Best day of 2011: Feb 23

Crystal Mountain. Over 20" in 3 days. Big snow last night and very cold, as cold as 12 at the top.
So Dan Ogborn, Ken Dayton and Stan Barnes and I all got together and got up there pretty early, and it was awesome.

Here is a video from the Crystal website. http://vimeo.com/20319012
Overnight 24 Hr 48 Hr 72 Hr Total Depth Season Total
Summit 5° F 6 in 8 in 18 in 29 in 110 in 311 in 10 mph
Base 13° F 3 in 6 in 11 in 18 in 78 in

it was just an awesome day.

Sophia's first day of Skiing. January 17, 2011

Sophia Bruck came to Seattle to go skiing. She waited 4 days in the rain of Seattle as the mountains melted and the rain fell. We lost about 3 feet of snow as the rain pelted down. It was so disappointing , but we kept the faith and finally decided that on the 17th, we were going no matter what. Up we went, to Summit Central where we mounted her up and went away. 100 Cm skis, new boots, she was all set. The magic carpet worked perfectly, Sophia got on and went up and down with no problem. We had lunch, and then we went to the Chair lift. 2 trips up and down on the run with the terrain park at Central. She did very well.

Alpental in January: Good start.

January 8,2011 : Beautiful 14" and 27 degrees at the bottom.
The next day, the weather report was
17° F 4"new and 18" in 2 days. and 112" base.
Got to make one little run with Dave Bettis and Melissa after watching the first half of Seahawks v Saints.

Alpental, January 2

The month of December, 2010, will be remembered for good amounts of snow (100"+) and cold temperatures, followed by Bluebird days.As beautiful month as I can remember. Crystal installed the new Gondola on the 1st.
I only skied 3 times in December. Hoping for more the next 3, make that 4, months.

Dec 16: My first day

http://vimeo.com/17898318
Old boy posse of Dayton, Ogborn, Al Osborn and John for a good day at Crystal. No new, but remnants of a storm. It's cold and it's windier than normal. Today it's high of 44 in the city. Crystal is calling for High of 20 lows' of 15 all weekend. Rained today.
Great season so far.Summit:
14° F Base: 21° F
24 Hr: 2" 24 Hr: 2"
Total: 51" Total: 33"
Video:http://vimeo.com/17898318

12-10-10

Oh man, did I miss one today. Crystal has been going off. Jeff and Sally called and said it was an 8.5 on the Gooood schedule.
Ken Dayton , sking with the FOGS should have been there too. A photo on the Crystal website read:"Heading to Soutback to finish control work. What's that in the sky? Oh that would be the sun. 18" of fresh powder and clearing skies...it doesn't get much better than that!!! http://vimeo.com/17426541
The nunbers are building. I've yet to get up there...healing a cold. Video of Dec 2 here

Crystal Conditions, November 23, 2010.

Overnight 24 Hr 48 Hr 72 Hr Total Depth Season Total
Summit -4° F 3 in 16 in 26 in 26 in 42 in 64 in 21 mph
Base 4° F 3 in 16 in 24 in 24 in 29 in -- --

Thanksgiving is shaping up really well. Sorry I won't be there.