C5 Golfer Posted February 8, 2008 Report Share Posted February 8, 2008 Please come to the PNW and haul it away-- that is what the Washington Department of Transportation would like. They are having to truck it off the mountain cuz they are out of places to move or store it, plus it is so high in some areas the snow blowers cannot blow it high enough. We have 3 main ski/snowboard areas around Seattle area and we have had highways used to get there closed due to tooooooo much snow 50% of the time, 2 of the main highways are closed again today due to avalanches so the ski areas can not open. At the Snoqualmie pass area which is only 3000 feet elevation I think they are at 32 feet so far. Mount Baker I heard is possibly on track to break a 1997? Record of 96 feet - yes 96 feet of snow! This morning they got 10” from 6 am to noon and it is still coming down with no stopping in sight for the next week. This is unbelievable quality snow too – it is like Utah soft stuff and bottomless leastwise at Crystal Mt area. Enough already! :D 95" of new in 7 days at Stevens Pass Ski area Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Prokopiw Posted February 8, 2008 Report Share Posted February 8, 2008 out of North Idaho and dump it in the ocean!We could build a whole extra resort out of natural snow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen Posted February 8, 2008 Report Share Posted February 8, 2008 I picked a great year to be injured.:rolleyes::(:smashfrea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinpa Posted February 8, 2008 Report Share Posted February 8, 2008 out of North Idaho and dump it in the ocean!We could build a whole extra resort out of natural snow! would this help the global warming thing with the ice caps melting????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Buggs Posted February 8, 2008 Report Share Posted February 8, 2008 Send some my way:biggthump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Prokopiw Posted February 8, 2008 Report Share Posted February 8, 2008 one effect of global warming could be a mini ice age in some areas.That's us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted February 8, 2008 Report Share Posted February 8, 2008 I was going to head up tonight but no luck, pass closed. The only day I can go too. Effin A. would this help the global warming thing with the ice caps melting????? I think there is more to climate change than just global warming, but that discussion should happen in a different forum, preferably not on BOL as I think there is a lot of emotion around it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted February 9, 2008 Report Share Posted February 9, 2008 We are also getting stupid quantities of snow, even here on coastal mountains. It's been sticking to the streets for more then 2 weeks now, which is very unusual for Vancouver. I only had few real carving days, the rest was all pow or tracked/bumped fresh. All I ride are my pow boards. Even bought a new one today ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncermak Posted February 9, 2008 Report Share Posted February 9, 2008 Bite me... -Noah in (rainy) Massachusetts. p.s. I thought it always rained in PNW...and snowed in New England Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C5 Golfer Posted February 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2008 Saturday night the 9th of Feb,, all three highways to the east are still closed. Only way to east is to drop down to Oregon ,go east for a while then head back north, adds about 4 hours to the drive. This suxcks... But the good part is Crystal Mt is open and they have had 10 feet of snow in 2 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furi Posted February 10, 2008 Report Share Posted February 10, 2008 hehe all that snow is gonna make OES very interesting :) I'm just happy you guys are sharing up there :) we've had some great snow this year....unlike last year where you guys kept it all to yourself up north :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike T Posted February 10, 2008 Report Share Posted February 10, 2008 hehe all that snow is gonna make OES very interesting :) Maybe, maybe not! During La Nina seasons it tends to dry up a bit here at Bachelor around the end of Feb, if that happens this year we'll just have endless groomers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Prokopiw Posted February 10, 2008 Report Share Posted February 10, 2008 What are these groomers of which thou speak?:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin A. Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 We've been having a similar problem here at the base of Mt. Washington. The only main way out of my area was closed yesterday because of the storm, and in the past 7 days we've gotten close to 3 feet of snow (a good bit of snow for the east). I haven't ridden a snowboard in close to 3 weeks because it's been soft powdery goodness, and thats when the teles come out. Ship some more of that snow this way Al! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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