The Alps aren't the only mountain region getting hammered at the moment. They can't really complain in the Pacific Northwest either. The ski resorts in the US states Oregon and Washington have a great start of the season!
Mount Bachelor
12" new since last night & snowfall continues! Still a couple weeks & a couple storms away from opening, but the forecast is looking good! pic.twitter.com/Lg03ab8MIn
A nice dose of snowfall overnight, temps are chilly, and the forecast looks decent for some more later in the weekend. Stoked! #stevenspasspic.twitter.com/7WC5eBHseT
We are easily the most overlooked ski zone in the world for top quality snow and steep skiing. Check out Mt. Baker, Alpental, Stevens Pass and Crystal Mountain!
Chinook Pass closed for the season yesterday, so the lifts should start spinning soon!
Hey Cool to hear PNW comments on wepowder. Looks like we are off to a good start. More storms coming our way soon. I agree with Chester on this region not getting nearly as much attention as it deserves. I moved a year ago from NL but have had more powder days in alpental than I had in Europe in 5 years.
But then again, maybe we should just keep it quiet and have Utah and WY get all the focus.
@mhilberts@Chester_Tartsnatcher we love the PNW. NOAA announced a new La Niña episode for this winter, so it could be really deep again. Keep us posted!
@Chester_Tartsnatcher looks like we just missed out a couple of inches. But if this chart really happens we get a lot of precip in the next 10 days. 5-10" of water ? If temperatures stay low enough, which it looks like it will, that'll be 50"-100"(125-250cm), which is enough to burry either a mini or a hummer in snow. NICE, bring it on!
We have liftoff here in the PNW. I suggest we call it PNWPA#1?
I have been eating a lot of this pasta and it really helps!
Even though no resort is open yet I feel it’s time to issue PNWPA#1.
@meteomorris found the pasta in the QFC (local supermarket).Tastes like ahit by the way....but everything for the cause!
Mt Baker is opening this Thursday and Crystal is opening 3 lifts wednesday and more most likely this weekend.
Season 17-18 is open!
*message edited by mhilberts op 14 Nov 2017 15:57 (7% bewerkt)
We lost power up here on Union Hill in last nights windstorm which knocked down trees and power poles and lines. Evidently the wind scoured the upper mountain at Crystal, so the opening is only for the lower mountain. I'm going anyway and will likely skin up to some wind protected stashes up there I know.
Crystal Mountain has a lot of great touring.
*message edited by Chester_Tartsnatcher op 14 Nov 2017 19:24 (7% bewerkt)
Stevens Pass will open tomorrow Nov 16 Bachelor and Hood to open this weekend.
Alpental is trailing a bit but it shouldn't be long before most PNW resorts are open.
Whistler will open this Friday with impressive stats:
RECENT SNOWFALL Whistler
Snow depths measured at Pig Alley Weather Station 1650m (Mid-Mountain) on Whistler Mountain. Snowphone: 604.932.4211
38cm-last 12hr
86cm -last 24hr
117cm-last 48hr
171cm-last 7 Day
198cm Base
202cm Cumulative this season
And more snow in the forecast. Thanksgiving in Whistler! @Chester_Tartsnatcher How was Crystal? Planning to go Saturday with the kids.
@mhilberts - Familial temporal reallocation obfuscated the Crustal option today and that event has been rescheduled for tomorrow. It's forecast to be colder.
David Hilbert was a famous mathematician expounding the axiomatic view.
Taking extreme traverses on the second open day up @ Crustal today lead to some choice crotch deep fluffy untracked pow. The groimers skied well with good cut up snow on the edges. Great start to the season!
Day 3 @ Crustal with my son: chunder to chalk, good groimers, surprisingly good coverage. Definitely getting beaten in compared to the previous 2 days and with a biblical deluge in the forecast, I'm worried that the base will get washed away. Chair 6 opened to the mobs, but I skipped it to ski around with my son and avoid the multishark edge and base grind for free up there.
*message edited by Chester_Tartsnatcher op 19 Nov 2017 04:06
After 8 inches of overnight snow at 4500 feet elevation and 10+ inches of new snow at 6000 feet elevation, the forecast turns to a Pineapple Express. The Pineapple Express name derives from the direction of these warm moist atmospheric rivers that cross over Hawaii on their way to sloshing our snowpack.
We are keeping our hopes up that this one, which is forecast to run though Wednesday, won't wash away the wonderful early season snowpack we've been enjoying.
@Meteomorris you should do a special on an Atmospheric Rivers sometime (if you are bored) Its not a phenomena that I ever heard about in Europe but it does produce a shitload of precip in a short amount of time and really dwarfs a retour d'est in potential imho. @Chester_Tartsnatcher Crystal was great this Saturday. Its tough to beat a handful of faceshots on the opening day of the season! Did the same as you and did a trip with my son mostly on the northside. I agree on the mob@ chair 6 skipped that one until the PM but the ridge cover was nasty.
Looks like it is all snow so far rather than rain, but it'll be ungly in the next day or two.
Going to Whistler this Thursday, just hope that the freezing level will be OK....but not so convinced.
Record warm temperatures in the PNW (66F in Olympia) coupled with massive rainfall have washed out the good snow - Crustal is running limited on paths of slush between the mud. There is some chance for a bit of snow in the next 4 days but not enough to fix things. The longer term forecast shows snow next week so there's hope.
Record warm temperatures in the PNW (66F in Olympia) coupled with massive rainfall have washed out the good snow - Crustal is running limited on paths of slush between the mud. There is some chance for a bit of snow in the next 4 days but not enough to fix things. The longer term forecast shows snow next week so there's hope.Chester_Tartsnatcher op 23 Nov 2017 16:36
Yeah, have been following the news lately. Even interior regions are suffering. Saw the freezing level going up to 2000 meters in Canada...
In whistler now (23/24/25)where conditions are remarkably good considering the Pineapple Express dropped 50mm of rain on the snowpack last Wednesday. There is a solid base above mid station and could even ski down to the valley.
Even managed to score some knee level powder today but it was mostly crud, concrete and slush....
Still not complaining. We are off to a go start!
Were back on with Some fresh pow. Looks like summit west is opening dec 2, so all resorts in the PNW are now whizzing. Just alpental....but that shouldn’t be to long. The atmospheric river last week is a distant memory.....
Light snow @ Crustal today. Gomering on the groimers since anything steep lost its snowpack, from the Doors to Memorial Forest on the frontside. Best snow quality, cut up pow with 2" of cream, was on the North facing portions of Green Valley. Gotta say the snowmaking snow on the bottom was eminently edgable. Sir Arcs A Lot was out today.
ExpertChester_Tartsnatcher op 6 November 2017 · 15:38Hey, thanks for the PNW love.
Beginnermhilberts op 7 November 2017 · 16:35Hey Cool to hear PNW comments on wepowder. Looks like we are off to a good start. More storms coming our way soon. I agree with Chester on this region not getting nearly as much attention as it deserves. I moved a year ago from NL but have had more powder days in alpental than I had in Europe in 5 years.
Expertmeteomorris op 7 November 2017 · 16:55@mhilberts @Chester_Tartsnatcher we love the PNW. NOAA announced a new La Niña episode for this winter, so it could be really deep again. Keep us posted!
