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Wednesday, April 03, 2013 12:30 AM

March Powder

As we came back from our vacation last Wednesday, I checked the forecast and saw that it was dumping in the mountains. I immediately emailed work, told them I was going to extend my vacation by one more day and recruited a friend from work to come with...
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Monday, March 11, 2013 12:30 AM

Jay’s Cliff

When Jay was out here, we were poking around in Morning Glory Bowl at Crystal. I haven’t spent much time back there and wasn’t a very good guide. We ended up on top of a cliff. I hiked out and came down the easy way but Jay decided to make his way down...
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013 12:30 AM

Jay’s Visit

When I moved out to Seattle, Jay and I went from roommates to pen pals, but we still try to get together in person every year or two. A couple weekends ago, Jay flew out here for a few days. The first two days were spent skiing at Crystal. Unfortunately...
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Monday, February 18, 2013 12:30 AM

Crystal With The Scherschel’s

Five years ago, Tim and Chelsea gave snowboarding a try . That didn’t really stick so this year they decided to give skiing a try. Tyla decided that skiing while pregnant wasn’t a great idea, but she still came along with us and hung out in the lodge...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013 12:30 AM

Crystal Trip Report

As I headed out the door at 6:30AM on Saturday, the sensors on top of Crystal Mountain were reporting 7 degrees. That’s about what it felt like all day. But the cold was outweighed by bluebird skies and incredible views stretch from Baker to St. Helens...
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Monday, January 14, 2013 12:30 AM

Night Skiing

Last week I headed up to Snoqualmie with some co-workers for a little night skiing. The snow wasn’t anything spectacular, but the group was fun and they enjoyed monkeying around in front of my camera. The GoPro did pretty well at night as long as...
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Tuesday, January 08, 2013 12:30 AM

Crystal Trip Report

On Saturday I headed to Crystal for my 6th ski day of the season and my first day with the new skis . The parking lots were already pretty full when I rolled in at 8:15 for the 9:00 opening. That’s when I realized it was the first day of the ski schools...
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Monday, January 07, 2013 12:30 AM

2013 Blizzard Cochise

This year our company rolled out a new benefit. If you don’t get the free gym membership, you can get $800 towards sporting equipment. When I read that line it took me about seven milliseconds to realize that I was getting some new skis! the only catch...
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Friday, January 04, 2013 12:30 AM

Crystal Trip Report

On Saturday I headed to Crystal for my fifth day of skiing so far this season. My watch keeps tracks of how many runs I take in a day and I’ve already done more than the last three years! And what a season it has been so far. The photo below shows...
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Friday, December 21, 2012 12:30 AM

Rocker

Looking back at the history of skis, there are some obvious major advancements in technology. Early skis were slabs of wood that you would strap your feet to, but skiing really started to gain popularity with the masses when rigid plastic boots and break...
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Monday, December 10, 2012 12:30 AM

Crystal Trip Report

On Saturday I headed to Crystal again. They have gotten a lot of snow since last weekend and the base area really showed it. I could ski all the way to the bottom without much trouble. I didn’t need the rock skis today! The day started with a great run...
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Monday, December 03, 2012 12:30 AM

First Day At Crystal

I have an amazing wife. Not only is she carrying our child, but she agreed to let me get a season pass to Crystal and Snoqualmie this year since my skiing opportunities in the future will be quite a bit different. Thank you Tyla! On Saturday, I made my...
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Friday, November 16, 2012 12:30 AM

Historical Opening Days

We’re all itching for opening day. Every year we hear people saying this is taking longer than normal, but what is normal? Here is a list of opening day for area resorts for the last 5 years:   2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Average Whistler 11/17...
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Friday, October 12, 2012 12:30 AM

CascadeSkier for Windows 8

I’ve been hard at work getting a new version of the CascadeSkier app put together which will run in the new Windows 8 environment. Jeremy, the designer who is responsible for the beautiful Windows Phone apps, is on board for this new app too. We’re following...
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Tuesday, May 08, 2012 12:30 AM

Crystal Air Bag

Crystal Mountain recently installed a giant air bag. They put it underneath a jump so that people much younger than me can practice their jumps without much fear of injury. I just had to know what it felt like so last weekend Tyla and I went down to Crystal...
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