Cascadia/WA Pow Farming ‘23/‘24

[riff]

Little early to be calling the season folks. Put some good energy in the Ullr thread

This


Sent from my iPhone using TGR Forums

[ey_allen]

In still skiing and having a good time, and I’m still optimistic about the season.

Another storm is brewing so do some snow dances to keep temps cool.

[wickstad]

I’ve known wickstad for nearly 20 years now, I’m going with Mofro’s recollection.


Sent from my iPhone using TGR Forums

I googled it and found an answer on Facebook. Only the seat bottoms were wood. The chairs were not replaced by the T-bird chairs. They were modified (the process was over my head) to accept normal seats in the eighties. Then in the nineties even more modifications were done. Sorry I just read it but I think my memories from the early eighties are clearer than from five minutes ago.

[TripleT]

04-05, 08-09, 14-15, 23-24.

But 05-06, 09-10, and 15-16 were great winters, let’s hope the pattern holds true again for 24-25.

Ya seen this before. The current pattern is similar to the years quoted above. High and dry, see hope on long range forecasts, get excited, 2-3 days before storm the forecasts turn warmer or at least finish warm and rainy, get depressed, high and dry, rinse repeat.

I for one, am embracing the writing on the wall. If I keep my expectations low, I can be pleasantly surprised.

Helps that the biking’s been good

[riff]

When coverage up high is good, I can accept the high end dry patterns by getting out skinny skis and walking my brains out for big stuff; some pow farming here and there would be nice though!


Sent from my iPhone using TGR Forums

[MagnificentUnicorn]

Looking north towards the Lake Wenatchee country and beyond from Mission yesterday, the snowpack looks decent above 5500-6000’.


Sent from my iPhone using TGR Forums

[kamtron]

2015 was really bad at the ski areas, but I remember some good mid-winter tours into the alpine with access that isn't possible on normal years. Valentine's day perfect corn on Larrabee followed by top-to-bottom corn on S side Baker was a highlight. I think that was the spring where we actually got a really nice bunch of powder in WA pass after it opened too, and then the usual volcano seasons was good if a bit earlier than usual.

[Norseman]

2015 was really bad at the ski areas, but I remember some good mid-winter tours into the alpine with access that isn't possible on normal years. Valentine's day perfect corn on Larrabee followed by top-to-bottom corn on S side Baker was a highlight. I think that was the spring where we actually got a really nice bunch of powder in WA pass after it opened too, and then the usual volcano seasons was good if a bit earlier than usual.

Yep, was just thinking about that year. I was touring from Paradise a bunch with midwinter corn conditions and it was great. Went up there like 20 times.

I think I met you that year, when we skied with Amar from Muir to the bridge.

And yeah, the early pass opening was cool. Maybe the best skicamper trip I ever did.

[MagnificentUnicorn]

The coverage is good enough up high that I was thinking a traverse following the county line from Mission to Blewett might be good. Kinda like the hogloppet but with more up and down, less road


Sent from my iPhone using TGR Forums

[ptavv]

I went up to Crystal today to get some turns with my 8yo during her winter break

It is… rugged. Pouring rain until half way up the Boulevard. Sleet in the parking lot. Actual snow in, around, above the base area but windy.

Fun day skiing Queens run over and over with her.

Going to take a couple good storms to fix things though. Bare dirt under the tree cover below about 5k feet. Paradise has *a lot* more snow at the same (and lower) elevations.

Super weird to me that despite temps <32 they weren't running any of the snow guns… even the ones runs that with really sparse coverage and no skiers (eg lower Bull Run, upper Quicksilver). Given how little snow there is around the base area it seems like some big piles in reserve on lower Bull Run would be useful to push around after the next rain storm. Seems weird.

[Ted Striker]

04-05, 08-09, 14-15, 23-24.

04/05 had a bad middle. So much so that everyone gave up. And there was a period (IIRC late Feb into March, or maybe a bit later) that was actually pretty good. Had lots of (cascade concrete) pow days where we had the mountain to ourselves.

Something about lemons and lemonade...

[californiagrown]

. Had lots of (cascade concrete) pow days where we had the mountain to ourselves.

Something about lemons and lemonade...

I'd love some schmoo to schmear.

[carlh]

Pass closure tonight and 6-8” so far. Should be a massive shitshow tomorrow, hopefully we get something out of the storm on Monday/Tuesday.

[eSock]

Stevens was surprisingly decent groomers today and snow falling from 10am on. Good luck to the holiday hordes this weekend.

[ey_allen]

I went up to Stevens yesterday afternoon for some family laps. Coverage was greatly improved, I found some soft stashes off the main runs when I wasn’t with my 5 year old, and it was basically empty.

[Bandit Man]

I went up to Stevens yesterday afternoon for some family laps. Coverage was greatly improved, I found some soft stashes off the main runs when I wasn’t with my 5 year old, and it was basically empty.

I was up in the morning and other than the initial morning rush to get in the lift line, it was not crowded. Snow was great. It finally felt like winter! Once lunch hit, it was ski on to just about every lift. We still need a few feet to cover up the avy debris/death cookies/chicken heads from the rain event a few weeks ago. So, will be staying optimistic about the future.

[MagnificentUnicorn]

MX83 has been the ski of choice at Mission so far this season. The more I ski them I find that they’re very capable in a variety of shit fuck conditions and firm groomers.


Sent from my iPhone using TGR Forums

[BeardedClam]

Hope I'm wrong but I've been getting irky vibes of the winter that shall not be named. It's been downright balmy in Glacier this winter. The biggest weirdness is that its not even weathery, just mild all around. I've split more wood in the last two weeks than I have ever in winters past, and only 1 day was in rain

[Huskier]

Hope I'm wrong but I've been getting irky vibes of the winter that shall not be named.

Same vibes. Finishing my patio project this week. The only silver lining this go is that we don't have the blob to contend with. But those record subsea temps back in June I think kind of told the story...

[Ted Striker]

It switched from unseasonably warm here in town to cold with strong NE outflow winds. Was talking to someone from Glacier and it's warmer up there.

No clouds for precip though.

[carlh]

Did some fitness laps at hyak today while the little guy sledded with mom and grandma. Top skied ok but the lower half had a bunch of open creeks and lots of terrain bumps that are normally filled in. Face and backside were skied enough to leave scrappy bumps.
Hopefully tomorrows storm delivers

[kamtron]

Saturday was great skiing, excellent boot top powder, stable, cold, gorgeous views.

[kamtron]

Yep, was just thinking about that year. I was touring from Paradise a bunch with midwinter corn conditions and it was great. Went up there like 20 times.

I think I met you that year, when we skied with Amar from Muir to the bridge.

And yeah, the early pass opening was cool. Maybe the best skicamper trip I ever did.

I miss having Paradise as a reasonable day trip. That was a fun day we met, Norseman. You'll have to come up and ski Kulshan with me some time

[Bandit Man]

Skied boot-deep pow off of 7th Heaven at Stevens today. Coverage was quite good. Boy was it good to ski conditions like that. Also, nobody was there today. Well, CascadLuke was there…nice to bump into him. [emoji6]

[LegoSkier]

I was at Stevens too. Today sure over delivered and exceeded expectations!
Not too confident the rest of the week will be the same though.