Too Much Snow

By:  Sam
March 14, 2011 12:40 am | Category: Quick Update, Skiing

So it finally happened. It had been building for some time. We’ve gotten 10 feet of snow in the last ~14 days up at Baker, with most of that in the last 5days. Today the resort didn’t open. The reason: too much snow. We’ve got another 50+ inches forecasted for the next 5 days, so I’m using this brief lull to share some of the recent photos.

The last sunny day:

The beginnings:

Scott, out visiting from the East Coast, was unable to ski today due to too much snow.

Too-much-snow days don’t have to be no-fun days though:

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6 Comments

  1. Greg
    wrote on March 14th, 2011 at 12:52 am  
    1

    someone forgot the golden rule…

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  2. Dwyer
    wrote on March 14th, 2011 at 9:19 am  
    2

    You’ve got an awfully sharp eye, greg.

    There is no such thing as too much snow.

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  3. Porter Haney
    wrote on March 14th, 2011 at 11:19 am  
    3

    Better buy a groomer./

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  4. powhounddd
    wrote on March 14th, 2011 at 5:38 pm  
    4

    did they have to dig the lifts out again?

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  5. Allen
    wrote on March 14th, 2011 at 10:00 pm  
    5

    Anyone who thinks there is no such thing as “too much snow” hasn’t spent a La Nina winter skiing backcountry around Mt. Baker. No digging out the lifts yet but the mid mountain base is 21′ and rising rapidly.

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  6. bushman
    wrote on March 17th, 2011 at 9:03 am  
    6

    Two weeks ago was skiing with a looney from Australia at Jay when he tried jumping a gully that patrol had staked to avoid; does a full-body face plant with arms outstretched on the landing like the Wile-E Coyote; complete yard sale; took us 20 minutes to find his poles in 3-4 feet of pow. I’m sending him out to you guys to give a new challenge in 20′. Name’s Stefan, a carpenter from Melbourne. Have fun; better tie yarn to all his gear. Great pics guys.

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