Thanks to everyone that contributed their awesome theme ideas. The winning theme is: If if isn’t Neon, It Shouldn’t Be On! So gather your bright garb and join us for the 11th annual DBB. This will be one to remember. Date: March 24th, 2012 Time: 8:30pm Attire: If it isn’t Neon, it Shouldn’t Be On!… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Events and Activities
Subscribe to Events and Activities RSS FeedTour of Crystal
Posted in Closures, Events and ActivitiesJoin Christina and Kim today at noon at the Easy Searcher on the south side of Campbell Lodge for a tour around the mountain. We’ll talk about the ins and outs of openings, closures and hopefully find some good skiing and stashes. If Southback is open, we might head out there, so bring your transceiver…. Continue Reading
Women of Winter Backcountry Clinic
Posted in Events and Activities, NewsCrystal Mountain and Evo have teamed up yet again to bring you a trip into the backcountry with an emphasis on avalanche education. This is an opportunities for women to get out of the ski resort, learn about snowpack, and meet up with other ladies who are looking to push the boundaries. We don’t ask that you… Continue Reading
February 18th Tour of Crystal
Posted in Avalanche Hazard, Closures, Conditions, Employment, Events and Activities, Place Names, Safety Patrol/Speed ControlI’m really excited about all the feedback from the last blog post about skiing with a patroller and learning the ins-and-outs of Crystal. Kim and I will go through all the input and come up with a way to go over all your questions on Saturday February 18th. We’ll meet by the Easy Searcher on the South side… Continue Reading
Photo of the Week
Posted in Events and Activities, WeatherIt’s been a wild few days of weather and the hits just keep on coming. It’s dumping again today, and the winds are raging up high. No need to go to that spa treatment this week ladies. If you were on Green Valley ridge before the upper mountain went down today, you already got your… Continue Reading
Dirtbag Ball Theme Contest Update
Posted in Events and ActivitiesMarch 24th 2012 we will host our 11th Annual Dirtbag Ball and we need your help. We are holding a contest for a theme. Come up with the best costume theme and you will win 2 free tickets to the Ball. So far we have some received some killer entries. Here are a few of… Continue Reading
We’re so lucky
Posted in Events and Activities, PersonalPatrollers might be seen as a “clique” who consume a large table at the Elk on payday Friday but the truth is we’re just a very tight group. We work together, spend our days off skiing together, count on each other in risky situations, rely on one another for safety during avalanche routes, and some patrollers even end up engaged and married to… Continue Reading
Women’s Heli-Ski Trip with former CM Patroller Anne Keller
Posted in Events and ActivitiesAnne Keller, a former Crystal Mountain ski patroller, has moved up in the world. She’s leading heli-ski trips for Selkirk Tangiers Heli Skiing. As you can imagine, of all the Shangri-la jobs available to one-time ski patrollers, being a heli-ski guide is at the top of the list. Anne doesn’t just want to ski powder… Continue Reading
New Clutch
Posted in Events and Activities, News, PersonalWhen my old Subaru stopped accelerating because it would take a mile for the clutch to engage I would wait to enter any main road til I couldn’t see any oncoming cars before easing my way out and waiting for engagement for a few minutes. When I got a new clutch I felt like I was driving a sport’s car… Continue Reading
Dirt Bag Ball Theme Contest
Posted in Events and ActivitiesEven though it’s still a few months away, around here, we say it’s never too early to start thinking about the Dirt Bag Ball. March 24th, 2012 will ring in our 11th Annual DBB, and we need help with a theme. Almost every year, we’ve offered a theme to help with costume selection, ranging from… Continue Reading
Leaving Your Skis in Line Before the Lifts Open
Posted in Events and Activities, Skier/Snowboarder StoriesOkay. I’m just going to throw this question out there, because sometimes when I see a bee’s nest, I just have to poke a stick into it to see what happens. I’m like that. Is it okay to let your skis save your place in line before the lifts open? A few weeks ago I… Continue Reading
Evolution of a Ski Area Opening
Posted in Conditions, Events and Activities, News, WeatherIn just a few days, the slopes at Crystal Mountain went from little snow to epic powder. We opened the ski area on Friday, based on the forecast. And how lucky we were! Saturday it snowed very hard. At closing time, as my husband likes to say, it was “snowing ten-year-olds.” We picked up nine… Continue Reading
Crystal Mountain Opening Tomorrow
Posted in Avalanche Hazard, Closures, Conditions, Events and Activities, NewsIt’s finally here. The 2011-2012 Crystal Mountain Ski Season will commence tomorrow, Friday November 18th. We are starting with a limited opening, then hopefully adding more terrain over the weekend. Tomorrow the Gondola and Green Valley will be running for skiing in Green Valley only. Be sure to bring your rock skis and get ready… Continue Reading
Fingers Crossed for an Opening Friday
Posted in Closures, Conditions, Events and Activities, News, WeatherThe National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch starting tomorrow morning. Right now, the NWS is predicting a few FEET of snow to fall at Crystal Mountain by Thursday night. If that forecast materializes, Crystal will open Friday November 18th. And what a great opening day it will be. We currently have a… Continue Reading
Northwest Snow and Avalanche Summit Workshop
Posted in Avalanche Hazard, Events and Activities, News, UncategorizedYesterday I attended the NSAS (Northwest Snow and Avalanche Summit) workshop in Seattle with 6 other Crystal Mountain Ski Patrollers and about 200 other interested people. There were some amazing speakers who gave informative lectures on their specific fields in avalanche research with incredible amounts of data an field work to back up their findings…. Continue Reading
“Like” Our New Avalanche Dog Facebook Page
Posted in Events and Activities, NewsThanks to Michelle Longstreth for putting together the new Crystal Mountain Avi Dog Face. Check it here. And be sure to “like” us below.
Avalanche Dog T-Shirts For Sale
Posted in Avalanche Hazard, Events and Activities, News2011/2012 Avalanche Dog T-Shirts are in!! Get yours by emailing Lisa Poncelet at lisamponcelet(at)gmail(dot)com. Adult short sleeve tee $20.00 Adult hoody sweatshirt $40.00 Adult zip/hooded sweatshirt $40.00 Kid’s short sleeve tee $15.00 Kids zip/hooded sweatshirt $30.00
Gearing up for the ski season
Posted in Conditions, Events and Activities, WeatherLast week, the Crystal Mountain Ski Patrol conducted our yearly pre-season training. For a job that requires plenty of outside activity, the rigors of training include sitting inside when the first snowfall of the season has blanketed the base area and the surrounding peaks are finally pasted in snow. It wasn’t always easy to… Continue Reading
It’s Snowing at Crystal
Posted in Conditions, Events and Activities, WeatherThe last few days have seen the first serious accumulation of snow at Crystal. Last night a dusting hit the base with about 2 inches at mid-mountain and 6 inches at the top of Rainier Express. Snow levels will fluctuate over the weekend, then more snow is on the way for early next week. After… Continue Reading
What’s New at Crystal This Season
Posted in Avalanche Hazard, Conditions, Events and Activities, News, Place Names, WeatherWith the prediction of another La Nina season, we’re hoping for a repeat of last year, with an early start and record snow. Or at least plenty of powder days and few major accidents. One can dream. A few changes at Crystal could have a big effect on the skiing. Here’s my top 3: Snowmaking… Continue Reading
Opening Day Prediction Contest
Posted in Conditions, Events and Activities, News, WeatherNew Design Welcome to the newly redesigned Blog Crystal. Hopefully our new platform will allow us to continue to bring you the best of Crystal, including patroller insights, photos, education and other fun stuff. We love comments (it’s nice to know we aren’t alone here in cyperspace) and we love subscribers. Thanks for all those… Continue Reading
Skiing to Continue at Crystal
Posted in Conditions, Events and Activities, NewsJoin us at Crystal this Saturday for the last day of the ski season.
4th of July Skiing at Crystal
Posted in Events and ActivitiesHow about something a little different this year to celebrate our country’s independence and the freedom to skyrocket colorful explosives into the night sky? How about, instead of the traditional backyard BBQ, going skiing instead?
Bikini Downhill
Posted in Events and ActivitiesThe motto is “skin to win” and each contestant to finish first in their category won a Bronze pass. Not a bad day on the slopes, if you ask me!
2012 Dirtbag Ball
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