Monday, January 20, 2014

Jan 2014 Cascade Gravity Research Crystal Mountain

Nice little video of us skiing last weekend and the weekend before:
JanCGR from Scott Chaffee on Vimeo.

My Turns on Sunday
 Joe's Bad Ass Shoulder after we skied it
 Another View of Joe's Bad Ass Shoulder
 A Close up of my tracks and Mike's tracks down Joe's Shoulder




Sunday, January 5, 2014

Slow Start To Latest Ski Season

So at this point in the ski season you might expect I would have at least a dozen days in.... I am sad to report that is not the case.... infact I have a grant total of...... 6 days.... Horrible
2 days at Crystal, WA
2 days at Whistler, BC
2 days at Alyeska, AK

The days at Crystal have been the worst with a base that has averaged around 11 inches so far this winter. Southback hasn't been bad but inbounds has been bad.
Off the side of the King in Southback:
Mt. Rainier from the top of the King:
We didn't take many pictures at Whistler the weather was not cooperating.  Whistler also had low snow and nothing new in while of any large amounts... so we decided to go somewhere that had a better outlook.... ALASKA!
Sean, Caitlin Courtney and I headed to the great north!
We arrived at Anchorage New Years eve and woke up on New Years day with the best new years gift ever 18" fresh snow at the top of Alyeska Resort!!!
A foot and a half of new snow was awesome and we enjoyed playing in the great conditions for the next two days:
Caitlin and Sean at the Alyeska Tramway.... Alyeska is pretty amazing you walk from your room right to a tram that takes you to the top of the mountain without ever going outside....great for when it is raining at the base but dumping snow at the top as we ran into.
Sean and Caitlin
Me and Court
 Sean and I after hitting the park
 Sean and Caitlin
 Inside our hotel
 The Courtney, Sean and Caitlin leaving the Chair 5 resturant
 Sean and Caitlin in front of the Portage Glacier
 Second photo
 Me and Court
 The Tram that takes you up from the lodge
Caitlin, Sean and Courtney leaving the lodge
So what is one to do during a bad ski season:
Paolo, Mike, Mike's friend Scott and I at Duthie
Duthie2 from Scott Chaffee on Vimeo.