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Consider this:

Stevens Pass may likely expand soon.  Public pressure should be put on them to develop more parking for resort skiers.  And probably this will mean an expensive investment in a parking garage for Stevens.  It will take a lot of public pressure, but I would say that any further expansion at Stevens needs to include a comprehensive land use and parking plan.

I too ski BC primarily and other users do have some rights up at Stevens.  We need t...

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A food credit comes to memory...

I was a passholder that year. What I am implying and sorry if this isn't the place for this and I am not trying to badmouth anyone here, but I don't feel I was treated poorly. Stevens season pass holders got more that year than Crystal pass holders, which was nothing. Was I bummed that Stevens didn't do more for the...

A food credit comes to memory...

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The Snow-Park was in great shape.  It took some prodding, but I've gotten good responses from the DOT Supervisor there and Colleen Maguire, the Special Assist at the Snow-Parks office.

Colleen emailed me that they were a little slow getting it going down there. We had a meeting with them this summer and they were maybe planning on closing that snopark due to lack...

Thanks Don!  A little redemption from the 1st series of pics Dan posted of me!  A truly amazing day in the hills!

Yeah Joe, we came up the first gladed "chute" past the creek with the water-fall, which also looks like a fun run, but a little too crazy yesterday.  The Snow-Park was in great shape.  It took some prodding, but I've gotten good responses from the DOT Supervisor there and Colleen Maguire, the Special Assist at the Snow-Parks office.  As usual the road is pretty hairy and there are downed trees that required some work; always an adventure  :) !

Combine the fact that the ski area controls all the lots up there, and that WSDOT wont let you park at the ventilator anymore, and the options for bc skiing parking is severely l,imited up there.  they should have to maintain spaces for non-ski area users in the lot across the street from the area (heather ridge) and the upper lot at Yodelin. 

These types of "problems" really grab my interest.  I wonder if Stevens has a right to that lot.  Does it fall into their permit area?  Who plows it?  If they pay for the plowing, then they should have some rights to it.  A vdeo of that guy turning some away and taking cash from others (not to mention pounding on your truck) would have been the perfect weapon in this case.

Nice work Boot!!

Wow, I gave up on Stevens after the treatment they gave their 05-06 "season" passholders.  These sorts of rumors certainly wont win me back ... and the  return traffic on 2 is the final nail in the coffin.

Wow, 6 out of the last 7 days on the board! That's pretty good. We will go up there again very soon! Maybe an overnighter...

Argh! wish I could've been out with you guys - looks like it was amazing. If only I wasn't so sore from riding 6 out of 7 days that I felt like all I could do is catch up on work yesterday.

That was a stablity test Dan.  I had to check if snow would fracture off my beard when wind loaded.  Turns out it just sluffed right off, no danger there! ;D

Wow I haven't seen Stevens that busy in a long time. That's just too many people on the hill. I would definitely write a letter to Stevens Pass. I'd be curious as to their reply.

It was good to see you too Dan.
You sure did pick a good day.  Castle looked like money.  Good choice.  I'll see you over there next time.

Today was really an amazing day at Paradise. Bright sun, no wind, cold dense wind affected powder with a bit of crust that was very easy to bust through. I love skiing that stuff and making the little chunks fly up. We drove through the gate at a bit before 9:00 so were able to enjoy a longish day up there. It was really tough to leave today. There is just so much snow up there and everything is filled in the way it should be. It's like the olden days that Brenda and I remember when we firs...

dang cass, nothing like touch n' go skiing!!  do it up in austria!!  ;D (and say hi to the frenchies for me too).

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Might want to look up "depth hoar". It is not buried surface hoar.

Well, I wasn't sure which it was...  I'd have to know a bit more about the crystal structure and go back and look at the telemetry for the time period in question.   

Depth hoar forms later right?  Like a layer of frost, only at a certain depth? ...

bigjoesmith - yes, my buddy did break his binding that day, but he was not the one that leggdragger and lintermans are talking about.  he has an old pair of silveretta ?55's - the ones with the 2 carbon fiber rails underfoot.  the carbon rails pulled right out of the toe piece.  this is only a problem when free-heeled as the rails are held in by the toepiece when locked down.  we got him going again thanks to a ski holder strap and some wire ties that were kindly donated...

Might want to look up "depth hoar". It is not buried surface hoar.

Thanks for the TR.  On my last trip to Whistler, I noticed the road was plowed a bit. I have normally skied down your ascent route when I've done the Garibaldi- Neve traverse. The area below the Barrier has some wonderful avy terrain.

I was using a beacon. In retrospect, I should have turned it to search right away. However, this particular friend has a tendency to take off in his own direction so when I didn't see him behind me, my first reaction was that he had gone right and when I went left. We were about 50 ft from the PTC, which is where we begin the skin back to the car. We both had been here numerous times and knew the route so I honestly thought he had just found his own way through the trees and was putting his...