A week of snow in the mountains required sending an APB for any skiers willing to give up work for a day. Had a few interested parties.....but in the end it was Laura and I heading to Crystal Mt.

First chair up we saw mt Rainier for 20 seconds......that was it for the day! It was worth it.

4 feet of snow in a week looks like this.

A smiling skier at the top. This was shortly before somersaulting ski-less down a steep incline. Maybe she will write about that! It also involved yours truly inadvertantly sliding down the same face at approximately the same time, only to look up and see skiis 40 feet up a face that in steepness was just a little short of a cliff. Warren Miller here we come.....not!

Me jumping over this tree. Never mind, I guess the above description cleary indicates this can't be true.

Not skiiable by anyone I know!

Not a bad start to the season, fresh snow, no wind, no injuries, and only one broken pole.