29 Jan 2012 - Alpental good samaritan

1" rain fell during the time my son and I were there but the snow was just like spring slush and kind of fast and fun. Big yellow poncho worked wonders and no crowds - no suprise there! Really shouldn't have been skiing at all after tearing my calf this week but it felt fine taking it easy.

Day nearly failed in the parking lot when I forgot my son's ski jacket. At age 5 this is kind of a prerequisite especially in a mini pineapple express. Luckily a good samaritan next to me in the lot spotted my distressed state and loaned a rain jacket until next week - do you think you'd find that in Snowbird or Aspen? Lessons saved and he had a blast too so a win-win situation if he likes skiing that much even in the rain.

Thanks mystery jacket lender!

- do you think you'd find that in Snowbird or Aspen? 

Glad it worked out for you and skiing with your son is great.
But to answer your question....yes I do.

From my personal experience the skier's in UT and CO are just as kind as the skier's in WA.

I haven't been to CO or UT so didn't know, but glad to hear they are just as friendly over there too. I suppose I just picked the biggest, poshest resort I could think of at the time and wrongly figured this wouldn't happen, sorry CO/UT folk! This is the kind of sharing that is just so RIGHT and selfless it makes me smile!