Where is everybody else, you can't all be skiing - can you???

Where is everybody else, you can't all be skiing - can you???

The inactivity of this group is sad, last year this time there were many posts each day, not all related to our (non)-resident troll.

Hasn't anyone had a great day so far this year to write about, or a ski location that is worthy of commendation???

On 11/20/15 12:33 PM, wrote:
Hasn't anyone had a great day so far this year to write about, or a ski location that is worthy of commendation???
First look I read "condemnation" for "commendation" and thought any such
is premature - we should at least give the overpriced SoBs till December
before writing them off.

Picked up my pass (pass person called out my name as I walked up - knew
me from among 1000s of passholders over the years, which was nice, but
surprised me) and checked the gear and locker (still remember the locker
combination; hoorah! the memory functions, which it should - I've had
the same locker since the 1980s) with particular attention to checking
the locker beer supply.

Now we wait for better snow, as El Nino promises.

wrote:
Where is everybody else, you can't all be skiing - can you???

The inactivity of this group is sad, last year this time there were
many posts each day, not all related to our (non)-resident troll.

Hasn't anyone had a great day so far this year to write about, or a
ski location that is worthy of commendation???

Mt Baker opened yesterday. Stevens Pass hopes to open after the next big storm,
but currently would be a long drive from Seattle because a bridge in the last 15
miles was damaged in the storm last week, and may be open for 1 way traffic by
Wednesday but 2 way traffic may be near Christmas.

I am really anxious to hit the hill.

Bob F wrote:
wrote:
Where is everybody else, you can't all be skiing - can you???

The inactivity of this group is sad, last year this time there were
many posts each day, not all related to our (non)-resident troll.

Hasn't anyone had a great day so far this year to write about, or a
ski location that is worthy of commendation???

Mt Baker opened yesterday. Stevens Pass hopes to open after the next
big storm, but currently would be a long drive from Seattle because a
bridge in the last 15 miles was damaged in the storm last week, and
may be open for 1 way traffic by Wednesday but 2 way traffic may be
near Christmas.
I am really anxious to hit the hill.

Hit Baker last Wednesday. At least one too many rocks exposed. We need more snow
here in the PNW.

On 11/30/2015 06:58 PM, Bob F wrote:
Bob F wrote:
wrote:
Where is everybody else, you can't all be skiing - can you???

The inactivity of this group is sad, last year this time there were
many posts each day, not all related to our (non)-resident troll.

Hasn't anyone had a great day so far this year to write about, or a
ski location that is worthy of commendation???

Mt Baker opened yesterday. Stevens Pass hopes to open after the next
big storm, but currently would be a long drive from Seattle because a
bridge in the last 15 miles was damaged in the storm last week, and
may be open for 1 way traffic by Wednesday but 2 way traffic may be
near Christmas.
I am really anxious to hit the hill.

Hit Baker last Wednesday. At least one too many rocks exposed. We need more snow
here in the PNW.

Same here in SoCal. When is El Nino going to deliver?

I'm going tomorrow. Our favorite run is open so we can do laps until we
get tired, unless they shut it down for their ski team to play with :-(

--
Cheers,
Bev
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"People are too stupid to realize they are."
--JoHn DoH KeLm

The Real Bev wrote:
On 11/30/2015 06:58 PM, Bob F wrote:
Bob F wrote:
wrote:
Where is everybody else, you can't all be skiing - can you???

The inactivity of this group is sad, last year this time there were
many posts each day, not all related to our (non)-resident troll.

Hasn't anyone had a great day so far this year to write about, or a
ski location that is worthy of commendation???

Mt Baker opened yesterday. Stevens Pass hopes to open after the next
big storm, but currently would be a long drive from Seattle because
a bridge in the last 15 miles was damaged in the storm last week,
and may be open for 1 way traffic by Wednesday but 2 way traffic
may be near Christmas.
I am really anxious to hit the hill.

Hit Baker last Wednesday. At least one too many rocks exposed. We
need more snow here in the PNW.

Same here in SoCal. When is El Nino going to deliver?

I'm going tomorrow. Our favorite run is open so we can do laps until
we get tired, unless they shut it down for their ski team to play
with :-(

Stevens Pass got 4" overnight, and there are a chain of storms headed out way.
We should get several feet in the next week or more.

So the PNW is picking up.

On 12/02/2015 08:17 AM, Bob F wrote:
The Real Bev wrote:
On 11/30/2015 06:58 PM, Bob F wrote:
Bob F wrote:
wrote:
Where is everybody else, you can't all be skiing - can you???

The inactivity of this group is sad, last year this time there were
many posts each day, not all related to our (non)-resident troll.

Hasn't anyone had a great day so far this year to write about, or a
ski location that is worthy of commendation???

Mt Baker opened yesterday. Stevens Pass hopes to open after the next
big storm, but currently would be a long drive from Seattle because
a bridge in the last 15 miles was damaged in the storm last week,
and may be open for 1 way traffic by Wednesday but 2 way traffic
may be near Christmas.
I am really anxious to hit the hill.

Hit Baker last Wednesday. At least one too many rocks exposed. We
need more snow here in the PNW.

Same here in SoCal. When is El Nino going to deliver?

I'm going tomorrow. Our favorite run is open so we can do laps until
we get tired, unless they shut it down for their ski team to play
with :-(

Stevens Pass got 4" overnight, and there are a chain of storms headed out way.
We should get several feet in the next week or more.

So the PNW is picking up.

Stellar day -- for SoCal -- yesterday. Excellent grooming, not crowded,
weather nice, and the total exhaustion that I experienced last week
(probably due to dehydration and no food) was totally gone. Nothing
like spaghetti and TJ's praline pecans to perk a person up, but it's a
real nuisance carrying a bottle of water, not to mention the increased
pee frequency.

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Cheers, Bev
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On 11/20/2015 12:33 PM, wrote:
Where is everybody else, you can't all be skiing - can you???

Yesterday at Snow Summit. Pitiful conditions, and I did badly.

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Cheers, Bev
Schrodinger's Cake: You can have it AND eat it.
--Roland Curtis

Monday Tuesday Wednesday at Yosemite Valley with my kids. We met at Amtrak station in Merced and drove in after Mexican food dinner. We stayed in a Curry Village heated tent (wood skeleton frame, canvas walls, and a propane heater) and it was not as cold as I feared it might be (wearing all my ski underwear, of course). There had been 4" of snow in the Valley Sunday, but the only residue on the road was the "Chains Required" signs, which we ignored because we didn't want to tear up the nice NPS roads. The parking lots were icy, but not a big problem. Hiking around on the trails meant exposure to a mix of rock, ice, snow and mud - and I fear that is all the winter I will get this year.

On Saturday, November 21, 2015 at 8:21:27 PM UTC-7, Richard Henry wrote:
Monday Tuesday Wednesday at Yosemite Valley with my kids. We met at Amtrak station in Merced and drove in after Mexican food dinner. We stayed in a Curry Village heated tent (wood skeleton frame, canvas walls, and a propane heater) and it was not as cold as I feared it might be (wearing all my ski underwear, of course). There had been 4" of snow in the Valley Sunday, but the only residue on the road was the "Chains Required" signs, which we ignored because we didn't want to tear up the nice NPS roads. The parking lots were icy, but not a big problem. Hiking around on the trails meant exposure to a mix of rock, ice, snow and mud - and I fear that is all the winter I will get this year.

Sounds nice. I have to imagine it was pretty uncrowded? That place can really be a zoo.