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Porking Lot Update (Crystal Mountain Edition)
YellowSnow
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To all my HH skiing and boarding bros ( @PostGameOrangeSlices ) ...local weekend skiing in Cascades is officially FUBAR.
Headed out to Crystal Sun AM and was through the Claw by like 715AM. At 9AM sitting in bumper to bumper traffic about a half mile from the turn off 410 onto Crystal Mt Blvd, I finally gave up. I've been skiing Crystal for 20+ years now on the weekends including many peak season dates with great snow conditions and I've never seen this volume of traffic or the porking lots being full EVER. Crystal became part of the Ikon Pass this year and I think all the locals that bought them are trying to maximize their Crystal ski days to get the most bang for the buck. At any rate, it seems to have created unprecedented skier volume and ruined the experience.
Headed out to Crystal Sun AM and was through the Claw by like 715AM. At 9AM sitting in bumper to bumper traffic about a half mile from the turn off 410 onto Crystal Mt Blvd, I finally gave up. I've been skiing Crystal for 20+ years now on the weekends including many peak season dates with great snow conditions and I've never seen this volume of traffic or the porking lots being full EVER. Crystal became part of the Ikon Pass this year and I think all the locals that bought them are trying to maximize their Crystal ski days to get the most bang for the buck. At any rate, it seems to have created unprecedented skier volume and ruined the experience.
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I did get to 4 x 4 a bit on some side roads to go make @YellowSnow which was fun.PurpleBaze said:FTM
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I'm planning a ski trip to Mt. Baker the last week of March. I've never skied Baker. Really need to start looking at lodging options.
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Make sure to hit up North Fork Brewing at some point.PurpleBaze said:I'm planning a ski trip to Mt. Baker the last week of March. I've never skied Baker. Really need to start looking at lodging options.
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I need to hit Baker. I haven't been there in years, but in the 2.45 hrs I spent to get 50 minutes away from not being able to park at Crystal I could have made it to Baker already.PurpleBaze said:I'm planning a ski trip to Mt. Baker the last week of March. I've never skied Baker. Really need to start looking at lodging options.
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Jesus christ I cant believe all lots filled. You expect that at Stevens not Crystal
Gotta get up fucking early for the rest of the season. Im definitely an Ikon pass abuser so it's partially my fault -
All you Ikon cunts ruined Crystal. Seriously. Management is trying to deny this is the root cause of the issue, but it's created a massive uptick in demand. Exact same thing happened at various Utah resorts once they became Ikon pass.PostGameOrangeSlices said:Jesus christ I cant believe all lots filled. You expect that at Stevens not Crystal
Gotta get up fucking early for the rest of the season. Im definitely an Ikon pass abuser so it's partially my fault -
I now there are national park and private land issues to consider, but Crystal at least has a lot of runs and seems like there is room to expand. I know lifts to Queen and even King have been discussed.YellowSnow said:
All you Ikon cunts ruined Crystal. Seriously. Management is trying to deny this is the root cause of the issue, but it's created a massive uptick in demand. Exact same thing happened at various Utah resorts once they became Ikon pass.PostGameOrangeSlices said:Jesus christ I cant believe all lots filled. You expect that at Stevens not Crystal
Gotta get up fucking early for the rest of the season. Im definitely an Ikon pass abuser so it's partially my fault
Also seems like there is lots of places on the way up additional lots could be created
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You can't sell a pass in a major metro area like Seattle offering unlimited skiing to Crystal along with 41 other resorts. The only way to prevent this from being a cluster would have been to cap Crytsal days on the Ikon to like 5. But Alterra would never do that because they want to sell the shit out of Ikon passes in WA. Total cash grab.PostGameOrangeSlices said:
I now there are national park and private land issues to consider, but Crystal at least has a lot of runs and seems like there is room to expand. I know lifts to Queen and even King have been discussed.YellowSnow said:
All you Ikon cunts ruined Crystal. Seriously. Management is trying to deny this is the root cause of the issue, but it's created a massive uptick in demand. Exact same thing happened at various Utah resorts once they became Ikon pass.PostGameOrangeSlices said:Jesus christ I cant believe all lots filled. You expect that at Stevens not Crystal
Gotta get up fucking early for the rest of the season. Im definitely an Ikon pass abuser so it's partially my fault
Also seems like there is lots of places on the way up additional lots could be created
It will never be the same though
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Meadows has days like that as well, but luckily there are a few more options so it never is too bad ... plus night skiing is way cheaper/less packed
