The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.
The Good - Oustanding snow quality. Rockies quality. Elevator gate and chair 2 open early. I can't believe how filled in the upper mtn is.
The Bad - My frustration level is rising. Even on a week day the chair 2 line was rediculously long. I haven't had a single day when the middle or upper traverse has been open. The only reason not to ski at crystal is a longer drive and a pricier pass. I had to park on the road too. I kept thinking how sweet a full day at Crystal would have been today.
The Ugly - So I decided I'd bail on work for a few hours to cruise up and sample the goods. I only had a few hours and didn't want to get up there and wait for chair 2 to open or just ski the armstrong. Based on what I'd heard about chair 2 yesterday, avie conditions, and the track record so far this year I decided that 10-12 would be better than 9 - 11. No way would they get 2 open before 10. Well I got out of work late, there was traffic leaving Seattle , and ended up getting up there at 10:30. All the lots were full and had to park on the road. They had opened chair 2 apparently at 9:30. I was wrong. Sure I'm being high maintenance but I hate making bad decisions when it comes to pow. Like picking the wrong first run on a pow day.
It was definetely still worth it. Had 2 awesome runs down nash to elevator. Elevator was deep and fun but started to get heavy late in the day. I just wish that alpy could be consistent with chair 2 opening and that there wouldnt' be so many fucking blokes like myself going to alpy. Every day this year has been hurry up and wait.
So I'll quit my bitching but how was Crystal and did the middle or upper traverse ever get open?
