Snow in the PNW 20-21: We may have Corona but Corona doesn't have us!

[gregL]

Crustal closer was skanky, janky and manky. Neither Northway nor 6 opened. But Groin Valley and the Frontside offered some goods. Iceberg was a ruse: groomed until the lip, then big,. tough bumps. Everything from fast raincorn to gluey schmoo that tried to suck your boots off. Groimers were the ticket, but some of the cut up glop from yesterday skied OK. Some was chunktastic.

What a year, what a February, 5 months+ of lift served. Now on to the passes and glaciers.

Indeed, I'm calling it 6 months. Saw your car at the head of Lot B, but not the distinctive headwear . . .

[SirVicSmasher]

Kedar's a little slow these days, but he's 14. From Saturday:

Looks like he's hauling ass to me

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[shroom]

yeah that’s fuckin awesome at 14

[kamtron]

Good corn at WA pass yesterday.

[rfconroy]

Got some descent snow up at Kendall on Snoqualmie Pass on Saturday, and then skied the worst snow I've skied all season at Alpy on Sunday.

From Saturday:
https://www.instagram.com/p/COo-18zh..._web_copy_link

[californiagrown]

Ive been riding bikes too much lately and getting antsy to slide on snow again. Thinking about checking out silver peak area sometime this week after work for a solo dusk patrol. Anyone know how far the road goes right now?

[jacob_dbu]

Just got back from Mt. Baker. Didn’t summit but skied great May pow down Coleman Glacier on Sunday. Will post pics later. Buddy took a tumble on the glacier and almost lost a ski...that was quite a moment. Recovered it sticking in the side of a crevasse, lucky break for our group.

[plugboots]

Corn this evening was $.

[abraham]

Ive been riding bikes too much lately and getting antsy to slide on snow again. Thinking about checking out silver peak area sometime this week after work for a solo dusk patrol. Anyone know how far the road goes right now?

I bet not far, we did it from hyak and just had the short bottom walk on dirt. First two are the best sense of coverage I have in the pics I took.

[californiagrown]

Welp, headed up there in a bit. Gonna giver a go, but probably will end up across the highway for an easier access lap if i cant get even close to the hairpin.

Nice pics, look like you caught it good!

[jacob_dbu]

[AK47bp]

Nice^


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[californiagrown]

I bet not far,

Haha you weren't wrong. Still a snowbank blocking the beginning of the road, and it was all snow beyond that. Its gonna be a while.

Ended up going accross the highway- beautiful day to be out. Some psycho put a skin track directly up the fall line of international... Im not into that 40 degree skin track life. So i chased the Wrabbit instead.

[gnarbro365]

[Norseman]

you on the plow team?

[gnarbro365]

you on the plow team?

I do some plowing in my spare time, but not any snow.

[SorryBro]

North Cascades delivered yesterday. Hit the timing perfect and was rewarded with perfect corn on the descent.

[plugboots]

Mini-“rant” here. I thought about starting a general thread but I think I’ll just mention it here to see where it goes.
Everybody here pretty much knows where I ski in the spring and I just want to say that only three years ago, if it was a Thursday and I went up to ski, maybe there’d be three or four cars, and I knew them. Now every single spot you can fit a car has a car in it.
So, for me it’s not a big deal, I know the area really well, I actually don’t mind seeing people in the back country because I’m usually alone and so frankly it feels good to know that somebody might find me. That said, maybe we should be a lot more quiet/coy about where we’re skiing. The pictures usually tell all you need to know.
PMs for specific info may be better.

I do ski in a beautiful area.

[SirVicSmasher]

I do some plowing in my spare time, but not any snow.

Sigworthy

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[californiagrown]

Mini-“rant” here. I thought about starting a general thread but I think I’ll just mention it here to see where it goes.
Everybody here pretty much knows where I ski in the spring and I just want to say that only three years ago, if it was a Thursday and I went up to ski, maybe there’d be three or four cars, and I knew them. Now every single spot you can fit a car has a car in it.
So, for me it’s not a big deal, I know the area really well, I actually don’t mind seeing people in the back country because I’m usually alone and so frankly it feels good to know that somebody might find me. That said, maybe we should be a lot more quiet/coy about where we’re skiing. The pictures usually tell all you need to know.
PMs for specific info may be better.

I do ski in a beautiful area.

Everything has been A LOT busier midweek this year. New normal. Probably shouldn't expect minimal crowds at a well known zone with prime conditions and weather located directly off a highway in plain view during a year where most powder techs have been working remotely.

Hopefully next year midweek calms down everywhere.

[Wapow]

It's corn skiing, not pow. How are other people diminishing your experience? Parking too far from the mall entrance for your liking?

[altasnob]

Didn't City of Seattle recently annex the Methow Valley?

[Zeedashbo]

Your mini rant is shallow and pedantic. Welcome to the club

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[plugboots]

Your mini rant is shallow and pedantic. Welcome to the club

What club?

Anyway, there’s no mall anywhere near me.
I thought I was stating my point clearly, that I don’t really mind it that much that it’s getting more crowded and I agree this is the new normal. (Although it is kind of funny how every year it gets more crowded and that becomes the new normal.)
This year it’s taken a big leap, and that’s kinda my point.

[altasnob]

WA population has been increasing at about 1.5% a year. So every year, the parking spots should appear at least 1.5% more full. I say at least because the type of people moving to WA are the type to ski WA Pass. It's a 3 hour drive from Seattle (if you drive like a typical, young, bc skier). You have to live at least 6 hours away before you can start being shocked at the crowds.