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November 8, 2013, Crystal ski area

11/8/13
WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
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Posted by silaswild on 11/8/13 12:08pm
We were able to skin from and ski to about 200' above the base lodge.  We found great 4-8" fresh powder on a firm base in green valley. After three runs there we finished with a run down powderbowl that was more wind affected.  After finding a few stones in luckyshot we decided to ski down the cat track and our skin track. It gets dark at 5pm wow!

https://vimeo.com/78971899

Andy the Animal on his Vulcan boots and Praxis skis, nearly double the weight of my setup.
Thanks for the update. I knew you were out there somewhere.

https://vimeo.com/79004860

Hey, is that Silas, cranking GS turns on those Mannies??? Must be the Indian and not the bow...  ;)

Nice to see you found the smoky stuff earlier in the weekend. A few laps up to the top of Skyline at Stevens on Sunday morning yielded a nice pre-Thanksgiving gift: mashed potatoes!

Looks good… this november is definitely a good one!  Premonitions for the rest of the season  ;D

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