Snow in the PNW 13/14

**Greydon Clark** · 02-26-2014, 04:43 PM

Originally Posted by PNWbrit

Please pay more attention to the snazzy blue jets fighting, in artistically tight nit formations..... and jump suits, for your freedoms in the troubled skies above Lake Washington.

Shows daily: Thursday thru Sunday.

Let’s split the difference, scrap the Blue Angles and $20M goes to plowing road in parks and $20M goes to the military pensions the Pentagon wants to cut.

**GeezerSteve** · 02-26-2014, 04:46 PM

Brit hatin' on military industrial complex propaganda/U.S. equivalent of missiles parading in Red Square

What next, Freedom Hater?

**brown9** · 02-26-2014, 04:46 PM

Politicalasshatery JONG! So, how about making more howitzer rounds for our avalanche controllers, that's a proper use of military dollars. Cheaper than flying a choppa up to Stevens to kick bang sticks out the door.

**PNWbrit** · 02-26-2014, 04:46 PM

Originally Posted by Greydon Clark

military pensions

Give them 401Ks like the rest of us have to put up with?

**Zeedashbo** · 02-26-2014, 09:26 PM

Originally Posted by RaisingArizona

that spiny face just left of the coolie looks so sick.

It is. Only ridden by a few.

**shroom** · 02-26-2014, 09:41 PM

the few, the proud

**Stikki** · 02-26-2014, 10:48 PM

Blue Angels doing bombing runs for avy control? Every avy route in the Cascades could be covered in half an hour. Everybody wins!

That said, those F-18 Growlers from Whidbey that scream up Hwy 2 are awesome. Standing on Chief Mtn looking DOWN on a jet is nuts.

**skiingsamurai** · 02-28-2014, 01:05 AM

Dear Lord

Anyone hear how big the crown was?

**Brianskis** · 02-28-2014, 10:12 AM

Originally Posted by skiingsamurai

Dear Lord

Anyone hear how big the crown was?

About 10'

**2FUNKY** · 02-28-2014, 11:10 AM

Originally Posted by skiingsamurai

Dear Lord

Anyone hear how big the crown was?

Burly. Poor trees.

**pipedream** · 02-28-2014, 03:24 PM

Coffee usually does the trick for loosening me up in the morning. 50lbs of explosives seems to be the equivalent for Old Man Winter:

**pipedream** · 03-01-2014, 09:18 PM

Paid Ms. Susan Jane a visit today for some well-earned turns. That hanging snowfield slid so big it cracked the ice on the lake.

Conditions were variable, with everything from crust in the open areas to rock-hard treebombs in the woods. Found some good snow into the lake basin and some more in the vicinity of Fleur de Lis. Weather degraded throughout the day, temps plunged from roughly 28F at 9am to 15F at 4pm and it snowed all day, lightly in the morning but by 2pm it was coming down hard. Should be some great, continental-like snow for the next few days, watch out for anything exposed at- or above-treeline if you feel the need to leave the resort at all.

Just as I was getting frustrated with how slow everyone was going down the western side of the pass on the drive home, I saw an Outback coming the other way lose control crossing the first bridge east of Skykomish. It slide sideways past me then due to overcorrecting, did a 360 across the road into westbound traffic and got leveled by a flatbed semi hauling a 'dozer. Hope everyone's okay, it didn't look good in the rearview but traffic was flowing again when I got back onto the road in Gold Bar after having stopped to calm my nerves.

**the_flying_v** · 03-01-2014, 09:34 PM

Christ, hwy 2 is a mess. Hope everyone is ok.

On an unrelated topic: Baker's forecast for tomorrow night.

**pipedream** · 03-01-2014, 10:29 PM

on a related topic to that unrelated topic: my birthday is Monday and I have the day off

on an unrelated topic: we set the bootpack beneath the powerlines towards rooster this am. If you're wondering why it seems like it was set by someone half-drunk, well...

**alpineadventure** · 03-01-2014, 11:10 PM

Originally Posted by pipedream

on a related topic to that unrelated topic: my birthday is Monday and I have the day off

on an unrelated topic: we set the bootpack beneath the powerlines towards rooster this am. If you're wondering why it seems like it was set by someone half-drunk, well...

I was wonder who we were watching stumble their way up the rooster

**shroom** · 03-02-2014, 09:01 PM

making solo turns at stevens tomorrow. blue coat/purple pants/cochise - ask fer change

**RudyGarmisch** · 03-02-2014, 09:11 PM

Enjoyed the drunken bootpack up the power lines today, haha! Skied pow from 5-3am, 7:30-noon, just kept getting better and better. Love Hope on the slopes when it dumps!

**Velillen** · 03-03-2014, 07:09 PM

anyone going ot be up at stevens tomorrow? Ill be riding solo. Black flylow jacket/white pants/ lhasa pow 186's with dynafits.

or just pm me

**shroom** · 03-03-2014, 07:56 PM

it was fucking stellar until ~1:30PM when the rain paid a visit. as good as it gets for me, with no lines to be found.

to the bellingham buddies of the great beardedclam - thanks for the brewpops! it was good while it lasted.

**phatty** · 03-03-2014, 08:09 PM

How much rain came in? Was hoping for a powder Tuesday at Alpental tomorrow, but just hoping the rain wasn't enough to kill it.

**Stairmaster** · 03-03-2014, 08:25 PM

Ugh, could not get out of work today to enjoy the morning glory. I was REALLY hoping things would stay cold, but from the sounds of some freinds up at Stevens today it was 39 and pissing rain at 130. I'll be mashing lumpy wet taters tomorrow. Remember the garbage bags for the rain!

**Brianskis** · 03-03-2014, 08:34 PM

Stevens was DEEP today. Best turns of the year down Yodelin. Around 1230 it really started to get heavy. By 130, as stated, it started to rain. Gonna bet on a huge natural cycle over the next couple days...

**shroom** · 03-03-2014, 08:57 PM

Originally Posted by Brianskis

Stevens was DEEP today. Best turns of the year down Yodelin. Around 1230 it really started to get heavy. By 130, as stated, it started to rain. Gonna bet on a huge natural cycle over the next couple days...

shit was definitely moving this afternoon. i think i talked to you about your Spurs at big chief but couldn't but 2&2 together - i thought you were an old fart for some reason.