Ditto ddk as far as the ski report. Here's some additional fun facts. The sign just out of Enumclaw again said Crystal was sold out. But after passing through the 'Claw at 7:45, only saw 2 cars until we pulled into the parking lot. Once on the mountain, there was relatively few people and zero lift lines all day. How can this be a sold out day? Ran into my favorite patroller and asked her. She said Crystal's limit on lift tickets is set by a combination of chairs and acreage open for skiing. When they closed both C6 and Northway, they had to cut way back on lift tickets. I guess they sold 5,000 tickets on Friday, and I think she said they were limited to 2,000 today (hard to hear over the very loud REX motor). But having skied both days, those numbers seemed about right. Crystal also furloughed a bunch of employees.
On our lunchtime run up to the top of FQ for a bathroom break, we noticed people having some very nice looking Bloody Mary's. LD and I opted to try them. $13 got a very strong 16 oz Bloody Mary. I watched the guy empty a bottle into mine that had at least 3 shots left in it. The mix was delicious and it was garnished with 2 olives, a gherkin pickle, and a slice of bacon. Highly recommended.
We both made the CD reference vert for the first time this season, in spite of the lunch time cocktail break. I credit the lack of lift lines today. Unfortunately, Crystal needs snow measured in feet not inches to recover from the thaw this past week.
