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Thread: Crystal Mountain Becomes Alterra
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01-16-2020, 02:54 PM #451Registered User
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01-16-2020, 03:08 PM #452
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01-16-2020, 03:09 PM #453
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01-16-2020, 03:15 PM #454
Kircher during the last MDP offered to reroute the PCT around the back of East Peak so as not to expose hikers to the devastation that is Crystal Mountain and instead give them a view of the Norse Peak Wilderness.
The CCC rejected that.
But a lift partway up that serves neither objective is the usual compromise, right? Wrecks the area for touring and yet doesn't provide access to the killer terrain up there.Merde De Glace On the Freak When Ski
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01-16-2020, 03:17 PM #455
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01-16-2020, 03:34 PM #456
Y'all should come back East if things are getting crowded out there, or can't you guys ski ice anymore?
I'll be at Whiteface this weekend. 3 degree edge bevel and tan pants. Ask for change for a nickel."timberridge is terminally vapid" -- a fortune cookie in Yueyang
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01-16-2020, 04:05 PM #457
Makes way more sense to use the King County fairgrounds in Enumclaw for a park and bus since almost everyone driving to Crystal goes through that point. Ranger Creek air strip gets snow in the winter and would need to be plowed regularly. And as Brit says, the bridge is tiny. Also, turning across traffic out of there would be a nightmare and require a stop light or traffic control cop.
Where would you put the parking lot? The terrain is very steep on all aspect and at all elevations. Also, the highway is at 2,200 feet on the north side of Ruby. It often doesn't have much snow in the winter, so lower elevation skiing there would suck and you need to be above 4,000 ft to find consistent good snow.
With a few exceptions, ski areas that make money this day and age have an abundance of beginner and intermediate terrain, condos, golf courses, restaurants, shopping, ect. The N Cascades are savage beasts and would never support this.
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01-16-2020, 04:08 PM #458
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01-16-2020, 04:15 PM #459
It was supposed to a be tram, like some other access points up the Cascade River Road.
http://www.alpenglow.org/ski-history...areas-proposed
What could have been:
http://www.alpenglow.org/ski-history...usfs-1970.html
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01-16-2020, 04:46 PM #460
"The North Cascades Conservation Council was willing to accept the Ruby Mountain tram because it lay entirely inside the Ross Lake NRA. Ira Spring and James Whittaker favored other trams, demonstrating that conservationists were not of one mind regarding tramways and access. Park Service managers were concerned that once a tramway was built on Ruby Mountain, skiers would pressure the agency to develop a ski area there. Delays due to the projected high cost eventually killed the Ruby Mountain tram proposal. "
http://www.alpenglow.org/ski-history...outer-1998-ch3
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01-16-2020, 04:52 PM #461
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01-16-2020, 06:14 PM #462
There’s a well know phenomenon where you can make your own situation feel better, by temporarily experiencing a worse one, IE the, it feels so good when you stop hitting yourself on the head with a hammer scenario.
In that light, I suggest you all head to Whistler for this weekend.
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01-16-2020, 06:36 PM #463Registered User
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This won't diminish my love Crystal... by much.
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01-16-2020, 06:36 PM #464Registered User
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It's only a matter of time until Washington starts doing what Oregon did and requiring SnoPark permits for ski area parking. Which, if it helped fund some OT for WSP/WSDOT to do chain patrols on Hwy2, I90, 410, etc, would be well worth the expense.
It's a tragedy that Eyman's jeremiad against taxes is going to end up adding regressive fees onto ability to utilize public resources.
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01-16-2020, 06:43 PM #465
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01-16-2020, 11:36 PM #466
Were you around when Meadows started offering the 4x$400 season pass program in 2003(?) Crowds got way bigger after that. Pow days became like a swarm of frenzied locusts devouring the freshies in 30 minutes. Elasticity of demand and all that.
The OR snopark permits are only required at resorts and trailheads where contractors do the maintenance. Bachelor (poorly), Hoodoo and Anthony Lakes plow their own lots so no permit required.
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01-17-2020, 07:22 AM #467
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01-17-2020, 07:36 AM #468
Hmmm, we didn’t pay for one when we were there on a Thrifty Thursday early March last year. Nobody said one was necessary. Same with year before that. Will be sure to check when we go this year - it’s so cheap I’m not gonna bitch about paying to park
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01-17-2020, 08:21 AM #469
https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/wall...a/?recid=51467 .
I bought mine at the ticket window where it advertised the permit as required.Merde De Glace On the Freak When Ski
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01-17-2020, 08:28 AM #470
D’oh. Will buy two this year...
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01-17-2020, 09:21 AM #471Registered User
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I think it was more than anything, a pie-in-the-sky dream, voiced to gain support. But it was never going to gain financial traction.
Somewhere in their masterplan, Snoqualmie wants to build a nice restaurant on top of Hyak because people want to see the clear-cuts, I-90 and the watershed.
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01-17-2020, 10:13 AM #472
This is the problem right here. I'm guessing this person will head up to Crystal since they don't have any tread on their tires.
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01-17-2020, 10:24 AM #473
SR530/Mountain Loop Highway is underused, easy access from Puget Sound and would be an awesome access if only there were more 6k+ mountains developable from it.
Merde De Glace On the Freak When Ski
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01-17-2020, 12:10 PM #474
The mountains, snowpack and the roads are there... unfortunately since the forest service themselves got sued over trying to fix a fire lookout that existed well before wilderness... I doubt there's going to be any lift skiing up there. But darrington could be one hell of a ski hub with a little better access.
Tram to the top of Whitehorse please.
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01-17-2020, 12:21 PM #475
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