12/11/07 Crystal

Groomers are fun.... for a few hours at least. It was hardpacked, with occasional crust on dust on crust. Big climax slide under REX was cool to see. We really need snow.

I skied Crystal today as well. Snow off -piste was not too bad either. Hard but very carveable styrofoam.

Snorting Elk Bowl skied surprisingly well but they had a no hiking sign up preventing you from climbing up to have a look at the new Northway lift which I though bogus as it prevented you from getting the top part of the bowl which had a nice dust on smooth crust .

Crystal patrol and management really p*X# me off at times with all their fricking ropes and no hiking signs !!!!! >

Thanks for the report. Any pics of the carnage?

Any word on the lost boarders ??

Bandit...where have you been? Search has been called off and those 3 souls are now presumed dead.

Scotsman - just hide your pass or lift ticket and start skinning. Your just taking a peek right. :

Welcome to your national forest........feel free to be restricted. They took my pass last dump for skining up a cat track. Crystal is a real bummer. Hey snoslut....we sound a lot alike on our Crystal views.....meet up in C lot sometime for a few brews and east peak shots??

I was there Tuesday. My wife and others were using their free warren miller coupon.

Hardly anyone there.

Best run I thought was the big snorting elk face. Smooth, carvable hard pack. There was a trail through the avalanche debris at the base.

Groomers were very fast. Off piste in the morning was breakable crust but it softened later and was do-able

I'll be there wed, thur, and friday so BRING ON THE SNOW