New Socks and Shoes

Powdertrax said:

Haven’t road-tripped the PP yet, but the first place will probably be the Mount Baker hwy EAST 542 (those that know, know).

If you live in Washington state and have never been up there, you should. Before you go check the web to see if the hwy is open all the way to the top parking lot. Once you reach the ski resort there is still three more miles to go and those last three miles feel like you’re in the Alps, not to mention the views of Mt Shuksan, Mount Baker and the surrounding mountain is amazin.

If you’ve ever seen the cult classic movie Deer Hunter scenes from the movie were filmed within feet of the parking lot. It is the same location that the World Record yearly snowfall was, during the 1998-99 season it snow 1140”/95’ in one ski season. If you should ever go skiing/boarding there pay attention to the ski lift poles and you’ll see that during that snowfall year they went around and painted a white line with ‘98-‘99 stenciled indicating the snow depth. The craziest part is how much lower a typical snow depth is from the record year.

Several locations on the mtn the ski patrollers were hand digging the chairs out, in some areas they literally dug 10’ of the pole/chairs out.

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