we know it.

I assume you have never been to vermont in the Winter.

[grrrr]

I assume you have never been to vermont in the Winter.

Vermont in the winter? HAHAHAHAHAHA.

You ain't never spent a winter in Kendall.

[levistewart]

Then you really dont know Tak that well....... Dont think I have ever been to Czech road when the cops didnt show up.

WHOA no CZECH ROad Hate.

[deeppo]

Vermont in the winter? HAHAHAHAHAHA.

You ain't never spent a winter in Kendall.

True
Im sure your right. Washington is a horrid place to live. I am thinking about getting into meth so maybe i see you guys soon.

[The Rippopotomus]

WHOA no CZECH ROad Hate. place is for true bums

Since George Dobis died Takuya Waters is my official nominee for the unnofficial mayor of Glacier. The man is a saint, genius, and capable of slaying some of the biggest lines on the mountian. Sure he has his "episodes" but dont we all? No reason to call him or the rippers living in his slum bums.

[Gunder]

Since George Dobis died Takuya Waters is my official nominee for the unnofficial mayor of Glacier. The man is a saint, genius, and capable of slaying some of the biggest lines on the mountian. Sure he has his "episodes" but dont we all? No reason to call him or the rippers living in his slum bums.

Seriously... cut back on the meth.... its frying your brain.

[hop]

Um, Dobis and Tak were/are characters, but I wouldn't put them in the same league at all.

[BakerBoy]

Um, Dobis and Tak were/are characters, but I wouldn't put them in the same league at all.

The stovepipe at Grahams is my favorite Tak memory from living in Glacier. hahahaha

BTW, Woods is a bum, but he let me ride his purple Bottlerocket a few times, and the ladies love watching him make his tattoo talk, so he's cool by me.

[samthaman]

I assume you have never been to vermont in the Winter.

Lol I love how everyone discounts every place except where they're from.

"You're from tahoe, that's cool, but you've never skied real trees"
"You're from VT, you might have a few trees, but you don't know anything about skiing steeps"
"You might think its rainy and cold in VT, but you'll crack under the rainy weather of WA"
"It rains a lot in WA, but you pussies don't know anything about skiing in cold weather like we do in VT"
"think these mountains are big? you've obviously never skied in India"

OK everyone... WA has the most hardcore winters on the planet, the craziest tweakers, the ugliest women, and the stupidest locals. There is one good ski day a year, and gunder gets a shot of every single good turn made on that day each year, so other photographers shouldn't even try. Referencing my other thread: it snows a ton, but you don't need snow tires unless you're a pussy or a "flatlander" or someone from VT where there is never snow on the ground.

... and from inference I've learned that the dry side is dryer than wherever anyone else is from.

Anything else I need to know about WA?

[samthaman]

True
Im sure your right. Washington is a horrid place to live. I am thinking about getting into meth so maybe i see you guys soon.

I hear its a great "pick me up", probably useful for dawn patrols and alpine climbing.

5 hour energy? fuck that - 45 hour energy!

[prestonf]

Anything else I need to know about WA?

Only 8 hours to Rogers Pass.