Timberline tomorrow? 6"+new and still snowing

**Squirrel99** · 09-15-2006, 03:39 PM

6" of new so far; still snowing.

contemplating a drive. anyone else?

(or maybe head up to Muir? - I know it's lame but it's fresh snow in September

)

from the website-
Skies: SNOWING!!!
Temp: 31 degrees
Wind: 1 mph SE
New Snow: 6"
Upper Mountain Base: Glacier

**ptavv** · 09-15-2006, 03:41 PM

I'll be heading up to Timberline tomorrow if anyone wants to meet up and carpool from Portland/Troutdale/Sandy. Just shoot me a PM.

**alembical** · 09-15-2006, 04:42 PM

Total gaper question, but can you skin up the Palmer snowfield when the lifts are operational or do they make you buy a pass? Any idea pass price this time of year?

Thanks, Alembical

**midget** · 09-15-2006, 04:45 PM

You'll have to hike up most of the Magic Mile lift in dirt to get to the snow first......

I can't believe you want to ski 6" of slop (If they get the chair open) after you just got back from NZ. You are a complete retard.

**grizzle6** · 09-15-2006, 04:46 PM

I'll be in SLC with an ankle brace and full body helmet should you need one...

**ptavv** · 09-15-2006, 04:51 PM

Tickets are $42 (I presume they didn't change it from Summer -> Fall).

Who cares if it's 6" of slop, it's skiing in September.

Sure $42 is a rip off, but it's the cheapest way to get my skis back on some snow before Thanksgiving.

**Buster Highmen** · 09-15-2006, 04:52 PM

I've seen people skinning when the lifts were running, but as midget says, you'll have to walk a bit to get to the snow.

**ptavv** · 09-15-2006, 04:56 PM

Walking "a bit" is a pretty big understatement. You'd have to hike the entirety of Magic Mile and then probably the bottom 2/3 of Palmer since all there was from mid-way at Palmer to the base was a 3-cat wide snow ribbon, which would be pretty unsafe to skin up. Then once you got to the snow field you'd have to figure out some place to actually skin up, since a lot of the snow field is taken up by race training and freestyle camps.

**Squirrel99** · 09-15-2006, 05:08 PM

Originally Posted by midget

You'll have to hike up most of the Magic Mile lift in dirt to get to the snow first......

I can't believe you want to ski 6" of slop (If they get the chair open) after you just got back from NZ. You are a complete retard.

It's 31 degrees - so will probably be okay. But it's September so why should I care?

Oh yeah, didn't get to ski any pow in NZ - though the 666's nailed some in the Heli while the rest of us were at the Club fields.

Almost forgot- lift tickets listed as $36.00 on their website. Normally wouldn't even consider Timberline (hell, I rarely would in the summer) but there is something crazy about going just to go tomorrow because it's mid-September!

http://www.timberlinelodge.com/mount...er_rates.shtml

**splat** · 09-15-2006, 05:08 PM

Are they reopening tomorrow?

**funkendrenchman** · 09-15-2006, 05:09 PM

Originally Posted by Squirrel99

6" of new so far; still snowing.

contemplating a drive. anyone else?

Thinking about it.

**Squirrel99** · 09-15-2006, 05:09 PM

Originally Posted by splat

Are they reopening tomorrow?

weather pending. you gonna be there?

Originally Posted by funkendrenchman

Thinking about it.

you're nuts! go to keystone & bike!

**midget** · 09-15-2006, 05:10 PM

There is no freestyle camps going on in September. Maybe a couple lanes of gates but most racers this time of year do their training in the Southern Hemisphere or Europe.

The ribbon of death would probably be pretty sketchy to hike though as ptavv said......didn't think of that.

**alembical** · 09-15-2006, 05:11 PM

Originally Posted by splat

Are they reopening tomorrow?

Yes, according to the website.

**midget** · 09-15-2006, 05:11 PM

Originally Posted by ptavv

Tickets are $42 (I presume they didn't change it from Summer -> Fall).

Who cares if it's 6" of slop, it's skiing in September.

Sure $42 is a rip off, but it's the cheapest way to get my skis back on some snow before Thanksgiving.

Yah, but he just got back from 2 weeks in NZ

**Squirrel99** · 09-15-2006, 05:15 PM

Originally Posted by midget

Yah, but he just got back from 2 weeks in NZ

dude- you know if you were in seattle now you'd do it.

was going to check out Muir, but the thought of suncups...

**ptavv** · 09-15-2006, 05:16 PM

Looks like I was wrong, tickets drop to $36 in the Fall (and they push opening back to 8:30).

In any case, I skied at Timberline last Sept after going to Argentina for two weeks at the end of August.

It's skiing, in September. No better way to get your fix until the ski movie tours hit town, then you can start hiking for turns, then the mountains open.

**Arty50** · 09-15-2006, 05:17 PM

Originally Posted by midget

Yah, but he just got back from 2 weeks in NZ

It's a moral imperative that any North American human being who calls themselves a skier and lives within reasonable distance of Timberline be at that mountain tomorrow. It's September, there's 6" of new. Who knows when you'll ever be able to do this again.

**midget** · 09-15-2006, 05:18 PM

hahha, yah i probably would since i didn't ski this summer.

**splat** · 09-15-2006, 05:18 PM

Originally Posted by Squirrel99

weather pending. you gonna be there?

I just left Portland this morning. Back in Pugetopolis now.

**Squirrel99** · 09-15-2006, 05:21 PM

Originally Posted by Arty50

It's a moral imperative that any North American human being who calls themselves a skier and lives within reasonable distance of Timberline be at that mountain tomorrow. It's September, there's 6" of new. Who knows when you'll ever be able to do this again.

So we're picking you up at PDX tonight/tomorrow morning?

**girlski0912** · 09-15-2006, 05:24 PM

Originally Posted by Arty50

It's a moral imperative that any North American human being who calls themselves a skier and lives within reasonable distance of Timberline be at that mountain tomorrow. It's September, there's 6" of new. Who knows when you'll ever be able to do this again.

This line of reasoning is why I am about to call my girlfriends (non skiers at that) who are taking me to the beach for the weekend for my birthday...they don't understand this line of reasoning but it will serve as the basis for my decision to ski tomorrow morning and head to the beach tomorrow afternoon. They will just have to deal with it.

**Keoni** · 09-15-2006, 05:26 PM

Originally Posted by splat

I just left Portland this morning. Back in Pugetopolis now.

And you didn't even leave me cab fare on the nightstand. I feel so used.

**Squirrel99** · 09-15-2006, 05:27 PM

Originally Posted by girlski0912

This line of reasoning is why I am about to call my girlfriends (non skiers at that) who are taking me to the beach for the weekend for my birthday...they don't understand this line of reasoning but it will serve as the basis for my decision to ski tomorrow morning and head to the beach tomorrow afternoon. They will just have to deal with it.

atta girl. maybe a mitsubishi dance or two will be had tomorrow