Gnarly Alpental area tracks: who skied that????

Shot 8. One weekday afternoon in 98/99 there was practically a freeway heading out there. I followed a couple kids on rental snowboards wearing jeans, football jackets & gas station beanies (you get the idea.) It's steep and as I remember has some exposure at the top, but then it opens into a beautiful steep bowl that collects lots of snow.

Though younger Keith Crabtree was another instigator in some of those early antics.

<br><br>Yeah, maybe Keith was the one who organized the highway jump. It was a long time ago.<br><br>

The pool jump is still there though it probably doesn't melt out much before the area closes.  The Alpental used to close the last week of May.  A jump into that pool was a great way to cool off after a sunny hot spring bump session.

<br><br>I should clarify what made the pool jump special. The guys in Eric's movie made the jump with their skis on.   <br>

Jumping over the highway? I'd like to hear more about the "gnarly exploits" from those days!

I used to get a charge when Jeff Jobe would ski off the cliff face from the top of ch.2. Sometimes he was so quiet you wouldn't here him until right befor landing at the base in front of the lodge .That was big air for those days! He had some serious hang time. X

To Hyak BC; There is a couple of Mt Goats up on Roaring Ridge in the summer<br>

And also to Hyack bc - would this perhaps be you and the snowboarding duo last weekend? I had a weather eye for the steep stuff while in the parking lot and caught this interesting trio - <br><br>