17/18 Padded Seats

power out

Last night was nothing short of amazing. Yea yea, I know, no Elevator, Nash, etc. Honestly it didn't matter at all. Free refills, endlessly forgiving. Smiling at work for a change.

^^i bet it was best night of the season^^^^


no bueno today without juice cuz a pse transformer shit the bed

marshawn lynch's plumbing team,
you're needed at Snoqualmie Pass
there's a bunch of riders a freakin!

the delayed open allowed another smokey cold layer
to accumulate before getting pugetopolis pounded.
this was a special day, one that the late great Warren Miller
would appreciate and probably take the time to document.

Alpental Road is a fucking joke on weekends
just go ahead and build that 3 story garage.

Alpental Road is a fucking joke on weekends
just go ahead and build that 3 story garage.

Underground parking with the dog park on top,win win

Indeed Friday was special best of the season for me. Knee to waist deep pow all day.I-90 being closed helped to shorten the lines which were non existing after noon.Shot sex delivered all day. Our expectations were high for Saturday unfortunately all the goods were wind scoured and the thigh deep powder was reduced to 5" of heavy crust. Skiing was still good down Nash, Adrenalin , and Lower Nash delivered when you could see. We toasted to the great life of Warren Miller in Lot 4 with some exceptional barrel aged stout reminiscing of his live narations at his films .Was close to rain when we left but the goods are scheduled to return early in the week

this was a special day, one that the late great Warren Miller
would appreciate and probably take the time to document.

No one can ever touch Warren for his wonderful art. Here is a little tribute........

vimeo.com/253314371

Silky yet Firm
very peaceful:-)
classic Alpental

low expectations were met
not always but it was wet
tomorrow is the good bet
haven't finished 18BBI yet

There is officially a Cascade Traverse as of today.

There is officially a Cascade Traverse as of today.

Too bad they shuttered it today due to stability concerns with all this rain.

Fun hattrick of days on the padded seats with ya, FA. You sure know how to put together a good time and get a great turnout, even with less than stellar conditions. I'll now return to my duties at the eastern end of Snoqualmonix in the rain...

Too bad they shuttered it today due to stability concerns with all this rain.

And that was a good thing when Shot 6 slid down into Meister in the afternoon

Deeper & softer than you'd think.
No lines.
Racers took over all of Sessel in the evening.
Cascade T back in action & groomed E2E, must've taken all night because Debbie's was left unkempt
Rain & rest took most of the moguls away
3/7 mediocre kind of day

good grooming weather

mediocre low down es duh furm wit sum up top curvable
is busier than conditions should warrant, tourons en mass.

pretty sweet to ski somewhere that only gets busy for new snow or ski school
even the tourons don't bother with our lil shithole unless it's a stellar weekend

I prefer turron. Mmmm. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turrón

Today was a very good mediocre day
with 37 of your best friends
I skied down to C1 at 8:58 AM to a cleared out line
10 chairs filled, wooooooooooo

That said, here is a fun video from last weekend

vimeo.com/255838862

Great Day @The Mediocre Resort
bunch of new on a pile of firm so low angle was the key

The golf course played nice under the lights tonight. Mellow angles w/ minimal turning brought out the smiles across the small crowd. I just wish the carts moved faster...

Glad I Was There Yesterday

Drove in to P4 with snow blowing over the hood
Opened door to snow, 20 inches of cold
4 laps, first 2 down Nash and Shot 6 very mediocre
Next 2 just mediocre

35 freedom degrees and pissing rain when I rolled off I-90 this evening. Lower mtn sucked almost as much as shoveling...

Skiing looked very promising as I pulled into lot 4. Dumping and about 7 new in the lot. Mark texted that they had closed I90 and I was in the lot WHOOPEEE!! Got to Chair 1 a little after 9:00 and they were loading. The line was less than 5 minutes and was on the way. At the top could see they were loading 2 and headed up. Dreams of epic conditions up top. The line at 2 was less than 5 minutes. International was closed but Shot 6 was open. Headed down Cante in boot deep pow to upper Rollen. No rocks and straight down. Then the wind hit me, blizzard white out conditions and blowing so hard I went straight just to keep going. I had just encountered the strongest winds I have encountered at Alpy in 45 years. Got to Breakover to Shot 6 and the skiing was very good. Below the cat track was very heavy. International skied well as did Lower I even in the avy debris Made a number of more runs down mostly thru Shot 6 which continued to deliver. They closed 2 a little after noon. Winds were incredible creating total blizzard conditions (my face has been blasted). Had to wait for the winds to subside to get into Breakover.

Headed to lot 4 and it start to rain hard. Hope tomorrow cools with more snow

it was great, for 2 hours, then not so
wind hammering and pissed off snow
uh, this is gonna be good for the base

it was great, for 2 hours, then not so
wind hammering and pissed off snow
uh, this is gonna be good for the base

^^^ Another bobby gem right there. Good skiing with you today.
Fun time, many people, cold snow
E gate popped about 10:30
Did I say many people, sheesh

Lots of powder techs and lots of patrol doing extra duty!
seems randonee wreally went well and is put to bed, whew.
source lake uphill dog park trail was in full force by noon
lower hill skied good all day and Cascade Traverse is all in!

good skiing and story swapping today, griff.

fine groomers mediocre elevator no highT
imo Presidents' Day doesn't mean shit
beyond the fact that Alpental is open. #thankUllR