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

[altasnob]

This is great news for mediocre snowboarders like myself. Getting off chair 2 is a bitch. I tore an ab muscle in a whiteout on that rutted out ramp.

[MagnificentUnicorn]

I'm very curious what the details of this are:

Gazex?

[PNWbrit]

Gazex?

It's a series of tubes.

[Mofro261]

It's a series of tubes.

Ex lax.

But not likely above knoll 1. Unless there is some way to prevent cornices from forming along the ridge, the hazard remains.

[AK47bp]

Alpy is implementing remote control friggin space laser technology to blast those fuckers.

[Buke]

Hey, construction is a great excuse!

But they should be building on Mt. Catherine.

Since the ski season is winding down and we've devolved into griping about resort expansion, I present my preferred expansion option. And yeah, I know that most of it is within the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, it's on top of the PCT, and it would require a lot more than an act of Congress to get it done. But think about how much intermediate -> Advanced terrain would be opened up and how easy the access would be into the Adventure Zone and the upper reaches of Mt. Snoqualmie! This area is completely hammered with people all winter and summer anyway, so it's not like it's a huge hit to the pristine wilderness. One can dream...

[dangerdad]

I was under the impression that these have proved to be less effective. They create a stable snow back in their explosion zone, but don't trigger many adjacent instabilities.

[bfree]

Sunnier than expected today, quite nice!

And plenty of patrons, demand for Fridays is definitely still there.

[SorryBro]

Nash delivered soft powder turns in the morning and lower mountain produced slushy corn. Nice morning.

[Norseman]

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[Norseman]

homies slidin by in stokes bowl

[snoqpass]

I'm very curious what the details of this are:

Gas-X system. it's basically a propane cannon permanently mounted on the mountain, I think Crystal has one

[snoqpass]

That’s marginally easier. That ramp still shoots you out pretty fast over 2-3ft moguls on most days.

That's about it, a road was started but never finished

[snoqpass]

Here's one that gives a better idea of the topography:



That will remove the Nash entrance filter and will increase skier density out there in more ways than one.

The placement of the chairs has changed a little bit since this map was made

[snoqpass]

Since the ski season is winding down and we've devolved into griping about resort expansion, I present my preferred expansion option. And yeah, I know that most of it is within the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, it's on top of the PCT, and it would require a lot more than an act of Congress to get it done. But think about how much intermediate -> Advanced terrain would be opened up and how easy the access would be into the Adventure Zone and the upper reaches of Mt. Snoqualmie! This area is completely hammered with people all winter and summer anyway, so it's not like it's a huge hit to the pristine wilderness. One can dream...

Originally a lift up Mt Snoqualmie was in the plans but the Mountaineers got involved and helped put an end to that

[snoqpass]

Originally a lift up Mt Snoqualmie was in the plans but the Mountaineers got involved and helped put an end to that

From the book Northwest Ski Trails, the page is from the forward written by Harvey Manning who had some very one sided views on who should be using the mountains

[shroom]

homies slidin by in stokes bowl

4/4

[CHAIR_97]

From the book Northwest Ski Trails, the page is from the forward written by Harvey Manning who had some very one sided views on who should be using the mountains

#$%!

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[Yonder_River]

Twas pretty nice today.

Hey, uh is that a beetle infestation we're starting to see up there? Noticed it on some trees earlier this winter more than normal but now that snow is off, it seems really evident.

[Norseman]

Twas pretty nice today.

Hey, uh is that a beetle infestation we're starting to see up there? Noticed it on some trees earlier this winter more than normal but now that snow is off, it seems really evident.

I had noticed a couple individual trees in trouble, like the mtn hemlock right by the top shack. But driving up the Alp rd was the first time I noticed it at scale... big stripes of red hues in the trees alongside the phantom path.

Then started seeing it everywhere up there. Pretty concerning. I wonder if the forest scientists have made note of this yet?

[altasnob]

I thought the beetle infestation that is such a plague and in Montana and CO and elsewhere in the Rockies hasn't made it's way West of the Cascade crest because it's so wet and different type of trees?

[bfree]

I thought they just got scorched during the ultra-hot summer of '21.

[Norseman]

That's what I think, too.

Maybe exacerbated by this past summer's long dry spell? And this cool winter without much rain perc?

[kamtron]

Reddening and dead needles can def be heat stress. I see a lot of it along the baker highway

[Yonder_River]

I guess kind of good to know it maybe isn't beetle related? I left Colorado in 06 and it was pretty bad there and seemed intractable.