We were finally able to get the ski season underway! On Saturday we went to Crystal Mountain, a large ski area just outside of Mount Rainier National Park. It was basically a perfect day; completely cloudless and about 28 degrees. From the top we could see all the way to Mt Baker (100 miles away), which is pretty rare even in the summer.
The snow conditions were better than we expected. They had several feet of snow during that storm last weekend, but then they had a bunch of rain which severely depleted the snowpack. There was still grass & dirt sticking through in some areas. There was, however, a few light snowfalls during the week, which made for some nice fluffy snow on top of a good base. Only about 10% of their total area was open, so all the skiers were crowded onto a small number of runs. It got icy by the afternoon, but it was great to get out and ski again.
All the pics are here.
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