Weather Forecast

Here is the forecast (as of Tuesday night) for Wednesday evening.  Let's get the band back together and go skiing!

WEDNESDAY

BREEZY. MOSTLY CLOUDY. FREEZING LEVEL NEAR 6000 FEET. AFTERNOON PASS TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S TO LOWER 40S. SOUTHEAST WIND IN THE PASSES 15 TO 25 MPH.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT

CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW. SNOW LEVEL NEAR 5000 FEET. EAST WIND IN THE PASSES 10 TO 15 MPH.

February 19, Classic ... or Whatever

I saw a Facebook post that sounds like someone made it up there through the storm and snow and intermittent pass closures.  Anyone else?

It was nice for night skiing but was snowing like crazy. Amazed that I could skate tonight. Groomer for president!

February 12, Skate

The report on Wednesday morning said nine inches of base, five inches of slush, 39 degrees and raining hard, areas of standing water.  What's not to love?  We all know that there's no such thing as a bad day of Totally Dark Headlamp Racing, and last night was no exception: cool and damp like a puppy's nose, the solar system displayed above us in the deep dark sky, headlamps bobbing through the trees, fun conversation over dinner.  Early skiers reported slushy conditions, but for those of us who came later and skied in the dark, the dropping temperatures turned the snow "fast and funky," as Brad described it.

The good news: there appears to be enough coverage to hold the Stampede on Sunday, so come on up and race!

Racin'
Brad Bauer	40	12.42
Peter Boveng	55	13.55
Jon Fewster	43	15.10	classic
Jim Slyfield		19.01
Dale Bohm		20.07
Ian Whyte		22.20
Sharon Chen		25.20
Debbie Kolp		37.00	classic, gazing upon Jupiter and the full moon,
			making my own kind of music
Just skiin'
Bert Pschunder, back from World Masters!
Jeff McGrew

February 5, Skating

Brrr!  Way too cold for me, but a handful of hardy Vikings made it up there and raced.  Peter sends us this succinct report -- he's probably too frozen to write any more.  Nice work, guys; now go get some hot chocolate!

Six degrees F with a nice little breeze. Very very very hard snow.

NAME	AGE	TIME
Nolan Poulin	23	12:53
Peter Boveng	55	14:30
Jon Fewster	43	14:51
Brent Turner	59	16:01
Jeff McGrew	54	16:39
Jim Slyfield	56	17:49
Dale Bohm	55	20:29

Ian Whyte (unlisted time)

Plus Jeff and Carey and a bunch of Ellensburg kids and parents and a bunch of Bush School kids.