Washington ski areas have received a ridiculous amount of snow last weekend. Here are some pics from Mt. Baker on opening day, Nov 8.
We went skiing to Crystal on Sunday and despite all the skiers swarming looking for some early season skiing, conditions were great. Found some areas of less-tracked snow.
There was news of 4 […]

We woke up at 5am after only a couple hours of sleep and drove to Paradise. We got there around 8 to perfectly clear skies and about 60 deg at the parking lot. Started our ascent at 8:30, took lunch at 10 where the snow starts above Pebble Creek. After lunch, we skinned up to […]

Got up early from camping and made our way up to Mt. Hood where the temperature was around 60 deg and the sun was baking above the inversion that started at Timberline. Played in the park all day. Eyeballs got burned.
Photos

Saturday
Best snow of the season. After a week and a half of a great storm cycle, which brought whistler about 4 feet of snow, the lines were long and the snow was deep. In the alpine, the snow remained cold and dry. Below midstation, we were getting soup, and patchiness, but we were able to […]

Visibility was poor. Above midstation had good snow. Wet and slushy below. In general, a good day of skiing when out of the wind. Started snowing in the alpine in the late morning and Harmony was well-sheltered from the wind.
”Notables:” Mason gave birth to a chimp before skiing, holding us up for 15 minutes outside […]