I posted this at the TH a week ago....
10 days ago, the slopes were bare.....then it snowed...and snowed....super light fluff, rare for the PNW....
and the next storm is rolling in this afternoon..but will bring big winds with it.
I skiied Stevens Pass Thursday, which was super deep (4 feet of 4-5% moisture content snow) but with little terrain open, and nothing steep, there was little fun to be had.
Yesterday, at Crystal Mt, by contrast, was EPIC.....2.5-3.5 feet of blower even lighter powder, and few people, so I was able to ski slightly cut up or untracked knee to hip deep fluff everywhere I went.. No action pics, no one wanted to stop, and it was danged cold, 0-10 degrees.
Some of the gnar...
High Campbell lift, which serves up nothing but double diamond expert terrain
Avalanche Basin, part of the South Back Country, which requires ridge hiking and climbing for 10-30 minutes to access incredible goods.
my tracks on the left
I would have stayed up and skied today, but I'm bushed...two bad knees, and a sore butt from taking out a rock with it :roll: .....and the big windstorm is coming.
