In case anyone is wondering what I’ve been up to on my way to the Gathering and why I will not be skiing Big Sky until Wednesday, see below. It’s easy to see I could have stayed in CA and had some excellent powder skiing and also shoveled some of the snowload off the roof of my family’s South Lake Tahoe cabin (and driveway - ugh), but the last place I’m going needs to be reserved a year in advance or you may lose your spot so I'm trying to do it all again. My son is also starting a road trip to CO via Las Vegas this AM.
A Mt Ashland, OR Sunday February 17, 2019 with Sequoia the snowboarder from Talent and 7” new.
Had 11 lift-ride/10.5K vertical half-day in middle of 12+ hour drive. More details and pictures
C Crystal Mtn, WA Monday 2/18 with Tony Crocker and Larry Schick
Highlights included Employee Housing, Bear Pit and a long traverse to a little untracked from our ride on chair 6 and one lap to Northway. 13 lifts (probably under counted due to consecutive lifts)/22.4K
C Crystal Mtn, WA Tuesday 2/19 with Tony Crocker and Larry Schick
We stayed on mountain which was busier and more expensive than usual due to Seattle school vacation week. Highlights were Powder Bowl from chair 6 in marginal visibility and Brand X which is W end of Northway. Quit early to drive to Monroe to save ourselves for predicted 8-15” new. 16K
S Stevens Pass, WA Wednesday 2/20 with Tony Crocker and David Chaus - 5” new
Storm under-delivered and new snow not deep enough to cover firm layer on very busy mountain. Highlight/lowlight was getting run into by snowboarder in very uncrowded Big Chief Bowl. After some discussion on hill he waited at bottom and wanted to take it into the parking lot which I told him was as illegal as him running into me. Ended day with some good powder below 7th Heaven. 20K
A Apex, BC Thursday 2/21 with Tony Crocker
They had 6” new previous day and we found a lot of it was very lightly skied. 11 lifts/20.7K
R Revelstoke, BC Friday 2/22
Will be a short day as Mustang pickup is 30 miles W at 3:15 PM.
MMM Mustang Powder Cats Saturday 2/23-25
A Mt Ashland, OR Sunday February 17, 2019 with Sequoia the snowboarder from Talent and 7” new.
Had 11 lift-ride/10.5K vertical half-day in middle of 12+ hour drive. More details and pictures
C Crystal Mtn, WA Monday 2/18 with Tony Crocker and Larry Schick
Highlights included Employee Housing, Bear Pit and a long traverse to a little untracked from our ride on chair 6 and one lap to Northway. 13 lifts (probably under counted due to consecutive lifts)/22.4K
C Crystal Mtn, WA Tuesday 2/19 with Tony Crocker and Larry Schick
We stayed on mountain which was busier and more expensive than usual due to Seattle school vacation week. Highlights were Powder Bowl from chair 6 in marginal visibility and Brand X which is W end of Northway. Quit early to drive to Monroe to save ourselves for predicted 8-15” new. 16K
S Stevens Pass, WA Wednesday 2/20 with Tony Crocker and David Chaus - 5” new
Storm under-delivered and new snow not deep enough to cover firm layer on very busy mountain. Highlight/lowlight was getting run into by snowboarder in very uncrowded Big Chief Bowl. After some discussion on hill he waited at bottom and wanted to take it into the parking lot which I told him was as illegal as him running into me. Ended day with some good powder below 7th Heaven. 20K
A Apex, BC Thursday 2/21 with Tony Crocker
They had 6” new previous day and we found a lot of it was very lightly skied. 11 lifts/20.7K
R Revelstoke, BC Friday 2/22
Will be a short day as Mustang pickup is 30 miles W at 3:15 PM.
MMM Mustang Powder Cats Saturday 2/23-25