Crystal Mt

[TrogdortheBurninator]

Anybody else ski crystal today? It was amazing. The snow in the N backcountry was the best I've had in the last 5 years. 5' of cold freshiez.

[n1madman]

how did the avi conditions look? the skiing around steven's was great on saturday too.

[TrogdortheBurninator]

Truthfully, I was surprised they opened the backcountry, but they were bombing all morning and the made the decision to open. The snow felt surprisingly stable. I guess the lack of wind (comapred to fri night) allowed things to stabilize a lot more.

[AlpineK]

Wish I was there.

[Keith_Henson]

I was at Crystal Saturday. Drove up yesterday (Sunday) and the parking lots were so full I came home. Were the lift lines as bad as I thought they would be?

 

Saturday was unbelievable. The driest, lightest powder I've ever skied at Crystal--though a bit foggy

 

Here's a little clip of my son in the glade pow Saturday.

 

 

Plan to go tomorrow...

Edited February 27, 2007 by Keith_Henson

[Weekend_Climberz]

Hey Trog, you heading up there this weekend for the Fest??

[TrogdortheBurninator]

 

We got there early enought to find parking. The lines were sorta bad, but manageable. Ch 6 was closed when the lifts opened, so we took a lap on forest queen, then got three more runs on Ch 6 as lines got progressively worse. Eventually the line on ch 6 was extending well back towards the trees, but luckily that time coincided perfectly with the opening of the north backcountry.

 

I'd imagine Sun was a lot like Sat, but with additional new snow and the added benefit of intermittent sunshine, with some full on blue sky, throughout the day. Just so you don't feel bad, I'm sure it was a couple degrees colder on Saturday morning.

 

I'm sure tomorrow will be awesome as well.