Re: Padded Seats 2020

Jan 17. Ahhh. Oodles of fantastic snow everywhere. Plenty of pushed around leftovers. Armstrong started about 945 and Chair 2 shortly after; never a line. Nash and Rollen entries tolerable. Elevator gates open; I had a great trip through the upper gate and then working back to lowest Nash. Snowing hard down to about 2000 feet at 4 PM but only about an inch on the car 8-4.

Pretty mediocre, country club Wed. Two loaded timely, l'Internationale was put into play at tennish, Snake Dance & Elevator followed shortly thereafter and the rain failed to materialize as of last chair. H*ck, even the golf course didn't disappoint beneath the lights this evening. Thanks for not coming!

Delayed load, heavy snow, wall-to-wall debris and Pugetopolis' finest Powder Technicians all attending.

So otherwise, a regular Alpental "Super" Tuesday

Valentine's day I guess everyone stayed home.

Arrived around noon and the lower lot (the one with the footbridge) was signed closed for buses/full etc., but the slopes themselves were practically deserted. Like when you almost wish for at least one other skier on International in case you wipe out and hurt yourself. I had no idea the RV scene in the upper lot was so organized. Lodges were also very peaceful. All in all a great day with a couple of inches of new snow with the expected altitude gradation in quality. The usual entry zones were getting nicely filled in and non-angst inducing. Favorite run maybe the assorted Gunmount glades. No real snow accumulation on car 12-5 but it stayed just below 32 with light snow.

Presidents day was surreal. Lined up early and was near the front of chair 2 when it started loading at 9:40. 18" on top skied like a dream. Once Nash opened that was the place to be. By lunch time Elevator was in the mix... steep and deep - so nice I lapped it twice. Grabbed a bear and enjoyed the sun peaking out in the afternoon. Kind people and a great day to be on the mountain

"18" on top skied like a dream"

Dreamy was my description as well. Two runs down Armstrong where you have no other tracks in your view were incredible. Then the same dream on Gun Mount. Top 5 days at Alpy. We really liked them opening up earlier than normal after a big dump and then opening up new terrain as the day wore on.

Poor lifties need to dig out Chair 2 as we saw at least 6 people catch their tips at the start and have to take the walk of shame back to the shack.