Tony_Bentley Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Any good spots that you guys know of? I'm looking for a place within 5 minutes from the car and void of avi slopes and ideally not too many trees. I was thinking about the Commonwealth Creek area but I think there are too many trees out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony_Bentley Posted January 18, 2007 Author Share Posted January 18, 2007 Come on! This is climbing right? Going UPHILL in the Cascades right? Called climbing. Give up the beta. I could care less about beta about your hardest onsight WI to date. I just want a place to take some flatlanders from the east coast. I'm drawing a blank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 The hill where the Mountaineers Snoqualmie Lodge used to be was good for inner tubing. I've no idea if you are allowed to go there, but it's a 5 min hike from the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtn_mouse Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Give up on the tubing. Rent snowshoes or XC skis and teach them something they can use in the future. There is no future in tubing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 (edited) When I was a kid I used to go to the mounties lodges all the time. There were some truely crazy rope tows there. They had some fun events at the Meany lodge. Â They used to play this evening game called tube hockey. You put this inner tube in a sack then toss it down the hill from partway up. Then 20 people or so try and chace the tube on skis with a stick as the puck. The object was to controle the tube as it went through the goal at the bottom of the slope. I'm not a big mounties backer, but that was a fun game. Â I have a few other good stories about hanging out with a group of teens and up at Meany, but I probably shouldn't post those. Edited January 18, 2007 by AlpineK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdDog Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Exit 54 snow park, south side of I-90. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizard_brain Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Rent goddam snowboards. If they can't learn snowboarding in a day, bitch-slap them and send them back to the east coast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weekend_Climberz Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 When I was a kid I used to go to the mounties lodges all the time. There were some truely crazy rope tows there. They had some fun events at the Meany lodge. Â I've ruined many a glove on the rope tow at the Meany Lodge. Never figured out how to start out on that thing with those little metal grippers. Oh the memories of ping pong tournaments late into the evening :sigh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Dude you don't try and start up with the gripper. You get going like on a regular rope tow then hook up the gripper after you're moving. The best part was to release from the gripper just before you went past the safety gate. If you did it right you could get 20' of air on the flats beyond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weekend_Climberz Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Dude you don't try and start up with the gripper. Â So, the ruined gloves are a feature, not a downfall. Got it :tup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Yeah, you want to show off your gloves after you wreck them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 rope tows are teh suxx0r Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 The one at Meany gained 500 vert, and you could hike from the top for more drop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 i was dragged on my stomach by a rope tow the first day i tried to learn to ski evil, evil mechanisms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Sometimes you have to learn the hard way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dechristo Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Then, there's the totally messed-up situation on rope-tows when somebody (always) falls down in front, pile-up occurs, and you've got to stand there allowing just enough friction from the rope passing through your hands to keep you from going backwards. Though, it warms your hands pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrganDonor Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Give up on the tubing. Rent snowshoes or XC skis and teach them something they can use in the future. There is no future in tubing. Â Why not go tubing, you can still teach them how to snowshoe and XC ski also. If there younger kids there not going to find snowshoeing very fun, hell I dont find snowshoeing fun or XC skiing. Tubing is all around fun for everyone, most everyone enjoys the thrill of sliding down a hill at high speeds with absolutely no control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sobo Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 My wife took my (then) 3-year-old boy tubing right out of the parking lot at Snoqualmie Summit last year. I think it cost her $15 for the day, and $5 for the kid. Â Or are you looking for some place where it's free? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Then, there's the totally messed-up situation on rope-tows when somebody (always) falls down in front, pile-up occurs, and you've got to stand there allowing just enough friction from the rope passing through your hands to keep you from going backwards. Though, it warms your hands pretty good. Â The tows I'm talking about go 20 mph up some steep hills. You could never let go or the person behind you would plow you down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony_Bentley Posted January 19, 2007 Author Share Posted January 19, 2007 Yeah free is best. We are all broke and would rather spend the $15 on food or gas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beecher Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 across the street from alpental, below the waterfall & phantom slide path Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sobo Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 Good one! I shoulda thought of that. beecher's got the beta, Tony! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony_Bentley Posted January 19, 2007 Author Share Posted January 19, 2007 I was also thinking that too. Already a packed out trail and a nice slope that bottoms out to the parking lot. Right on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spicoli11 Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 Do slides make it down that far or does patrol blast the phantom early morn? I've seen the signs but never witnessed control work over there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony_Bentley Posted January 19, 2007 Author Share Posted January 19, 2007 Me neither. I've only been jaded by the blasting on the other side. BOOM! .....BOOM!.............BOOM!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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