On the news tonight they interviewed the ski area owners.... they said not to worry yet. Although some years they open by Thanksgiving, a December opening is typical and things could change very quickly any day now! Let's keep our fingers crossed.

 

omfg where is the snow? 0" at Crystal. It's December I think. 11" Sun Valley and 8" Bachelor. I think it's time to get the boat out of storage again.

I blame Atomic for buying that new snow machine

 

How about a trip to Whistler -Blackcomb Mark? I think they are open aren't they - they make snow up there - only a 5 hour beautiful drive! Take a weekend and get away.

Our local passes do look very bare and dry.

 

I thought you got rid of your skis, so what do you care? Just blowin' smoke I guess.

BTW Aspen/Snowmass are open for business and have plenty of snow.

 

It is snowing at Stevens! This is the week - a dump is coming.

 

I'd rather not ski than ski Colorado.

5 hour drive isn't worth it as well right now. I'm practicing patience

 

YaHOOOO

it's close i can taste it.

http://www.skicrystal.com/The-Mountain/Webcams

 

no place to land jet at whistler "sultan of Bonney Lake"

 

http://www.weather.com/weather/tenda...ink_undeclared

I dont believe them

 

According to Jean Enerson, Crystal opens Saturday!

 

Mark, are you ready to hit the slopes?

 

website says 8" at the base and they are hoping for 8" more before they open limited runs. No thanks on my skiis. I'll wait for real snow amounts.

 

Ok so the season officially started today. a few of us dug out the gear for "the best opening day i've had in 36 years of skiing"

Todd, Jason and I with a few of my friends made a handful of turns and no one ended up anything but a little tired.

rumor had it Josh showed from his phone calls but we had a tough time waiting at the top of the hill for more than 30 seconds. Sorry Josh we missed ya.

8" new snow overnight and over 18" in past 24 hours not to mention the 5" plus that fell today meant we had some great times and lot's of fun times.

 

What a great way to start off a season! Mark, Todd and I had been talking about going skiing if Crystal got enough snow. Well, that definitely came down in spades. I went snowmobiling the day before to break in my new snowmobile:


So I was able to report to Mark that there was good snow coming down. We all made the decision to go to Crystal the following day. That turned out to be a great day for all of us. I didn't fall at all except for that one time when Mark made a run for me while I was videotaping him. I'll post that soon but here are the pictures.

On the way up, you could see the blue in the sky.


Roads were like this for most of the journey even starting from Bellevue!


Todd and Jason at the top waiting for Mark and company


The sun could barely be seen


Mark putting his camera away..check out his funky outfit


Maybe Todd's is just as funky too?


Waiting at the top


At lunchtime


Heading up High Campbell for some powder runs!

 

Snow everywhere


Mark trying to call Josh


Todd at near the end of the day


Todd's cool Vehicross. He had a blast driving it up


These guys were a great bunch to ski with! We enjoyed the fresh powder all day. Josh even made it up later in the day for a few runs. I look forward to going again soon!