2005 TAY ski-fest: what up?

Hello munificent TAY hosts: has there been any discussion of what might be done about what would be the third TAY-fest in this year of discontent? <br>Crystal is looking & sounding like a dubious venue, and what I'd expected to be the typical target date (first Sunday after Crystal lifts close, per the last two years, is that correct?) has now come and gone.

<br>Baker is now (semi?) closed.... although, a bit more of a drive for most of us I suspect.

As of today Mt Hood Meadows is now closed, er I mean lift operations are "suspended"<br>

MT. HOOD MEADOWS SKI RESORT<br>LIFT OPERATIONS SUSPENDED<br>Effective Monday, March 14, 2005<br><br>Due to the recent warm weather and reduced snow pack, we're going to have to suspend lift operations, pending a return to wintery weather.<br>There is snow in the forecast for later this week and we're hopeful that the weather will return to a normal pattern. With a sufficient amount of new snow in March and/or April, we will resume lift operations.

<br>If there's a TAY gathering this year it should probably happen in South America? For the sake of our streaks, we'll need to ensure it borders multiple months!

how about mnt. adams? i'll drag the special kamelbak up the hill...

While I don't believe I'm either munificent or a TAY host, the thought has also crossed my mind, Wolfs ???.<br><br>The annual Crystal Fest certainly seems to have slipped through our fingers while our head was turned. Possibly due to the likelihood of some of us patiently waiting for the late season "big dumps" to show up and bail out our summer skiing.<br><br>MadDog touched on the matter over in the latest Crystal thread .<br>And piggybackin' on her Slush Cup leanings, Robie is politicking with the Park Service to get the Stevens Canyon road open early. The road is already cleared; they just, for some reason, haven't opened it yet &gt;. There's still some ok coverage over there on the Tatoosh . <br><br>Implementing Jeff's idea, if things work out and we get the Pinnacle Gl. Checked out in time, we might stage a 4 day Slush Cup event from Thurs 3/31 thru Sun 4/3. It would certainly be an easier run for Kam to haul the ... uh, camelbak, up the Pinnacle tarn rather than the Lunch Counter.<br>C'mon Robie, let's get crackin' on that road. <br>

 i'll drag the special kamelbak up the hill...

<br><br>I'll help!