W. Wa Cascadia Autonomous Region '24/'25

[rpearce1475]

I left my house just past 6am with plans for Crystal. Hit the red snake of traffic death just outside Enumclaw around 0745, waited in line moving around 5 miles over an hour and said fuck it, went touring instead. In the future I guess I'll just get there super early and do a quick lap in Buillon before the lifts open to avoid that clusterfuck again...

[PNWbrit]

do a quick lap in Buillon

Makes a change from soup?

[BaseFloopy]

Good morning at crustal, the drive up was way better than yesterday

BLueBiRD!!!1!


Coverage definitely improving...


...but there are still plenty of things to hit.

[MagnificentUnicorn]

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Coverage definitely improving...
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...but there are still plenty of things to hit.
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That rust looks like old damage, it’s on the retention tabs on the inside of the ski.


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[BaseFloopy]

Believe it or not all the light orange rust formed on the way home and after sitting in the garage for a couple hours. It all wiped off with rubbing alcohol and a paper towel when I started the autopsy...
The darker stuff on the tabs is probably metalgrip from an old core shot repair but these have been revived so many times I can't remember.
In any case my favorite rock skis are dead; long live my new favorite rock skis!

[Norseman]

[Norseman]

[abraham]

I have an open tab for that:
https://lidarportal.dnr.wa.gov/#47.80466:-124.19555:16

[kamtron]

The last 4 days have been fantastic for walking and skiing about in the hills. Ready for a refresh.

[S_jenks]

Thursday at xtal showed a solid base, and a mountain in desperate need of a refresh.


South faces are still a bit scary in places even up high, but at least it’s a promising.

Also- fuck driving through Buckley.

[Huskier]

Off piste was an adventure, that's for sure. Refrozen dog shit, glazed bumps with grass in the troughs. Back tomorrow with metal and sharper edges.

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[Going Coastal]

Found some soft turns off 7th Heaven this afternoon. But fingers crossed the NWS forecast for snoq is off and the snow level comes down, because the 4hr roundtrip is really getting old.

[TripleT]

The last 4 days have been fantastic for walking and skiing about in the hills. Ready for a refresh.

FKNA good stoke.
I’ve eyed the line in the 3rd pic many a time

[Bandit Man]

My college kids are done with finals and ready to hit our first weekend at Stevens. Was going to say I’ve got a parking reservation and plan to leave quite early, but then I realized The Summit/Alpental doesn’t even have an opening date yet. At least I get to ski tomorrow, regardless of the hassle.

[phatty]

My college kids are done with finals and ready to hit our first weekend at Stevens. Was going to say I’ve got a parking reservation and plan to leave quite early, but then I realized The Summit/Alpental doesn’t even have an opening date yet. At least I get to ski tomorrow, regardless of the hassle.

Thanks for rubbing it in [emoji28]

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[ptavv]

Have been trying to decide whether to go to Crystal tomorrow. Was there today skiing with my kiddo, was snowing dense stuff all day and pretty windy. Full on ripping blizzard snowing sideways at the gondy summit by 2pm.

The banner that they're out of reservations makes me feel like I should just cancel mine and skip the shit show.

[AK47bp]

Powder Saturday and Summit closed.

Get there at [emoji639]am.


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[puma]

Have been trying to decide whether to go to Crystal tomorrow. Was there today skiing with my kiddo, was snowing dense stuff all day and pretty windy. Full on ripping blizzard snowing sideways at the gondy summit by 2pm.

The banner that they're out of reservations makes me feel like I should just cancel mine and skip the shit show.

Yeah, tomorrow was sold out late this afternoon. 25% available for Sunday, which I have but feel a bit similar to you. I will be pushing the family for a very early departure get some in, and leave early. Sure hope Snoqualmie gets some goods out of this.

Good luck with the crowds. Should be good.

[The AD]

Long piece today in the Seattle Times about Riblet doubles, their slow extinction, and chairlift technology in general. Hope most of you aren't paywalled:
https://www.seattletimes.com/life/ou...steady-demise/

[ptavv]

Nice AD. For anyone paywalled I quoted the article in the Alpental thread HERE

[The AD]

Riblets represent an era of skiing that seems to be quickly fading.

[S_jenks]

Riblets represent an era of skiing that seems to be quickly fading.

Feels more like stepping back in time whenever I get on one nowadays. Simpler times when riding without a foot rest- or any safety bar for that matter.

[S_jenks]

Speaking of riblets, I have been fortunate enough to acquire some old run down riblets chairs that I’ve been learning to refurbish. If anyone on here is interested, send me a PM.

Can deliver within the puget sound, and driving back to MT next week for the holidays so there’s an option there.

[MagnificentUnicorn]

My girls grew up riding the Riblets at Mission, still have three. It’s funny watching people that have only skied at more modern hill loading. Chair One is usually not too fast but Three and Four are cranking sometimes. Center pole, no outside support to speak of I love them.


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[Bandit Man]

Is the old double 7th Heaven lift a Riblet? I rode it today a few times and it led to some really nice skiing.


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