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SNOQUALMIE PASS CASCADES (CENTRAL) | WASHINGTON | UNITED STATES
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| CHAIR PEAK CIRCUMNAVIGATION | This Route is not officially added | |||||
| HYAK MOUNTAIN | This Route is not officially added | |||||
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December 22, 2010
Submitted By seattleslider
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Seattleslider: May 16, 2012 Uphill: 2,300 ft. | Downhill: 2,300 ft.
Dusk patrol 6-8pm, 4" grainy butter on a firm base. Started raining as we got the bbq grill going. :-(...[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: May 9, 2012 Uphill: 2,000 ft. | Downhill: 2,000 ft.
Laps at Summit West, snow flurries and sun. Smooth soft skiing....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: May 2, 2012 Uphill: 2,300 ft. | Downhill: 2,300 ft.
2-8" wet new snow for dusk tour, challenging but considtent skiing....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: May 1, 2012 Uphill: 2,500 ft. | Downhill: 2,500 ft.
2-3" wet new snow, somewhat grabby. Laps at Summit West....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: April 5, 2012 Uphill: 3,000 ft. | Downhill: 3,000 ft.
N slopes good powder, S slopes tricky crust or dust on crust in some spots....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: March 31, 2012 Uphill: 1,700 ft. | Downhill: 1,700 ft.
3" fresh on a thin crust with wet snow under that. Challenging skiing. Radio tower....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: March 24, 2012 Uphill: 4,000 ft. | Downhill: 4,000 ft.
North side of Chair Peak, a bit more wind affected than yesterday. Still great powder 8-10" to Snow Lake and 8-10" heavy cream to Source Lake. Broke the custom K Wild skis in some cooked fresh sno...[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: March 23, 2012 Uphill: 2,400 ft. | Downhill: 2,400 ft.
Up Chair Peak south slopes to below the North Face, down to Snow Lake via 10-12" soft powder....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: March 22, 2012 Uphill: 2,800 ft. | Downhill: 2,800 ft.
Gold Creek to Rampart Ridge steep trees. Fine knee deep soft powder....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: March 19, 2012 Uphill: 2,500 ft. | Downhill: 2,500 ft.
6-10" light powder on Radio Mountain trees....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: March 1, 2012 Uphill: 2,000 ft. | Downhill: 2,000 ft.
Nice soft 12-16" powder on a smooth base, great tree skiing avoiding possible wind affected snow higher in open slopes....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: February 4, 2012 Uphill: 1,500 ft. | Downhill: 1,500 ft.
8-12" soft powder on a crunchy base in wind and sun protected trees. Otherwise a bit more challenging but still good....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: February 2, 2012 Uphill: 2,500 ft. | Downhill: 2,500 ft.
6-10" settled snow, soft in the shade, but getting heavier as the sun took its toll....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: January 28, 2012 Uphill: 2,500 ft. | Downhill: 2,500 ft.
12" settled powder, just below freezing, so a bit heavy, but consistent....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: January 7, 2012 Uphill: 2,500 ft. | Downhill: 2,500 ft.
Variable conditions due to wind on all but south slopes. There we found 4-6" soft powder on a firm smooth base....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: January 2, 2012 Uphill: 2,500 ft. | Downhill: 2,500 ft.
6-12" powder on SW slopes below Pineapple Pass. Some breeze, overcast weather....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: December 23, 2011 Uphill: 3,100 ft. | Downhill: 3,100 ft.
Misty weather, 2" wet fresh snow over a firm base, good exercise....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: December 19, 2011 Uphill: 4,400 ft. | Downhill: 4,400 ft.
Soft corn on old groomers for one run, frozen corn otherwise. Nice weather, good sunset light on the nearby peaks. We need NEW snow please....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: December 15, 2011 Uphill: 3,300 ft. | Downhill: 3,300 ft.
New snow finally! Soft two inches on smooth corduroy. After noon it warmed and got sticky....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: December 14, 2011 Uphill: 3,000 ft. | Downhill: 3,000 ft.
We need fresh snow! For now skinning nice soft groomers will have to suffice. Flat light but smooth slopes, so easy skinning and skiing....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: December 13, 2011 Uphill: 2,250 ft. | Downhill: 2,250 ft.
Perfectly groomed, unskied corderoy....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: December 12, 2011 Uphill: 3,000 ft. | Downhill: 3,000 ft.
Warm sun, no wind, soft groomed snow. Best conditions possible without new snow for nearly two weeks....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: November 30, 2011 Uphill: 2,200 ft. | Downhill: 2,200 ft.
The fresh snow had warmed to 2" of heavy. Still skied great on groomed underneath....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: November 29, 2011 Uphill: 3,500 ft. | Downhill: 3,500 ft.
Sunny morning on fresh groomed snow with no lifts running! Flat light in the afternoon but fun skiing....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: November 28, 2011 Uphill: 3,200 ft. | Downhill: 3,200 ft.
Skinning exercise on the groomed slopes at Summit West closed ski area. Crunchy not icy slopes, an inch of powder above 3500'....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: November 25, 2011 Uphill: 4,200 ft. | Downhill: 4,200 ft.
Blue sky, light wind, fresh snow. Great skiing on 8" powder....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: November 24, 2011 Uphill: 2,100 ft. | Downhill: 2,100 ft.
Fog at the base, blue sky with some sun at 4000', all gray by the top of Chair 2. 6" powder on a strong ice crust the first 1000' down, then 24" very heavy wet snow from the past two days. Survived...[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: November 19, 2011 Uphill: 4,200 ft. | Downhill: 4,200 ft.
Dry 8-16" powder, temps in mid teens to twenties. Fresh tracks on International and Breakover trees....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: June 3, 2011 Uphill: 2,600 ft. | Downhill: 2,600 ft.
Buttery corn laps between 4500-3100'....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: April 7, 2011 Uphill: 700 ft. | Downhill: 700 ft.
Nice light 16" powder on north facing slopes. Sun was obscured, lucky for us!...[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: April 3, 2011 Uphill: 5,200 ft. | Downhill: 5,200 ft.
Calm and cloudy day made for nice skiing with 12" new snow overnight. Spring warming made it fairly heavy by days end....[view]
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Seattleslider: March 26, 2011 Uphill: 3,800 ft. | Downhill: 3,800 ft.
Spring is here, and a variety of conditions! Boottop powder up high, two feet of slush down low, 2" on crust under trees. Good exercise, better skiing than expected....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: March 20, 2011 Uphill: 5,800 ft. | Downhill: 5,800 ft.
12-16" settled powder, best skiing in sun sheltered areas. Later in the day, the sun softened the crust that formed last night....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: March 18, 2011 Uphill: 4,800 ft. | Downhill: 4,800 ft.
Good 6" powder skiing where trees had shadowed the snow yesterday, otherwise crusty on S and SW slopes....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: March 17, 2011 Uphill: 700 ft. | Downhill: 5,000 ft.
Lift assisted backcountry, minimal skinning to untracked boot top powder....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: February 26, 2011 Uphill: 4,300 ft. | Downhill: 4,300 ft.
20" light powder!...[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: February 25, 2011 Uphill: 4,000 ft. | Downhill: 4,000 ft.
Sunny, cold, and a little breezy....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: February 2, 2011 Uphill: 800 ft. | Downhill: 800 ft.
Skinned up groomed icy courderoy at Summit West for a little exercise before class....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: February 1, 2011 Uphill: 5,000 ft. | Downhill: 5,000 ft.
A few shots with 6-10" dry powder, otherwise sunny, cold, and windy. Many avalanche chunks to navigate. We need lots of new snow!...[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: January 27, 2011 Uphill: 2,600 ft. | Downhill: 2,600 ft.
Another fine spring corn day, but too early in the year. Fresh snow is in the forecast for tomorrow above 4500'...[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: January 26, 2011 Uphill: 1,000 ft. | Downhill: 1,000 ft.
Baby girl, please bring back the powder. It is way too early for spring skiing....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: January 22, 2011 Uphill: 4,000 ft. | Downhill: 4,000 ft.
Dust on hard crust on north slopes, 5" soft wet sloppy snow on a crust on south slopes. Wish I were in Colorado right now....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: January 19, 2011 Uphill: 3,100 ft. | Downhill: 3,100 ft.
Good to have fresh snow for the first time in a week, even if it was only 2-4" on top of the rain crust. Fortunately the new snow is bonding well to the crust, and there are no rain runnels....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: January 11, 2011 Uphill: 2,600 ft. | Downhill: 4,000 ft.
One more powder day before the rain is due to arrive. Windy and cold, some 2" slab starting to form. Good powder in sheltered glades....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: January 10, 2011 Uphill: 3,600 ft. | Downhill: 5,000 ft.
Slightly wind compressed powder, over a hard crust in the trees, 8-12" soft stuff in the glades. Cold and breezy, but still a fine day!...[view] READ MORE
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Seattleslider: January 9, 2011 Uphill: 4,400 ft. | Downhill: 5,800 ft.
12-16" powder well bonded to the old snow was found on open slopes. In the trees was 8" on crust, sluffing easily but so light it was skiable....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: January 8, 2011 Uphill: 2,200 ft. | Downhill: 3,000 ft.
Good to get some new snow, but we need more. Out in the open was 6-8" over the crust, not bad skiing. In the trees was 4" fluff that washed away on every turn....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: January 3, 2011 Uphill: 800 ft. | Downhill: 800 ft.
Skiing up icy groomed courderoy for a little exercise at West before class....[view]READ MORE
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Dmorales80: January 3, 2011 Uphill: 2,700 ft. | Downhill: 2,700 ft.
Attempted Red Mountain but had to turn around due to a late start and slow going. Still got in some great turns and a bluebird day....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: December 26, 2010 Uphill: 1,800 ft. | Downhill: 1,800 ft.
Christmas present from my daughter: a half day ski tour with Dad! Good powder continues, a few inches of new over the foot of settled stuff. Snowing hard when we got back to the car. Tomorrow sh...[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: December 24, 2010 Uphill: 4,900 ft. | Downhill: 4,900 ft.
Precipitation held off until 2PM, so we got the final runs on the week old 6-20" powder, slightly wind affected today....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: December 22, 2010 Uphill: 6,300 ft. | Downhill: 6,300 ft.
Calm wind, no precipitation, and clouds keeping the sun from destroying the snow let us ski the 6-20" old powder for another day. There is so much left, it is wearing me out trying to ski it before t...[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: December 19, 2010 Uphill: 5,500 ft. | Downhill: 5,500 ft.
Found some nice powder in the trees, blue skies 6-12" on top of firm base. Surprisingly good day after last night's wind. ...[view] READ MORE
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Powdrx13: December 4, 2010 Uphill: 4,200 ft. | Downhill: 4,200 ft.
Great day out. Very windy in the passes but fun. 3 good runs with nice early season coverage. Skinned Snow Lake no problem....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: November 25, 2010 Uphill: 1,700 ft. | Downhill: 1,700 ft.
Snowing hard, skied a couple runs in the closed area, knee deep fluff. Now I can eat a little more turkey. :)...[view]Need A Guide?
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