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Crystal bc, Park Place to 410, Feb 23

2/15/09
WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
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Posted by Dustin_B on 2/23/09 12:20pm
Skied 'Park Place' off the top of chair 6 down to 410 today around 10 AM. The snow was not that great but I thought I'd post anyway in case folks were wondering. It was grabby with almost a breakable crust type thing going on. Pretty difficult skiing..... and then things started to get interesting around 4500 feet. Brush bashing and shenanigans down to 3800 feet where there was no longer skiable snow. ~500+ feet of more bush whacking with skis on the back brought us down to 410. Even with all the shenanigans it was only 2.75 hours from Crystal Base to the 410 closure at CM Blvd. Luckily the rain didn't start until we were walking up to the car.

I didn't take pictures of any of the 'good' skiing, only the crappy bits:





Wow Nice work that had to be brutal down low.

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