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Thursday, January 31, 2008

Mountains of Snow

posted by on January 31 at 14:22 PM

Snoqualmie Pass is still closed due to avalanche danger (at least until 9 am tomorrow), as is Stevens Pass (due to a multi-vehicle accident this afternoon; night operations are canceled tonight).

Crystal has 9 inches of new in the last 24 hours, it’s snowing heavily, and the road is currently open (pack chains). Mt. Baker has 14 inches of fresh snow and has issued a deep-snow warning. Stevens is reporting 13 new inches and Snoqualmie Summit, 10. Baring more avalanches or highway closures, it should be a fantastic weekend on the slopes. Viva La Niņa!

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How much on Alpental?

Posted by Will in Seattle | January 31, 2008 2:47 PM
2

don't ski crystal out on saturday, snow bitches. i'm headed up for superbowl sunday.

Posted by max solomon | January 31, 2008 2:53 PM
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Dude, Will, it's a mile from the Summit. Take a guess... Yes, 10.

Posted by Amy Kate Horn | January 31, 2008 2:57 PM
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Mt. Hood was great last night. 24 inches of new snow, balmy mid-twenties temps and only 30ish mph winds. Heaven.

Posted by Bison | January 31, 2008 3:38 PM
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Has anyone ever skiied/boarded at White Pass? I know it's not very big, but it's cheaper than Crystal or Stevens and I'm an old man who doesn't need a ton of terrain.

Posted by DOUG. | January 31, 2008 3:50 PM
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Nah, it usually gets more snow.

If you ski there you know that.

Posted by Will in Seattle | January 31, 2008 3:54 PM
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Slight disconnect between "multi-vehicle accident" and "fantastic weekend on the slopes".

Posted by Fnarf | January 31, 2008 4:00 PM
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will, might the website answer your question? just a thought...

http://www.summitatsnoqualmie.com/info/winter/alpental.asp

Posted by max solomon | January 31, 2008 4:01 PM
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Jesus fucking CHRIST! Are we entering another ice age? Yet no snow for us city dweller :(

Guess I can't complain though, with all them trucks at a stand still and very little work to be done as a result, I am making an unreasonably awesome amount of money to spend 8 hours a day making snarky comments on Slog...

Posted by Queen_of_Sleaze | January 31, 2008 4:03 PM
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Jesus fucking CHRIST! Are we entering another ice age? Yet no snow for us city dweller :(

Guess I can't complain though, with all them trucks at a stand still and very little work to be done as a result, I am making an unreasonably awesome amount of money to spend 8 hours a day making snarky comments on Slog...

Posted by Queen_of_Sleaze | January 31, 2008 4:08 PM
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don't you understand people; WE'RE TRAPPED!!! if those semis can't make it over the passes, we're going to starve! We can't count on California to feed us!

Posted by michael strangeways | January 31, 2008 4:30 PM
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Being out of town the last 2 weekends, I was so looking forward to riding tonight! I can't wait to get out there. The snow is great right now, yet I've only been able to use my pass 4 times this year.

Posted by DJSauvage | January 31, 2008 6:05 PM

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