Getting out of Seattle

**char** · 02-05-2004, 11:38 PM

Allright PNW mags, I'm tired of dreary, gray Seattle-concrete. I'm looking to get out of town. Ideally I will not be spending any money other than on gas and food and a lift ticket. I'll crash in my sleeping bag wherever and whenever I feel like sleeping.

Pollard hooked me up with a lift ticket to White Pass, but thats about as far south as I want to go.

Anybody have a good spot to go that is somewhat isolated, free, not a city and does not require 4wd to access?

**BakerBoy** · 02-05-2004, 11:43 PM

Originally posted by char
Anybody have a good spot to go that is somewhat isolated, free, not a city and does not require 4wd to access?

The state penitentary (sp) in Monroe?

**mtbakerskier** · 02-05-2004, 11:43 PM

do you havea at set up w/ skins?

**char** · 02-05-2004, 11:44 PM

Originally posted by mtbakerskier
do you havea at set up w/ skins?

Negative, nor BC equipment.

**char** · 02-05-2004, 11:45 PM

Originally posted by BakerBoy
The state penitentary (sp) in Monroe?

Hmm, mass murder did occur to me, but I thought that spending the rest of my life in a cell might put a damper on getting fresh tracks.

**mtbakerskier** · 02-05-2004, 11:46 PM

Originally posted by char
Negative, nor BC equipment.

Then I cant help you, but i will tell you this, if you cna locate some bc gear, some knowledge and a at setup ill show you some goods

**char** · 02-05-2004, 11:49 PM

Originally posted by mtbakerskier
Then I cant help you, but i will tell you this, if you cna locate some bc gear, some knowledge and a at setup ill show you some goods

In that case I'll try and get ahold of you next season.

**iceman** · 02-05-2004, 11:50 PM

Do you have a car?

**char** · 02-05-2004, 11:51 PM

Originally posted by iceman
Do you have a car?

Ideally I will not be spending any money other than on gas

I wasn't talking about buying a can of beans.

**bluewood_skier** · 02-06-2004, 12:32 AM

bluewood...but that is only if you want to drive all the way to walla walla. its nice and small(1125 vert-like 500 acres) but its got great treeskiing and nobodys there! ill prolly be there every weekend-could show you around some...theres also the state penitenter(cant spell) here.

**tibaher** · 02-06-2004, 02:35 AM

go north young man

Red's only an 8 hour drive
cheap cheap too
WH20 is right there too!
mmmmmmmm the goods

**Buster Highmen** · 02-06-2004, 12:04 PM

Rossland/Nelson: 7+ hours.
Schweitzer": 6+ hours.
Lost Trail, MT: 9 hours.
Montana Snow Bowl (Mazoola): 8 hours.
Brundage (McCall, ID): 9 hours.
Fernie, BC: 9 hours.
Castle Mtn: 10 hours.
Whitefish: 9 hours.
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Pebble Creek (I da ho): 10 hours.
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Anthony Lakes (LaGrande, OR):7 hours
Ferguson Ridge (tiny, Joseph, OR) 7 hours
Turner Mountain (weekends only, Libby, MT): 9 hours
Discovery Basin,(Phillipsburg, MT) 10 hours.

**BanditXXX** · 02-06-2004, 12:21 PM

Should be sunny over there the next few days. They are closed on Tues and Wed. Kinda of a laid back place where a lot of locals hang out . Pretty cool.

**dubu** · 02-06-2004, 12:38 PM

Heard Mission is doing better than normal (read you dont have to p-tex your bases after you ski there)..

I would, go bluewood then mission then get some german bratworst and brews in Leavenworth.. and call it a weekend....

you could also ski the rope tow at hurracane ridge, never been dont know annything about it... but it would be diffferent..

**grrrr** · 02-06-2004, 12:42 PM

Of those choices, I would pick Hurricane Ridge. Way laid back, good conditions right now. Totally different from the Seattle scene. Short runs out the traverse, but worth visiting.

Mission can be good, but it just doesn't snow there enough. 9 days out of 10 the snow is rock hard. Wenatchee (AKA armpit of Washington) is likely to be sunnier than Seattle, but not a town I would choose to hang out in.

**midget** · 02-06-2004, 04:28 PM

Go to Red Mountain.

**fiddler** · 02-06-2004, 08:27 PM

http://www.skitheloup.com/conditions.shtml

For small and out-of-the-way you could try Loup Loup between Omak and Winthrop.

**char** · 02-06-2004, 09:32 PM

Damn, you guys rock. Two of you sent totally unexpected offers. You know who you are, thanks.

This place and the people here continue to amaze me.

I'm out for the weekend. It was dumping coming down I90 tonight. Get sum. Cyrstal the next two days for me.

**Gregbo** · 02-06-2004, 09:59 PM

Big White - 6 hrs (kelowna)
Mission Ridge - having a steller snow season!!
loup loup - - they've added a triple chair... 1200 vert no crowds!!! very cheap
Bend expecting sun.... (of course - I got all the wind and fog!)

**HotRutteredBum** · 02-06-2004, 10:41 PM

Originally posted by BakerBoy
The state penitentary (sp) in Monroe?

That is the place boy i tell you what.
Monroe, WA. Stay for a day or for life

**pollard** · 02-07-2004, 01:20 PM

mission so nice today. I'll be there tomorrow. wtf is that about wenatchee being the armpit of washington. people just thinnk that cause you gotta drive though the ghetto to get mission.

**bluewood_skier** · 02-07-2004, 01:58 PM

Originally posted by Gregbo
Big White - 6 hrs (kelowna)
Mission Ridge - having a steller snow season!!
loup loup - - they've added a triple chair... 1200 vert no crowds!!! very cheap
Bend expecting sun.... (of course - I got all the wind and fog!)

loup loups got a quad....its hella slow though, but so is bluewood.