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Photo of the Week

By Kim Kircher on Posted in Events and Activities, Weather

It’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

Photo of the Week

By Kim Kircher on Posted in Conditions, Weather

Thanks Michelle Longstreth for this week’s photo. Last week a strange cloud formation covered Rainier just at sunset. Perhaps this was a sign that winter was on her way back home. Indeed she’s returned, and it might be some time before we see Rainier again. And I’m fine with that.    

All I want for Christmas is…SNOW

By Kim Kircher on Posted in Conditions, Weather

What It’s Been Skiers and riders in the PNW are all in the same boat. We have some of the best conditions in the lower 48, and still we know it’s not good enough. Maybe we’re spoiled here. Perhaps our skis are too fat. We want more than fast groomers and bluebird days. We expect… Continue Reading

Photo of the Week

By Kim Kircher on Posted in Conditions, Skier/Snowboarder Stories, Weather

Up here at Crystal, it’s been a best-of-times/worst-of-times scenario, in which one day it’s bluebird powder and the next is, well, rain. With the launch of the Photo of the Week post, I’m focusing on the best of times from this past week. While retail stores enjoyed Black Friday, we pegged the awesome-o-meter with a… Continue Reading

Gearing up for the ski season

By Kim Kircher on Posted in Conditions, Events and Activities, Weather

  Last 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

A Look at the Weather Forecast

By Kim Kircher on Posted in Conditions, Weather

I’m not a weather forecaster, but I do spend an enormous amount of time studying weather models and making predictions–especially this time of year. I’m an optimist, so whenever I see moisture in the models I automatically assume it will fall as snow at Crystal. I used to be able to get away with this…. Continue Reading