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Should be sweet off the top of Chair 2 tomorrow - mid and lower mountain, not so much.
It’s snowing like a mutherfucker on the Pass right now probably 6” since 4pm
Get it while its good tomorrow! A big warm up and fire hose of sub tropical moisture is on the way for the weekend:(
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Originally Posted by snoqpass
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Looks so good! Get it boys!Quote:
Originally Posted by Norseman
No action shots, too busy getting after it.
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Nice! Wish I could have made the opener. Nash looked filled in.
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Did singles mingle on Chair 2? Any changes to the line up there?
Honor system on chairs for myriad c19 "bubbles".
Lots of singles riding single on chair 2. Three corral lines were separated by rope corridors before merging all at once. Seemed to work ok with today's light crowd but they'll need to put longer ropes out, imo. I bet they try a few systems before something sticks.
Coverage down low was far better than expected and 10x better then last years opening.
Nice and relatively low pressure day with ski on CC vibe by 1130. Initial wait for Le padded seats to load was longer than I’d hoped but not unbearable. Tho Norseman almost didn’t make it.
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Snow was nice n deep up top. Vis, well, let’s just call it spotty early on but undetected terrain features are just another way for face shots [emoji41] and lost gear.
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Last 600’ of lower mountain was simply exhausting. By 130 my legs reminded me that the only legit way to train for Alpy is to ski it.
Stoked we are rolling. Look forward to turns with all you kooks this year. Miss ya ACH
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Stoked for all the kooks who made it up today. Coverage looks pretty good for this early. Out of town for a week, so I expect some dumpage while I'm out. Pray for the easterly flow.
Looks good up there. Nice vis as usual. Here's to hoping we can eek out a decent Saturday before it turns.
This says it all; Solid work my PNW brothers, FKNA~Quote:
Originally Posted by SirVicSmasher
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That’s familiar. stoke!
Ha! My legs were reminding me of that at 11:30. Was looking for the crew, but hard to find folks with everyone masked up - would've been fun to make turns.Quote:
Originally Posted by SeatownSlackey
-Graham
I will serve up the annual reminder not to wear any outerwear that you particularly care about at the beginning of the season.
She's, uh, well lubricated.
Yeah, I have a number of stains from early seasons past. Thanks for the reminder.Quote:
Originally Posted by bfree
great to be back on the padded seats! Tough going out there with the schmoo and new dad legs and (shhhh) mostly walk-on lifts.
In other 2020 news, it was kind of comical that a mature tree fell across the only choke point on the mountain (okay a little below the choke). The patrollers sawing it up in the snain probably didn't find it as funny. Glad nobody was hurt.
The longest line of the day on the padded seats
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I had a nice air-to-over-the-bars move on The Fan (sorry, no pics)
Here’s my PNW snow pic
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Padded seats ever load today? Didn’t look like it from over at west
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A++++ work.
Miss the base depths and terrain out there. Don't miss being a part of the Rape of the Snoqualmie Valley.
They spun a little in the morning but never loaded.Quote:
Originally Posted by SeatownSlackey
Nope, the skiing was fucked on the upper mtnQuote:
Originally Posted by SeatownSlackey
Morning was decent. The kids were upset 2 never opened, but I was happy not to deal with the youngest up there. Started snaining at 1ish. Lines were easy.
Thank you for finding that out first for us haha.Quote:
Originally Posted by snoqpass
Do you have a rough estimate when the gates will open? think Monday's storm will be enough, or did the rain open up enough holes and creeks that itll take another couple of storms?
Chair 2 laps this morning were fun. Ski on, no lines, soft snow. International closed. Legs turned to jelly around noon and nearly tumbled down the Fan so I Graciously conceded knowing its early season and don’t need an injury. Brought the old girls out after a fresh base grind.
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Monday’s storm ☔️ NWAC is saying 6k snow level [emoji25]Quote:
Originally Posted by californiagrown
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Originally Posted by snoqpass
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Alpental closed tomorrow according to the website. With the forecasted snow overnight I am surprised. Any intel?
Be prepared for massive (oh yeah) debris piles when they do open upQuote:
Originally Posted by skialpy
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Such a wacky weather system. It's currently raining at the top of Alpental at 5400' and snowing at my house at 600' about 20 miles west. Amazingly sharp temp gradient across the cold front.
I'm still hopeful they'll pick up 6"+ at the tail end of this to make for good skiing during the dry week ahead.
Got about 5-6 inches of beautiful spackle (that’s what she said) at around 1200 ft and still coming down.
Hopefully more up high, good for the base eh.
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closed today because.....?
Because skummitQuote:
Originally Posted by oftpiste
So pissed . Got up early for first chair. Got geared up in lot 3 and someone drove up and told me the news. Drove over to Hyak to do a quick tour and there were at least 50 cars already parked there to go touring by 830. 2020 sucks