Snowboarder Dies at Granite Peak

Last night we had our normal, Wednesday night clinics. We normally do a general clinic for an hour and then they do a certification clinic for an hour and half after that or sometimes there’s an alternate clinic. The first one was on movement analysis and that was good. John first showed us how to…

I think the season’s going well so far. I’ve taught a bunch of lessons and have just been skiing up at Cascade Mountain. We’ve had good snow but the temps have been cooler than normal. This last week and right now we’re in a break from the cold temps, which is really nice. The snow,…

Ok, I wasn’t skiing in India but got to teach of few people from Chennai how to ski. Up at Cascade, we seem to get a lot of people in from the Chicago area. I ask them where they’re from and they just say "Chicago" instead of what actual suburb they’re in since they think…

I think the threat of rain scared everyone away today. It’s usually pretty busy at Cascade but today… nope. I didn’t even get any lessons but had a fun day anyway. I took a clinic with Erika in the morning, then some free skiing with Bob and Jaime C. and then lunch up at the…

Cascade Mountain is making snow now. It’s no wonder, it’s cold enough. We have our orientation meeting on Sunday and then we may open by the 22nd, I’ve heard. Nice! -T Update:   We’re trying to open this Saturday. Here’s an updated photo (from the webcam):   There will probably be just 2 runs open:…