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Woke up yesterday and it was a blizzard right outside my house. Drove up to Crystal in the snow storm and watched as the poor Northwest drivers struggled. It was slow going as the Department of Transportation was making cars chain up right by the old Warehauser facility. It's amazing how bad the drivers are out here.

I got all my skis tuned up for the season and have to say I've been a little disappointed with the work I've been getting. The bindings weren't set right. Too low a din setting and weren't the right length. I could step right out of them. Plus the wax on the skis must have been for cross country skis as I could have walked up the hill without slipping backwards.

I've had my boards tuned at 3 different shops and all of them haven't done a good job. It's too bad as you've got to wonder how many other consumers out there are getting poor work and not enjoying their day on the hill as much as they would otherwise. Get it together shops of Seattle!!!

Had another amazing day on the hill. It snowed so hard you could barely see 30 feet in front of you. That and the wind kicked up so hard the upper chairlifts had to close. Still got a ton of great runs in with a bunch of different people.

The highlight of the day was in the afternoon when I was adopted by the Backstrom family for a few family ski runs. Steve and Betsy Backstrom have been Crystal Mountain locals since Steve joined the Ski Patrol in 1970. Their daughter Ingrid had come from Tahoe to ski her old resort with her friend Jessica Sobolowski. We did a few laps in Bear Pits and called it good. That's a family of amazing skiers. Ingrid sister was with us and rips too.

Driving home was more of a pain than driving up. But well worth it as I just replayed the amazing runs from the day in my head. If you haven't gotten up to the hills around Seattle yet, I strongly recommend that you do.