Mt-Baker, Washington, march 2nd-6th 2011

[Lucky Luke]

After 2 weeks of backcountry skiing in Terrace, I meet my kids in Vancouver, rented an RV and drove it to Mt-Baker parking lot for 5 days! Great snow (32" in 4 days) and the last day was bluebird. Here's some pics.

Véronique

Slopeside lodging

Véro

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Alex

Extreme danger

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Lodge

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[Tony Crocker]

Looks like you really nailed it. Odds of that kind of week are not as good in March as earlier, so congratulations.

Everyone knows about Mt. Baker's snow, but I thought expert terrain quality was very good. And that doesn't look like Cascade Concrete in those pics.

 

[Lucky Luke]

Tony, expert terrain is EXCELLENT and the snow was pretty fluffy too. We had one day of a more sticky kind of powder. The next day, cold had suck up all the humidity from the snow and was again excellent. We had a great time!! :-D

 

[jamesdeluxe]

Great pix of your kids.

Quebeckers and RVs: a match made in heaven. :lol:

 

[Lucky Luke]

Quebeckers and RVs: a match made in heaven. :lol:

It was a great way to spend time with the kids, away from the freaking TV!

Match made in heaven indeed; I now want to sell everything I have, buy a RV, live THE life!

 

[Patrick]

I now want to sell everything I have, buy a RV, live THE life!

Funny, my uncle (who's now in his 80s) wanted to go the same thing after retirement, but he wasn't a skier and liked going to Florida and driving through New Jersey on their way down, however his wife (my aunt) vetoed it.

Quebeckers and RVs: a match made in heaven. :lol:

Funny, because the only people driving RVs in Quebec are Americans. :stir:

Super beautiful Lucky. That was definitely better than my family current Spring Break, oh well. :-(

 

[Admin]

Funny, because the only people driving RVs in Quebec are Americans. :stir:

 

[EMSC]

Match made in heaven indeed; I now want to sell everything I have, buy a RV, live THE life!

After 2 weeks of backcountry skiing in Terrace, I meet my kids in Vancouver, rented an RV and drove it to Mt-Baker parking lot for 5 days

Hmmmm..... 3 weeks off in a row for skiing sounds like "THE life" to me

 

[Patrick]

Hmmmm..... 3 weeks off in a row for skiing sounds like "THE life" to me

Lucky's life is better than some people vacations. :mrgreen:

 

[Lucky Luke]

I'm not the only one driving big RV's on Mt-Baker's winding road, I came across this guy while on my way back to Vancouver, we had to both lean on the side of the road so we had enough space. I almost turn back to get some pics with him and the kids. Cool rig hey?

 

[Tony Crocker]

Hopefully these RV's have 4WD if you're going to use them for a ski safari, especially at a place like Mt. Baker.

 

[jamesdeluxe]

I didn't mean to turn this into a "I know you are, but what am I?" American vs. Quebecois RV hijack.

My point was that anyone spending time on the NYS Thruway/Northway eventually makes a comment about the numbers of monstrous RV rigs with Quebec plates (not the comparatively modest one that Lucky is driving in WA), and they're often towing a huge SUV to boot. People wonder how anyone can afford to drive those things while paying Canada's gas prices.

 

[Acidchrist]

My crew and I were lucky to be at Baker March 4th for the day as well. (We were headed up north for a snow safari as well, but that's another story for another day.) Fabulous skiing, fabulous snow and terrain! And I would ask Tony's question as well: did your RV have 4WD?? That's one helluvan access road to get up there. The Plake RV is super cool too!

 

[Lucky Luke]

Fabulous skiing, fabulous snow and terrain! And I would ask Tony's question as well: did your RV have 4WD?? That's one helluvan access road to get up there. The Plake RV is super cool too!

No, the RV is a propulsion on 4 seasons tire, the chains fitted too loose so they were useless. I went to the grocerie at the end of the days march 3rd and it was puking snow (6 inches in 2 hours). Driving back up to Baker in 6" of snow, I ended up loosing it in the last airpin before the parking lot and had to pull over there for the night. :-D

 

[Acidchrist]

The pics of your kids SHREDDING is really cool too!

 

[Tony Crocker]

Fabulous skiing, fabulous snow and terrain!

Mt. Baker is Exhibit A of why Patrick's metric of vertical drop is not a good way to evaluate ski areas.

 

[Lucky Luke]

Fabulous skiing, fabulous snow and terrain!

vertical drop is not a good way to evaluate ski areas.

Terrain and snow is the way, in my opinion, to chose a place to ski and I always try to keep away from big resort cause I don't want to feel like I'm skiing in disneyland sitting on top of Main street USA.