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Who skis in the PNW?

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Abu_Hajaar
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How is the skiing up there (especially Mt. Baker)? It looks like you guys get a shit load of snow but I keep hearing different reviews, so I ask you NS. How is it? Is it worth taking a trip to the pnw?
Dec 29 2012 4:41PM
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josefe
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It sucks. Stay away.
Dec 29 2012 4:42PM
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Abu_Hajaar
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What makes it so bad?
Dec 29 2012 4:46PM
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Rafiki
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all it does is rain. they put instant mashed potatoes on the slopes so when it rains it looks like snow but isn't.
Dec 29 2012 4:50PM
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_Garagely_
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OP, all the pnw people will just tell you it only rains. You'll have to go elsewhere for an honest review.
Dec 29 2012 4:53PM
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Abu_Hajaar
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lol, thats why I came here.
Dec 29 2012 4:55PM
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Shredability
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Yah they get a little snow
Dec 29 2012 5:00PM
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josefe
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Ok... What do you like to ski? Park, powder, bumps..? If its deep heavy powder you will love it out here. If your all about the parks then hit up Colorado. If you like bumps then I don't know where e hell you should go.
Dec 29 2012 5:04PM
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Abu_Hajaar
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So what I'm getting at here is they get a lot of snow but an equal amount of rain which sucks.
Dec 29 2012 5:12PM
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p-fo
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Naw man, waterskiing is fun.
Dec 29 2012 6:23PM
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dizzydizzy
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wrong. pretty much all rain. definitely not where you want to ski. go to vail.
Dec 29 2012 6:27PM
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family_vacation
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People exaggerate a lot about the rain. It only rains like 60% of the time which isn't that bad if you live here. For traveling I don't really know about it...
Dec 29 2012 6:36PM
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Thadius.Castle
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Colorado would be a better destination, Utah as well. Baker and Bachelor are meh, this time of year.
Dec 29 2012 6:41PM
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Keith_M
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I live about 50 minutes east of Steven's pass.. I experience little to no rain, but lots of snow.

Oh wait, I'm supposed to say all it does is rain..
Dec 29 2012 6:49PM
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Casey
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Theres not a lot of like fancy resorty accomodations, especially around baker. Maybe you could rent a cabin or stay at a shitty hotel. If youre ok with that and the fact that theres no predictability in the weather at all, then hit it up
Dec 29 2012 7:06PM
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Bread_Fish
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already 10/10
Dec 29 2012 7:08PM
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JuliusJ
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awful. its rained for literally the past 2 or so weeks. we have no snow left, bachelor will probably be closing soon.
Dec 29 2012 7:12PM
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JuliusJ
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for any dumb shit that thinks this is serious... this was posted about a week ago. the snow has finally let up unfortunately.

Dec 29 2012 7:15PM
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Z-Juice
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Well let's see, if it rains a lot at a lower elevation, then that means it snows a lot at a higher elevation!
Dec 29 2012 7:42PM
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openmindportrait
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Fuck you and your system... It only rains here.. Dont come... We arent friendly people...
Dec 29 2012 8:17PM
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p-fo
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Dec 29 2012 8:47PM
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Abu_Hajaar
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Alright, I'm starting to think all this rain talk is a load of bull-shit. I mean it can't fucking rain at high altitudes like that in the middle of January, but then again I've only skied there once and it was in september so I have no idea. I guess there is only one way to find out and that involves me buying a plane ticket and flying my sorry ass out there to see for myself.
Dec 29 2012 8:48PM
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Abu_Hajaar
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idgaf if you are friendly or not
Dec 29 2012 8:49PM
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Lucas
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Don't come in February that's when we get the most rain it's insane how much rain we get.
Dec 29 2012 9:05PM
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BASEDRILEY
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it rains more than it snows this clown dosnt know his stuff
Dec 29 2012 9:41PM
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Abu_Hajaar
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Fuck it i'm going.
Dec 29 2012 10:07PM
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BASEDRILEY
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no areas in Washington have any lodging so good luck
Dec 29 2012 10:58PM
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RudyGarmisch
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PNW definitely has titanic amounts of precip, but the temp hovers around 34 degrees. Could be snow, could be rain, you usually end up skiing both. Wet, heavy, mashed taters. On the rare days when its ridiculously sick, the avy danger is off the charts. Trips and vacations out here are seriously rolling the dice, worse odds than Vegas, go to CO or UT instead.
Dec 29 2012 11:06PM
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~4EST_B_Skis~
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yes, lots of mashed potatoes indeed....(embed plz) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecDFA8k0smI
Dec 29 2012 11:18PM
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hokkanee
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Pnw is a great place to live, but taking a trip out here would have to be a spur of the moment thing. It can either be really great or absolutely god-awful and it can change ridiculously quickly.
Dec 30 2012 1:16AM
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Rafiki
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is that crystals jib park?

here is your embed

Dec 30 2012 1:21AM
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Bread_Fish
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They need jumps. They have an air bag but no jumps??? I have not been their in 1.5 years tho. Also imagine getting your ski caught in between the tab and the top of the mtn dew can.
Dec 30 2012 1:28AM
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~4EST_B_Skis~
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k+ good sir
Dec 30 2012 1:29AM
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Rafiki
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mashed potato jumps don't hold up well with all the gapers they have there. i stopped skiing at crystal when i found out they use the homemade red potato mix that has the potato skins still in it. like who the fuck does that?
Dec 30 2012 1:36AM
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El_Barto.
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and totally awesome can turn to garbage in the blink of an eye.
Dec 30 2012 10:38AM
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percs
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It all matters what altitude your at. Its really wet most of the time but youve got get very high to get some dry pow.
Dec 30 2012 11:37AM
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snocompton
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well we have some of the highest water content snow in the world so..
Dec 30 2012 12:14PM
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Rafiki
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it's so high that's it's just rain, not snow
Dec 30 2012 2:38PM
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Nate.Dog
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Dude dont come here, mt. Hood especially just sucks dick this time of year. They say we have a 100" base, but it's not true, it's like 40" of mashed potatoe bullshit.
Dec 30 2012 3:12PM
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JuliusJ
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real talk, fuck schweitzers fog
Dec 31 2012 2:18AM
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GayWolf420
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Don't come to Utah either. Mormons have a invisible bubble over the staten preventing any snowfall.
Dec 31 2012 7:17AM
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Rafiki
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ya they'll force you to join their cult and then you'll have to wear magical underwear
Dec 31 2012 9:43PM
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openmindportrait
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You should... This region ain't big enough for the both of us...
Jan 1 2013 11:54AM
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the-big-lepowski
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Haha, the real question is what is that cave in LCC all about? The first gated road as you come out of the canyon. Security looks serious, but I've heard they store mormon secrets in there.
Also, I skied Mt Baker around thanksgiving. Day 1 was whiteout and raining, 18 inches of the heaviest mashed potatoes I've ever ridden. Day 2 was dust on crust, decidedly firm. That being said, they were some of my favorite days this season. If you really insist on coming to the PNW, do so for the people and the atmosphere at the ski areas, not the guarantee of 5% champagne powder.
That is all.
Jan 1 2013 12:24PM
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Rafiki
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we don't get any of that
Jan 1 2013 2:47PM
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Fluttershy
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we have a 63" base right now and heres our forecast for the next week
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=47.439466918672586&lon=-121.41815185546875&site=pdt&smap=1&unit=0&lg=en&FcstType=text
Jan 1 2013 4:57PM
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Rafiki
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63" of mashed potatoes.
Jan 1 2013 5:00PM
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p-fo
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About to be slushed potatoes. Classic forecast right there.
Jan 1 2013 5:36PM
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