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Crystal Mt Gondola Construction Update
Crystal Mountain is progressing steadily with their 5.5 million dollar (est.) Gondola construction. Both the bottom and top terminals will be “set and in place” by September 15th. A helicopter will be used to set the 13 towers in just a few hours on October 18th. “The projected opening date is this December 2010.” Read [...]
Summit East Expansion Update
The guys/gals at the Summit at Snoqualmie are ripping right along getting Hyak (aka Summit East) back in business for winter 2010/11. Two new chairlifts, one of which will be replacing the old Dinosaur Chair are slated to be open this coming winter. The two new chairs will “provide access to 150 acres of skiing [...]
Crystal Mountain Park Logo Design Contest!
Crystal Mountain is calling their new jib only park that will be open this winter 2010/11 the Sasquatch Jib Park. To commemorate this complete 180° they’re having a design contest to come up with a park logo. I’m guessing they’re low on funding, because unless you hire some fresh-outta-college-kid, graphic design work isn’t typically cheap. [...]
La Niña Update
The Climate Prediction Center/NCEP just put out an updated La Niña report. Still up in the air, but according to most of the models, it’s looking like we’re headed for a ‘moderate to strong’ La Niña winter. The temp/precip impacts for the US are typically weak during the summer/fall but are slated to ‘strengthen considerably’ [...]
Holy Moly Watch This
Snow ain’t anywhere near being on my mind…but damn! Check out Absinthe Films Trailer for NowHere. Impressive to watch impressive snowboarding.
Respect Your Elders Teaser
Despite summer finally arriving, this video kinda gets my hyped to shred. Lookit all that white snow powder! Jumping into and outto it?! Jibn’ and interesting/creative stuff! Fukk yeah! Video by the same dudes that brought you Robot Food, and the Airblaster movies n shit (Thank god). Be sure to check out the other videos [...]
Shitty Summer, Sick Winter?
The robots at NOAA’s climate prediction center have dropped some info on the state of El Niño/La Niña. At this point it’s looking like we’re heading for some La Niña conditions. The ocean runs the show and the Sea Surface Temps (SST) have been dropping fast since May. Cold ocean = cold weather in the [...]
You're Welcome Skiing. Your Friend, Snowboarding
Once again snowboarding has been the catalyst for popularity for skiing*. Skiing was taking a shit in the 80′s till punk snowboarders came along and injected some excitement. Then freestyle skiing went ape-shit in the mid 90′s copying snowboarding. Now snowboarding has paved the way for a new skiing Olympic event–Halfpipe. Last week, the International [...]
Hyak Landslide Aerial Photos Before And After
The Federal Government recently released 2009 aerial photos for Washington State. Here’s a couple shots of Hyak. The aerial photo on the left is from 2006. The photo on the right is from Summer 2009. The Hyak landslide occurred January 2009. It took out both chairlifts and a couple homes skiers-left on the lower mountain.