2013/14 Inland PNW thread

[jono]

Were you skiing Friday? At Stella around 2:30 and someone in front of me that I didn't recognize said hi to me. As they went through the gate, noted purple pants and thought to myself, 'Okay, which one of these guys says he wears purple pants?' Now I remember....

No, I've been buried in work lately, haven't been getting my usual weekday fix, unfortunately.

[GoldMember]

No, I've been buried in work lately, haven't been getting my usual weekday fix, unfortunately.

hmmm....well, you're apparently not the only guy in purple pants there. Now I wonder who it was that said hi to me. I hate when that happens.

[tmokes]

I don’t know about Sherman pass but was thinking of checking it out soon... highest pass that’s open year around in WA, I need to know what it have to offer.


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[jono]

hmmm....well, you're apparently not the only guy in purple pants there. Now I wonder who it was that said hi to me. I hate when that happens.

Just some follower. Couple years ago when Cat in January came through I was easy to spot. Finding a stranger in the Alps is always difficult, but you wanna find a stranger in the Selkirks? Used to be you could just ask him to wear his purple pants. No more, it seems.

[2FUNKY]

Silver is not sucking today.

Wiggle turns are dumb

[GoldMember]

Don't you people have jobs?!?! Between my buddies at Schweitzer posting up their bluebird powder day shots and this, I'm starting to wonder what the hell I'm doing wrong.

[WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot]

Anybody know if there is a spot to park and RV camp up on Sherman pass?

there's a trailhead parking lot and campground at the pass;
CG prolly still snowed in, PL plowed;
the CG below the pass on the east side
is definitely snowed in;
scout the road before you pull your RV in there,
getting out is always the kicker ........

[tmokes]

Mt Spokane was fun. Backside was still a go! Park jumps were fun too although I only went through it twice.

Snow is definitely getting stickier... took couple whiplash style slams because my board would just stop sliding.


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[b0ardski]

Don't you people have jobs?!?! Between my buddies at Schweitzer posting up their bluebird powder day shots and this, I'm starting to wonder what the hell I'm doing wrong.

poverty.

[b0ardski]

the swizz was sweet everywhere today

[b0ardski]

repeat, a little firmer
by far the best hundred bucks I've ever spent, not sure i'll get it down to $5 a day but defiantly below 10$

[GoldMember]

Really fun day today. Typical spring day, something for everyone, a little fog on top early, snow, Sun, good snow, great fun.

[WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot]

hats off to the 49N cat squad
for a particularly shitty groom last night ......

training new drivers or
just dont give a fuck anymore?

[b0ardski]

probly both, along with non freezing mush

[tmokes]

Free ski week is coming up...


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[Canesfootball]

Not too bad of a day a silver, not many people on the hill

[WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot]

probly both, along with non freezing mush

hard as a bowling ball until 11ish ......

[b0ardski]

but not when the cat got on it

[b0ardski]

hitting 49 mon. with 3 other hardbooters, hope it's not too ridgey refreeze

[tmokes]

I can’t remember for sure but doesn’t 49N has a gate to its side country? Where does that go? Skin back up?


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[GoldMember]

hard as a bowling ball until 11ish ......

but not when the cat got on it

Yeah, grooming this time of year is always suspect when it's sunny spring days and cold nights. Best to not ski until about at least 10:00. The grooming at Schweitzer has been a little funky, too with frozen ridges where the cat sinks in the deteriorating snow and can't smooth it out very well. That's been the case for as long as I remember during the spring. On the other hand, Schweitzer received 8" of new snow over the past 24 hours so it's back to full-on winter, at least for a few days. Spring skiing is fun, just different from earlier in the season.

[WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot]

I can’t remember for sure but doesn’t 49N has a gate to its side country? Where does that go? Skin back up?

ive been asking around about that gate ...... its considered part of the nordic trail system, not really a portal to the slackside; two seasons skiing here, ive never seen anyone head out there, never heard anybody say they've been out there; on the other hand, ive chatted with a handful of boarders who say they duck the rope on the SW boundary (lost dutchman/quartz ridge) ride down to a FS road and traverse back to the base of chair 6; thick woods and only approachable at high tide; miss the road and you're fucked .........

[tmokes]

Ok so I’m not the only one wondering why I have never even seen a track leaving that gate...


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[b0ardski]

the swizz be goin off

[GoldMember]

Record seasonal snowfall for Schweitzer this year. 416" as of yesterday, breaking the 98/99 record of 412". And....it ain't over! Nothing but more snow in the forecast through the weekend... Well, a little freezing rain possible, too but still.