incoming incomingDecember 28, 2013
The weak December weather soldiers on in the Northwest, with not much encouragement on the horizon. Seth, Kevin and I did a "fitness" run up Alpental today, following a well set track up Debbie's and Rollen. Hard and slick from the rain event yesterday, it became good skinning once the sun softened the top layer a bit. Skiing on the sun-softened aspects through Schluct was pretty good, but the lower mountain remains survival skiing with lots of vegetation. Stay away from the frozen tracks of other skiers if at all possible. We need snow badly . . .
Pretty sparse at the bottom, though you can actually ski down without base damage if you're careful
Decent coverage at the top, where much of the recent rain has fallen as snow
December 23, 2013
Purple is the theme; people at Volunteer Park thought we were the UW parking valet service . . .
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