Vertfest Feb. 18-19

Its no fun unless there is a bootpack! Don't recall the bootpack on Armstrong area, even in the firm years but there has been one around through the trees left of the fan, through the trees and chute on Andy's point and another over by upper sideslip I recall once.

Are there no published rules for the event?  Definitive info seems sparse...

Its pretty simple. Helmet, beacon, shovel and probe and your touring gear. Follow the race course markings and that's all you need. Why complicate it further?

And no post holing in the skin track or dogs, this ain't no source lk trail.

Keep an ear open for whiskey, too

Its pretty simple. Helmet, beacon, shovel and probe and your touring gear.  Follow the race course markings and that's all you need.  Why complicate it further?

And no post holing in the skin track or dogs, this ain't no source lk trail.

Agreed for the most part, except one point. Is strapping skis to your pack during the bootpacks a requirement? This has been a source of contention multiple years and all would be solved by a little communication to both the participants and course volunteers.

Heads up for those of you coming from the north that use 99 to get to I-90:

WSDOT wrote: Construction crews working for WSDOT will close southbound SR 99/Aurora Avenue North from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19, between Valley Street and the south end of the Battery Street Tunnel.