11-2010 Alpental Chair 2 - National Monument or ?

The symbol in the Alpental "A" however is immensely intriguing and I am waiting for the real story. I emailed D. Molenaar but have not heard back from him...remember I pointed out that (I thought) the symbol was an Edelweiss FLOWER and NOT a snowflake at all.
BTM

Here is some proof/reference to the SYMBOL in the Alpental "A" is NOT a snowflake. It may be a Edelweiss FLOWER.
This is what I think it is in the original form on the ORIGINAL MAP, (see above).
Bob (Mickelson) then called his friend Warren Miller, the legendary producer of ski movies, and arranged for
Miller to come to Seattle. A few days later, Bob picked Miller up at the airport and brought him to
Snoqualmie Summit where I was waiting with a rented Bell B-200 helicopter in the Summit Ski Area
parking lot.
The chopper took us to the top of the mountain where our future Chair Two would unload. There,
Bob, Ted, a member of the U.S. Ski Team (we can’t remember her name) and I skied into the bowl on
the west side of the mountain, while Miller filmed us from the helicopter. The bowl dropped 1,100 feet
to a ridge at the tree line, where our future Chair One would terminate. Bob named the bowl Edelweiss
after his ski-clothing line, and the floral symbol of the high mountains. Then we descended through the
trees to the valley floor, another 1,250 feet.

On a second run, we skied off the northeast side of the mountain as Miller filmed from the
hovering helicopter. We dropped into a narrow chute that funneled out onto a wide slope that was too
steep for vegetation to withstand avalanches. We named the run Internationale. Sports Illustrated later
described it as, “The nation’s steepest ski slope per square foot.”Alpental ~ James Griffin
www.summitatsnoqualmie.com/files/pdf/alp_history_doc.pdf

Snow is warm and comforting. - Schluctism

The genesis of the Alpental name

Alpental is not in the dictionary. Bob Mickelson, my partner and co-developer of the Alpental Ski
Area, made up the name. Bob combined the Swiss/German words alpen (alpine), and tal (valley), to
describe the mountain valley (Alpen tal) located north of the Snoqualmie Pass summit in Washington State.
The genesis of Alpental occurred in December 1964 when Bob and I met for lunch at the Bavarian
Restaurant in Tacoma. We ate lunch together two or three days a week to review reports on our retail
and wholesale sporting-goods businesses.
www.summitatsnoqualmie.com/files/pdf/alp_history_doc.pdf

Snow can ascend or descend simultaneously. - Schluctism

ETHELL was a tree
Growing off of his shoulder

Billy had two big
Caves for eyes,
With a cliff for a jaw
That would go up 'n down,
And whenever it did,
He'd puff out some dust,
And hack up a boulder
(HACK!)
Hack up a boulder
(HACK! HACK!)
Hack up a boulder
(HACK! HACK! HACK!)
Up a boulder

ETHELL was a tree
Growing off of his shoulder

Billy had two big
Caves for eyes,
With a cliff for a jaw
That would go up 'n down,
And whenever it did,
He'd puff out some dust,
And hack up a boulder
(HACK!)
Hack up a boulder
(HACK! HACK!)
Hack up a boulder
(HACK! HACK! HACK!)
Up a boulder

Ethel? I'm going on a vacation!
BillyTheMountain (friend of Studebaker Hawk, new and excited superhero of the current economic slump)
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW
Billy The Mountain is a song by Frank Zappa, it is from the album: Just Another Band From L. A.
On it is Flo and Eddy, "The Turtles" and Franks INCREDIBLE WORK. Did you know that Frank Zappa PRODUCED and invented...Black Sabbath and MANY MANY other artists?
Please appreciate our NATIONAL TREASURER.

Snow SINGS to me and I am fine. - Schluctism

Maybe if you dropped some acid the chair would talk to you and give some direction on its future......

I tried that already.  Every chair wants to speak for itself and no clear consensus emerges.

....at least I think that is what I remember happening.  There was also people talking and maybe a tree or two.  It was pretty clear at the time....



No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place.  -Schulctism