This past weekend, Lauren and I went up to Whistler/Blackcomb for a trip sponsored by one of her clients. On Saturday, I headed up with a couple of guys, one Whistler local, Charley, to do a backcountry tour of Blackcomb. Getting on the blackcomb gondola, we uploaded to Excelerator, then up Glacier Creek and […]

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Another pre-ski sleepless night led into what would be a great day on the far-away slopes of Mt. Baker. With about 1-2 hours of sleep, Mason’s jitney service rolls up to my door at 6am and within 5 min we’re on our way to Baker. We didn’t see any sign of sun […]

Yesterday a bunch of us went up to Stevens Pass for what promised to be a great day after fresh snows. We got there with little traffic, but then we hit the lift ticket lines which were out of control. I waited about 45 min in my line. Aaron waited an hour and Derek was […]

Snow Blog: Nov 12: World’s Deepest Base

So a bunch of us took the day off yesterday, not knowing what kind of conditions the previous day’s rain and rapidly freezing temperatures would bring. Mason got off the boat at 5:30 and picked up Geoff, Todd, and myself and we headed up to Mt. Baker for some veteran’s day turns. It was snowing […]