Snow in the PNW 14/15: El Niño can suck it

[spook]

i wonder if timberline will be open on thursday with rain and 50mph wind. what wax should i use?

[PNWbrit]

what wax should i use?

Bikini.

[Greydon Clark]

A tropical fist punching me where it hurts.

Will the Snoqualmie survive this weekend?

[AK47bp]

Fucking Lingering

[abraham]

Shames?

With the exchange rate and the weather it had become tempting

[puma]

Every time I see this post with the blatant MOCKING of El nino...I weep. Why would anyone tempt him?

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[AweShuksan]

When life gives you pineapples, make pina coladas.

Just returned from an unusual (for me) mid winter trip to Hawaii. I ate and drank more pineapples than I can count. Very agreeable weather. As pleasant as it was snorkeling, soaking up sun with my feet in the sand and cooled by perfect trade winds, I wish I was skiing thigh deep fresh snow pillows instead.

For bad skiing in the PNW, this year has now surpassed the previous record set in the snow drought of 1975-76. That season skiing got quite good from Feb. through spring time.

The rest of this year doesn't look as promising but I do expect some goodness come the end of February/March. Then a sunny/warm early spring. So plan your spring ski trips a little early this year.

[foreal]

With no end in sight....

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/product...ctions/814day/

[californiagrown]

With no end in sight....

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/product...ctions/814day/

I blame fucking Eric, Andy, Pep, and Chris. Those Nimbus assholes made this region look like the powder mecca of the USA, enticing a bunch of beater tourists like myself to move here. Once here, Ullr got pissed at all the gapeage, and walked the fuck outta the room.

[cstefanic]

Thanks, pineapples.

[The AD]

This kind of winter certainly make climate change even more scary. Most years we're on the ragged edge of snow vs. rain. Just a small nudge in the wrong direction and things turn to shit quickly.

[2FUNKY]

With no end in sight....

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/product...ctions/814day/

Sinking into depression.

[ACH]

Shames?

Right?

[pipedream]

I blame fucking Eric, Andy, Pep, and Chris. Those Nimbus assholes made this region look like the powder mecca of the USA, enticing a bunch of beater tourists like myself to move here. Once here, Ullr got pissed at all the gapeage, and walked the fuck outta the room.

Hey now, not all of us moved here for the snow. But a lot of us are staying here because of it...

[abraham]

Right?

Fuck it. I have a beater car to sell for parts/scrap that should pay for a few days in Shames. Gonna aim for 2 weeks out.

[Andyski]

Right?

~$330 r/t Vancouver-->Terrace vs. $700+ from Seattle or Bellingham.

[Chugachjed]

Gotta be cheaper to drive.



Between the no snow and trying to drive north on 405 from Renton I'm convinced that if there is a god its malevolent.

[Andyski]

Gotta be cheaper to drive

Maybe, if you have the 17 hours spend driving.

I hate this winter.

[MagnificentUnicorn]

It could be worse. I skied pow on Monday and I have a good feeling that I'll be skiing pow tomorrow at Mission for at least part of the day. It's snowing in Wenatchee right now.

[bgrayvy]

Maybe, if you have the 17 hours spend driving.

I hate this winter.

I've done that drive a couple times. It's not bad with the right copilot. Of course, I've only done it in September.

[PNWbrit]

Gary did it twice the other way and back, heard no complaints.

Tru. Even when he totalled his car.

[LeeLau]

http://www.doglotion.com/northern-bc-going just saying. Plus its 20% off for muricans

[ACH]

~$330 r/t Vancouver-->Terrace vs. $700+ from Seattle or Bellingham.

Working out the rest of the variables now...
Sadly it's not looking great right at the moment.

[Ted Striker]

Gotta be cheaper to drive.

Probably, but hwy 16 from PG to Terrace is a crap shoot.