Hiking/skining turns at Alpy?

Does anyone know how the mgt at Alpy might feel about folks hiking turns? I am wondering if they are feeling very protective about the snow cover, but would love do get some pre-work runs in....<br><br>If "yea," is anyone up for some dawn patrols this week?<br><br>cheers<br>Drew

We were up there while the patrollers were harvesting their freshiez and they didn't say a word.

Just skied Snoqualmie Mt this morning. The best fresh by far was above the top of Alpental. Face shots way up there. That's the ticket!

I assume you mean hiking for turns within the ski area boundary when the lifts are not running? They don't seem to have a problem with it. You may find patrol members and management out skinning with you, in fact. Don't know about doing it while they are in operation - I would think you would want to stay off the beaten track anyway. <br><br>We've only gotten weird looks and warnings under unusual circumstances, ie. heading out Source Lake Trail at 10:00 PM ("You guys know we're closing in a few minutes, don't you?").<br><br>

Just skied Snoqualmie Mt this morning. The best fresh by far was above the top of Alpental. Face shots way up there. That's the ticket!

<br><br>These were North-facing face shots?

They only requested people not hike up there Friday and early Saturday AM prior to opening because they were doing lots of avalanche blasting. I don't think it is much of an issue now.....

Greg-<br><br>We looked at a certain north facing line of general 'Hot Slot' interest. But it was quite loaded and a ski cut at the entrance yielded results that I found less than encouraging about super-loaded sections below.<br><br>But the top thousand of south-facing had &gt;6" of fresh, quite a bit more in places, with no signs of the ubiquitous crust found lower. Will it last through sun breaks? Dunno. I imagine it'll still be pretty good until the warm front hits with the next storm.