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1 hour ago, Alisse said:

Did those axes come out?

No, the snow was too good to bother with anything other than laps!  But we brought them JIC we wanted to go up Coleman Pinnacle.

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It's true.  We had a fun and far-ranging discussion, including a few financial topics.  He even brought some civilized treats to accompany our sampling of the upper snowpack.  It was my kind of academia!

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First time back to the Snoqualmie environs since 2019. It was a Snoquality day. Great snow on all but direct S. aspects, which were about of 10" of powder on a stout crust.

 

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16 hours ago, kmfoerster said:

First time back to the Snoqualmie environs since 2019. It was a Snoquality day. Great snow on all but direct S. aspects, which were about of 10" of powder on a stout crust.

 

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That's kind of a wide propagation - what did it slide on?

And why hadn't you been to Snoqualmonix in so long?
 

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Cassidy, @aaronohn, and I spent Saturday night at the Mountaineers Lodge. We skiied Saturday in very windy, low vis conditions, looking for the best snow and vis -- Swift Creek delivered OK but was somehow even more uninspiring than usual, TONS of people. Our last lap was a little farther down the ridge and no one else was there or had been there - way better! Wish we'd gone there first... We also enjoyed stomping all the wind lips and baby cornices we could find along the way around Austin Pass!

Sorry for weird and inconsistent white balance/colors in these. I still haven't figured out how to best deal with low light and snow colors within the Google Photos editing options... (open to all advice there):

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Played the GAME OF EARTH Saturday night -- HIGHLY recommend. Created by an earth sciences teacher in the late 90s!

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Sunday, I sat in the lodge feeling a bit sorry for myself with a swollen foot thing while Aaron and Cassidy skiied the Stoneman couloir!

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1 hour ago, Alisse said:

That's kind of a wide propagation - what did it slide on?

And why hadn't you been to Snoqualmonix in so long?
 

That release was on a south facing 45-50 degree slope, maybe 6” deep down to the sun crust. 
 

I’ve mostly been skiing around Stevens, Cle valley and Baker with my usual supects in recent years. I do really like Snoqualmie though. When its good its really good. I just feel like the elevation causes it to run just warm enough. Less likely for me to catch a good window on a weekend 

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5 hours ago, kmfoerster said:

That release was on a south facing 45-50 degree slope, maybe 6” deep down to the sun crust. 
 

I’ve mostly been skiing around Stevens, Cle valley and Baker with my usual supects in recent years. I do really like Snoqualmie though. When its good its really good. I just feel like the elevation causes it to run just warm enough. Less likely for me to catch a good window on a weekend 

Agreed -- when it's good it's really good! There's a lot of fun and accessible terrain from the car. I also really like skiing around Stevens as I've explored a bit more, but I do not go there on weekends!

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