One powder day at Stevens on December 21st. That's been it so far, folks. Rain, crust, wet slides, bare ground. Long skins on the highway. Bare ground in the Methow Valley. Maybe winter will come, but not for a bit at least. As one friend put it, ski season is now cookie and book season.
But on a positive note, there is good trail running and mountain biking to be had, and maybe even some winter hikes, as Yodelin barely has a foot at 4,000 feet. And Snoqualmie is nearly bare, so you can have many more happy days without skiing in the rain on a Friday night. Your unused season pass may be burning some holes in your new goretex bibs, but maybe they'll give you a free day at Crystal.
So here's to a 2013/2014 early winter season of extra pre-season conditioning, trail running, interstate or intercontinental snow-chase, and rock skis. Get your gopro out, capture whatever is normally coated in snow, and most importantly, have fun.
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