Edelweiss Chair and beyond... Alpental , The valley and the rest of snocrummy

Man did it feel good to ski under the lights again! Lots of like minded ppl . Every one I shared a chair with was super stoked . All ages and ability levels Alpentalics to their core each and every one of them. Wind and snow hammering at the same time made for smooth turns in all the right places . Branch came down on the traverse to Ingrid's glad nobody got thunked on the head.
Vertigo inducing amounts of snow coming down as I headed down the pass . Leeward slopes will be extra loaded .I'm expecting a holding pattern for the padded seats in the AM for those lucky enough to partake in the pow slaying.
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Righteous times for all. Gonna try for some PM, early evening laps tomororw. Whether it is realized or not tbd

Debating getting a late afternoon sesh on. Is the lower mountain moosh pooh or slideable fun?

Was up early today. Snow was deep but super manky and setting up quick all way up to the top. Excellent base building, but not a lot of fun to ski. By the afternoon it should be mostly packed down into pretty hard bumps. Still fun, but parking lot starting to empty out by 10:30 tells you all you need to know about how good it was.

Thanks for settling that indecision.

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Thanks for settling that indecision.

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Groomers at West/Central could be excellent today, though. I had to run to the offices at West and saw them grooming it up. The corduroy was looking really nice.

Btw, it's insane how much snow we have already. Close to 150" base at the top and it's the first week of January. We'll be digging out the chair line above Rollen by the end of the season.

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Groomers at West/Central could be excellent today, though. I had to run to the offices at West and saw them grooming it up. The corduroy was looking really nice.

Btw, it's insane how much snow we have already. Close to 150" base at the top and it's the first week of January. We'll be digging out the chair line above Rollen by the end of the season.

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Astoundingly bad grooming at west! Perfect form for our deal pass.
Wow was that wildside snow ACL-teariffic

Hoping for some colder temps soon

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Astoundingly bad grooming at west! Perfect form for our deal pass.
Wow was that wildside snow ACL-teariffic

Hoping for some colder temps soon

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Yeah, not quite the Wildside Wednesday that they were hoping. Looks like groomers hit most of Alpental for today. Even got up to Gunmount. Hopefully the temps drop enough to allow the next front to stay snow. C'mon easterly flow!

Which one of you kooks said hi to thing #2 today? And how in the world did you recognize him?

I did. Recognized his style plus the Blizzards on the feet.

We leapfrogged a run in Elevator, which was fucking spooky. The snow load on the trees currently is critical. Mature trees are falling over in the BC... not just a few, but many. Thousand pound tree bombs were leaving huge refrozen craters amongst deep-ass tree wells in super heavy mank. A big tree came down across the valley exit trail right at the bottom of the last downhill swoop... shit was NOT safe. Patrol closed it shortly after we returned to the resort.

fuck, stay safe dudes

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Great pics as always, Norse. Looks like it was a beautiful day up there.

Ditto on the pics Norse.
Night shift was fast and fun although city league taking more than their fair share of real estate is annoying if not a little aggravating. Hopefully ullr dumps feet of snow "on ze masterz course" and they realize that taking yourself that seriously is overrated.
Hit a nice monster truck tire sized frozen piece of debris below 6 in lane 3 unexpectedly at high speed and almost lost my leg.
At one point my daughter sat up after a short skid and tumble and said,"I feel like a nail and the mountain keeps on hammering me like boom boom boom boom."

Yes dear that happens sometimes

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Nice pics.

Yeesh, does sound spooky out there. Bummer about trees falling.

great pics Norse! especially that b&w one with the lift.

SVS - a suggestion. start a little journal capturing the amazing comments from your daughter as she says them. great memories for your family down the road.

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"I feel like a nail and the mountain keeps on hammering me like boom boom boom boom."

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Best encapsulation of Alpental I've ever heard.

Not bad out there today for my PM laps. Felt like maybe 5-6” with some creaminess on top of a mild crust. Top 2/3 of Nash were solid, lower 1/3 a little manky. Good times.

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Ditto on the pics Norse.
Night shift was fast and fun although city league taking more than their fair share of real estate is annoying if not a little aggravating. Hopefully ullr dumps feet of snow "on ze masterz course" and they realize that taking yourself that seriously is overrated.
Hit a nice monster truck tire sized frozen piece of debris below 6 in lane 3 unexpectedly at high speed and almost lost my leg.
At one point my daughter sat up after a short skid and tumble and said,"I feel like a nail and the mountain keeps on hammering me like boom boom boom boom."

Yes dear that happens sometimes

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Stuffing a fat, washed up, middle aged racers into those race suits ain’t easy

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Ditto on the pics Norse.

At one point my daughter sat up after a short skid and tumble and said,"I feel like a nail and the mountain keeps on hammering me like boom boom boom boom."

Yes dear that happens sometimes

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Tell her she's the hammer.

I'm no Norse, but the colors at sunset tonight were awesome.

Snow was good tonight though a bit grabby in the flats. Lessons start tomorrow, so crowds will really be starting. I wonder if they will enforce Lot 4 pass holder rule. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...5ae443a2cd.jpg

Lots of folks up night skiing tonight. Main lot full ski school lot full lot 3 full lot 4 at about 30 percent full.
I had fun . Lots of stuff to launch off .
Parking lots and road turned into a skating rink when Ieft. Tomorrow should be interesting. Carry on

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I did. Recognized his style plus the Blizzards on the feet.

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You were my guess based on his report. I told him he'd have fun skiing with you.....

Poked around at Hyak this morning. Groomers were hard and fast. Anything off piste was covered with a nasty rain crust.

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Poked around at Hyak this morning. Groomers were hard and fast. Anything off piste was covered with a nasty rain crust.

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Hidden Valley side was skiing much better than the front. Groomer snow was pretty nice and off piste was better than expected.

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I'm no Norse, but the colors at sunset tonight were awesome.

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That sir, is a hell of a photo.

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Snow was good tonight though a bit grabby in the flats. Lessons start tomorrow, so crowds will really be starting. I wonder if they will enforce Lot 4 pass holder rule.

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I toured up the valley today, got there at about 8 am and it was getting pretty full. I managed to find a spot in the small lot under the Phantom. It sure looked like they'd enforced the lot 4 rule, but the lot was full when I walked by it. There was a Snoqualmie Security officer (actually from the sheriff's office?) stationed there...

Pretty good snow up in Great Scott bowl.

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I toured up the valley today, got there at about 8 am and it was getting pretty full. I managed to find a spot in the small lot under the Phantom. It sure looked like they'd enforced the lot 4 rule, but the lot was full when I walked by it. There was a Snoqualmie Security officer (actually from the sheriff's office?) stationed there...

Pretty good snow up in Great Scott bowl.

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They enforced it until about 9 when the lot filled. I rolled in at 850 and parked nearly at the trailhead. By the time I left at 1230 the sledders and snowshoers who arrived after the gaurd left had filled up drive aisles and parked in a few people. Also, when I was at my car at the end of the day I got told to hurry up by someone who was apparently waiting to take my spot.

Otherwise, surprisingly good snow quality, great sun, and right side of int'l is the best side of int'l. Watching the freeride program on the fan was pretty entertaining- some 12 year went accidental full send, and left a bombhole in the hardpack, yet ran out of the crash laughing.
Nearly ski on lifts for me from 11-1230. Sick day.

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They really groomed the crap out of the lower mountain today. Surprisingly good grooming for Alpy too. Nash was some of the best packed powder I’ve seen in a while and lines weren’t bad at all despite full lots. Fine day indeed.

Forecast for this week is looking rough. We need to get it while it's good. NOAA is calling for 3" of rain on Monday. With freezing levels between 4500-6500 most of the week. Oof!

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Concur with above. Couple laps of ski by feel on the padded in the PM then lower mountain. Good chalky crumbly bumps and solid groom. Vroom vroom. Tolerable crowds. More PM laps today. We shall see.

If the warmth holds up, may be a tiger/RR kind of week.

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Also, when I was at my car at the end of the day I got told to hurry up by someone who was apparently waiting to take my spot.
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Oh, I'm sorry did you think I was leaving. Actually I am just back at the car for lunch and a ski change. Good luck finding a spot.

Solid PM. Sometimes hard to see, sometimes weird snow. Still 1000% awesome.
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3 out the gate
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Double layer of clouds made for some cool visuals and provided some much needed viz.

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3 out the gate
1 up 261
3 Nash laps
1 rollen to fan
One lower mountain


Double layer of clouds made for some cool visuals and provided some much needed viz.

Sad to see the forecast go to shit it's been pretty epic so far this season https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...8587a79555.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...6aeeb6549c.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...79200efad6.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...7eb1046cd9.jpg

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How did you like the Reckoner 122s?

The slit of blue was appreciated. Hard going in the in-between spots but the conditions made it doable. Every run on ch2 felt desolate which was kind of nice.

Nice pics on this page

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How did you like the Reckoner 122s?

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