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OFFICIAL 2021- 22 Ski Season Thread
YellowSnow
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Well, it's off to a pretty shitty start pretty much everywhere in the West.
https://snowbrains.com/18-resorts-postponed-opening-this-week-lack-of-snow/
https://snowbrains.com/18-resorts-postponed-opening-this-week-lack-of-snow/
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Trump's fault.
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Anyone ever gone to Hurricane Ridge on the peninsula?
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Actually, we? already had about a 50 inch base by last Turkey Day when Trump was still POTUS.PurpleThrobber said:Trump's fault.
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Just a t-bar right? No chairs?BleachedAnusDawg said:Anyone ever gone to Hurricane Ridge on the peninsula?
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Yeah, pretty sure. From where I'm at it's about the same drive to there or Crystal. Crystal obviously has far more in terms of runs, but I would guess that Hurricane Ridge is probably light traffic.YellowSnow said:
Just a t-bar right? No chairs?BleachedAnusDawg said:Anyone ever gone to Hurricane Ridge on the peninsula?
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Lol, I don't think you can even call Hurricane Ridge a ski resort. We're talking maybe 400 feet of vertical with a single t-bar. Plus the Olympics snow is even wetter and shittier than the Cascade cement.BleachedAnusDawg said:
Yeah, pretty sure. From where I'm at it's about the same drive to there or Crystal. Crystal obviously has far more in terms of runs, but I would guess that Hurricane Ridge is probably light traffic.YellowSnow said:
Just a t-bar right? No chairs?BleachedAnusDawg said:Anyone ever gone to Hurricane Ridge on the peninsula?
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But are there lines to wait for a chair?GreenRiverGatorz said:
Lol, I don't think you can even call Hurricane Ridge a ski resort. We're talking maybe 400 feet of vertical with a single t-bar. Plus the Olympics snow is even wetter and shittier than the Cascade cement.BleachedAnusDawg said:
Yeah, pretty sure. From where I'm at it's about the same drive to there or Crystal. Crystal obviously has far more in terms of runs, but I would guess that Hurricane Ridge is probably light traffic.YellowSnow said:
Just a t-bar right? No chairs?BleachedAnusDawg said:Anyone ever gone to Hurricane Ridge on the peninsula?
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Some call Crystal a top 10 North American Ski Resort. Some do that.BleachedAnusDawg said:
Yeah, pretty sure. From where I'm at it's about the same drive to there or Crystal. Crystal obviously has far more in terms of runs, but I would guess that Hurricane Ridge is probably light traffic.YellowSnow said:
Just a t-bar right? No chairs?BleachedAnusDawg said:Anyone ever gone to Hurricane Ridge on the peninsula?
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Finally. A Yella tread I can get behind.YellowSnow said:Well, it's off to a pretty shitty start pretty much everywhere in the West.
https://snowbrains.com/18-resorts-postponed-opening-this-week-lack-of-snow/
TYFYS.
I bought an IKON pass this year. Plan to use it at Crystal, Bachelor, trips booked for Arapaho Basin, and maybe Snoqualmie. I also hate money and bought a local pass for Stevens.
Highly recommend for skiers/snowboarders in the Puget Sound area to subscribe to an email list by "The Powder Poobah". He is a local meteorologist and ski aficionado. He tracks the weather patterns and is far more reliable for ski forcast than the local news and resorts can hope to be. Legit the only regular email that hits my inbox that I read religiously.
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CHRIST. A Yella thread you can get behind?pawz said:
Finally. A Yella tread I can get behind.YellowSnow said:Well, it's off to a pretty shitty start pretty much everywhere in the West.
https://snowbrains.com/18-resorts-postponed-opening-this-week-lack-of-snow/
TYFYS.
I bought an IKON pass this year. Plan to use it at Crystal, Bachelor, trips booked for Arapaho Basin, and maybe Snoqualmie. I also hate money and bought a local pass for Stevens.
Highly recommend for skiers/snowboarders in the Puget Sound area to subscribe to an email list by "The Powder Poobah". He is a local meteorologist and ski aficionado. He tracks the weather patterns and is far more reliable for ski forcast than the local news and resorts can hope to be. Legit the only regular email that hits my inbox that I read religiously.
You posted more about EC than anything in your life, my fren. YWFMS. -
There's nothing that Crystal is Top 10 in in N. America.pawz said:
Some call Crystal a top 10 North American Ski Resort. Some do that.BleachedAnusDawg said:
Yeah, pretty sure. From where I'm at it's about the same drive to there or Crystal. Crystal obviously has far more in terms of runs, but I would guess that Hurricane Ridge is probably light traffic.YellowSnow said:
Just a t-bar right? No chairs?BleachedAnusDawg said:Anyone ever gone to Hurricane Ridge on the peninsula?
That said, I loved Crystal (pre Ikon debacle) and it's a great hill given proximity to Seattle. -
I was making up for gross ineptitude. Gross.YellowSnow said:
CHRIST. A Yella thread you can get behind?pawz said:
Finally. A Yella tread I can get behind.YellowSnow said:Well, it's off to a pretty shitty start pretty much everywhere in the West.
https://snowbrains.com/18-resorts-postponed-opening-this-week-lack-of-snow/
TYFYS.
I bought an IKON pass this year. Plan to use it at Crystal, Bachelor, trips booked for Arapaho Basin, and maybe Snoqualmie. I also hate money and bought a local pass for Stevens.
Highly recommend for skiers/snowboarders in the Puget Sound area to subscribe to an email list by "The Powder Poobah". He is a local meteorologist and ski aficionado. He tracks the weather patterns and is far more reliable for ski forcast than the local news and resorts can hope to be. Legit the only regular email that hits my inbox that I read religiously.
You posted more about EC than anything in your life, my fren. YWFMS. -
I didn't say I called it that. And the more I think of it, the list I saw might have been just the US.YellowSnow said:
There's nothing that Crystal is Top 10 in in N. America.pawz said:
Some call Crystal a top 10 North American Ski Resort. Some do that.BleachedAnusDawg said:
Yeah, pretty sure. From where I'm at it's about the same drive to there or Crystal. Crystal obviously has far more in terms of runs, but I would guess that Hurricane Ridge is probably light traffic.YellowSnow said:
Just a t-bar right? No chairs?BleachedAnusDawg said:Anyone ever gone to Hurricane Ridge on the peninsula?
That said, I loved Crystal (pre Ikon debacle) and it's a great hill given proximity to Seattle.
ATBS, it was #10.
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Here is tonight's email from the powder Poobah.
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These atmospheric rivers are shit as fuck.pawz said:Here is tonight's email from the powder Poobah.
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Ski season in Virginia:
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Obligatory
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Looks like it won’t be until near Xmas before anything opens up for real in the States.
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Last weekend was fucking brutal to the PNW snow pack.Kaepsknee said:Looks like it won’t be until near Xmas before anything opens up for real in the States.
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I’m hearing they had an FIS comp at Killngton last weekend. So they must be open.Kaepsknee said:Looks like it won’t be until near Xmas before anything opens up for real in the States.
https://cdn-cnn-com.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/AW/s/cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/211129101902-mikaela-shiffrin-medium-plus-169.jpg
https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/images/mikaela-shiffrin-bikini-photo-1624986594.jpg
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So much wood.BennyBeaver said:
I’m hearing they had an FIS comp at Killngton last weekend. So they must be open.Kaepsknee said:Looks like it won’t be until near Xmas before anything opens up for real in the States.
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Not looking good Pod. We were 4 x 4 ing on some logging roads to cut down the Christmas tree last weekend. Should have had plenty of snow on them but were just muddy.pawz said:
Last weekend was fucking brutal to the PNW snow pack.Kaepsknee said:Looks like it won’t be until near Xmas before anything opens up for real in the States.
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YellowSnow said:
Not looking good Pod. We were 4 x 4 ing on some logging roads to cut down the Christmas tree last weekend. Should have had plenty of snow on them but were just muddy.pawz said:
Last weekend was fucking brutal to the PNW snow pack.Kaepsknee said:Looks like it won’t be until near Xmas before anything opens up for real in the States.
November 28, 2021
Hello skiers,
The weather remains mild, with more rain than snow falling on the slopes. I do see cooler air moving in later in the week, with the incoming airflow changing direction by Thursday, coming from the west-northwest.
The high snow levels the last few days means snow accumulation has been infrequent and not impressive. Mild air continues to stream in from the southwest, but the moisture from the most recent atmospheric river (AR) is easing and there will be a break Monday. There is one more AR to come. A new and final AR moves in Tuesday, mainly into southern BC and the north Central Cascades.
Monday will see a little rain snow mix, but nothing to get excited about, as we are between storms. A new AR will move in on Tuesday as the snow levels bounce up (5,500-7,000ft). It’s another day of rain falling in the Cascades as a warm front and AR cause the snow levels to soar. The wet weather will continue into Wednesday as the snow levels rise to 8,000 and then 9,000ft – unfortunately that is above the highest ski slopes.
Cooler air will move in at the end of this AR storm, late Wednesday and early Thursday. Finally, there will be snow accumulation, mainly north Cascades (3-7”) as the AR dissipates and cooler air gets pulled in behind the storm.
Friday and into the early part of the weekend looks cool and finally with low snow levels, but we run out of moisture. Expect little if any snow accumulation. By later Sunday into Monday, the snowfall looks modest (4-8”). I’ll update later Thursday or Friday.
Larry Schick
meteorologist
The Grand Poobah
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Can you post everyone of his emails?pawz said:YellowSnow said:
Not looking good Pod. We were 4 x 4 ing on some logging roads to cut down the Christmas tree last weekend. Should have had plenty of snow on them but were just muddy.pawz said:
Last weekend was fucking brutal to the PNW snow pack.Kaepsknee said:Looks like it won’t be until near Xmas before anything opens up for real in the States.
November 28, 2021
Hello skiers,
The weather remains mild, with more rain than snow falling on the slopes. I do see cooler air moving in later in the week, with the incoming airflow changing direction by Thursday, coming from the west-northwest.
The high snow levels the last few days means snow accumulation has been infrequent and not impressive. Mild air continues to stream in from the southwest, but the moisture from the most recent atmospheric river (AR) is easing and there will be a break Monday. There is one more AR to come. A new and final AR moves in Tuesday, mainly into southern BC and the north Central Cascades.
Monday will see a little rain snow mix, but nothing to get excited about, as we are between storms. A new AR will move in on Tuesday as the snow levels bounce up (5,500-7,000ft). It’s another day of rain falling in the Cascades as a warm front and AR cause the snow levels to soar. The wet weather will continue into Wednesday as the snow levels rise to 8,000 and then 9,000ft – unfortunately that is above the highest ski slopes.
Cooler air will move in at the end of this AR storm, late Wednesday and early Thursday. Finally, there will be snow accumulation, mainly north Cascades (3-7”) as the AR dissipates and cooler air gets pulled in behind the storm.
Friday and into the early part of the weekend looks cool and finally with low snow levels, but we run out of moisture. Expect little if any snow accumulation. By later Sunday into Monday, the snowfall looks modest (4-8”). I’ll update later Thursday or Friday.
Larry Schick
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Skier chicks know how to do nasty things.BennyBeaver said:
I’m hearing they had an FIS comp at Killngton last weekend. So they must be open.Kaepsknee said:Looks like it won’t be until near Xmas before anything opens up for real in the States.
https://cdn-cnn-com.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/AW/s/cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/211129101902-mikaela-shiffrin-medium-plus-169.jpg
https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/images/mikaela-shiffrin-bikini-photo-1624986594.jpg
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Thanks for reading!BennyBeaver said:
Can you post everyone of his emails?pawz said:YellowSnow said:
Not looking good Pod. We were 4 x 4 ing on some logging roads to cut down the Christmas tree last weekend. Should have had plenty of snow on them but were just muddy.pawz said:
Last weekend was fucking brutal to the PNW snow pack.Kaepsknee said:Looks like it won’t be until near Xmas before anything opens up for real in the States.
November 28, 2021
Hello skiers,
The weather remains mild, with more rain than snow falling on the slopes. I do see cooler air moving in later in the week, with the incoming airflow changing direction by Thursday, coming from the west-northwest.
The high snow levels the last few days means snow accumulation has been infrequent and not impressive. Mild air continues to stream in from the southwest, but the moisture from the most recent atmospheric river (AR) is easing and there will be a break Monday. There is one more AR to come. A new and final AR moves in Tuesday, mainly into southern BC and the north Central Cascades.
Monday will see a little rain snow mix, but nothing to get excited about, as we are between storms. A new AR will move in on Tuesday as the snow levels bounce up (5,500-7,000ft). It’s another day of rain falling in the Cascades as a warm front and AR cause the snow levels to soar. The wet weather will continue into Wednesday as the snow levels rise to 8,000 and then 9,000ft – unfortunately that is above the highest ski slopes.
Cooler air will move in at the end of this AR storm, late Wednesday and early Thursday. Finally, there will be snow accumulation, mainly north Cascades (3-7”) as the AR dissipates and cooler air gets pulled in behind the storm.
Friday and into the early part of the weekend looks cool and finally with low snow levels, but we run out of moisture. Expect little if any snow accumulation. By later Sunday into Monday, the snowfall looks modest (4-8”). I’ll update later Thursday or Friday.
Larry Schick
meteorologist
The Grand Poobah
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Winter is coming.
