From the day that our child was born, we knew that we wanted them to be a skier. The main question though was how to do it. There are lots of “self-help” articles but most of them were either too generic and obvious or too specific and designed for people that are luck enough live…
It was another fantastic year for skiing. With over 425 inches of snow at Snoqualmie Pass and more than 7 days of snow in Seattle, it was an epic year for people that like to ski/snowboard… Luckily, I’m one of those people. I also took a few trips to other ski resorts outside of WA…
When you book a ski trip, it is always a crap-shoot on whether they will have great snow or not. This weekend I am headed to Tahoe and specifically Squaw to hang out with some of my good friends from SF. We got lucky with the snow to say the least…. Check it out below:
One of my best friends and roommates at Georgetown grew up in Bellingham, WA and skiied Mt. Baker as his home mountain. In comparison, the majority of my experiences took place in the relatively tranquil parts of the Poconos and Vermont. When my roommate got talking about skiing, he used to regale us with stories…
I know I am probably beating a dead horse with my excitement over snow in Aspen but then I saw the snow report from this past weekend and the picture below and how could you now be happy???
Now that summer is over and we have had some cold and rainy Seattle winter days, I am actually getting used to the fact that Winter is coming. In addition, with each day I am getting more pumped for what is shaping up to be a ski season with lots of potential: Between Xmas and…
One of my friends from work told me about the special going on right now at Shell in Washington State. If you buy 10 gallons of gas from any Shell station and then bring your receipt to the counter, they will give you a free voucher for a lift ticket. The voucher is good at…
A friend from work just showed me the following URL from the Whistler Mountain http://www.whistlerblackcomb.com/weather/snowreport/index.htm They have had over 348 inches of new snow so far this year and have a base of 114 inches. Unbelievable. It reminds me of that famous JuicyFruit skiing ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwHMi7dTsB4&mode=related&search=
After spending the weekend in Jackson Hole and driving 30 minutes each way to the mountain, I got a little frustrated because there was nothing on the radio besides Country Music stations. So…we counted the number of stations and it turns out that there are 8 separate country stations in the Jackson, WY area. Does…
It is good to see that all of the rain we have been getting here in Seattle is finally paying off. The news reports say that the mountains are supposed to get 3 feet of snow in the next day or so. Ski season is here! Im going to be monitoring the Crystal website very closely…