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Last Day: Stevens Pass
Sunday was the last day at Stevens Pass for the season. Le sigh.
After a late start, Afton, who has come to think of himself as quite the mountain dog, Mitch, and I drove up to find bluebird skies, packed parking lots, and warm weather at Stevens.
Afton ready for another day in the mountains.
I was all set to watch the pond skim, snowboard, and hang out with friends. On the way up to the mountain we got news that the pond skim was canceled because of a huge tear in the plastic. The Snohomish fire department was out trying to fix the leak, and it looked like it might be on, but in the end it had to canceled.
Firefighters trying to fix the leaking pond.
Despite the lack of the pond skim, it was a fun day. I took a couple runs, running into Coco from Pillow Fight and her fiance. Then met up with Shay of Shayboarder.com and her friend Anj on the backside of Stevens.
Shay
The backside was sketchy, not because the snow was slush, but because people must have thought it was the bunny hill. After a few close calls, Shay and I headed over to the park. It was fun hitting jumps knowing it wasn’t going to hurt. For closing day, there wasn’t really any dirt showing through the snow…all we saw was some patches in the pipe…not bad for the last day of the season.
Shay in the pipe.
At lunch I found Melissa, who I spent opening day riding deep pow with. She started the season on skis and from Ladies Shred Day has decided to keep snowboarding! I also saw Mercedes, our coach from Pillow Fight, who was back in the park despite a knee injury from dropping a cliff and landing flat (oy) as well as one of the campers and her daughter.
Live band at Stevens.
It was great seeing a lot of people that made the season amazing and meeting new people too! I’m already looking forward to next year. Is it November yet?
How was your last day? Or are you still riding?
