jamtrout

i'm new to washington and and fairly new to snowboarding. i love the sport and have picked up on it quick. i am in the military and looking for some civilians to hang with. most military people are... well... they're military i'll leave it at that. i'm also not very good at introductions.

indoblazin

an unrelated question: is tacoma really as bad as i hear? someone told me that tacoma was the murder capital per capita in the US. i always thought of greater seattle as pretty much vancouver, but with mexicans and blacks (and way, waaaay fewer asians lol).

maybe a pacific northwest mini meet next season? there are a million ski hills in the region.

revhi

I was out that area before for a wedding, didnt seem bad. I thought there where a lot of asians plus the main Buddhist temple is out there in Seattle.


My sisters moving out there soon. Im hoping to visit her as many times as I can in the winter to check out the snowboarding. Are there a lot of ski areas in the general Seattle vicinity?

Snowolf

Tacoma is pretty nasty! I don`t know the stats, but it has a high crime rate and for sure is the murder capital of Washington. King County is like any metro area; it has good and bad pockets. In general, the I-5 corridor south from Seatac to Tacoma is pretty seedy.

A northwest mini meet would be awesome! Stevens Pass or Crystal would ba a real good time and centrally located. I am still in the planning stages of a summer meet at Mt. Hood in July so stay tuned to that in the meet section. Right now nothing is being planned as of yet, but will be bringing up ideas.

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indoblazin

i'm so down for some summer riding at hood...palmer wasn't open yet when i was there in february -- i'm guessing that's what they run in the summer? is anything open that late at meadows?

Snowolf

Nope...sadly, Meadows is going into the May Challenge as the season winds down to close. This is my last week to ride there since we end mid week operation....

Timberline will be home for the rest of the season which ends May 29`th, then it`s summer season. They run 7 days a week all summer, but my pass is done on May 29 and the summer pass is ungodly expensive so I just buy day passes when I want to ride.

Palmer is up and running strong! I hit it last week and it was epic this year. I posted some pics on the forum HERE

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jamtrout

yeah there is snowqualmie, crystal, and stevens pass. baker and mt. hood are only a couple of hours away as well.

Snowolf

You also have White Pass on US 12 near Mt. Rainier National Park.

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