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Baker or crystal?

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**R_H
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stevens pass has gotten so god damn crowded i dont even want to go. should i go to baker or crystal, there about the same disatnce from my house.
Jan 17 2008 9:51PM
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SirFryanator
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baker, duh. So much more snow, less crowds, and the backcountry has about the same amount of terrain, if not more medium-sized cliff hucks. at baker, lift passes are way cheaper, but it's pretty far away from anything but bellingham which is its only downfall.
Jan 17 2008 9:53PM
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MadSteezin
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NEVER POST THESE LOW-KEY LOCATIONS IN SKI GABBER! We don't want outsiders here in the PNW.
Jan 17 2008 9:58PM
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sdfjklioeur
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i heard theres some great snow in colorado
Jan 18 2008 1:01AM
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d.spong
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go to crystal
Jan 18 2008 1:05AM
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Literature
Posts: 13673 - Karma: 3,085
Yeah. You PNWers are so much more helpful in the Regionals.

Get over your locality, you don't have to show them your stashes, they just want to ski.
Jan 18 2008 1:11AM
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=nick=
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definately crystal. much better skiing than baker.
Jan 18 2008 1:35AM
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WONTON
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Go to Baker, ask any of the guys who posted in this thread except for me and theyll show u where all the good stuff is. Thank me later =)
Jan 18 2008 1:39AM
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Elijah.
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Crystal.
Baker sucks usually.
Actually it sucks all the time. Those movies are fake. Theres only ice here.
Jan 18 2008 2:38AM
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solitaryman
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lol agreed.... i guess im skiing on ice this weekend..
Jan 18 2008 2:40AM
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A-Style**
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no way crystal blows. go to baker and never look back.
Jan 18 2008 2:44AM
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Elijah.
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Baker's really shitty.
Crystals really awesome.
So...
Go to Crystal!
Jan 18 2008 2:48AM
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K2skipunk
Posts: 2837 - Karma: 111
go to crystal, baker sucks. no snow, ever. like eli said, the movies are lying. they are, in idea, it wasnt baker, it was crystal
Jan 18 2008 2:48AM
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psychkub
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^LOLOL
Jan 18 2008 3:36AM
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cobra_commander
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Ok, the people up above are lying the movies were shot at baker, but there are three important factors that you need to realize.
1: Those conditions only happen around 1/4 of the time, when they do happen baker can be really good, but for most of the time it just rains here.
2: Those shots were from last year, Baker is fucking crowded this year. Everyone and their mom is up here all the time now, that includes the weekdays, There are bus loads of little kids that are really good at going where they should not and scraping shit down to ice, up there almost every other day.
3: Those shots were not shot in bounds. To access the BC you need to have a beacon, shovel, probe, partner and knowledge. If you don't have those things and try and access the BC your pass will get pulled and you might even be expelled from the mountain for good. Also the BC is really unstable right now. We have been having a trend where it snows alot then warms up then snows then warms up. This is making it very unstable right now. Skiing the BC right now is a very good way to end up 6 ft under. Even if you know what your doing.

Aka: If you can't ski the BC (which you can't) and/or don't know secret stashes (which you don't) Baker sucks balls.

Crystal has much more terrain open for skiing right now.

But just so you know the crowds are worse at both baker and crystal then stevens.




Jan 18 2008 3:52AM
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RudyGarmisch
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Why are we discussing the two worst resorts in WA? Go to Snoqualmie, obviously.
Jan 18 2008 4:36AM
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Holte
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Baker. Don't support Crystal.
Jan 18 2008 6:52AM
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SkiingRocks89
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EVERYONE on this site has heard of Baker and Crystal, are you retarted?
Jan 18 2008 11:06AM
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Elijah.
Posts: 9322 - Karma: 76
Everyone is lying in this thread, Baker is like a hockey rink every single day in the season. Crystal however has 15 feet of fresh every day!
Jan 18 2008 11:29AM
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sdfjklioeur
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yay for snocompton
Jan 18 2008 11:40AM
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kenevil
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the first part of the washington seggy in idea was all in bounds at baker
Jan 18 2008 5:36PM
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iggyskier
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Crystal sucks.

Go to baker.
Jan 18 2008 5:50PM
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Schoening
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ahh thank god, 1 less person at stevens. shit has been rediculous this year
Jan 18 2008 5:52PM
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K2skipunk
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but like i said before, go to crystal. i have a seasons pass at baker, and i still go elsewhere cuz it always sucks. baker never gets pow, all the snow, if there is any, is all man made poop. stay away from baker, never ever go. save yourself the money and take it somewhere worthwhile
Jan 18 2008 6:04PM
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SirFryanator
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love your signature, buddy.
Jan 18 2008 6:06PM
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LittleRaisin
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support wenatchee go to mission ridge
Jan 18 2008 6:09PM
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K2skipunk
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its called.....um....shit......it used to rock, but lately global warming fucked up baker. and because of the climate change, i havent had time to change my signature. i was fighting global warming with my own 2 hands, and baker ice/rock balls. because really, we all know there is no snow there.

ps, ill change my sig. since i had a good fight with global warming today (ill treat myself), its tought work
Jan 18 2008 6:10PM
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MADmidwest
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you wasted ten seconds of my life and probably confused a few other people. Specify crystal mountain Washington. It's in washington right? i thought you were talking about crystal mountain michigan
Jan 18 2008 6:16PM
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Elijah.
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It's called sarcastic humor, since obviously Baker sucks ass.
Jan 18 2008 6:18PM
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mtbakerteacher
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Wait.. I've heard a lot about this Baker mountains. Is it good there? I've only heard bad things!
Jan 18 2008 6:19PM
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Elijah.
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To be honest, everywhere in the PNW is terrible. Just go to the Colorado.
Jan 18 2008 6:20PM
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K2skipunk
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you are very right dood. and elijah... you are also right big boy, some people just cant find the humour in that i guess
Jan 18 2008 6:21PM
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mtbakerteacher
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But then again, considering how every human knows every other human on the planet through only SIX degrees of seperation. So if somebody initiates a hate to those hundred people, thats potentially another 2-3 degrees that could be discouraged.
Jan 18 2008 6:22PM
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Elijah.
Posts: 9322 - Karma: 76
We are friendly to anyone who's chill, and we are very grateful, and we're just mad because it's been soooooooo crowded this year.
Jan 18 2008 6:22PM
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K2skipunk
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true dat... but, there is still no snow.
Jan 18 2008 6:26PM
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SirFryanator
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majorly crowded at crystal here, too...there's no park and any good skiing gets tracked out. Even the local stashes.
Jan 18 2008 6:28PM
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A-Style**
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white pass FTW!!!! haha. i think its funny how no1 likes baker but they, as of today, have the highest annual snowfall ever recorded in US- 1,140 inches. beat that.
Jan 18 2008 6:33PM
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Elijah.
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Actually, I think a lot of the hype from the newschool community (Movies/NS/Magazines) have been catering to it a shit-ton last year, and we are receiving the effects of it now. No I don't think it'd be a bad thing to have a lot of NS'ers at a mountain, but I do think that hyping it up even further on NS isn't going to help solve the problem.
Again, I shouldn't be glad of the crowds, because Baker made money in the previous years when it wasn't nearly as crowded as it is now. I've talked to a lot of the management (Gywn/Duncan Howat, the foodies--->Sam) and they say they like the extra business, but they are actually making less profit because of the unanticipated amount of employees they had to hire without previous notice.
Baker has no room to expand (National Forest surrounds it), so they really can't do much.

BAM.
Jan 18 2008 6:36PM
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A-Style**
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oh and just to add another fact in  bakers favor- the mountain has the most snowfall recorded in a month- 304 inches. thats like 25 feet or so! in a month...  (sorry about the bold couldn't fix it)
Jan 18 2008 6:38PM
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SirFryanator
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yeah listen to him go there.
Jan 18 2008 6:45PM
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coolhandluke
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go to mini mountain in bellevue and shred the moving carpet
Jan 18 2008 6:58PM
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sdfjklioeur
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Crystals always been that way tho.
Jan 18 2008 7:36PM
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