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02-27-2021, 05:25 PM #1401Registered User
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Anyone know if south opened today at xtal?
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02-27-2021, 06:06 PM #1402
Was in B lot around 7:40am. By the time I made it to Chinook it was already snaking up the hill. Guys on the Quciksilver side were stepping out to take a piss in the snow I guess because going to the restroom would mean being a few more chairs back?
Stuck out and waited for REX to pop at about 9:30ish. Was about 20th chair or so. Was worth the wait dropping. Into Green Valley with snow blowing over head was something I haven't experienced in a long while.
Grubstake for two quick face shot laps before the lines started to extend was worth it . Untracked West face was a bonus.
After GV line got long around 11am, decided to drop Sunny side and got some nice over the head pow with the wind blowing up the hill.
FQ sucked balls for lineage. Peaked over at chair 6 and decided to pull the plug just before noon due to a family commitment . What time did 6 pop on Friday. Would have been nice for one lap but such is life in 2021 Covid era.
Can't complain after two really good days noodling around the old stomping grounds."We don't beat the reaper by living longer, we beat the reaper by living well and living fully." - Randy Pausch
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02-27-2021, 07:17 PM #1403
Do your best to alter your perspective a little bit, lest you become old, bitter and crusty. So much melancholy and complaining going on here.
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02-27-2021, 07:32 PM #1404
Arrived in C at 8:15 today and the line for Chinook was starting to go up the hill, Gondy line was even longer. Rex line was the biggest I ever saw, w/ singles line snaking uphill. Waited for it and hit Exterminator first thing, epic. Then banged out some laps at Gold Hills since no line and Chinook was still huge. Made way over to 6 and while the line was long it moved and didn't take as long as I expected. Powder Bowl was off the charts, best I have ever skied it in 40+ years, Bear Pits was nice as well. Did a couple laps of this, worth the lines. Headed to Northway in the afternoon and Gates #3 and 4 are closed as well as NW Bowl which means everything N of the chair is closed?? WTF??? From the lift the snow looked awesome and there were some poachers in there as well. This just made no sense and pissed me off. Employee Housing was great up top and middle, not so much at the bottom.
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02-27-2021, 08:06 PM #1405
We've been on Fridays mostly too. Under normal circumstances we'd probably have seen each other. This is one of the [crusty, bitter, whiney, old guy here - oh yeah, FUCK YOU! self righteous foooool] things I miss so much. Running into homies in the line, having a laugh, making laps with someone you run into, Elk fireplace hang, etc. I surely hope to the great almighty that this isn't the new normal cuz if it is I might give it up. Yes, it's that bad.
Call me names if ya want, but but this has changed the landscape of the entire experience for me. 50+ years of skiing and I can count on one hand the number of times I've stood in line for 45 minutes. Until this year.
I drove 4 hours for 5 laps in 4 hours on the mountain friday. That should be a once a year thing, if at all. Yeah, call the whaaaaa-mbulance.
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02-27-2021, 08:21 PM #1406
Everyone should start demanding that Alterra extend the season into May, snow permitting. At least we could get some great spring skiing hopefully w/ no lines and enjoy some beers outside in the sun!
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02-27-2021, 08:28 PM #1407
Stevens skied well today. Driving up the pass was more challenging than it should be with all the minivans that needed chains. The typical delayed opening of upper lifts and the backside made for a busier than normal frontside for the morning. However, once the top and back popped, lines evaporated. It was wild. Skied mostly with my kids but got a few runs for me. Highlight was skiing trees with my daughter on her ON3P Jessie’s. She said it was her best powder day ever.
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02-27-2021, 08:40 PM #1408
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02-27-2021, 08:46 PM #1409
^^ Wise advice. While I'm thankful for the conditions today (and this whole season), it's hard not to get crusty. I'm in the same boat as many, left xtal at 12:30 today feeling burnt out by the long lines. Ended up getting 5 laps in.
Am I crazy for thinking about getting an alpental pass next year? Really want to support an operation that is doing right by its customers and limiting pass sales.
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02-27-2021, 09:04 PM #1410Registered User
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02-27-2021, 09:06 PM #1411Registered User
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02-27-2021, 09:30 PM #1412
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02-27-2021, 09:31 PM #1413
You probably shouldn’t get an Alpy pass, place is garbage.
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02-27-2021, 09:56 PM #1414
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02-27-2021, 09:57 PM #1415
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02-27-2021, 10:04 PM #1416
Snow in the PNW 20-21: We may have Corona but Corona doesn't have us!
It did. Many people on top of the king when we arrived but the skiing was good.
We went through the upper northway gates in the morning which were then closed after our first lap.
Lines were super long and apparently the lots filled up for the first time this season, according to the crystal social media
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02-27-2021, 10:26 PM #1417
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02-27-2021, 10:26 PM #1418
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02-27-2021, 10:29 PM #1419
I love that hill more than you know. Thanks for the invite. Maybe I ought sell out of the city and opt for a lighter footprint life.
Made it once last year on a spectacular day. Things on the west slop making me think more seriously about the value of a longer drive. Would love to get there before the season's fooked.
Edit: two years ago. Fuck COVID.
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02-27-2021, 10:37 PM #1420
Today was about quality not quantity.
Left enumclaw at 7:00, which was good for pulling into a 1/2 full B lot at 8:10. Lift line already huge with the lift spinning a bit before 8:30. Rex must have been closed at the start because that line was huge too. TB on exterminator was absolutely phenomenal. Rex line still insane, headed to six - line wasn’t bad but got bad quick. Throne Lap - again phenomenal. Now 11:30, get to South Gate a couple minutes before they open and beat the masses to the king. Best turns of the season down South East trees to where the gully used to be. (Second time this week I have said best turns of the season). Second lap down the king with some more all time turns above Elizabeth lake. Bump queens to Rex to Niagara’s because why not. 8:30-3:15pm: 5 runs. Didn’t take any brakes other than lift lines.
I don’t buy for a second they are actively limiting capacity. Buddy got a reservation this morning at 7:00am. I got one last night on my first try at ~6:30pm.
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02-28-2021, 10:06 AM #1421
Anyone else see the massive slide below Brand X Saturday? That's what I'm guessing shut down the notch, etc. Saw patrol checking it out as we rode up and the crown looked overhead. Glad nobody got caught.
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02-28-2021, 01:03 PM #1422
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02-28-2021, 02:43 PM #1423
I will take back my bitching about them closing that part of the mountain yesterday, that is huge!
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02-28-2021, 03:15 PM #1424
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02-28-2021, 04:12 PM #1425Registered User
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