Holee Sh8*t!!! It was deep today at Alpental

[Mofro261]

FKNA

Overnight 20" at the top of chair 2, 32 inches for the 2 day total. Temps hovered in the teens making for absolute EPIC blower in the ~5% range.

The crowds were suprisingly small after the initial delay in opening, and really thinned out in the afternoon. I waited ~5-10 minutes and the Elevator gate opened- pretty much untracked straight down the shaft $$$$$ + $.

Great day skiing with a cadre of mag's and non-mags in and out of non-stop powder Ova-da-head blower with BC-Flow, Greydon Clark, Squirrel99, Graupel, BenWa, I know I'm missing someone in here.

Also made some turns with Buster's brother in-law Bert,who I've known and skied with for 15+ years and just today learned the relation. Also with my brother the boarder Pete who at the end of the day said "Today was maybe the best snow of the year- it was good to be a skier today because everyone had a vapor trail and snow coming up over their head". Yup, good day to be a skier.

There are prolly a few pics from the day but only a few from me-I had a hard time stopping. But then the sun tried to come out (for PNW) as well.




Looking up the Knoll1 gut-


some oh-shit-might-as-well-snap-a-few-pics of Graupel far left of Heavenly trees




The High T never opened, but really I have no complaints with about calling in sick for work today.

[Buster Highmen]

Also made some turns with Buster's brother in-law Bert,who I've known and skied with for 15+ years and just today learned the relation.

Outed. Damn.

Glad you k00ks had a good day.

[Boss Hogg Barbarian]

sick - i can't wait to get out there...

[Squirrel99]

Live from the BIG A!



errr...



Today was, uhhhhh. DEEP.

Location: The Big A
Alpental, WA

March 1st, 2007
Part Two

A photo essay from two runs today. It was even tough stopping to snap these sequences.

They said it was deep -
skier: BenWA - first time guest



I said DEEP!



First impressions are everything



Submarine Mojo trying to surface for air



Dive, captain, Dive!



It really was that deep



Craig takes a breath before gorging back in



BenWA in the Breakover





Work can wait til' later




Anyone up for Friday morning? I think I'm going to try and get back up there for at least 2-3 High T laps...

[Graupel]

mmmm ... deep powder memories. Today was SICK.

[Schmear]

Squirrel, your sig is funny because Greydon already does that every other turn.

I'll be there tomorrow morning.

[PeachesN'Cream]

today was REALLY GOOD.

i have a bunch of photos of today. Mofro, Graupel and Graydon all have some sweet shots, however i gotta bust a really late night to make up for todays play. i'll try to get em up sometime tonight.

word - flowage

[philfort]

Am I permitted to add some photos from the Snoq Pass backcountry today?

You must have proper equipment for these conditions:










We got snowpack!

[Squirrel99]

Squirrel, your sig is funny because Greydon already does that every other turn.

I'll be there tomorrow morning.

heh. I know- which is why it makes me laugh (okay, so Hop does more alpine than Greydon...)

oh, tomorrow. I think I'm going to be up there until 12pm-ish. I must get some more bc action. (though avy warning just issued for mid-day to late Friday so not sure if they'll be opening any gates???)

I'll call you in the AM if I get to break away for the Pass.

BC, we gotta make turns. Not sure why but we keep ending up on different schedules. tomorrow?

[BenWA]

Nice.

Only pix I got are of I-90 this morning and the drifts on Alpy Rd:





weeeee

[String]

Alpenstoke!

[Greydon Clark]

Today was great, best conditions I’ve ever had at Alpental.

Tele turns… if ya’ll ski a little slower, I’ll make more of them.

Now post more photos bitches!

[PeachesN'Cream]

i'm not really sure if anything more needs to be said. it was a god damn good day at alpie. there were a lot of people to roll with and being a powder day it was the typical each for their own thing. graydon and i spent the morning with mofro and graupel then broke off on our own. kept trying to fall in sync with squirrel but it just never happened.

thanks to everybody for slowing it down from time to time to slut. it was the kinda snow where you don't want to stop, but i was pretty sure we'd want to have some photos to remember the day.

still working on the photog skills so bear with me as i get my game down.


graydon clark feels a pang of hunger


oh gosh i'm peckish


you know what time it is


thankfully his appetite was whet, whet by POW!


mofro with the expected "why yes it was deep in shot six" photo


graydon follows suit but drops a knee — just cause he can


graupel with the shot six pack spray


oh what is this little feature in breakover trees? gosh i think i'll...


let the photog miss the air shot and then

SLAY IT!
p.s. mofro doesn't have an ACL in one knee right now.
good thing he turns it down a little eh?


graupel getting all karate kid style


before seattle graydon lived in the yaya area


he knows how to gas break dip the landings


and even ghost ride his ski (that ski is actually on his foot cause he rode out of that hit all "doors open man" style)


not sure if those do the day justice, but i know they will help spark my memory this summer when i'm ski dreaming.

[Squirrel99]

today was brought to you by the colors Pink and White, and the #32

[Squirrel99]

^ original thread already to page two (after insano powder day)?

[char]

WHY AM I IN MONTANA!!!!??? ARGGG!!! Fuck, I should have stayed in the PNW this winter.