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Your excellent photos describe the vibe

Thanks! It would be nice if the road was plowed, at least few times at the beginning of the season.

Nice. This next round of systems should make that a pretty nice destination... Hopefully the road stays passable.

It was great to see the ski community out in full force Wednesday! Super fun day!  We were on the big one from the 2nd to the 5th all days being great in their own way.  Monday and Tuesday were quiet days with great weather and snow conditions above Pan. We skied the Beehive area above Muir both days with Monday being somewhat less wind affected than Tuesday.  Both days smooth untracked packed pow prevailed from Muir to the car. Wednesday we looked for some new territory and skied the upper Para...

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I frequently rely on these trip reports to make last minute touring decisions, so I'm going to try giving back a bit more this year.  Hopefully I'll get them posted same-day in the future :-)

Thank you!!  Looking forward to your same day helpful conditions reports.

A big thanks to all of you who had working batteries in your GPS units!

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I'm new to the PNW coming from the northern Rockies. What sites do people use for weather and snow reports both Rainier and in the Cascades/North Cascades?

Best Rainier one-stop shopping:
http://www.skimountaineer.com/MtnWebCams/Rainier-MtnWebCams.html?telemetry=true

Best NW X-ray vision:
http://www.atmos.washington.edu/weather/radar.s...

Amar Analkar's site is a great resource with webcams, real-time weather readouts, and the Mt. Rainier Recreational Forecast.  When it comes up for the winter Northwest Avalanche Center has mountain weather and avalanche forecasts and links to all their weather stations.

Fine Winter trip: sunshine, powder and some whiteout navigation! Yes, a lot of boarders.  I was one of very few tele...

Dan, I booted the climbers trail in about 10" of snow. I could have skinned it, but I thought hiking would be faster given how steep it is there. There was a lot of running water on the trail below the treeline, which may now be frozen and treacherous. That would be my main concern as far as trail conditions.

Awesome photo, Norseman!

Thanks for the info!  How much new snow is there higher up since a week ago and how deep is the snow at Paradise?  Did you dig a pit?

I skied the Muir Snowfield from a few hundred feet below Camp Muir. Very thick cloud was rising and threatening to take away some hard earned early season vertical. The wind cake up high was very consistent  and skied quite well. The mid section until we skied into the near whiteout was perfect. I was happy to bump into Amar who provided excellent navigation through the tricky mix of rocky soup. Hope everybody got down safe. Car to car again and much better than last Tuesday.

Really nice vid brother. And that looked like really fun sliding. Posted on my FB page and scheduled for tomorrow AM. Thanks!!!

https://www.facebook.com/Shot-8-Freeride-Team-561702940520155/timeline/

What a great way to start the week.

Excellent trip report!  Thank you for sharing!

Well-played. I shouldn't have trusted the forecast!

Those are great photos.  I like the snowboard tracks that milk the slope all the way to a crevasse.
New snow is so nice.

Rolfs and the Beast.  Awesome.

Way to get after it!

That looked like great skiing.  Thanks for sharing the video.
I like the pigtail shadows.

YEAH!

I wish I had advanced weather forecasting abilities!

Nice thinking...or maybe you just didn't care?

Great day Tuesday, nice to get the party ski back in full swing.  Seeing a glimmer of hope for Thursday's forecast a few of us returned and scored a sleeper pow day.  Substantial snowfall (above Pan) and a helpful breeze made for great turns from Muir to Pan Point . Blue skies (above Pan) did not hurt either. We had smiles on our faces as we walked back into the clouds and rain below.

Perfect weather window with good snow to claim month # 60. May the next 60 be as much fun. 
Awesome video - thanks for sharing