Cascade mountains backcountry skiing. Stevens Pass received over 13 inches of rainfall on January 6th and 7th. A Youtube video showed some guys at Alpental on Snoqualmie Pass riding tubes in the flowing water of the Alpental Road, between the snowbanks. Across I-90 an avalanche of the entire snowpack and landslide on a ski run at Hyak removed lift towers and a home, with the homeowner inside drinking coffee according to a forum posting.
Monthly Archives
January 2009
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Combine fire with deep frying, and you get exciting cuisine. But you hope not too exciting. Like a few days ago when Fritz had me over to his place to celebrate “Three Kings Day” and the decommissioning of his Christmas…
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I just wanted some sweet calories washed down with a couple of cappuccinos — after a chilly ski tour above Alpbach, Austria. For that sort of thing Manfred likes to stop in at the historic Boeglerhof Hotel located across the…
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Mystery Ranch Broomstick pack review for backcountry skiing
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When I mentioned to my Italian friend Paolo how G3 had been keeping their binding secret, and were releasing the new grabber via a global conference call, he said “what do they think this is, a new Ferrari or something?…
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We’ll, the light wasn’t all bad. And even though I’d mistakenly brought someone else’s boots I could still ski (more on that below). The day started bluebird but became “inside the egg” toward the afternoon. Fritz had a plan to…
