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PARADISE GLACIER | MOUNT RAINIER | CASCADES (CENTRAL) | WASHINGTON | UNITED STATES
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Seattleslider: November 26, 2012 Uphill: 4,000 ft. | Downhill: 4,000 ft.
Bulletproof with raised skin tracks from yesterday, then awesome two runs 1000' each on east facing 4" powder to save the day....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: August 1, 2012 Uphill: 3,800 ft. | Downhill: 3,600 ft.
Clear and calm weather for corn skiing on Cowlitz and Paradise Glaciers....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: July 31, 2012 Uphill: 4,900 ft. | Downhill: 4,600 ft.
Clear, calm day for corn skiing below 8400' on Cowlitz and Paradise Glaciers....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: July 30, 2012 Uphill: 4,000 ft. | Downhill: 3,700 ft.
Foggy to 7000' then fine corn skiing in light wind and clear skies....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: July 29, 2012 Uphill: 3,750 ft. | Downhill: 3,650 ft.
Clear day, great corn below 9000' on Paradise Glacier....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: July 28, 2012 Uphill: 4,800 ft. | Downhill: 4,700 ft.
More fine corn on a clear calm day below 8400' on Paradise and Cowlitz Glaciers....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: July 27, 2012 Uphill: 3,800 ft. | Downhill: 3,700 ft.
Nice corn snow on east and southeast slopes below 8400'....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: July 26, 2012 Uphill: 3,800 ft. | Downhill: 3,700 ft.
Beautiful afternoon corn snow on east facing slope 8400-6400'. Skiable after five minute walk from the road....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: July 22, 2012 Uphill: 3,600 ft. | Downhill: 3,600 ft.
Breezy day, tricky descent in foggy whiteout....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: July 21, 2012 Uphill: 5,600 ft. | Downhill: 5,600 ft.
Excellent buttery snow between 8000' and 6600'. Blue skies and light winds for summer laps!...[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: July 19, 2012 Uphill: 5,500 ft. | Downhill: 5,500 ft.
Nice buttery corn, so good that we reran 1200' of it. Skiable to the cars....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: November 10, 2011 Uphill: 2,800 ft. | Downhill: 2,800 ft.
Wind and trap crust. Character builder....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: November 8, 2011 Uphill: 4,800 ft. | Downhill: 4,800 ft.
Day started out beautiful and calm but got breezy and cloudy by noon. 6" settled powder without wind affect on the PG....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: October 18, 2011 Uphill: 5,800 ft. | Downhill: 4,700 ft.
Summerlike day at the end of October! Blue sky, low wind, temperature over 60 at Paradise. Mushy first run, corny second one....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: October 15, 2011 Uphill: 5,200 ft. | Downhill: 4,400 ft.
Blue skies, warm temperatures, and light wind turned the packed powder to nice soft bitter. Nice....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: October 13, 2011 Uphill: 4,800 ft. | Downhill: 4,000 ft.
An inch of packed powder over frozen corn from last year made for smooth pleasant turns....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: October 6, 2011 Uphill: 4,300 ft. | Downhill: 3,100 ft.
Powder season began today on Mount Rainier above 6000'. No wind, blue sky, 4" fluff on top of smooth old corn, worth the hike up out of the fog....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: September 29, 2011 Uphill: 4,700 ft. | Downhill: 3,500 ft.
Rain over the weekend made for some fresh corn above 8000' and very smooth skiing everywhere....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: September 23, 2011 Uphill: 3,400 ft. | Downhill: 2,300 ft.
Super smooth snow, better than three weeks ago! Must have been the rain over the weekend? Wildflowers are still in bloom and beautiful. Very warm day with a nice breeze to keep us cool....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: September 2, 2011 Uphill: 2,700 ft. | Downhill: 2,700 ft.
Not able to ski from the car anymore, but only hiked up 750' in half an hour, then snow all the way to our turn around in dusty snow and raised ski tracks. The ski down was soft and smooth, almost no...[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: August 16, 2011 Uphill: 5,100 ft. | Downhill: 5,100 ft.
Perfect weather and pretty darn good snow, especially for August! 2"corn, buttery on steep slopes, so good we did a second lap on the glacier itself....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: August 14, 2011 Uphill: 3,500 ft. | Downhill: 3,500 ft.
Another day on the outdoor treadmill, awesome weather, soft snow, some cool breeze and the fog chased us up the hill. 600' sunny skiing, 2000' through the fog, 900' buttery to the car. Gotta love it...[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: August 12, 2011 Uphill: 3,500 ft. | Downhill: 3,500 ft.
Cornier than Wednesday thanks to cooler, breezier weather. What an August!...[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: August 10, 2011 Uphill: 3,500 ft. | Downhill: 3,500 ft.
Nice 1" corn on steep slopes below 8800', too much dust higher. Flatter sections were 2" slush with small soft suncups....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: October 1, 2010 Uphill: 1,900 ft. | Downhill: 1,900 ft.
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