On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 01:30:11 -0500, Dave-in-Spokane "
wrote:

DaveM wrote:
On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 18:29:21 -0500, wrote:


Yes, life in the Pacific NW is shaping up to be miserable again this ski
year. 40+F here is Spokane yesterday at 9:00 a.m.

I think that I'll go the Red Mtn next weekend to watch their pathetic
base melt instead of watching the pathetic base at Schweitzer melt.
(It might be below freezing actually -- at least according to weather
Canada's long range predictions)

snip

Maybe all I needed to do was bitch a little more.

It was snowing 1"+ an hours for the first four hours of yesterday at
the local ski hill.

sniparooni

Has anyone been to Red Mtn this year? It looks like, other than some
condo development, that it is pretty much thesame as last year. IOW,
the massive development psot sale has yet to begin? I did notice that
they put in a "magic carpet" for the kiddies and it looks like they
are counting that as one of the lifts I hope it services some of
the trees off the Paradise side.

Dave M

Yep, I think you should whine some more. It seems to be pretty
effective. Mt. Spokane was pretty good on Sunday and we are headed up
to either Red or Whitewater for next weekend, as well. I like Red, but
if we stay in Nelson there is more to keep the Mrs. entertained if she
decides not to ski for one of the days.

Ping me off-line if you'd like to get together either on or off the mtn.


I have slowed the whine down a little bit.

Schweitzer is over 100" all of a sudden and Red is close to that also.

We haven't been to Whitewater is a few years. Should probably put that
on the list.

We are going up to Red tomorrow (Friday) and will ski Friday, Sat,
Sunday. Can't remember where we are staying but it is one of their
famous "ski-in walk-out" places. If you are going to be up at Red it
would cool to hook up for a beer or something with another Spokane/
RSAM local. I don't think that they have changed to lodge up there yet
so it should still be a dark hole with mediocre beer -- just what I
need after a day of skiing those trees off Paradise.

Let me know.

I'll send this off group also.