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We were up at Crystal on Saturday too. Saw a line of folks skinning up under Quicksilver and a well established skin track headed towards Bullion, so we opted for the road less traveled, splitting the difference and ending up lapping the Pickhandle Pt and Bear Gap areas. There was evidence of windloading on north-facing slopes and some minor loose snow slides and sluffing below cliff bands, however stability was good, so we skied:

(Disclaimer: no rocks, ski edges, or bases were hurt d...

11/21/10 2:04pm

silaswild

author=wolfs link=topic=18020.msg76249#msg76249 date=1290212138]
And BTW what is Daves Demise? Is that the more sinuous route through trees and gullies that one can take from Elizabeth Lake and end up intersecting Queens? Or something else?

Dave's Demise, as he described it the other day, is just north of Party Knoll I believe. Here's the lower part: http://vimeo.com/17070509 http://vimeo.com/17070537

I think the...

11/21/10 1:22pm

Moscawulff

Dear Stugie,

You're cordially invited to choke on my cold smoke trail anytime you so desire...and please do bring the sex wax. You'll need it as you bear witness to the slaying occurring before you.

Miss you bro, let's get out there soon! BTW, another epically deep day was had today!

Peace...

11/21/10 11:55am

ema

Yeah! it was pretty good up there today, i was up tele'in on pontoons and it was a great day to bring out the fatties. If it snows much more though, steeper slopes are gonna be needed to make any real turns. I ventured onto some of the "ungroomed" areas and had a hard time maintaing any speed in the deeper snow. maybe central or alpental will have enough coverage after the storm(s)?

11/21/10 10:37am

Stugie

To Jay, Chris, Brad & Joe:

Surfing has been great for the last couple months! Thanks for asking! ;) Guess you guys are making a strong arguement for changing my sex wax for swix. Consider it done.

Sincerely,
Stugie

11/21/10 10:29am

Mofro

Between the Pacific crest quad and Dodge Ridge the hill had been groomed on Saturday- making pretty decent skiing with 8"+ new on top. Decent enough for a couple of laps with my 9yo.

skinning

Snow storming

Emma style

11/21/10 8:33am

Charlie Hagedorn

author=Zap link=topic=18053.msg76376#msg76376 date=1290382611]
Good call. The telemetry numbers indicate 9" since 5am. If the forecast holds up, Monday morning should be nice. ;)

If that amount gets doubled, it should be very fine. I went home because I was tired of hitting terrain irregularities under the snow surface in flat light.

11/21/10 8:12am

Zap

Good call. The telemetry numbers indicate 9" since 5am. If the forecast holds up, Monday morning should be nice. ;)

11/21/10 7:36am

skierlyles

author=altasnob link=topic=18041.msg76354#msg76354 date=1290350440]
Yeah Crystal! Pics from Silver Basin (it was just as tracked out there as when the lifts are spinning and South Back is open). Great snow in spots, no signs of instability

skierlyles hates sick couloirs

11/21/10 4:51am

FreeBird

author=Joedabaker link=topic=18041.msg76362#msg76362 date=1290359732]
So our group got 1/2 a sweet run and the long walk of shame out. Kinda felt like kissing your sister, but a good looking one, if that makes a difference ??? How was the Gap exit?

I've done that walk of shame. I particularly remember crossing niagras.
I don't have a sister... ;)
The gap exit was ok if you stayed on the road... ...

11/21/10 3:06am

Snow Bell

Nice action shots A-snob. Glad to hear you found yourselves some untracked powder.

Guess I really missed out. ::)

11/21/10 2:56am

shaman

Kudos to you Freebird getting turns on Northway. We thought about heading out that way but found the powder around Green Valley to be irresistible.

What a great start to the new ski season.....

11/21/10 1:55am

Joedabaker

Nice tracks on NW Carl. We really underestimated our time, so by the time we got out there. We had to value a long sweet powder run or ski out in the dark. So our group got 1/2 a sweet run and the long walk of shame out. Kinda felt like kissing your sister, but a good looking one, if that makes a difference ??? Thanks for the skin track. Good to ski with MoFro, PNWBrit, Scotsman. How was the Gap exit?

11/21/10 1:15am

Mofro

November 20, 2010, Paradise Found

We saw those 3 tracks off Northway on a late lap out to Morning Glory Bowl, looked very nice.

A light touch was needed on several of the laps we made yesterday, such damn fine snow deserves just a leeeeeetle more base.

11/20/10 11:40pm

JibberD

Thanks for the report and photo. Love your insight on the logistics; it seems like the challenge with gear, partners and travel never ends. When you get it all figured out, let us know, then publish the book.

11/20/10 11:38pm

altasnob

Green Mt and Sauk Mt Rds Closed- Cascde Pass instead

Yeah Crystal! Pics from Silver Basin (it was just as tracked out there as when the lifts are spinning and South Back is open). Great snow in spots, no signs of instability

skierlyles hates sick couloirs

Sam trying to avoid the white room

11/20/10 10:40pm

curmudgeon

Thanks for the scouting info.

11/20/10 8:59pm

scotteryx

November 20, 2010, Cougar Mounatin, Blower

NICE!!!!

11/20/10 3:42pm

Charlie Hagedorn

No need for a second Xtal thread - so here's an addition.

Checked in with patrol (it's easy and friendly (skinner's right of the main lodge), then skinned up and into Silver Basin. Quite a gaggle of folks followed, then extended, our track up and into the bowl. High-shin deep settling blower. Just a glimmer of windslab brewing near the ridgetops.

Heard another party descending ouf the the clouds -- "I just got two core shots, and I don't care!"...

11/20/10 1:05pm

FreeBird

November 20, 2010, Esmeralda Basin

Did 3 laps on Northway Peak then skied snorting elk and took the gap road out.

11/20/10 12:51pm

Stimbuck

Like I said, thin but we had a great time.

11/20/10 11:31am

Ritalin Kid

November 20, 2010, Esmeralda Basin

Looks like you scored one of the first lines on Powder Bowl. Nice work. I'm impressed that you ventured out to Northway. Where did you roll out? Old bus pickup? or parking lot?

11/20/10 10:28am

kevino

Any pictures?? Was it snowing much? Might head out there tomorrow. Thanks.

11/20/10 10:24am

Ritalin Kid

author=gregL link=topic=18038.msg76328#msg76328 date=1290301887]
Is Paul Cressman your dad?

Yes he is.

Thanks for the kudos on the video

11/20/10 10:07am

FreeBird

Cool video.

11/20/10 10:03am

gregL

11 12, 2010, Mt. Hood Mt. Hood Meadows

Good call on Upper/Lower Bull, and nice vid!

Is Paul Cressman your dad?

11/20/10 9:11am

Koda

author=Snowolf link=topic=17965.msg76219#msg76219 date=1290192397]
Prior to this and at the end of the season, Meadows is fair game as it is National Forest and therefore public land. Only during normal season operation are there restrictions.

I have no problems following the rules... if I knew what they were.

Since Meadows operates on "public Land" I believe they should be required to publicly post ALL the r...

11/20/10 5:05am

RonL

Nov 18, 2010, Snoqualmie Pass, WA - Rockin' West

I found a few of those rocks this morning. It was nice to get local again though.

Do any of you guys that live up there have an update on how the Hyak cabin owners got taken care of after that slide? Did the resort have to cover their damage or is that all still being worked out?

11/20/10 5:04am

Dave S.

Nov 18, 2010, Snoqualmie Pass, WA - Rockin' West

Beauty of a photo.

11/20/10 4:05am

savegondor

11/16 Paradise Lost, Cayouse Kapute, Not So White

I saw that. They looked nice. I wasn't so burned by the lack of snow as I was by Mother Nature shutting down MRNP.

11/20/10 3:55am

NWBoarder

11/16 Paradise Lost, Cayouse Kapute, Not So White

I was up at White Pass on 11/19 and it looked absolutely nothing like your pictures. It's amazing what 3 days and a real nice storm can do for the coverage. We hiked to the top and rode to the bottom. The Black diamond runs were slim on the coverage, but the rest was good. There's a TR posted on here by Snowolf with some nice pics from the day.

11/20/10 3:38am

NWBoarder

Nov 18, 2010, Snoqualmie Pass, WA - Rockin' West

It's good to see that Snoqualmie finally got some snow. Yay for La Nina!

11/20/10 3:29am

Snowolf

11-18-2010, Mt. Rainier- White Pass TR

Great...good to see you here. Looking forward to getting up to Paradise on a good weather day.

11/20/10 2:55am

NWBoarder

11-18-2010, Mt. Rainier- White Pass TR

I signed up for an account just to be able to say that day was a blast! I've lurked T-A-Y for some time now and finally took the plunge into contributing member. It's gonna be a great winter!

11/20/10 2:41am

NWBoarder

November 10, 2010, Paradise Muir Ski

First post here. :) This was a great day on Rainier! No skins here, but we still had fun. Here's a little video that me and some friends made. http://vimeo.com/16811639

11/20/10 2:38am

splitboarder

November 18, 2010, Blueberry Chutes (Table Mt)

Went up yesterday (Friday November 19th). Incredible day, snow was blower, bottomless and perfectly stable, what more could you ask for?

Visibility was in and out but we knew our way around and shredded some gnar, skied a nice mini N facing chute to 45 degrees, little sluff, no slabbing. A couple of laps in the Blueberry chute zone had us wishing we could freeze time and just do lap after lap. Truly a day i won't forget. Back at it tomorrow!

6ft Boulders we were jump...

11/20/10 2:31am

Markeyz

Nov 18, Silver basin

author=Plinko link=topic=18006.msg76263#msg76263 date=1290222567]
MarkeyZ, We kept looking back waiting for you to catch up and help break trail! :p Glad you got some of the goodness! Sweet tuque btw.

Wapati Woolies!

author=snoholic link=topic=18006.msg76297#msg76297 date=1290262309]
Nice to know what happened to you Markeyz. We went back to same area on Friday, when it got too cr...

11/19/10 11:54pm

snoholic

11 12, 2010, Mt. Hood Mt. Hood Meadows

Silas started talking about Hollywood type stuff mid day (proper trail blazing technique to maximize video goodness) it destiny for him to end up on t.v.

11/19/10 10:29pm

snoholic

Nov 18, Silver basin

Nice to know what happened to you Markeyz. We went back to same area on Friday, when it got too crowed up near boxcar we followed your trail up to party knoll and the so called Dave's demise. So in the end you did break trail for us.

Zack

11/19/10 10:11pm

Snowolf

I think the big reason for this is due to avalanche control. If a back country skier/rider enters a closed are from above or outside the permit area in the Heather / Clark Canyon system, they could be in the line of fire from the Howitzer.

The one thing I have never understood is the policy of no hiking outside permit area if you rode the chairlift. A prime example of this would be the White River Canyon. It is an incredible ride to drop into White River from the moraine...

11/19/10 4:15pm

Mtnmanb

We were there (Dicey, ChainsawWillie and Mtn Man). Best run was off of Powder Bowl, nice knee deep blower pow. See you up there next time.

B)

11/19/10 2:21pm

Kyle Miller

Nov 19, 2010, East Peak

I bet that the Eastern slopes held some nice pockets.

The west side not so much.

Thanks for the beta I may have to head that way this week.

11/19/10 1:36pm

Amar Andalkar

Nov 12, 2010, White Pass, Sweet Expansion video

They interviewed Silas on KING 5, he was on the evening news, identified as "Cy Wild" and stating that "This is the closest you can get to Utah without actually being there."

The video is online (but missing the Utah quote): http://www.king5.com/home/Washington-states-largest-ski-area-opened--109358459.html

11/19/10 12:43pm

Plinko

Nov 18, Silver basin

MarkeyZ, We kept looking back waiting for you to catch up and help break trail! :p Glad you got some of the goodness! Sweet tuque btw.

Some photos:

11/19/10 11:09am

kevino

What route did you take to go up to the new area?

11/19/10 9:15am

silaswild